Will of Henry NEFF (1815); Frederick County, MD

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GME-1-55

In the name of God Amen.  I, Henry Neff of Frederick County in the state of 
Maryland, being sick and weak in body but of a 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 being 
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, First and principally I commit my soul unto the hand 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 expenses are 
paid I give devise and bequeath as follows, to wit, I give and bequeath unto my 
wife Elizabeth all and singular my real & personal estate for her to have and 
hold & enjoy the same during her natural life time, and after the decease of my 
wife then I order and direct that my Executor shall sell & dispose of my real & 
personal estate to the best advantage and the neat procedes thereof I give and 
bequeath share & share alike to all my sons & daughters to wit: Andrew Susanna 
Jacob Elizabeth John David & Frances to them their heirs and assigns, and in 
case any one of them should die in their minority in which case such deceased's 
child portion or legacy of my estate shall descend to the survivors children 
their heirs or assigns.  Item I recommend the Guardianship and tuition of my 
children unto my wife during their minority and that she shall give them 
schooling my sons to read & write & my daughters to read perfectly.  And lastly 
I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Andrew Neff to be the whole and sole 
Executor of this my last Will & testament with full power and lawful authority 
for him to transfer and convey by a good and lawful deed of bargain and sale all 
my real estate whenever the same shall be sold by the direction of my will, 
revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying and 
confirming this & no other to be my last will & testatment -- In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty ninth day of 
November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred fifteen.

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