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In the Name of God, Amen, I Thomas Mobberly, Senior, of Ann Arundell County, Planter, being sick & weak of body, but of perfect Mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God, calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament. That is to say; Principally, and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God, that gave it, & my Body, I recon mend to the Earth, to be buried in decent & Christian Burial, at the Direction of my Executors —— And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life I give, demise and bequeath the same in the following Manner & Form __
First. I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Reason Mobberly and his Heirs for ever Part of a Tract of Land (convey’d to my Father John Mobberly by the Name of Mobberly’s Purchasse, being Part of a Tract of Land called Neals Delight,) the Part hereby given beginning at a bounded Stone, (where formerly stood a bounded Hickory, which was the beginning Tree of said Land,) and running Thence North One Hundred and Sixty Perches, thence West One Hundred and Eight Perches thence South One & an Half Degrees East to Patuxcent River then with the said River to the beginning; containing One Hundred and Fourteen Acres of Land, More of Less, it being his full Part of my Estate, provided he can have a Right to it sufficient to hold the same which he must by in less than Two Years after my Death, if he can not hold it, then he is to have Part of my Personal Estate, to the Value of Twenty five Pounds Sterling and no more
Also, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Thomas Mobberly the remaining Part of the above named Tract of Land, (to be his full part of my Estate,) during his Natural Life, then to my beloved Sons William & Levin Mobberly and their Heirs for ever
Also, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Ezekiel Mobberly, & his Son Beale Mobberly and their Heirs for ever, the Tract of Land I bought of William Moxley, being One Hundred & Forty seven Acres as his full part of my Estate
Also, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son John Mobberly and his Heirs for ever the Tract of Land I bought of Isaac Plummer being Fifty Acres likewise the Land I bought of Richard Snowden containing Eighty Two Acres, being the Plantation I now live on, (being his full part of my Estate,)
Also, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Drusilla Pain, as her full Part of my Estate, One Shilling Sterling Money
Also, I give and bequeath to my beloved Granddaughter Mary Ricketts, One Cow & Calf or Three Pounds current Money as her full part of my Estate
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Granddaughter Rachel Pain, daughter of my Daughter Drusilla, the Sum of Five Pounds Current Money,
Also I give and bequeath to my Executors, Twelve Pounds Current Money for the Educating my children viz: John, Dorcas, Mary, Levin, & William Mobberly, likewise Twenty Pounds, Current Money toward maintaining my four Youngest Children
Also I give and bequeath the Remaining Part of my Estate, to my Children hereafter named, to be equally divided between them, if either of them should before they come to Age their Parts to be divided amongst the Survivors of them, Viz: Susanna, Dorcas, Mary, Levin & William Mobberly
Also my Will is that my Younger Children shall have a Right to Live on Part of the Land bequeath’d to my two Sons, Ezekiel & John Mobberly, til they come to age to receive their Parts,
Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my two Sons Rezin Mobberly & John Mobberly Whole and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, revoking & disannulling all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests, and Executors by me in any wise before named, willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affix’d my Seal this Thirty first Day of July, Ano Domini, One Thousand seven Hundred and Sixty Nine
Signed, Sealed publish’d pronounced
The words “and his Heirs for ever” between the Seventh and declared by the Said Thomas and eighth lines, likewise the words, “And his Heirs Mobberly as his Last Will and for ever” between the Twenty Third and Twenty Fourth Lines Testament in Presence of were Interlined before executed
Thomas [his T mark] Mobberly Sen.
Stephen Stewart Marke
Joseph Ryan
Thomas Sappington Anne Arundel County to wit Came Joseph Ryan and Thomas
August the 10th 1769 Sappington two of the Subscribing Evidences to the within Will and made Oath that they Saw the Testator herein named Sign and Seal & heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament and that at the Time of his so doing he was to the best of their Apprehension of a Sound and Disposing Mind Memory & understanding and that they Severally Signed their Respective Names as Witnesses to this Will in the Presence and at the Request of the Testator and in the Presence of each other, And also that they saw Stephen Stewart the other Witness to this Will Sign his name as Evidence thereto in the Presence of the Testator
Sworn before Elie Nallette DCom. AA Coty
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Will of Thomas Mobberley, Sr. [1769, Anne Arundel Co., Box M, Folder 63 & Lib.37, f.332]:
1. To Reason, 114 acres, "Mobberleys Purchase", part of "Neals Delight"
2. To Thomas, remainder of tract for life, then to William and Leven or their heirs.
3. To Ezekiel & son Beale 147 acres bought of William Moxley
4. To John 82 acres bought of Richard Snowden (Thomas' home place)
5. To dau. Drusilla Pain 1 shilling
6. To granddau. Mary Ricketts 1 cow and calf or 3 pounds money
7. To Rachel Pain 5 pounds money
8. To executors 12 pounds money for executing
9. 20 pounds to maintain 4 youngest children
10. Remainder to be equally divided among children
11. Rezin and John to be executors
Bond in amount of L 1000 for executors 10/2/1769
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[Hall of Records BB #3 deed 655] LOOKING FOR THIS DOCUMENT
In 1767, Thomas, Sr. to Dorcas, Levin, Mary & William gift of slaves "on the day of their marriage or at my death" [indicates these were minors]
A DEED OF GIFT BY THOMAS MOBBERLY RECORDED IN - ANN ARUNDEL CO. MD. DEED BK BB#3 PAGE 655 DATED 27 FEB 1767.
RECORD OF THOMAS MOBBERLY'S WILL IS RECORDED IN - WILL BOOK 37 PP 332-334 DATED 31 JULY 1769-10 AUG 1769 IN ANN ARUNDEL CO., MD.
DISTRIBUTION OF THOMAS' ESTATE IS RECORDED IN - DISTRIBUTION BOOK 6 PP17-18 DATED 15 AUG 1771. |
1697 - 1769 (72 years)
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