Wills: Will of Mary Roberts (1816): Philadelphia County, PA

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ROBERTS, MARY. 
Phila. Widow of Thomas Roberts of said city.
Written: December 11, 1816. 
Proved: March 5, 1817. 
Will Book 6, Page 406.

To cousin, Robert Cochran, of North Carolina, and to his children now
living. To Thomas Cochran, son of above-named Robert Cochran. To Mariah
Delah Cochran, daughter of cousin, Richard Cochran, deceased. Executors
to place head stones at graves of father and mother, brothers Benjamin
and Richard, my aunt Mary and my own. To friend, Lydia Jones, wife of
John M. Jones, of Phila. To Mary Cuthbert, daughter of Mary and Anthony
Cuthbert, of Phila. To Jane Preston, wife of Dr. Jonas Preston, to be
divided among the family of my late husband. To Lydia Thomas of
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, a niece of my late husband. To Thomas Price,
nephew of my deceased husband. To cousin, Elizabeth Reese, daughter of
Asa Davis. To aunt, Catharine Davis, wife of Jesse Davis of Delaware
Co., Pennsylvania. To George Betterton. To Harriot (a coloured woman).
To Molly Lloyd. These last three are persons brought up in my father's
family. To David Young of Lower Merion, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
Household furniture to be sold, proceeds to children of cousins,
Richard and Robert Cochran. To cousin, Nancy Lindsay, wife of Samuel
Lindsay. All residue to said cousin, Robert. 

Execs: Friends James Hunter, Esq., Benjamin Tilghman, Esq., both of Phila. 
Witnesses: Robert Patterson, Robert M. Patterson.