Wicomico County, Maryland wills, 1867-1879, Part 6

Author: Keddie, Leslie; Keddie, Neil
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Following Then came" May be another "Then came:" in which the widow appeared before the magistrates and either agreed to abide by the legacies and divisions of the will as written, or


refused and instead elected to have her lawful thirds, which means she could -- by law -- take one third (her dower portion) of the testator's estate both in real estate and personal estate.


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Wicomico County Maryland Wills 1880-1897


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F:15 Jacob Bell


28 October 1867


To wife Mariah - estate for life or widowhood


To nephew's son Andrew Covington Pollitt - estate after wife's widowhood


To Perry R. Pollitt, William W. Hayman and John W. Riggin - the above if Andrew Covington Pollitt dies without lawful heir


Executor: Perry R. Pollitt and John W. Riggin and that they shall take care of Andrew Covington Pollitt until he is of age


Witness: Robert Staton, Daniel Staton, Josiah McGrath


10 January 1880 Then came


F:16


William T. Smith


12 September 1879


To wife Margaret A. Smith - all estate


Executor: son William G. Smith


Witness: Samuel A. Graham, William Waller, B. F. Smith


9 June 1880 Then came


F:17


Theodore Parsons


2 January 1873


To wife Margaret - all estate


Executor: wife


Witness: William Birckhead, 1. Marcellus Dashiell, Samuel A. Graham


10 June 1880 Then came


F:18


William L. Truitt


24 October 1863


To daughter Sarah Williams Wells wife of Daniel Wells - land that is south and east of the road that leads from the Line Meeting House to Melson's Meeting House


To daughter Gatty Elizabeth Truitt - the home plantation including the land on the north and west of the above road


To wife Elizabeth - third of property for life


Executor: Billy F. Farlow


Witness: Spicer M. White, Mary E. Purnell, William Foskey


13 July 1880 Then came Spicer White and Mary Purnell (now Savage). William Foskey since deceased


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F:19 James L. Smith


31 August 1880


To son Albert Smith - one lot or parcel of ground being a part of the tract where 1 now reside and beginning on the public road and at the corner where my line joins Albert Townsend and running south to the intersection of Martha Anderson's


To son Perry - the lot or parcel of ground being a part of the tract where 1 now reside and beginning on the public road at the south boundary and running west


To son Thomas - the lot or parcel of ground being a part of the tract where I now reside and beginning on the public road at the northeast corner where my land joins that of Thomas H. White


To son William - $30


To son Asbury - $20


To daughter Ann Eliza wife of Robert Cooley (Cookey?) - $1


To daughter Meary Banks wife of Thomas Banks - $5


To daughter Leorana Townsend wife of Albert - $1


To daughter Sarah Ellen - $5


To wife Sarah Ann Smith - personal property and that she and my daughter Sarah shall have a home on the property given to my sons Executor: son Albert


Witness: H. Laird Todd, Rufus Simms, 1. M. Dashiell


26 October 1880 Then came


F:21


Mary A. Palmore


7 May 1874


To my child Mary Alice Taylor - "what household stuff I have independent of my husband Peter 1. Palmore consisting of 1 bed and furniture and 1 bolster, 2 large pillows, 1 pair of sheets, 1 quilt with green border, 6 cain chairs, 1 large rocking chair, the mahogany table in the parlor ... 6 pictures in the parlor, my family Bible, my tin workbox and hymn book"


To granddaughter Mary A. Mezick - the little china cups and saucers and one of the glass cups that sits on the mantle


To grandchild Elizabeth Taylor - the other glass cups and china cups


Witness: John W. Moore, Mary C. Evans, Isabella Taylor


1 November 1880 Then came George W. Taylor who had this will in his hands


F:22 Henry F. Price 7 February 1878


To aunt Margaret Banks - remainder of estate after the following


To uncle Henry W. Anderson - $300 Executor: Margaret E. Banks


Witness: F. M. Slemons, Henry 1. W. Dinson, Jesse H. Goslee 8 January 1881 Then came


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F:23 William Pollitt


26 November 1877


To wife Mary - land on the west side of a private road leading from Lazarous Johnson's to the mills formerly owned by Gestavus Schumaker and joining the land belonging to Shady Colbourn at the time of her death. Also house and lot in the part of Salisbury called Camden adjoining the lot of Scott Brewington and Elizabeth Humphreys


To son Joshua D. Pollitt - $1


To the heirs of son Joshua - the farm where I now live known by the name of Hongary Quarter being part of the same that I have given to my wife


Executor: wife


Witness: E. L. Wailes, John D. Truitt, Robert Disharoon 22 March 1881 Then came


F:24 Benjamin Dennis 17 June 1880


To wife Mary - my cow which is now giving milk


To son Samuel - $1


To daughter Ellen Gale wife of Benjamin Gale - $10


To grandson Julius Church son of my daughter Sally Church - one feather bed and furniture


To daughter Hester Rider wife of Henry Rider - my horse Durbin


To daughters Hester and Sally, wife of James Church - the house and lot where I now live and the balance of personal property except the present crop which I give to wife and son-in-law Henry Rider Executor: sons-in-law Henry Rider and James Church


Witness: Thomas B. Moore, Edwin H. Hayman, A. L. Jones 4 May 1881 Then came


F:25


Isaac B. Jackson


12 February 1878


To Elihu Jackson son of Hugh Jackson - all my silver plate


To brother Hugh Jackson - half of the proceeds from the sale of remainder of real and personal property To Clayton Penuel (son of my sister Leah Hurn) - fourth of the proceeds from the sale of remainder of real and personal property


To Sarah Catherine Phillips wife of Jacob C. Phillips - fourth of the proceeds from the sale of remainder of real and personal property Executor: brother Hugh Witness: William Parsons, S. P. Parsons, John H. White


10 May 1881 Then came


F:26


Anthony Brown (of Parson's District)


25 April 1881


To wife Louisa - all property for her lifetime or widowhood for the care of my children


To children John W. Brown and Lucy Brown - estate after wife's widowhood


To brother Charles Brown and my sisters Sarah White and Emma Howell - estate if both of the children die without issue


Executor: wife and brother-in-law Girshom Howell


Witness: John D. Truitt, William M. Collins, James Windsor 20 May 1881 Then came


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F:27 Samson Burbage 10 December 1879


To wife Margaret - house where 1 now reside during her lifetime and then the house to the children Cornelia, George and Eva


To daughter Cornelia Burbage - bed and furniture


To son George W. Burbage - bed and furniture


To daughter Eva B. Burbage - bed and furniture


To son Hiram - the land in the 6th Election District which begins at the bounder of Teague's Folly with the line that divides my land from that of Albert Bailey until it strikes the county road leading from Powellville to Snow Hill. This containing about 5 acres


To sons Hiram and George - my still, kettle, worm, and brandy jug


To grandson Arthur White - $5


To grandson E_ Clyde Burbage - $5


That remainder of property including the store house now occupied by Davis & Truitt be sold and divided between my children and grandson: Hiram Burbage, Martha Freeney, Laura G. Powell, Cornelia Burbage, George Burbage, Eva Burbage, and Hubert Parsons; but my son Hiram is to retain the share of Laura G. Powell in his hands as long as her husband Elisha Powell lives and if she dies before her husband; this to be paid to a guardian appointed for her children


Executor: son Hiram


Witness: Henry D. Powell, Ebenezer Dennis, William Lewis


1 June 1881 Then came


F:29


Matilda Mitchell


To children Rufus Mitchell, James H. Mitchell, Asbury Mitchell, Mary H. Downs - all monies and bed and furniture to each and residue of property


To Isaac Henry Evans - the bed "on which he generally lies" and the red chest in my bedroom


To James H. Mitchell - the five flag-bottomed chairs, a red stand and "the black steer for he saved the cow's life"


To Rufus - loom, tin can with handle, the chest upstairs


To Asbury - cupboard and the carpet in my bedroom


To Mary - one set of stem glasses, set of cane chairs, carpet in the parlor Executor: son James


Witness: Charles R. Hearn, Thomas Burton, Jonathan J. Fooks


19 July 1881 Then came


F:30


Jonathan Riggin of Sharptown 10 August 1878


To wife Matilda - house and lot in Sharptown which is on Main Street commencing at John R. Twilley's lot and up Main Street to a cedar post about two-thirds the way from J. R. Twilley's to the lot of Uriah


Gravenor. This for her widowhood


To son William A. Riggin - land in Dorchester County and the lot in Sharptown between that willed to my wife and the lot of Gravenor and also $100


To daughter Hetty Twilley - house at the death of my wife Executor: John R. Twilley Witness: John Robinson of Eli, Noah Collins, James Robinson


27 September 1881 Then came


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F:32 Elizabeth Malone


19 August 1880


To daughter Ann Maria Hayman - $300 and the bed and furniture now at her house


To son Alexander Porter Malone - the note held against him for $100 and $100 in cash


To lda Belle daughter of Alexander P. and Elizabeth Malone (his former wife) - $100, sewing machine, bed and furniture and rocking chair. These articles are now at Alexander's house


Executor: Alexander P. Malone


Witness: Thomas Humphreys, Ware Wainwright, Eugene W. Humphreys


4 October 1881 Then came


F:33 Huston Humphreys of Salisbury


7 October 1872


"I desire my bones may rest with my kindred in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church at Salisbury ... that a plain stone mark my grave inscribed only with a plain statement of my name, date of birth (which is August 2 1848) and the day of my death"


To the trustees of Princeton College of New Jersey (where I was educated) - $1000 to found a scholarship to be called The Humphreys Scholarship and to be given to any student from Maryland best entitled to it To cousin John H. Handy - $1000


To Elizabeth Bennett - $500


To Annie Coulborn wife of John Coulborn - $500


To nephew Walton Cathell Humphreys - my watch


To my sister Mary F. Humphreys - the ring which I now wear


To mother Isabella Humphreys - $1000 in her hands to ameliorate the condition of any deserving poor of the Town of Salisbury


To the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church - $500


To Thomas Humphreys and E. L. Wailes - residue of property in trust for my sister Bell H. Jones. The interest to be paid to on a quarterly basis


Executor: Thomas Humphreys Witness: none named


6 October 1881 Then came Stephen Toadvine and Ernest Toadvine who make oath to the handwriting of Huston Humphreys


F:34


Elizabeth Humphreys, "married woman" 8 June 1881


To nephew George T. Dove - all property for his lifetime


To brothers and sisters George W. Smith, Robert Thomas Smith, Mary Jane Wrightson, Biddy Bennett - the above after nephew's death


Executor: brother Robert


Witness: George W. Bell, Lillie Huston, Georgia Huston 23 October 1881 Then came


F:35 Leah Peters 23 July 1881


To grandson William Grant Peters - house where I now live which is near the Colored M. E. Church one mile from Upper Trappe Wicomico County Maryland and residue of estate


To daughter Leah Whitney mother of William Grant Peters - a home in the above house for her lifetime Witness: Levin B. Price, Lemuel Price, Nathaniel King 17 December 1881 Then came


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F:36 Benjamin W. Truitt


16 October 1881


To wife Martha W. Truitt - estate for lifetime and life insurance policy No. 6480 date 20 August 1866 from Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company


To children Eleanor F. Taylor, John W. Truitt, Benjamin P. Truitt, Martha E. Truitt, Charles Truitt, Edna F. Truitt, and Queen L. Truitt - estate after wife's death


Executor: wife


Witness: George E. Wingate, Samuel T. Acworth, John W. Moore


24 January 1882 Then came


F:37 Humphrey Humphreys


15 may 1880


To grandson Gordan Humphreys - house and lot in Salisbury where my son Eugene lives and which adjoins my residence. Also two houses and lots on East Camden Street bought of Noah Rider and Harry Game in Salisbury. Also all my interest in the Hooper Farm bought of Thomas Humphreys, trustee to sell the real estate of John T. Hooper. Also all my interest in the Toadvine Wharf in Salisbury bought of E. L. Toadvine, trustee. Also 10 acres of land bought of Sarah Hitch and Betsy Nichols.


To son Lafayette P. Humphreys - use of the above given to his son Gordan and $2500 paid in equal amounts over 5 years


To grandchildren Lucy Randolph Parsons, Theodore F. Humphreys, Eugene D. Humphreys; all children of my son Eugene - the office now occupied by my son Eugene and the privilege of putting it on the dwelling house lot at the southwest corner, east of the sycamore tree fronting on Broad Street. Also horse and carriage now in the possession of my son Eugene. Also dwelling house and lot


To son Eugene - use of the property given to his children for his lifetime


To Lucy and Randolph children of son Eugene - the Tilghman Farm in Nutters District and the surrounding tracts being a tract bought of D. C. Humphreys, tract bought of Elijah Coulbourn, and two tracts bought of Henry Fooks


To Theodore and Eugene children of son Eugene - two house and lots on the corner of Division and Isabella Streets bought of I. Madison Shockley and wife and lot of ground lying along and east of the Eastern Shore Railroad bought at the sale of the real estate of D. C. Humphreys


To son Randolph Humphreys and grandson Gordon H. Toadvine - that property known as the Bailey Mills consisting of a saw, grist, carding, and planing mills. Also tracts bought around said property being one tract bought of Benjamin Parsons, one tract bought of John B. Slemons, one tract of Elizabeth Robertson, one tract of D. Cathell Humphreys, one tract of Isabella Humphreys, and one tract of William S. Parsons and the assignee in bankruptcy of __ Cathell. Also all my interest in the property on the south side of Main Street in Salisbury consisting of storehouse, wharf, and granary occupied by Humphreys and Tilghman. Also dwelling and lot occupied by Handy Fooks. Also the iron safe at my home


To brother George W. Humphreys - $800


To the Wicomico Presbyterian Church - $800


To sister Mary Anne Humphreys - $140 per year for her lifetime. This made in pursuance of an agreement with the heirs of my brother D. C. Humphreys to contribute to her support


1 "will and direct that the partnership now existing between myself and William B. Tilghman under the name of Humphreys & Tilghman shall not be dissolved by my death, but my interest remain and continue for five years"


To sons Lafayette, Eugene, and Randolph and grandson Gordon - the cannon which lies at my front gate To nephew Thomas Humphreys - $250 and request that he act as council to to my estate


Executor: son Randolph


Witness: E. L. Wailes, M. H. Fooks, S. E. Gordy


13 March 1882 Then came


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F:43 Luther M. Williams


4 April 1882


To daughter Martha Jane Pollitt - 100 acres being the north part of the farm now occupied by Martha and her husband Lewis A. Pollitt and situated in Sussex County Delaware. Also part of a water mill joining the land To Lewis A. Pollitt - remainder of the above farm provided he pay to my son James and my daughter Elizabeth C. Connelly the sum of $370 to each with interest


To daughter Lucy E. Ellingsworth - 80 acres joining the land of Hugh Ellingsworth the same being the land on the west side of a division fence beginning at the county road and running north until the line strikes the line of A. Sidney Taylor. This provided that a right-of-way will always be around the bridge and over the stream that is on the road leading to the Rockawalking M. E. Church


To daughter Eliza C. Morris - part of tract known as the Stevens Farm containing the dwelling and lying on the south side of the road leading from Salisbury to Quantico


To son Alonzo L. Williams - part of the farm on which he now lives except the part given to daughter Lucy To son Jay D. Williams - house and lot where I now live in Salisbury on Delaware Street


To wife Palmyra B. Williams - the house and lot on Delaware Street for her lifetime provided that my son Jay D. be permitted to enjoy a home


"It is also my will and testament that my private securities and the proceeds of my personal estate ... shall be appropriated ... towards the payment of my marriage contract of five hundred dollars"


Executor: son Alonzo


Witness: W. H. Mitchell., Lambert W. Adkins, Joseph Mitchell


23 June 1882 Then came


F:45 Mary Allen 10 May 1879


To grandchildren Raymond Allen, Lindley Allen, Verona Allen, Mary Whittington Allen - my house and lot where Joseph Allen now resides situated at Upper Trappe Wicomico County and bounded on the north and east by the mill pond, south by a small ditch at the south end of the garden which is the line dividing my two lots and west by the county road


To grandchildren Grace Whittington Allen, Francis Percy Allen - my house and lot where William F. Allen now lives at Upper Trappe and bounded on the north by the ditch as above and on the south by the M. E. parsonage lot


To son Albert James Allen - $75


To daughter Mary Jane Williams - $50


To daughter Margaret Priscilla Toadvine - $50


To granddaughter Mary E. Harcum - $50 To grandson Charles T. Dashiell - $25


To sons Joseph Allen and William F. Allen - remainder of estate Executor: sons


Witness: Levin B. Price, Levi Malone, Simion F. Malone 25 July 1882 Then came


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F:46 William P. Prior


To daughter Mary E. E. Prior - bed and furniture


That residue of personal property be divided among my seven children with the following conditions: That daughter Hester F. C. Prior (or Brown) pay to daughter Mary $50 out of her part That daughter Sarah C. Prior pay to my son George L. Prior $50 out of her part


That Daniel Staton and William Livingston shall value and appraise my property Executor: James Dykes


Witness: Daniel Staton, William Livingston, Nehemiah Fooks


29 July 1882 Then came


F:48 Littleton Q. Dennis 10 November 1871


To sons Washington and Marcellus - my farm


To grandson Willie - $500 when he is of age To wife - personal property for her lifetime


To daughters Amanda and Cordilia - personal property after wife's death Witness: Edward White, I. D. White, Mephibosheth C. Webb 1 August 1882 Then came


F:49 James H. Elliott 18 July 1882


To wife Missoui E. Elliott - my farm known as the Price Farm for her lifetime. Also $400 in cash and for her to collect notes of hand which she holds against me


To son Edward Elliott - real estate in the village of White Haven which I bought of Robert F. Bratten trustee for Wair Winwright


To sons E. I. Elliott, D. I. Elliott and daughter Julia Elliott - the swamp land known as the Wilson land and half the farm on Witipquin Creek known as the White Farm


To my children that my wife M. E. Elliott now has or may have by me - half the farm on Witipquin Creek and all the farm known as the John Dashiell Farm


Executor: sons Edward and Daniel


Witness: Minus Downing, Benjamin Waller, William H. Taylor


3 August 1882 Then came


F:50


Jonathan W. Benson of Sharptown


16 May 1882


To wife Sabra Benson - estate for life


To Thomas Twilley - after wife's death, land northeast of the tract of land called Robinson's Delight To William Nichols (son of Jonathan and Anne Nichols) and William R. Robinson (son of Elijah and Mary Robinson) - residue of real estate; "but should the above William A. Robinson refuse to stay with my wife and wait on her to her satisfaction then his legecy shall go to the above named William Nichols" To Jonathan Benson Bennett son of Ephraim and Sarah Bennett - one suit of clothes at twenty-one not to cost over $100 "provided he does not arrive to that age until after the death of my wife". If wife is still alive, then he is not to have the suit until after her death


Executor: Thomas Twilley


Witness: Samuel Cooper, John R. Twilley, James Robinson 8 September 1882 Then came


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F:52 Mariah Elliott


13 November 1880


To son James Henry P. Elliott - all real estate for his lifetime


To grandchildren Isaac Edward Elliott, Lenord Washington Elliott, James Henry Elliott, William John Benjamin Elliott, Earnest Polk Elliott, and Anne Mariah Elen Elliott - the above land after son's death To sister Emma Lewis in the State of Missouri - the above land if all my grandchildren die without issue To the children of my sister and the children of my brother Robert Dorman - the above land after sister's death


Executor: friend James Gilliss and son James


Witness: George Bounds, William H. H. Dashiell, Benjamin E. Moore


17 October 1882 Then came


F:53


Cannon Knowles of Sussex County Delaware


26 April 1877


To Irvin and Eliza Jane; children of my son Sylvester - a tract of 14 acres called Baker's Folly where my son Sylvester now lives


To daughter Ann Elizbeth - $100




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