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JOHN DRURY WILL – YORK COUNTY, VA
John Drury
Signed June 17, 1797
Proved June 29, 1797
John Drury
His last Will
In the name of God amen. I John Drury of Saint Mary's County in the state of
Maryland being sick & weak of body but of Sound & disposing mind and
memory & understanding Considering the certainty of death & the
uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to Settle my worldly
affairs, & thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it Shall
please god to call me thence, do therefore make & publish this my last will
& Testament in manner & form following that is to Say~~~ first &
principally I commit my Soul into the hands of almighty God, & my body to
the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after
named and after my Just debts are paid I devise & bequeath as follows~~~
Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann Drury one third part of my
Real Estate during her natural life, and likewise one part of my household
furniture & stock to her & her heirs forever~~~ It is forth my will
that my wife Shall have her choice of my stock & furniture to the amount of
her thirds~~Item I give & bequeath unto beloved sons Francis Decalus Drury
Joseph Drury & William Drury Seven pounds ten Shillings Current money each
to them & their heirs forever. Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved
Daughter Monica Drury one Cow to her & her heirs forever. Item I give &
bequeath unto my beloved Children Anastasia Vessells, Susanna Riley, Mary
Meadley, Monica Drury, John Chrisostom Drury, Francis Decalus Drury, Ignatius
Drury, Joseph Drury, & William Drury all the residue & remaining part
of my Estate both real and personal to be equally divided between my Children
be fore mentioned to them and their heirs forever.~~Lastly I do hereby nominate
and appoint my beloved Son Francis Decalus Drury, to be whole and Sole Executor
of this my last will & Testament, disannulling any will or wills by me
heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will
& Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand &
Seal this 17th day June 1797~
John + Drury (((Seal)))
Signed Sealed & declared to be the Last will and Testament of the with
named Testator in the presence of us
Allexander Greenwell, Eleanor x Stone
John Greenwell Junr
On the back of the foregoing, was the following, towit
Saint Mary's County, towit, the 29th day of June 1797. Then came John Decalus
Drury and made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that the within
instrument of writing, is the true & whole will & Testament of John
Drury, late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, that hath come to his hands or
possession, & that he doth not know of any other
Certified per. Jeremiah Jordan, Regr wills
for Saint Mary's County
Saint Mary's County, SS the 29th day of June 1797. Then came Allexander
Greenwell & Eleanor Stone two of the three subscribing witnesses to the
written last will & Testament of John Drury, late of Saint Mary's County,
deceased and made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that they did see
the Testator therein named, Sign & Seal this will & that they heard him
publish, pronounce, & declare the same to be his last will & testament,
that at the time of his sodoing, he was to the best of their apprehensions, of
Sound & disposing mind, memory, & understanding: and that they
respectively subscribed their names as witness to this will, in the presence,
& at the request of the Testator, & in the presence of each other,
& also in the presence of John Greenwell Junr the other witness who they
did see Subscribe his name as a witness in the presence & at the request of
the Said Testator.
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan, Regr wills
for Saint Mary's County
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