Eric Miller's Family Tree
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| Esau Boston Will 1695-1768 ESAU BOSTON WILL 1695-1768 I Esau Boston of Somerset County in the Province of Maryland, Planter, being sick and weak of Body but in perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for it and calling to mind the uncertainty of this present Lyfe and willing to settle my Affairs here on Earth and as for my worldly Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with I bestow as followeth: Imprimis I leave my Tract of Land called Nan Ellesses ridge to William Wood upon the Proviser that he will pay Seventy pounds for the above said Land and if he will not pay the money I leave the above said Land . . . to any other person that will pay the above said Sum. . . . Item I give and Bequeath unto my Grand son Elijah Boston son of Mathew Boston the Sum of Thirty five pounds in Money to be paid to him by my Executor out of my Estate when the said Elijah Boston shall come to the Age of Twenty and one to him and his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Isaac Boston son of Mathew Boston the Sum of Thirty five Pounds in Money to be paid to him by my Executor out of my Estate . . . [at] the Age of Twenty and one. . . . Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Jacob Boston all my Cyder Casques and one Pair of Steelyards and hand Mill and my Howel and my Coopers Ax. . . Item I leave unto my son Jacob Boston my Negro Woman named Juda during his Natural Life and after the Death of my son Jacob Boston I give. . . the aforesaid Negro. . . to my Grandson Esau Boston son of Jacob. . . and all her Increase. . . and if it should be the pleasure of Almighty God to take my Grandson saw Boston off the Stage of this Life not having issue Lawfully Begotten and born of his Body I give and Bequeath the above said Negro. . . Juda unto my Grandson Jacob Boston son of Jacob. . . . Item I give . . . unto my Daughter Mary Cottingham my Negro Woman named Pleasant and one Prayer Book and one Stone Butter pott and my Spectacles. Now I give. . . after the Death of my Daughter Mary Cottingham the above named Negro. . . unto my Grand Daughter Mary Cottingham Daughter of John Cottingham. . . . Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Betty Boston my Bed that I now lie on with what covering there is belonging to it. Item I give. . . unto my son Lazarus Boston my big pott and one small pott and one Cow and Calf and two young Steers and one plow and Harrow and one wooling wheel. Item I give. . . unto my grandson Jacob Boston son of Esaw Boston my Negro Woman named Tamor to him and his Heirs for ever but if it should be the pleasure of Almighty God to take my Grandson Jacob Boston . . . my Will is that the above said Negro. . . be sold and the money that she sells for to be equally divided between and among my four Grandsons that is to say Elijah Boston and Isaac Boston and Ephram Boston and David Boston. Item I give. . . unto my Grandson Jacob Boston son of Esaw Boston my best Bed and furniture and one large Pewter Dish and Six pewter plates. . . Item I give . . . all the Money that I shall have at my Death to be Equally Divided amongst my four Grandsons that is to say Elijah, Isaac, Ephram and David Boston. |