Will of Philemon Lloyd

Will Book 4, Page 186
Talbot County, Maryland
16 July 1682

In the name of God Amen, I Philemon Lloyd of Talbot County in ye Province of Maryland doe make & ordain this my last Will & Testament as followeth;. Imps. I bequeath my soul  into the hands of Almighty God my body to be decently buried at ye discretion of my wife and friends hereafter named.
2. I give unto my son Philemon all my lands upon great Island in Wye River with all my plantations thereunto belonging to him & his heirs forever.
3. I give unto my son James all my land att Jucechow in two tracts containing two thousand acres with ye plantation & housing therunto belonging to him & his heirs forever.
4. I give unto my daughter Henrietta Maria five hundred acres in two pattents where John Newman lives with ye plantation thereupon at ye exipiration  of his lease to her & her heirs forever.
5. I give to my daughter Alice six hundred acres of land lying at ye head of Nye River called Lloyd’s Forrest to her & her heirs forever.
6. I give to my daughter Anna three hundred acres & fifty acres of land lying at ye head of Nye river called Rosseth? To her & her heirs forever.
7. I give to my daughter Elizabeth four hundred acres of land lying at ye head of Nye River called Garland to her & her heirs forever.
8. I give to my daughter Mary one thousand acres of land lying at ye head of Chester? Called Lloyd’s Downe to her & her heirs forever.
9. I give all other (of) my estate in land now in my possession or in expectation to my son Edward Lloyd & it is my will & true intent any word to ye contrary nowithstanding & if my son Philemon should die without issue of his body lawfully begotten then all of ye above said land upon Island come to my son Edward & his heirs forever.
10. I will ye plantation where I now dwell with orchards & gardens & houses thereupon with all ye land thereunto belonging savings ye four hundred acres to the sole use of my wife Henrietta Marie Loyd during her life any words to ye contrary to hear ye only my request is case she should be privales wth marry again & it happens to be a person capable to afford her a sufficient & comfortable abode or _____? & then before such marriage she release all her rights to ye said land & plantation unto my son Edward when he shall arrive at full age.
11. I give to my wife ye furniture of her chambers with ye great glass & table & stand made of olive wood with a dozen silver spoons.
12. I give to my son Edward ye negro boy Peter & his sister Sarah Palls children & ye great silver cann.
13. I give to my daughter Henny a girl ___  ____daughter with a dozen silver spoons.
14. I give to my daughter Mary ye negro girl Penelope wooby’s daughter with all her issue from ye time of my decease.
15. I give to my daughter-in-law Mrs. Susanna Darnell lately Bennett all my land in ______ River back of my own purchase from Richard Leake & what I hold in right of my wife provided shee release my heirs from any English ____? Or tobacco payments due by her father will ye said land to her & her heirs forever likewise I give her ye great silver plate.
16. I will any & all ye rest of my estate after debts, legacys ( are ) paid & discharged be equally divided between my dear wife & children receiving for every child she goeth with all.
17. I will my estate to be dewly inventoried presently after my decease & allowed unto money & if it be secured for my children according to such rules as are made in & good law of ye county for presavation of orphan estates as if I had died intestate & if my children be brought up & have means of education according to ye porportion of their estates in ye sd. Law is provided.
18. I will ye my children be brought up in the Protestant Religion & carryed to such church or churches when it is proper & is no other during their minority & until such years of discretion as my rinder them last capable to judge what is most ___? To ye good will of Almighty God unto which I pray of his mercy direct them.
19. I do devise my deare father-in-law Capt. James Neal & good friend Henry Cousey, James Neal, Junr., & Henry Coursey, Junr. , Mr. William Tilgham to see this my will preferred & kept from time to time & as often as they shall see cause & they ____________ of serving my sd. Estate according to ye said act of assembly to each of whom I leave as a _______? Of & _____? Confidence I have in them a gold ring of ___?
Shill. Price at ____? In witness to my last Will & Testament I have hereto set my hand & seal the 27th day of May AD 1682.
Signed & Sealed in the presence of:                    Phi. Lloyd
James Clayland
___ Hemsley
Tho. Vaugh
_____Downs
James Eustes

Codicil:
28 May 1685
My will is that these severally ____ & legacys, alterations & amendments heretofore mentioned called on  _____  _______? To my last Will & Testament which bears date of seven & twentyth day of May in ye year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty two.
1. I give unto my son James Lloyd ______? Acres lately bought of Henry Parker and adjoining to ye sd. Land formerly given him in Tuchahow.
2. I give unto my two daughters Margaret & Jane eight hundred acres of land called Nimenie & Nimenie’s Adition lying at ye head of Crosekey Creek lately bought of the said Henry Parker.
3. 3. I will ye fifteenth article in my last will giving several legacies to Mrs. Susanah Darnell be void & anul’d ( the cause of ye condition ceasing of an anagremts made between Mr. Jno. Darnell & myself  concerning those lands in Sisifras River doe stand in for  & insited of ye plate of ye article mentioned I give to ye said Mrs. Susannah Darnell a silver watch.
4. 4. Whereas by my last will I left in charge with my overseer therein named to cause my children to be brought up in ye Protestant Religion ins whc. Religion I would still have them continue yet least my meaning & content therein should be mistaken & disorders will not forseen betwine my wife & overseers aforesaid that I make it my only request to her by all ye obligations of a loving husband to see my will therein performed & ye said overseers put her in mind thereof & see God’s will be done.
Signed & Sealed in presence of:                           Phi. Lloyd
James Clayland
Joseph Hunnywill
John Ross
 

The above will was proved in Talbot County, Maryland court on 16 July 1685.
 
 

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