Liber 27, folio 160
6 Feb. 1749
RIDGELY, Col. HENRY, Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
To wife [not named], for life, the use of Harry Lot & 1/3 my p. e.
To son Greenberry, 500a comprising 1/3 of Partnership, my part (188a) of Hickory Ridge, that part of The Resurvey of Tracts needed to make up the 500a, to be laid out at the discretion of Philemon Dorsey, & negro girl Nell.
To son Henry, my part of Broken Land, Saplin Range, The Coopers Lot (for the purchase of which I have bargained with William Fisher), & negro girl Soo.
To son Joshua, the rest of The Resurvey of Tracts & all of Round About Hills.
To son Charles Greenberry, my of Huntington & Harry Lot, the use reserved for my wife.
To son Nicholas Greenberry, Small Land, 100a of Altogether lately laid out by itself by Messrs. Nicholas Watkins & Philemon Dorsey, & the land s Philemon & I have agreed to purchase of Aquila Dorsey when he is of age, & s Nicholas may use what timber he needs from Harry Lot.
To Nicholas Dorsey (s. o. Joshua), the other of Huntington Quarter, the 60a added to the s Nicholas lives on, which is to be div. betw. him & s son Charles Greenbury according to the will of Joshua Dorsey dec .
To Thomas Worthington, [under certain conditions], 66a of Partnership.
To sons Greenberry & Henry, L 150 each, including 2 negro lads [not named].
To dau. Katharine, 5 sh. & 5 sh. to be paid to dau. Anne.
To son Joshua, negro boys Tam Porringer & Sam.
To son Charles Greenberry, negro boy Isaac & mulatto boy Nedd.
To son Nicholas Greenberry, negro boys John & Toby.
To dau. Elizabeth, negro boy George & negro girl Martha.
To dau. Sara, negro boy Daniel & negro girl Pegg.
To each of my 3 youngest sons, at age 21, L 150 incl. their negroes.
To each of my 2 younger daus., Elizabeth & Sara, at mar., L 150 including their negroes.
If any of my 5 younger chldn. d. before receipt of legacies, they shall be distrib. equally among these 8 of my chldn: Greenberry, Henry, Joshua, Charles-Greenberry, Nicholas-Greenberry, Katharine, Elizabeth, & Sara.
My son Joshua is to be under the care of Mr. Philemon Dorsey until he is 21.
Extrs: wife & sons Greenberry & Henry.
Witn: Alexr Warfield, James Macgill, John Warfield, Joseph Hall, Joshua Warfield.
14 March 1749, sworn to by the Revd. James Macgill, Alexr Warfield, & Joseph Hall.
