Will of Notley Rozier Young

Date: 14 Mar 1798 [unknown]
Location: Prince George's County MD
Surname/tag: Young

Prince George's County, Maryland Liber T#1 Folio 497 Notley Young 03/14/1798 04/09/1802

Bequeaths to:

1. Mary Young --wife -to have all the Negroes she brought to the marriage -to have for her natural life the use of the following Negroes: "Carpenter Conkey" "Will the Weaver" "Anchor Tom" "Coachman Ned" and his daughter "Dinah" "Charity the Carter" with his wife "Moll" and her children, "Joe the Cook" "Andrew " husband of "Dinah" at the mill Quarter, "Bob" the husband of "Margaret" at the same place, "Nance" the daughter of "Coachman Ned" and her child "Jerry" the husband of "Chariot" at "Nonsuch" and "Jack" the son of "Daniel" -to have testator's chariot and the horses belonging, to have the choice of any horses or mules at testator's dwelling place, mill quarter or "Nonsuch" and to have 40 head of cattle and 50 head of sheep, and 50 hogs -to have all the plantation utensils belonging to the plantation of "Nonsuch" and testator's dwelling place, and to have the choice of 4 oxen broke to the yoke -to have for her natural life the use of the dwelling house and all the out houses on the following squares in the City of Washington: Squares #355, 389, 390, 356, 391, 415 and Square South of 415 and also the use of the brick stable and the square on which it stands for her natural life -to have the use of the lands purchased from Anthony Addison lying on the east side of the Eastern Branch by whatever names except for 50 acres of woodland -to have 500 pounds current money of Maryland --and all the above devises in lieu of her thirds of the estate

2. Eleanor Brent --granddaughter Robert Young Brent --grandson -at widow's decease to have the Negroes left widow for her natural life -to have the following squares in the City of Washington: Numbers # 472, 501, 544, 549, 535, 598 and also 1/5th part of the lots or squares laid out for testator in the back part of the City of Washington

3. Benjamin Young --son -to have all the lands adjoining and contiguous to the plantation in the forest of Prince George's County called "Pyanner Grove" -to have all the property testator purchase of the agent of the State of Maryland being the late property of Benjamin Brookes, deceased near Upper Marlboro -to have at the decease of widow the following squares in Washington being Numbers #355, 356, 389, 390, 329, and the square on which testator's new brick stable stands

4. Nicholas Young --son -to have at the death of testator's widow all the lands purchased from Anthony Addison except for the 50 acres before mentioned 4o have the following squares in Washington: "Number #391, 415 South of 415, and also to have squares being number #439, South of 439, 438, 437, 327, and 353 -Benjamin and Nicholas to have the remaining 2/5ths of the lots or squares laid out in the back part of the City of Washington -Benjamin, Nicholas and son-in-law Robert Brent named executors of the will

5. Notley Young --son -to have all the land which testator purchased from John Addison being on the east side of the Eastern Branch and on the Potomac River between the mouth of the Eastern Branch and the land of Thomas Addison --to have the land for his natural life and then to his son and should he not will it then to be the property of testator's grandson Robert Young Brent -to have the use of the 50 acres excepted from the land above given for his natural life and the wood to be used to supply the land which testator purchased from John Addison for fencing and firewood and at his death to revert to testator's son Nicholas -to have 12 Negroes -to have 4 plow horses, 10 head of cattle, 20 sheep and 12 hogs, I cart and plantation utensils sufficient for the plantation willed to him -to have 300 pounds to be paid to him in annual installments and should Notley not have returned to the country at testator's decease then the estate to be at the charge of paying reasonable expenses for his return.

6. Anne Casanave --daughter -to have one third part of all the lands testator possesses on the outside of Washington -to have the following squares in Washington: Numbers # 232, 233, 265 and South of 267 and to have 1./5th of the lots or squares laid out of the lands which testator has or had in the back part of the city of Washington -the lands devised to her are to be laid off convenient to her dwelling house and the lands are to be laid off by testator's sons Benjamin and Nicholas and son-in-law Robert Brent

7. Eleanor Brent ? --daughter -to have one third part of the lands which testator possesses outside the city of Washington -to have this land forever and for testator's son-in-law Robert Brent for his natural life and then at his decease and the death of daughter to revert to testator's grandchildren Eleanor and Robert Brent -the above lands left to Anne and Eleanor are in three different parts consisting of lands purchased by testator from Henry Jemison, Richard Henderson, John Frederick Augustus Priggs, Walter Queen, Edward Villars Harbin, and a parcel which testator has in exchange of Richard Queen for some land purchased from Richard Henderson, and a parcel of land testator took up himself adjoining "The Enclosure" "Powel's Dividend" and the land purchased from John. F. A. Priggs -to have the following squares in the City of Washington: Number #505, 548, East of 549 East of 548 and 497 and also the property testator has in Square #383 and Square east of Square East 548 -to have 1/5th of the lots or squares laid out in the back parts of the city of Washington -to have 1000 pounds to be laid out in Negroes and stock in order to stock the lands given to her

Witnesses: Thomas Webb W. Brent Peter Healy Then came: District of Columbia: the executors of the above will Then came: the three above named subscribers to the will Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand