Benjamin DENT

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Will of Benjamin Dent of Charles Co. MD
dated 5 Jul 1778
probated 15 Aug 1778



Charles Co. MD Will Book AF (No. 7), pp. 207-209



[p 207, about half way down page]

Benjamin Dents Will August the 15th 1778

In the name of God Amen --- I Benjamin Dent of Charles County being Sickand
weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory (thanks be to God for thesame) and
Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life and knowing thatit is appointed
for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament inmanner
and form following Imprimis I recommend my Soul into the hands of myblessed
Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ hoping to obtain the same again at thegeneral
resurrection, and my Body to the Earth to be buryed in a decent andChristian form
according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named -----
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife the use of mydwellinge
Plantation, and also my part of Turners forest during her natural lifeand after
her decease I give and bequeath unto my Son Gideon Dent my dwellingplantation
which I now live on it being part of a tract of land Called and Known bythe name
of Dents Inheritance containing One hundred and forty three acres more orless, as
also I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid son Gideon Dent four acres ofa parcel
of land Called Turners forest and binding on Dents Inheritance to [him]and his Heirs
forever. but if my Son Gideon Dent Should die without Lawful [issu]e,then my
Son John Bruer Dent to Enjoy the above mentiond Lands to him and theHeirs of
his Body Lawfully begotten forever------
Item I give and Bequeath to my son Benjamin Dent part of that Tract
or parcel of Land called and Known by the name of Saint Stephen Coalmanand
Containing one hundred acres more or less it being that par[t of] land mySon
Benjamin Dent now dwells on to him and his Heirs forever but if my SonBenja.
Dent should die without Lawfull Issue then my Son Shadrick Dent to enjoythe

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the aforesaid land to him and his Heirs forever------
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Zachariah Dent part of a tract or
parcel of Land Called and known by the name of Turners forest ContainingNinety
Six Acres more or less also I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid SonZachariah
Dent four acres of a tract of Land Called Church over adjoining toTurners forest
beginning at the first Boundary of Thomas Suits land and runing thenatural
Courses of my part of said land Called Church over to him and his Heirsforever
but if my Son Zachariah Dent should die without Lawful Issue then my Son
Shadrick Dent to Enjoy the said Land to him and his Heirs forever------
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Titus Dent part of that Tract or
parcel of Land called and Known by the name of Saint Stephen Coalmancontaining
fifty acres more or less it being the part of Land I bought of WilliamCooksey
to my Son Titus Dent and his Heirs forever but if the said Titus DentShould
die without Lawful Issue then my Son John Bruer Dent to enjoy the said
Land to him and the Heirs of his body Lawfully begotten forever------
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Chloe Waters one negroe
woman named Violetta dureing her natural life and the Heirs of her bodyfor
ever and no more -----
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Joana Higdon one negroe
girl named Monaca dureing her natural life and to the Heirs of her
body forever and no more -----
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Hezia Burroughs one negro
girl named Henny during her natural life and to the Heirs of her Body for
ever and no more -----
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Zachariah Dent one Cow andyearling
and one negroe Called Mille -----
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Titus Dent one Cow and yearlingand
one negroe Girl named Pat -----
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Shadrick Dent one Heifer and one
negroe man named Nace -----
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanah Dent one Hiefer and
one negroe girl named Moll -----
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Gideon Dent one negroe girl
named Rachel -----
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Dent one negroe
Boy named Jerry------
Item I give and bequeath to my Son John Bruer Dent one negroe
woman named Moll and her increase to be Equally divided between my Sons
Shadrick Dent and John Bruer Dent and one Cow and Calf to my son John
Bruer Dent -----
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife the use of all mypersonal
Estate not already disposed of during her natural life and after herdecease to
be Equally divided amongst my Seven Children vizt. Gideon, Benjamin, ---
Zachariah, Titus, Susanah, Shadrick and John Bruer Dent---
[La]stly I hereby nominate appoint and ordain my two Sons GideonDent
and Ben[jam]in Dent executors of this my last will and Testament herebyutterly
revoking disanulling and disallowing every former and other will or willsby
me formerly made and done and acknowledging this and only this to be my
Last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my [S]eal this fifth day of July One thousand Seven hundred &
Seventy Eight his
Signd Seald publishd and declared Benjamin |-- Dent {Seal}
mark
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to be the last will and Testament of Benjamin Dent in the presence of us
Thomas Dent }
Joseph Waters of James} On the Back of Which Will it was thus Endorsdvizt.
James Waters }
Charles County Sst. On the 15th day of August 1778 Came Thomas Dent
Joseph Waters of James and James Waters Subscribing Witnesses to the last
will and Testament of Benjamin Dent late of Charles County deceasd and
made Oath on the Holy Evangels that they did see the Testator therein
named Sign and Seal the Same and heard him publish and declare it to be
his Last Will and Testament that at the time of his so doing he was to
the best of their Apprehensions of Sound and disposing mind and memory
and that they Severally Subscribed their names as witnesses to the saidwill
in the presence and at the request of the Testator and in the presence of
each other----- Sworn before and Certified by
Walter Hanson Register of Wills

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

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