In the name of God Amen I Alexr. Ewing being sick of
body at present but perfect of mind and memory blessed be God therefor
calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to die Doeth make this
day my last Will & Testament in the manner as followeth.
1st I Recommend my Soul to God who gave it &
my Body to the Dust to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner
at the discretion of my Exects. & touching such worldly Estate as it
hath pleased God to bless me with I Bequeath in the method following.
2dly I appoint all my just and lawfull debts to
be discharged & paid as soon as it is possible as my Exects. shall
see cause.
3dly My well beloved wife to have the one third
of all Moveables after the debts is paid with her proportion of the Plantation
as the law directs.
4ly I appoint that my son James shall have half
of the Plantation with the Houses and Orchards & all Improvements belonging
to that half and the other half to my sons John & William equally.
William husbands to make the lines betwixt them.
5ly I appoint that my son James shall Pay Twenty
Pounds more or less to my Daughter Margaret at the discretion of my Exects.
when she arrives at the age of Sixteen & that John and William shall
pay unto my son Samuel when he arrives at the age of Sixteen years the
sum of twenty Pounds more or less at the Discretion of my Exects.
6ly I appoint that my Son in Law Andr. Porter
shall have given him by my Exects. the first day of November next the old
brown horse & six sheep together with what he hath already gotten.
7ly If any of my sons incline to sell their part
of the Land it shall be to their Brother or Brothers he or they paying
as much for the same as a Stranger is willing to give.
8ly I positively appoint that my sons James
& John shall be bound to trades at or against next fall at the discretion
of my Exects. & that William and Margaret be likewise bound out
at the Exects. Discretion.
9ly I appoint Andr. Barry Esq. James Porter
Small. Ewing & Nathanl. Ewing to be my Exects. & lastly I doe hereby
Revoke Disallow & Disannull all former Wills and Testaments made by
me in any ways & doeth only Confirm and ordain & appoint this to
be my last Will and Testament as Witness my hand and seal 18 day of Aprill
1738.
Witness Present her
Robert Gillispie Rachall
X Ewing
William Mitchell mark
ON THE BACK OF THIS WILL WAS WRITTEN THE FOLLOWING
TEXT--THE DISCREPENCY IN DATES IS NOTED BY THIS AUTHOR:
Vizt. Cecil County Pst. March ye 15 1738 William
Mitchell & Robert Gillispie two of the subscribing Witnesses to the
foregoing Will being duly & solemnly sworn on the holy Evangels of
Almighty God depose & say that they saw the Testator Alexander Ewing
sign the foregoing will & heard him Publish and declare the same to
be his last Will and Testatment. That at the time of his doing he
was to the best of their apprehension of sound & disposing mind &
memory and that they subscribed their respective names & Rachel Ewing
her mark as Witnesses to the same Will in the Presence of said Testator
& at his request. Which oath was taken by the said Witnesses
in the presence of James Ewing Eldest son of the Decd. who made no objection
to the probate of said Will.
Sworn before me Wm Ramsey DComty.