Transcribed Will of Lambert Booker, Talbot County, MD, 26 Oct 1763

Date: [unknown] to 2 Dec 1765
Location: Talbot, Maryland
Surname/tag: Booker

In the name of God Amen I Lambert Booker of Talbot County being sick and weak of Body but of perfect Memory thanks be to God for it I do make this my last Will and Testament Revoking all other Wills what by word or writing at any Time or Times heretofore made or done & that this only shall be taken for my last Will and Testament to be executed & performed by my Executors hereafter named committing my soul to God that Gave it & my Body to be decently Buried at the White Marsh Church between the two doors & as to my Worldly Estate I dispose of it as follows Item I Give to my Eldest Son Lambert Booker one hundred Acres of Land Lying near Petes Mill commonly so called which I Bought of William Price to him & his Heirs forever on this Proviso that my afs. Son Lambert shall make over and Confirm his right title & Intrus accord. to Law my now dwelling Plantation unto my Younger Son John Booker and his heirs forever but if my Son Lambert Booker should refuse to make over and Confirm my now dwelling Plantation unto my afs. Son John Booker at his Reasonable Request that then my Will is that my Son John Booker Should have that that hundred Acres of Land that I Bought of William Price near Petes Mill and if it should happen that either of my Sons should die without Issue that then the other Brother should have all my Land and if both my Sons should die without Issue that then my Will is that all my Land should be equally divided between my two Da[?]ters Rachel & Margret Booker to them & the heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten forever Item I give to my da?ter Racha James one Negroe Girl named Susannah to Her and the heirs of her body Lawfully begotten The being my da[?]ter Rachel James’s full share and part of my Negroes Item I Give unto my da[?]ter Rachel Margret Booker one Negroe Boy named Jacob to be delivered to her when She shall arrive to the Years of sixteen he being her full Share & part of my Negroes if he should live to that Time but if this Negroe Jacob should die before my daughter Margaret should arrive to sixteen Years of Age that [insert] then my desire is my Daughter Margaret should have a Equal share & Part of my Negroes [end insert] that is not given & disposed of in my Will & also ten pounds besides her equal part of the Remainder of my Estate to her & her heirs forever Item I Give to my Son John Booker Ten Pounds to be Paid to him out of my Estate When he shall arrive to the Age of Twenty one Years besides his Equal part of the Remainder of my Estate that is not given away by my Will & I do also appoint my Son Lambert Booker and Elexander James to be my Executors Signed Sealed and Acknowledged this twenty six day of October Anno Dom on thousand seven hundred sixty and three in the presence of P Denny James Millis Esther E.Millis Lambert Booker {seal} Talbot County on the 2 December 1763 Peter Denny James Millis and Esther Millis the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will being duly & Solemnly Sworn on the hole Evangelish of Almighty God depose and say that they saw the Testator Lambert Booker sign the same Will 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 Apprehension of sound and disposing Mind and Memory, and that they did Subscribe their Respective Names and Mark as Witness to the Said Will in the Presence of the said Testator and at his Request which Oath was taken by the said Witnesses in the Presence of Lambert Booker heir at law to the Testator which same Lambert Booker did not Object to the Probate of the said Will 7 Sides (?) E Sworn before me Wm. Tilghman Depy Commis of Talbot County