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Will of Urath Owings
Submitted by Pattie Causey
Urath Owings,
Book 5, page 70, 26 Nov 1792, probate 3 Jan 1793
"In the Name of God be it I Urath Owings
Widow of Baltimore County, and State of Maryland being, sick and poorly in
health but of a disposing mind and memory do make my last Will and Testament
and manner and form following To Wit I give and bequeath my Soul into
the hands of Almighty God who gave it me and my body I recommend to be
decently Interred my worldly Goods I will and dispose of in manner and form
following, Viz. First I give and bequeath to my beloved son Samuel
Owings Two shillings Sterling and a Cane which formerly belonged to my Husband
Samuel Owings to him and his heirs forever. Secondly I give and bequeath
to my beloved son Thomas Owings one hundred pounds Specie to him and his heirs
forever Thirdly I give and bequeath to my beloved son Richard Owings One
Silver Loop Spoon and Silver Cream pot to him and his heirs forever
Fourthly I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Rachel Stevenson One Negro
boy named Joshua to her during her natural life Fifthly I give and
bequeath to my beloved Daughter Urath Lawrence my Pheaton or riding Carriage
and all the geen belonging to it my silver Snuff box marked U.O. and one new
Callico Short Gownd to her and her heirs for Ever. Sixthly I give and
bequeath to my beloved Daughter Hannah Stone One Negro Woman named Hannah and
three Dollars to buy a Snuff box to her and her heirs forever Seventhly
I give and bequeath to my Grandaughter Urath Cromwell one negroe Man named Ben
to her and her heirs forever. Eighthly I give and bequeath to my
Grandson Beal Owing of Christopher One Negro boy named Bill to him and his
heirs forever
Ninthly I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter
Urath Owings of Christopher Ten Dollars Specia to her and her heirs forever.
Tenthly I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Ruth Owings wife of Samuel
Owings Twelve Scripture Pictures to her and her heirs forever. Eleventh
I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Urath Stevenson the above named
Negroe boy Joshua after the Decease of her Mother Rachel Stevenson to her and
her heirs forever. Toweth I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter
Elizabeth Laurence Fifty pounds Specia to her and her heirs forever
Thirteenth I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Deborah Howard Fifty
pounds Specia to be paid her when of age by my Executor with Legal Interest
from the time of my Decease to her and her heirs forever Lastly I give
and bequeath to my three Daughters Rachel Stevenson, Urath Lawrence and Hannah
Stone all the remaining part of my Estate not already bequeathed of after my
Just Debts and burial Expenses are paid Equally to be Divided Share and Share
alike to them and their heirs for Ever. I do hereby Constitute and
Appoint my beloved son in Law Benjamin Lawrence to be my Executor of this my
last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke and disanull all and every
former Will or Testament by me at any time made Ratifying this to be my last
Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my Seal this Twenty Sixth day of November One Thousand Seven hundred
and Ninety Two.
Signed Sealed Published and Pronounced and
declared by the Testator to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of
the Subscribers as witnesses at the request of the Testator and in the
presence of each other
Nicholas Selby
Benjamin (his mark) Goslin
Samuel Lawrence"
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