Person:James Douglass (13)

Will Abstract

Douglass, James - (Dated) June 7th, 1740, (Proven) May 6th, 1741

Exec: Archibald, Andrew & Edward Douglass Salsbury (Township)

Wife (name not given), Children - Archibald, Andrew & Edward

[Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Lancaster County, Will Abstracts 1721-1820]

Will Transcript

Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994 Lancaster Wills 1730-1773 vol A-B

Last Will and Testament of James Douglass decd before 6 May 1741

In the name of God Amen the Seventh Day of June in the Year of our Lord God One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty, I James Douglass of Salisbury in Lancaster County and Province of Pennsylvania Plantationer Being very sick and weak in Body but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my Body Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at the Direction of my Executors nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life

I give Devise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner and form.

Imprimus I Do Order and allow that all my Just Debts may be paid out of my Estate Goods and Chattels Secondly what remains of my Estate after my Debts are paid I Do empower my Executors to Dispose of the Same as follows.

Viz P I empower Constitute and Ordain Archibald Douglass, Andrew Douglass and Edward Douglass my Only and Sole Executors to this my Last Will and Testament

I likewise empower and authorize them to make Sale of my Estate ( if Occasion Should be) and the money that will arise by the Sale thereof it is my will that my Executors apply the same Towards the Purchase of a Plantation or Tract of Land as they themselves shall think most Suitable for to Settle my Wife and Children on and if in case any of my Children should Prove Disobedient to their mother or (???prove? ) Sollen(Sullen?) to Each Other that my Wife and my Executors shall have it in their Power to cut of from their portions whatever they shall most Properly think fit (Because of their Disobedience)

I do furthermore will that my Son and Executor Edward Douglass shall not do anything Contrary to the Inclienation of both my other Executors but Strictly Observing to Consult them upon all Occasions and it is Likewise my will to Impower and Authorize my Executors to Divide all and Singular my Estate Goods and Chattels unto my Wife and Children as they shall think most proper and at such time or times as they shall think Expedient And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies Requests and Executors by me in any time or in anyways before this present Named willed and Bequeathed Notifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written

[Signed] James Douglas /his seal

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the said James Douglas as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of Thmas Douglas, Edward Barwick

Memorandum that the words (Impower my Executors is Interlined between the tenth and Eleventh Lines and the words [any] Between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Lines and that Before Signing and Delivery.)

Lancast. County May the 6. 1741 There Personally Appeared Thomas Douglas and Edward Barwick the two witnesses to the above written will and on their Oaths did Declare they were present and Saw and heard James Douglass the Testator above named Sigh Seal Publish and Declare the above writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the Doing thereof he was of Sound and Disposing mind and understanding to the best of their Knowledge.

Before me Sa: Blunston D Reg.

Be it Remembered That in the 6th Day of May anno Dom: 1741 The Last Will and Testament of James Douglass Deced was proved in due form of Law and Probate and Letters Testamentary were granted unto Archibald Douglass Andrew Douglass and Edward Douglass they having first sworn well and truly to the Administrator the said ( Deceds) Estate and Bring an Inventory thereunto the Registers Office in Lancaster County on or before the 6th Day of June next And also to Render and Acct. when thereunto Lawfully Requested Given under the Seal if the said Office

Sa:Blunston, Dep Regist

Citation: Familysearch, transcript

1.   FamilySearch Family Tree.

   James Douglass was born in 1696, in Edinburgh, Scotland, his father, Lord Archibald Douglass I, was 31 and his mother, Lady Elizabeth Louise Daley, was 29. He had at least 6 sons and 6 daughters with Jane Wilson. He died in 1741, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 45.
   
   https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCQH-8DQ/james-douglass-1696-1741