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M
ARY
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C
OUNTY
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M
ARYLAND
L
AST
W
ILL AND
T
ESTAMENT
,
1773
I declare to die in the faith and communion of that
Church in which my ancestors received Baptism in
Britain 743 years ago as to what worldly goods I
possess after payment of my just debts and so give
herein after to be mentioned I dispose of as follows.
First, Cannon Hill in Surry to be sold through timed
payments to Col. William Taylor of St. James Place,
Westminster, aide de camp to his majesty, for his
loyalty with my uncle
8th
George Jerningham of the
County of Norfolk, Baronet.
As it has always been my view to establish my
family in a Sound Interest in the Back Country I
make no doubt my wife and children will conform....
All conditions being completed within two years of
my demise, she [my wife] shall remove her family in
the company of W. Athanasius Ford and his family
to the western part of the continent....
If Captain James Woods has not completed his
survey for me by the time the principal and interest
of the sale of Cannon Hill in Surrey has been
received, my son Charles or any other person my
executors shall think appropriate person to purchase
or take up on some of the waters beyond the