Frederick County, MD Wills: The Will of Christian Coon (1795)
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Will of Christian Coon
Frederick County Wills Liber/Folio GMRB1-168
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County, Maryland
In The Name of God Amen I Christian Coon of Frederick County &
State of Maryland being in perfect Health & of sound disposing mind
memory & understanding Thanks be to God do make ordain this my last
will and Testament in manner and form following to wit.
Imprimis it is my will and I do order that in the first place all
my Just Debts and funeral charges be paid and Satisfied by my Executors
hereinafter named__
Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Christian Coon all that Tract
of Land whereon I now live called Shroyers Blessing to him his heirs
and Assigns forever Also my still and other Impliments thereto
belonging Also my House Clock Desk Kitchen Cupboard one Old Waggon &
G__ers for four horses and also my Ploughs and Harrows__
Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Henry Coon his heirs and
Assigns forever all that part of a Tract or parcel of Land called Johns
Delight and also a Tract of Land called content both Situated lying and
being in Frederick County aforesaid__
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Gertrout Cypher wife
John Cypher All that Tract or parcel of Land called Kerr's Resolve for
and during her natural life and after her Decease to be Equally Divided
between the Children of the said Gertrout Cypher or the Survivors of
them their heirs and Assigns forever__
Item I Give and bequeath unto the children of my Daughter Lovice
(Deceased) Wife of Henry Grove the sum of Forty pounds in Gold or
Silver Currency each to be paid them by my son Christian Coon as
follows my grand Daughter Mary grove's Legacy to be paid her one year
after my Decease my Grand Daughter Betsey Grove's Legacy to be paid her
two years after my Decease my Grand Daughter Rebecca Grove's Legacy to
be paid her three years after my Decease my Grand son Joseph Grove's
Legacy to be paid him four Years after my Decease and my Grand Daughter
Cathrine Grove's Legacy to be paid her five Years after my Decease
provided Nevertheless that if any of the children of my Daughter Lovice
as aforesaid Should Die before they receive their Legacies as aforesaid
then his her or their parts shall be equally Divided between the
Survivors of them
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elisabeth all my
Houshold Goods of every kind (except the Goods bequeathed to my son
Christian Coon as aforesaid) Also my Horses Cattle & Sheep during her
natural life And after my wifes decease the aforesaid Household goods
Houses, Cattle & Sheep to be Equally Divided between my son Christian &
Henry & the Children of my Daughter Lovice & my Daughter Gertrout or
the Survivors of them__ Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson
Christian the Sum of Fifty Pounds in gold or Silver Currency to be paid
by my Executors herein after named when he Arrives at the Age of Twenty
one Years out of the Monies due me on Notes & Bonds And the residue of
all unapropriated Monies to be equally Divided between my son Christian
and Henry and the children of my Daughter Lovice and my Daughter
Gertrout or the Survivors of them respectively.
And Lastly I constitute make and ordain my son Henry & my son in
Law Henry Groff Executors of this my last will and Testament & I do
hereby utterly disannul all & every other former Testaments wills
Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before this time named willed &
Bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last will
and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Affixed my seal the Twenty first day of May one thousand seven hundred
and Ninety five
Christian _u_n (seal)
Signed Sealed Published & Declared
by the said Christian Coon to be
his last will & Testament in the
presence of us the Subscribers
Richard Butler
Tobias Butler, Wm Ritchie
Frederick County fsd February 5th 1806 Then came Henry Kuhn and Henry
Groff and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that the
foregoing Instrument of writing is the True whole will and Testament of
Christian Coon or Kuhn late of Frederick County Deceased that hath come
to their hands and possession and that they do not know any Other.
Richard Butler Regr..
Frederick County fsd February 5th 1806. Then came Tobias Butler and
William Ritchie two of the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing last
will and Testament of Christian Coon or Kuhn late of Frederick County
Deceased and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they
did see the Testator therein named Sign & Seal this will that they
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 Apprehensions of a sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding that they respectively Subscribed their names as
witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the
Testator And that they did also see Richard Butler the other
subscribing Witness Sign his name as a Witness to said will in the
presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of
each Other
Richard Butler Regr..
Note in margin: Henry Groff renounced Executorship 2d August 1806 --
___ filed in will