Liber 31, folio 731 5 May 1762 AYTON, HENRY, St. Margarets Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co. My negro man James is to be sold to pay debts, & anything over to go to my dau.-in-law Jane Ayton for support of my family. To my dau. Ann Ragan, (wife of Cornelius Ragan), negro woman Judah & negro boys Charles & Glasgow. To sd. dau.-in-law Jane, for life, negro women Didoe & Hannah, negro man Gainford, negro boy Bristol, negro girls Pheabey & Adney, & the rest of my p. e. To my grddau. Jane Shipley (wife of Richd. Shipley), negro woman Hannah & for want of heirs, to my grddau. Elizabeth Ayton. To my grdson Henry Ayton, negro man Gainford, negro woman Didoe, & negro boy Bristol, & for want of heirs, to my grddau. Elizabeth Ayton . . . Extrs: my dau.-in-law Jane Ayton & Richard Shipley, (s. o. Adam & consort of my grddau. Jane Shipley). Witn: Jos[eph] Watkins, Jo[shua] Shipley, Caleb Dorsey, Jr. 2 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Watkins & Dorsey.[1]
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