Will of William HAUGH (1775) Frederick County, Maryland

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In the name of God amen William Haugh of Frederick County
and Province of Maryland, being very sick and weak in body,
but in perfect mind and memory thans be given to God, and
calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that
it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and
ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say,
Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul
into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my Body I
recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian
burial at the direction of any Executors, nothing doubting
but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same
again by the Almighty power of God, and as touching such
worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in
this Life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the
following manner and form. First I give unto my Son Paul
Haugh the Plantation, as he has the same under deed and he
has to pay to each of the boys twenty five pounds.
Secondly I give unto my dear beloved wife Ann Mary Haugh the
thirds of all the moveables belonging to the plantation and
her living during life out of said place, and the grain that
is in the Barn or stack yard now along with the rest of the
moveables is to be divided equally amonst my daughters. I
likewise constitute make and ordain Frederick Dern and Jacob
Wolfe the sole executive of this my Last Will and Testament,
I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and
every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacious
Bequests,Executors by me in any wise before named willand
and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other
to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of November Anno
Domini 1775.

[Seal]

The above Fifty Pound that is to be paid unto the boys in
lieu of a Fifty pound Bond by an Agreement bearing date the
sixteenth day of June 1774 before signing or sealing the
above Will and I allow the same as above.
In Witness I have set my hand and seal as it were above

his
William W H Haugh {Seal}
mark

Henry Coons, Herman Hensh, William Lawrence
Annexed to the aforegoing Will is the following
Renunciation.

We Frederick Dern and Jacob Wolfe the appointed executors in
the Last Will and Testament of William Haugh
late of Frederick County deceased do hereby refuse to act as
executors to said Will by virtue of such
appointment and do therefore renounce all our right title
and claim to said executorship accordingly As
Witnesses our hands this 3rd day of November 1777.

Frederick Dern
Jacob Wolfe

Signed in the presence of

Jno. Carnack

To Mr. George Murdock Register of Will and Commisary for
Frederick County.
October 25th 1777 Then came Mary Haugh Executive of those
within named children William Haugh and made
Oath upon the Holy Evangels of Almight God that the within
Instrument of writing is the true and whole Willa dn
Testament of William Haugh late of Frederick County deceased
that hath come to her hands or posession, and
that she doth not know of any others.
Certified by Geo: Murdock Reg.r

Frederick County to wit the 25th day of October 1777 Then
came Henry Coons, and Herman Hersh two of the
subscribing witnesses to the within Last Will and Testament
of William Haugh late of Frederick County
deceased and severally made Oath upon the Holy Evangels of
Almighty God, that they together with William
Lawrence the other subscribing witness, did see the Testator
therein named sign and seal this Will, and that
they heard him publish prounounce 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
undertanding, and that they together with the said William
Lawrence respectively subscribed their names as
witnesses to this Will, in the presence and at the request
of the Testator and in the presence of each other.
Certified by Geo: Murdock Reg.r