Will of Hugh Laird-922

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Last will & Testament Hugh Laird dec'd

Know all men by these presents that I Hugh Laird of Allen Township Cumberland County and state of Pennsylvania being now of an advanced age and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. First of all do commend my Soul to that Almighty God who gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors and as for what worldly substance I am or may be possessed of I do dispose of it in the following manner, First of all it is my will that my loving wife Anna, shall have one third my personal Estate free from any deduction also after the land is sold that she shall have the interest of four hundred pounds during life and the disposal there of at her decease also it is my will that my real estate be sold as soon as convenient after my decease and I do hereby empower my Executors for to sell and convey the same as soon as they think they have a suitable opportunity as full and as amply as I myself might or could have done and then the residue of my Estate to be divided in the following manner after all my Debts and funeral expenses are paid viz: It is my Will that my Son Arthur shall have three hundred pounds more than my Son Samuel also his horse and Saddle and Such things as are usually called his and that my daughter Jane and my Son Stewart shall have one hundred pounds each besides what they have already got and my Son William one hundred and fifty pounds which said legacies I allow to be paid within four years after the land is sold the residue I do allow to be equally divided between my Sons Arthur and Samuel considering my Son James as having already received his share and allowing to Samuel such things as are usually called his the grey mare excepted and finally I do name, make constitute and appoint my son James Laird my son in law William McMeen to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and I do publish pronounce and declare this to be my last will and Testament In witness where of I have hereto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven

Signed Sealed published and pronounced by the said Hugh Laird as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of William Wallace, John Bell, Samuel Laird

Hugh Laird (seal)

Be it remembered that on the 9th day of November A. D. 1801 the Last Will and Testament of Hugh Laird dec'd (Late of Allen Township) of which the foregoing Record is a true copy was legally proved and letters testamentary with a copy of the Will annexed issued the same day in common form to James Laird one of the Executors therein mentioned Inventory and account to be exhibited in the Registors office in the Borough of Carlisle in the time appointed by Law

Witness my Hand Geo. Kline, Register