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James Mattingly, Signed May 3, 1745; Proved: May 28 1745
The Last Will of James Mattingly
In the name of God Amen. I James Mattingly of Saint Mary's County being sick of body but of perfect mind & memory, do make and ordain this to be my Last Will & Testament, Revoking and Making Void all other Wills Either Verball or in writing before by me made. First & principally, I give my soul to almighty God & my body to the Earth. 2ndly I give and bequeath, all my land to my two Sons James Mattingly and my son Thomas Mattingly to be Equally Divided between them, my son James to have my Dwelling House & ye part of the Land it stands on to them and their heirs & 3rdly I give and bequeath all of rest of my personal Estate to be Equally Divided between my other five Children to wit, my Daughter Anne Mattingly, & Monica Mattingly, Robert Mattingly, Peter Mattingly & John Mattingly to them and their heirs & 6 ----Lastly I appoint my brothers Thomas Mattingly & my Brother Luke Mattingly, my whole and Sole executors of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking, Renouncing & making void all other Will or Wills heretofore by me made Either Verball or in writing in witness where I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed my seal, this third Day of May, one thousand seven forty five-----
James X Mattingly (((seal)))
Signed Seal, & Deliverd
In ye presence off
Jno Shiercliffe Junr
Peter Ford
Clement X Hill
St. Mary's County Ss
May ye 28th 1745
Then John Shiercliffe Junr and Peter Ford and Clement Hill the subscribing Witnesses to this foregoing Will being duly and slomenly Sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty God, depose and say that they Saw the Testator James Mattenly Sign the foregoing Will and heard him publish, and declare this same to be his Last Will and Testament that at the time of his sodoing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound & disposing mind & memory, and that they subscribed their Respective names as witness to the said Will in the presence of the said Testator and at his Request--
Sworn to before me. Tho. Aisquith Depty. Comiss. (Illegible)of St. Mary's County
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger, October 20, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy Lynne L. O'Brien, of an original court document from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good, the writing was distorted and small but legible. I made no corrections of any kind
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
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