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And alsoe four Negroes namely black Jack Georges son Swann
Nanny and dido with their future Encrease and alsoe Five Cows &
Calves Eight Ewes and Lambs with them Six Sows and a Boare and
One good Feather Bedd and Furniture to him the s^d William Courts
his Heires and Assignes forever, Item to my daughter Anne Courts
I Give and Bequeath a parcell of Land lyeing in Prince Georges
County near the first falls of Potomack River on Rock Creek
Branches Containing Seven Hundred Acres Called Clean Drink to
her the s^d Anne Courts and the Heires of her body lawfully begotten
forever, And on failure of such Heires to the right Heire of me the
s^d John Courts forever, Alsoe Two negroes namely Loney & Pegg
with her future Encrease alsoe four Cowes and Calves six Ewes and
Lambs with them Six Sowes and a Boare And Seven pounds Sterl to
buy her the s^d Anne Courts a Silver Tankerd And One good Feather
Bed and Furniture to her the s^d Anne Courts her Heires and As-
signes forever, Item to my Daughter Charity Courts I Give Two
Tracts of Land or parcells One of them lyeing upon Potomack
River Called Martins Freehold Containing One Hundred and Fifty
acres, the other parcell lyeing Adjacent to Zachaia Mannor Called
Hargages Hope Containing One Hundred Acres to her & her Heires
of her body lawfully begotten forever, And on failure of such
Heires to the right Heires of me John Courts forever, Alsoe One
Negroe named Agoe & her Encrease and Thirty pounds sterling to
buy her the s^d Charity Courts a Negroe with, alsoe seven pounds
sterf, to buy a Silver Tankerd for the s^d Charity Courts alsoe four
Cowes and Calves Six Ewes, and Lambs with them Six Sowes and a
boare and One good feather Bed and furniture to her the s^d Charity
her Heires and Assignes forever, Item my Will is that the remaining
part of my Cleare Estate be disposed of As followeth That is to say
One Third part thereof to my s^d Wife Charity Courts the other Two
Third parts to be equally divided among my six Children As afores^d
Item I doe further will and Ordain that the severall devises and
Legacys above devised and Bequeathed to my s^d Children shall be
paid and delivered to them by my Executrix hereafter named At the
respective Ages following (that is to say) my sons at their Arrivall
At Twenty Yeares of Age and my daughters at the Ages of Sixteen
yeares or their respective days of Marriage which shall first happen,
And to the End that mutuall Interchange of Paternall Care and
dutifull Affeccon may be p^rserved between my Wife & Children I

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will & Ordaine that while my Wife remaines Sole and unmarryed
she may retaine in her hands and to her Use the Educacon of my
Children my whole personall Estate dureing her naturall Life
although my said Children All or any of them arrive to their respec-
tive Ages for receiveing their porcons as afores^d Referring it to her
discreccon Either to Retain their severall porcons in her hands dure-
ing her naturall Life or to deliver them or either of them what part
thereof as she shall think fitt accordingly As they shall respectively

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