Will of Thomas BEATTY (1760) Frederick County, Maryland

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Thomas (1703-1769) was the son of Susannah Beatty (1742 Frederick County Will)

Thomas Beatty Will
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THOMAS BEATTY...IN THE NAME OF GOD,this day of February,one thousand seven 
hundred and sixty years,I Thomas Beatty of Fredrick County and providence of 
Maryland and being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory,thanks 
be given to God for the same,and calling to mind the mortality of my body to 
make and ordain this,my last will and testament and first of all I give and 
bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty,my hravenly Father,hoping for 
forgiveness of all my sins through the merits and intersessions of my blessed 
redeamer and Savior Jesus Christ,and as touching such worldly estates wherewith 
it hath opleased God to bless me in this life,I give and dispose of the same in 
manner and form following,viz:

Imprimis. I gtive and bequeath to Mary,my beloved wife,two of my best hoeses and 
two of my best cows beside what the law allows her.

Item...I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Beatty the sum of two pounds current 
money as his birthright.

Item...My will and devise is that my son and daughter Sarah be educated in 
reading,writing and cyphering as far as my other children and to be paid out of 
my estate by my executors and furthermore my will and pleasure is that all 
remainder of my real and personzanal estate that iI have any right to be equally 
divided between my children namely;Thomas Beatty,Charles Beatty,Susannah Maynard 
(wife of Nathan Maynard) ,James Beatty, and Barbara Beatty,their heirs and 
assigns forever,and if it should happen that any of my said children should die 
before they arrive at age of lawful heir,that then his or her share shall be 
equally divided between them,then in such a case my will and pleasureis that Mr 
Daniel Richards and Mr John Carmack ,both of Fredrick County in their(his or 
her) place in behalf of the orphans of heirs so left in dividing my said lands 
,and if either or both of them should refuse to act,then it is my will and 
desire that they should choose two credible freeholders to act in their place, 
and I do hereby impower the aforsaid Daniel Richard and and John Carmack or 
either of them ,of any person so appointed by them to act in the part and behalf 
of the deceased ,same oas if he,she,or they were themselves living to give 
releases or any other testement of writing writing which shall be necessary in 
law.

And lastly I do make constitute and ordain my dearly beloved wife Mary and my 
son Charles Beatty my executors of this,my last will and testiment and I do 
hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull,all and every other former will of 
wills,bequeaths and legacies whatsoever by me before this time made willed or 
bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and 
Testament. In witness whereof I have herunto set mt hand and seal the day and 
year above written.

Tho.Beatty (seal)
Siognes,sealed,published ,pronounced and declared by the aforesaid Thomas Beatty 
to be his l;ast will and testament in presence of us the word (10) between the 
eighth and ninth linesthe words (or either of them) between the 25 and 26 lines 
being first inyerlined.

William Beatty

John Beatty

John Middagh

Will made February 1768 and proved April 1769.
(Frederick County, Maryland)