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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Doliante, Sharon Johnson. Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families. Families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, Williams and Collateral Kin. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., c1991)
137. - WILL OF EDWARD BROCK 5 Mar 1712- 19 Jun 1714 Vol. 1:78-79. Maryland {ss}: In the name of God Amen:
[mentions daughter, Mary Offutt, and son-in-law William Offut]
I, Edward Brock of Prince George's County, planter being weak and indisposed in body but of sound and perfect memory, praised be God, therefore bearing in mind the frailty of life and the uncertainty of death, do make, ordain and constitute this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
ITEM: I give and bequeath to my grand sons, Edward, William, James and Thomas Offutt and my daughter Mary his wife [sic] and to their heirs together all my remaining part of my said tract called Brock Hall lying on the north side of the Back Branch aforesaid to be equally divided among them and in case of death of any one or more of the said sons of my daughter Offutt, my will and intent is that the part or portion of land to him or them hereby bequeathed shall go to my other grand son John Offutt and his heirs forever and in case of his decease without heirs aforesaid to be divided equally among his surviving brothers herein before named to them and their heirs forever and further my will and meaning is that all my grand sons aforesaid shall be capable to enter upon and hold the several parcels and portions of land hereby the them bequeathed at the age of one and twenty years and not before. ...
... I do appoint William Offutt my son-in-law to be my full and sole executor of this my last will and testament to do and perform the same in manner and form aforesaid and ...
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