Wills: Matthew Clark, 1772: Frederick County, Maryland 
Probated: 1772 
Will Book Vol.1, page 438 
Surnames: Clark, White 
 
Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy and contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by 
Sarah Dart <sndgen@mac.com> 
 
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In the name of God Amen I Matthew Clark of the County of Frederick & province of 
Maryland being of Perfect mind & Memory blessed be God for the same & Calling to 
mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to 
die do make and Appoint this my Last Will and Testament that is to say first of 
all I do recommend my Spirit to God that gave it & my Body to the Earth to be 
buried by my Executors in a Christian like and decent Manner nothing doubting 
but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mightly 
power of God; and as touching what worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bless 
me with in this Life I give bequeath and dispose of the same in the following 
Manner and Form Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth as 
long as she doth Continue my Widow the full Interest & Use of all my Estate 
remaining after all my just Debts are first paid and all the Legacies hereafter 
mentioned & willed are paid off and discharged and also the Interest of the 
whole Estate untill such Legacies doth become due I do leave wholly to her & her 
Heirs forever, for and during the Time that she doth continue my Widow, and if 
she marries after my Disceass this my Will and desire that she have the whole 
Interest and Use as aforesaid untill the Day of such marriage & also one hundred 
pounds of the principal Estate paid to her & no more as her full part out of the 
whole Estate in Case of Marriage to her and her Heirs forever--- Item. I give 
and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah White & her Heirs forever five Shillings 
sterling to be paid unto her by my Executors out of my Estate after my Deceass 
whn legally demanded of them and no more. Item I give and bequeath to my three 
Grand Daughters Sarah Clark Isabella Clark and Elizabeth Clark Thirty pounds 
each to them & their Heirs forever it being further my Will and Desire that my 
Executor as the said Children doth arrive to the Age of sixteen years shall put 
each of their Legacies being thirty Pounds out to Interest & that my Executors 
shall collect & Pay the Interest arising from the said Legasies yearly unto the 
said three Children and as each doth arrive to the full Age of twenty years to 
pay them the said Principles of thirty pounds each; and if either of these 
Children should die before they arrive to the full Age of sixteen or afterwards 
without Legitimate Issue that then it is my Will and desire that her part shall 
be equally divided to the other two; and if two should die the third to have the 
whole of the three Leagacies and if all decease without Issue as aforesaid the 
said Legacies to be deemed a part of my Estate and to be disspossed of as the 
Remainder of my Estate after all my Leagacies are paid off. Item I give and 
bequeath unto my Grandson James Clark and his Heirs forever one hundred pounds 
to be put to interest by my Executors when he doth arive to the full age of 
sixteen years & when he doth arive to the full age of Twenty one the said 
Principle Sum & five years Interest therein to pay and discharge unto him and if 
he should die before he doth arives to the age of twenty one Leaveing no 
legitimate Issue the said Legacy shall then fall to his surviving Sisters if any 
being to be equally Divided amongst them and if they are all Dead then to be 
Divided as the Remainder of my Estate hereafter directed. I give and bequeath to 
my Grandson James White Junr to him and his Heirs forever Twenty pounds to be 
paid to him by my Executors when he arives to the full age of twenty one years 
with two years Interest thereon and if he should die before he arives to that 
Age without Issue it is then my will and desire that the said Leagacy shall be 
equally divided amongst Brothers & Sisters if any surviving and if none to be 
equally divided amongst the surviving Children of Joseph Clark and if none 
surviving then to be dispossed of as the Remainder of my Estate after the 
Leagacies are all paid off. Item I do give and bequeath unto John Ingraham & his 
Heirs forever Forty pounds to be paid him Immediately after my Dicease. Item It 
is also my Will and desire that after all my Debts are paid & all my Leagacies 
abovementioned are paid off and fully discharged that the Remainder of all my 
Estate shall continue in the Possession of my beloved Wife for and during her 
natural Life if she continues my Widow in manner and for the uses above devised, 
and that at her dicease or on her Day of Marriage which ever may first happen, 
that then it is my Will and Desire & I do hereby give all the whole and full 
Remainder of my whole Estate Goods and Chattels and all my ridy money Bonds, 
Bills Notes and Accots. & every thing that is mine, unto John Ingrham and all my 
surviving Grand Children to be equally divided amongst them to the use of them 
and their Heirs forever. Lastly I do constitute and hereby appoint John Ingrham 
and Elizabeth my beloved Wife my whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will 
and Testament hereby revoking disalving and hereby disanulling all other 
Bequests Wills and Legacies. Ratifying this and no other to be my Last Will and 
Testament In Witness whereof I have herunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal this 
Sixth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
seventy two. 
 
Mathew X Clark  {Seal} 
   his Mark 
 
Signed Sealed published and pronounced by the said Mathew Clark abovenamed to be 
his Last Will and Testament in the presence of Jas. Smith Thos. Smith Robert 
Smith 
 
On the 20th Day of November 1772 Came James Smith and Robert Smith two of the 
subscribing Witnesses to the aforegoing Will & made Oath on the holy Evangels of 
Almighty God that they did see the Testator Matthew Clark sign and Seal the said 
Will & heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his Last Will and 
Testament & that at the Time of his so doing he was to the best of their 
Knowledge and  belief of a sound and disposing Mind & Memory & that they did see 
Thomas Smith the other subscribing Witness to the said Will sign his Name as a 
Witness thereto, & that they severally subscribed their Names as Witnesses to 
the said Will in presence of the Testator & in the presence of each other. 
     Sworn before JBowles Dy Comy.




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