Person:Richard Brightwell (4)

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Richard Lawson Brightwell
 
d.1801
  • HRichard Lawson Brightwell - 1801
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Name Richard Lawson Brightwell
Gender Male
Marriage to Frances (add)
Death? 1801

From Mike Marshall, gmail, Dec 2006: Prince George's County, Maryland Liber T#1 Folio 464 RICHARD LAWSON BRIGHTWELL 04/23/1801 05/20/1801 Bequeaths to: 1. Fanny Brightwell —wife -to have the use and enjoyment of all of personal estate for her natural life or widowhood -should she remarry, then to have 3 Negroes: "Jacob" "Torn" "Jannet" -should she remarry, then to have of stock and horses 2. John Brightwell --brother -named executor of the will and instructed to sell the land which testator holds in the state of Georgia purchased from George Naylor -to divide the money from the sale of the land in Georgia with testator's widow -should widow remarry, then to have 3 Negroes: "Clarissey" "Dick" "Nancy" -to have one fourth part of the personal estate 3. Thomas Theodore Brightwell --brother - testator's brother John to pay him the sum of 30 pounds 4. Martha Brightwell --sister -after widow's decease or remarriage to have Negroes: "Matildy" and "Harriet" -to have 1 fourth part of the remainder of the personal estate Witnesses: William Morton John Marlow Then came: the two above named subscribers to the will Note: the testator signed the will with his mark