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Will of Susanna Briscoe


Susanna BRISCOE

Charles County Maryland
Proved 24th July, 1740.
5th of February, 1739/40

SUMMARY:

Briscoe, Susanna, Charles County, 5th February, 1739;

to son Philip Negro, Susannah, Dinah, & Pete, feather bed, sheets, rug, silver tankard, 2 silver spoons, stove pan, mill stone, large looking glass, candle, book "Sun& Substance of Christian Religion", hand irons, son James Negro, Peter & Catherine, money, sheets, bed, rocker, pt. plate, cow & calf, bran kettle, largest glan, largest book "Bishop Hall Works",
Samuel Williamson Briscoe son of son John Briscoe deceased Negro, Susannah;
grand son Philip Briscoe son of John Briscoe deceased Negro Sarah;
grand daughter, Martha Wilson daughter John Wilson feather bed, sheets, quilt, curtains;
grand daughter Elizabeth Briscoe cubbord;,
grand son James Briscoe son of son John Briscoe deceased heifer,
grand son Hezekiah Briscoe son of John Briscoe deceased 1 shilling;
daughter Ann Wood Negro James, trunk old wearing apparel, crepe brown petticoat, a shift apron;
give to grand daughter Elizabeth Garner & two bundles wool cord;
grand son William Howard a heifer, remaining pt. Sarah Howard children 1 shilling each,
grand son John Briscoe son of John Briscoe deceased dishes pewter;
grand daughter Mary Howard best trunk;
grand daughter Sarah Barber/Parker 6 pewter platters,
to each of Susan Compton's children 1 shilling;
grand son John Davis heifer;
grand daughter Mary Wood daughter Ann Wood 1 iron pot.
(Note Ann Briscoe Davis Wood had a daughter Mary by her 1st husband did she have a daughter Mary by her second husband or did Mary marry a Wood).
Grand daughter Mary Briscoe heifer,
grand son George Davis iron pot,
grand son Leonard Briscoe 1 shilling,
grand daughter Judith's children 1 shilling each,
brother Samuel Swann corn,
grand daughter Rebecca Briscoe 1 heifer,
grand son Williamson Briscoe & Henry Smoot 1 shilling (note certainly great grand sons):
July 24, 1740 Will dated Feb. 5, 1740, proved, sons Philip & James, Exec.

MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 8 from Ancestry.com
Briscoe, Susanna, Charles Co., 5th Feb., 1739-40; 24th July, 1740.
To bro. Samuel Swann, personalty.
To dau. Elizabeth, personalty. (note: probably a daughter of Samuel not hers)
To child. of son John, dec'd. viz.: Samuel Williamson (Briscoe), Philip, James, Hezikiah, John and Martha Willson, personalty.
To dau. Ann Wood and to her dau. Mary, personalty.
To granddau. Elizabeth Garner, personalty.
To grandson William Howard, personalty and all remaining child. —— of dau. Sarah Howard, 1s. each.
To granddau. Sarah Parker, personalty.
To granddau. Susanna Whitely, personalty and all remaining child. —— of dau. Susanna Comton, 1s. each.
To grandsons Briscoe Davis and George Davis, personalty.
To grandson Robert, son of son Edward, dec'd. and to all other child. —— of sd. son, 1s. each.
To grandson Leonard, 1s.
To child. —— of dau. Judith Brook, dec'd., granddau. Rebecca Briscoe and grandsons Williamson (Briscoe) and Henry Smoot, 1s. each.
To sons Philip and James, exs., residue of estate.

Test: John Briscoe, Jr., John Briscoe, minor, Philip Briscoe, minor. 22. 212.


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