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In the name of God Amen. I Richard Watts
of Anne Arundel County and state of Maryland
being weak and sick in body but of sound
and disposing mind, memory and understanding,
considering the certainty of death and uncer
tainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs, and thereby be the
better prepared to leave this world when it
shall please God to call me hence, do there
fore make and publish this my last will
and testament in manner and form follow
ing, that is to say.
First and principally, I commit my soul
into the hands of Almighty God, and my
body to the Earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my Executrix herein after
named. And after my just debts and
funeral charges are all paid I will and
bequeath as follows:
I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachel Ann Watts, all my property of every description, Real, personal and mix -ed in fee simple.
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife Executrix of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me hereto made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, this thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Fifty nine.
Signed, Sealed published and
declared by the testator Richard
Watts to be his last will and
testament in the presence of
us who at his request in his
presence, and in the presence
of each other have subscribed
our names as witnesses thereto -
William Jones
James Rawlings
Mary S M Gantt
Anne Arundel County Sch
The 22nd March 1859
Then came Wm
Jones one of the subscribing witnesses to the
aforegoing last will and testament of Rich-
-ard Watts, late deceased of Anne Arundel
County and made oath on the Holy Evangely
of Almighty God that he did see the testator
Richard Watts sign and seal this will that he
heard him publicly pronounce and declare the
same to be his last will and testament - that at
the time of his so doing, he was to the best of
his apprehension of sound and disposing mind
memory and understanding, that he together with
James Rawlings and M.S.M. Gantt, the other sub
scribing witnesses respectively subscribed their
names as witnesses to this will at the request
& in the presence of the testator and all in the pres
ence of each other
Benj E Gantt, Reg Wills
A. A. County
Contributed by Danny Watts
Source: Anne Arundel County Will Liber BEG1, folio 376, book 41
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