Will of Samuel STAUFFER (1831) Frederick County, Maryland

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Will of Samuel Stauffer
Frederick County, Maryland, Register of Wills
Liber GME-2, Folio 292, will dated November 14, 1831, Probated January 29, 1838

In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Stouffer of Frederick County in the state of 
Virginia, being in perfect health and body and of sound and disposing mind 
memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty 
of the time thereof and being desiroces 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 into 
the hands of almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the 
discretion of my executor herein after named and after my debts and funeral 
charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows. I give and devise unto my 
natural son Dennis Stouffer, begotten on the body of Eve Sweadner of Frederick 
County, in the state of Maryland, my lot of ground lying and being in the town 
of Liberty in Frederick County and State of Maryland known and designated by No. 
103 on the plot of said town, to him the said Dennis ???? heirs and assigns for 
ever as soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years. It is my will and I 
hereby direct my Executor hereinafter named, as soon after my decease as 
possible, to vest and lay out in Bank Stock, two thousand dollars of my estate 
in any Bank he may think best and the proceeds of the same I hereby give and 
direct my Executor to pay over to the said Dennis Stouffer as it may come 
regularly to hand as long as the said Dennis shall live and after the death of 
the said Dennis, the aforesaid sum of two thousand dollars shall be equally 
divided, share and share alike, between my brother Joseph Stouffer's children, 
to wit, John, Joseph Jr., Henry, Simon, Susan wife of Daniel Kemp, Kitty Ann, 
and Elizabeth Ann, and my sister Mary's son, Daniel Doyle of Warren County in 
the State of Ohio, to them and their heirs and assigns. I give and bequeath the 
whole and entire residue of my Estate which I think will amount to something 
upwards of two thousand dollars unto my brother Joseph Stouffer's children and 
my sister Mary's son Daniel Doyle, to wit John Stouffer, Joseph Stouffer Jr., 
Henry Stouffer, Simon Stouffer, Susan wife of Daniel Kemp, Kitty Ann and 
Elizabeth Ann, and my sister Mary's son Daniel Doyle to them their heirs and 
assigns to be equally divided between them share and share alike. I hereby 
direct my Executor hereinafter named, as soon after my death as possible shall 
collect all my monies owing to me, a number of notes and papers are in the hands 
of my brother Joseph Stouffer and others will most probable be found at the 
place of my decease wherever that shall take place. And Lastly, I do hereby 
constitute and appoint my nephew, Joseph Stouffer Jr. herein before named 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 fourteenth day of November in the year of our 
Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty one.
Samuel Stouffer (seal)

Signed, sealed published and declared by Samuel Stouffer the above named 
testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at 
his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed 
our names as witnesses thereto.
Abriel Unkefor, Elihu H. Rockwell, Thomas Carr.

State of Maryland, Frederick County to wit. On the 25th day of January, 1838, 
came Joseph Stouffer Sen. and made oath on the holy evangely of almighty God 
that the foregoing instrument of writing is the true whole will and testament of 
Samuel Stouffer late of the Borough of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, deceased that 
hath cometo his hands and possession. That he found the same amongst the papers 
of said deceased and that he does not know of any others. Test. G. M. 
Eichelberger, Reg.

State of Maryland Frederick County to wit. On the 29th day of January, 1838, 
came Elihu H. Rockwell, and on the 31st came Thomas Carr and on the day of 
August following, came Abdiel Unkefor the three subscribing witnesses to the 
foregoing last will and testament of Samuel Stouffer deceased and mode oath on 
the holy evangely of almighty God that they did see the testator therein named 
sign and 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 the 
same at the request of the testator and in his presence and all in the presence 
of each other. Test. G. M. Eichelberger, Reg.