Michael DENT

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Will of Michael Dent Sr. of Charles Co. MD
dated 1 Feb 1786
probated 12 Oct 1795



Charles Co. MD Will Book AK (No. 11), pp. 284-285




284 December Term 1795

Michael Dent Will

In the name of God Amen. This first day of February in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred &
eighty Six, I Michael Dent Senr. of Charles County in
the State of Maryland, planter, enjoying my wonted Reason
and understanding by God's Blessing though weak of
Body, & considering the uncertainty of human Life,
think proper to commit to writing & constitute this to
be my last will & Testament, retracting & making
void all Wills heretofore made by me --
Imprimis, I most humbly bequeath my Soul to God
who gave it, & my Body to the Ground to be decently
buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter
nominated, in hopes of a resurrection through the
Mercy of God & the Merits of my Blessed Saviour, to a
happy Immortality, and as to the worldly Estate
which it has pleased God to allot me, I bequeath
it in the following Manner -- I give & bequeath
to my Son Joseph Manning, & his heirs forever, all the
Land I now possess, known, part by the name of Dent's
Inheritance, & part by the name of Dents addition
with this proviso, that my daughter Victory enjoy the
use of it during her natural & Single Life. I Give &
bequeath to my Daughter Victory, a negroe woman
named Judy, a negroe Boy named Luke, my own ri=
=ding Horse, one feather bed & Furniture, one Cow, one
Ewe & Lamb, one Sow, two pewter Basons, one Dish, Six
plates & spoons, one Iron pot, one frying pan & four chairs
I Give & bequeath to my beloved Sons, John & Michael,
fifty pounds Current money each, to come out of the
rest of my moveable Effects, Goods & Chattels not already
named; & what remains, I leave to be equally divided
between my Son Joseph Manning, my Daughter Catha=
=rine, & my Daughter Victory; upon their paying out of
it to my Daughters Mary & Elizabeth five Shillings Current
money each. I hereby appoint my Son Joseph Manning
& my Daughter Victory, Joint Executors of this my last
will & Testament, In witness whereof, I hereunto Set my

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December Term 1795 285

hand & seal the day & year aforesaid.---
Signed, Sealed & acknowledged }
in presence of } Michael Dent {Seal}
Hezh. Dent }
John Cooksey }
Peter Dent }
At the foot of the foregoing will it is thus written to wit
Charles County Sst. 12th October 1795 Then came Peter Dent one
of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last Will and Tes=
=tament of Michael Dent late of Charles County decd. & made
oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that he did See
the testator therein named Sign & Seal this will that
he heard him publish pronounce & declare the Same
to be his last will & Testament that at the time of his
So doing he was to the best of his apprehensions of Sound
and disposing mind memory & understanding & that
he together with Hezekiah Dent & John Cooksey the other
two Subscribing witnesses respectively subscribed their
names as witnesses to this will in the presence & at
the request of the Testator & in the presence of each other
5 Sides Certd. by John Muschett Regr. of Wills

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John married Katherine TURNER. Katherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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