In the name of God Amen I
Joseph Sudler of Queen Anns
County on Kent Island being
in good helth & of sound
memory Thanks be to
Allmighty God for the same
but calling to mind that
all men are borne to dye I
Do make this my Last Will
and Testament in Manner &
form as followeth first I
Do Reccomend my sole into
the hands of my blessed
Savour Jesus Christ & my
bodey to be buried in a
Decent manner as my
Executrix heireafter Named
shall think fitt & for all
my wordly goods as it hath
been pleased, God to bestow
on me I Dispose of them in
manner as followeth...
Item I give & bequeth to
my Sonn Emory Sudler the
Track of Land I now live on
Called Sudlers fourtaine &
allso I give him the said
Emory Two Tracks of Land
more one called Sudlers
purchase & the other called
Sudlers Island to him & his
heires but my will is that
he the said Emory shall not
have aney clame to the Two
first mentioned tracks of
Land Called Sudlers
fourtaine and Sudlers
purchase as long as my wife
Ann Sudler continues my
widow Allso I give to, him
the said Emory my best gunn
& my Clock that stand in
the hall but my will is
that the clock shall not be
removed out of the house as
long as his Mother lives...
Item I give & Bequeath to
Three of my sones Joseph
John & Thomas Sudler All
that tract of land lying up
Chester which I bought of W
Walter Smith called Sledmar
containing Eight hundred
acres I give to my Sunn
Thomas All that part of the
Track that lyes on the
South Side of the Chappel
Rode - joyning to the land
that Cap. John Seger, now
lives ono which he bought
of Daniel Newmam and the
Chappell Rode to Devide his
part of the land from his
Brother Josephs Land and
All the Remaining part of
the aforesaid Track of Land
called Sledmar I give to my
Two Sunns Joseph & John
Sudler Joseph to have
Three hundred acres joyning
with Chappell Rode and
Runing with the Rode as far
as the Land Runes which the
said Road will Devide
Josephs Land from his
Brother Thomases Land on
Josephs part is the
plantation where he now
lives on and John to have
the remaining part of the
aforesaid Track of Land
called Sledmar Lying on the
North Side of the
afforesaid Track with a
Streate Line throught the
Land to Devide Johns land
from his Brothers Joseph
Land & I allso give to my
sunn Joseph fiftenn acres
of Land more which I bought
of Richard Scotten called
Devenishes Chance & if
Ether of my Three Sunns
Joseph John or Thomas shold
dye without heires then
there oart to be Equally
Devided between the other
two & if Two of my Three
Sunnes Joseph John and
Thomas shold dye without
heires then the Survivrs of
the Three shall have all
the Land that I gave to
Joseph and his Brother John
and that part that I gave
to my Sunn Thomas I give to
my youngest Sunn Benjamin
and his heires I further
give to my Sunn Joseph
besides the Land my largest
looking glass that stands
in the hall after his
Mothers Death...
Item I give and Bequeth to
my Sunn John besides his
Land one Negrow Lad Named
Samm and Negrow Girle Named
Darkey & all there Increase
and young horse that is
called his horse my largest
walnut ovle Table 6 New
Rushe leather Chares with
loose bottoms and midle
sized gilt looking glass
with mehogany fraime Two
good feather beads with
good furneture and new 12
gallon Iron pot Two large
Silver Spoones marked Thus
E A S ...
Item I give and Bequeth to
my Sunn Thomas Besides his
land one Negrow Boy Named
Jacob sunn of old Juday one
negrow Girle Named Byther &
all there Increase on Bay
Mare my Riding mare my
Second Largest Wallnut ovle
Table one English Oake Desk
six New Rushe Leather
Chares Two good feather
Beads & Good furneture and
midle sized Gilt Looking
glass with mehagany fraime
and 12 gallen Iron pot Two
Large Silver Spoones marked
thus E A S ...
Item I give & Bequeth to
my Sunn Benjamin Sudler Two
hundred acres of Land that
lyes up Chester that I
Bought of William Clayton &
Thomas Butler called
Shipperds forrist to him &
his heires & further I give
him the said Benjamin one
Negrow woman Named Sobina
and Negrow Boay her Sunn
named Jacob one Negrow
girle named Moll and Ditto
Girles named Beck & all
there Increase one young
Bay mare wich came of the
young mare at the Island &
my Third Largest wallnut
ovle Table and New Wallnut
Chest with good Lock & Kee
one midle sized looking
glass gilt with Mehagany
frame Six good Rushe
Leather Chares Two Good
feather Beades & good
furneture one New 12 gallen
Iron pot and Two Large
Silver Spoones marked thus
E A S ...
Item I give & Bequeth to
my Daughter Mary Ann Two
hundred & Eighteen Acres of
land lying up Chester and
hundred & fifty acres of
which I bought of Morris
and Thomas Cloke & Sixty
Eight acres I took up
joyning to the same to her
& her heires & further I
give her the said Mary Ann
one Negrow woman named
Dynah one Negrow Boay named
Phill one Negrow Girle
named Sarah one Ditto Named
Susannah one Ditto named
Grace and all there
Increase one new Walnut
Chest of Drawes and New
Walnut Tea Table and one
New Walnut Stand one good
Seale Skinn Trunk one midle
sized gilt Looking glass
with Mehogany frame Six
Silver Tea Spoons Straner &
Tongs marked E A S Two
Large Silver Spoons marked
E A S one Set of my best
Chinea Tea ware and Doz of
my best Chinea plates six
good Cane Cheares Two good
feather Beads & good
furneture one New Large
cittle Brass & my New
Riding Cheare & furneture &
my young black Mare the
Sister to my Shea horse...
Item I give & Bequath to
my Deare Beloved wife Ann
Sudler one Negrow man named
Bordley one Ditto named
Catow one Negrow woman
named Juday and Ditto named
Phillis one Negrow Girle
named Hannah & all There
Increase one white Servant
man named Andrew Hensman A
Veavour Two good feather
beads and good furneture
one New corner Cubbert with
all my Chinea excepting
what I gave my Daughter
Mary Ann one large pare of
Cart weells Shod with Iron
one new Shease & furneture
one Shea Horse called Rock
and Sixty pounds Currant
Money of Maryland $ after
all my just Debts &
Legaceys are paid & my
wifes thirds taken out of
what is then Remaining the
Resedew of my Estate to be
Equally Devided between
foure of my Children John
Thomas Benjamin and Mary
Ann Sudler and I Do appoint
my Deare Beloved Wife Ann
Sudler to be my whole and
Sole Executrix of this my
Last Will and Testament
revoaking all others
hereunto before made by me
as witness my hand & Seale
this 23 Day of June Anno
Dom 1755
Signed Sealed and Delivered
Joseph Sudler (SEAL)
pronounced & Declared
before