Last Will and Testament of Susannah CARLISLE (1835), Frederick County, MD

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Last Will and Testament of Susannah Carlisle
Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Liz Stratton
Frederick County, MD Will Book Vol. 11, page 139
Surnames: CARLISLE/CARLYLE, DUDDERAN
Written:  May 25, 1835
Proved: August 22, 1836
Transcribers comments are in [ ].  Some paragraphs have been added.  Note that 
some parts of the will were extremely difficult to read.  Witnesses names were 
deciphered as well as possible.

In the name of God Amen I Susannah Carlisle of Frederick County, in the State of 
Maryland, being sick and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind memory 
and understanding considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the 
time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, and thereby be 
the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me 
hence, do therefore, make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner 
and form following, that is to say

First and principally I commit my soul unto the hands of Almighty God, and my 
body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor 
hereinafter named, and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and 
bequeath as follows.

I give and bequeath unto Alden Carlyle if he shall be living at the time of my 
decease one bedstead and bedding if he shall not be living my will and desire is 
that it shall belong to my brother David Dudderan [?Dudderane?]

I give and bequeath the whole residue of my Estate to my brother David Dudderan 
his heirs and assigns.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my Law brother David Dudderan to 
be sole Executor of this my last will and Testament, revoking and annulling all 
former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other 
to be my last Will and Testament.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed my seal this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord 
One thousand and eight hundred and thirty five.

Signed, Sealed, published and declared by Susannah Carlyle the above named 
Testator  [?] for her last Will and testament in the presence of us, who at her 
request, in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our 
names in witness thereto
David W. Knell      Levi Z. Baines [?unclear]      David Dudderan[?name unclear]

      State of Maryland, Frederick County To wit
      On the 23d day of August, 1836 came David Dudderan and made oath on the 
Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the foregoing Instrument of writing is the 
whole will and Testament of Susannah Carlyle late of Frederick County, deceased, 
that has come to his hand and possession, that he received the same from John 
Dudderan for safe keeping and that he does not know of any other of a later 
date.
                        Test. G. M. Eichelberger, Regt.
      State of Maryland, Frederick County, to wit
      On the 23d day of August, 1836 came Levi Z. Baines [?] and David 
Dudderan[?] two subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will and Testatment of 
Susannah Carlyle deceased and under oath on the holy Evangely of Almighty God 
that they did see the Testatrix therein named sign and seal this will.  That 
they did see her publish pronounce and declare the same to be her last will and 
Testament.  That at the time of her so doing, she was to the best of their 
apprehensioning of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding.  That 
they respectively subscribed their names as witnesses thereto, at the request of 
the Testatrix and in her presence and that they did also see David W. Naill, the 
other subscribing witness subscribe his name as witness thereto at the request 
of theTestatrix and in her presence and all in the presence of each other.
                        Test. B. M. Eichelberger, Regt.


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