Written 04 Oct 1712
Proved 29 May 1714 in Prince George's County, MD

WILL transcription - original copy provided by Hazlehurst Beezer. Transcribed by Eleanor Colson with help from Hazlehurst Beezer.

In the name of God Amen. I Thomas LAMAR, Senior of Prince Georges County in the Province of Maryland being sick and weak in body but in sound and perfectt mind & memory. Praise be therefore given allmighty God, I do make & ordain this my presentt [?] last Will & Testament in maner and form following that is to say firstt and foremostt I Recommend my Soul into the hands of allmightly God my Creator hoping through the meritts Death and Pardon of my Saviour, Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and inheritt Everlasting Life and my body I committ to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named __ ___ing the disposing of all such temporall Estate as itt hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me.

Item. It is my will that all my Just Debts & funerill Charges to be paid without any trouble or law suite by my well beloved Wife Anne LAMAR whom I do leave and assign & ordaine her to be my sole Executor over my Estate.

Item. I give unto my well beloved Son Thomas LAMAR the plantation on which he now dweleth with half the Land which I now possess to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my well beloved Son John LAMAR the Plantation on which I now dwell with half of the Land to him & his heirs forever.

Item. It is my Will thatt my well beloved Wife enjoy all my Land & movable Estate both here and in England during her Widowhood.

Item. It is my Will that my well beloved Wife Anne LAMAR shall nott Disturbing my son Thomas LAMAR from any Privilege or moleste from clearing or building during her Possession.

Item. It is my Will thatt if my well beloved Wife marry before her Desease & no movable Estate shall be Divided into three partts my well beloved Son Thomas LAMAR have one partt & my well beloved Son John LAMAR the other Partt. Leaving my well beloved Wife her thirds wholly att her disposing.

Item. I leave unto the Preastt Mr. TURELL five hundred pounds of good cleane Tobaco.

This is my last Will & Testamentt as Wittness my hand & Seale this forth day of October anno domini one Thousand Seaven Hundred & Twelve.

[Signed] Thomas LAMAR {Seal}

Signed Sealed & Witnessed in the presence of us

John POTTINGER
Samuell [?]
John TURNER, Junr. [his mark]

Written 11 May 1747
Probated 31 Jan 1748[Might be a 9 instead of 8]

WILL Transcription - copy provided by Hazlehurst Beezer. Transcribed by Eleanor Colson.

In the name of God amen. I Thomas LAMAR of prince Georges County being in good health of bodey and sound and in perfect mind and Memory praised be to God and now I do make this my last Will and Testament in maner and forme following. that is to Say first and Princbly I Recomende my Self in to the hands of allmighty God hopeing through the Merits of Christ to have free pardon of all my Sins and my body to be Buried at the discretion of my Wife whome I leave Executor and as _______ my temporal Estate as God bestoed on me I give and dispose as follows the first that my Debts be paid.

Item.
I give unto my son Robert LAMAR ten hundred accores of Land of that track called the Joseph and James begining at the tree and Runing from thence with the lines till he includes ten hundred acors. I give it to him his heirs and assigns forever.

I give unto my son Thomas LAMAR two hundred acors of Land in the same track with Robert and begineing withe Robert's Land in the said tract. I give it to him his heirs and assigns forever & not having any or going any further than the Middle of the Marsh that is by his House with his part of the Land.

I give unto my son John LAMAR the remaining parte of the Joseph and James which my Son Robert and Thomas hath not in their parte. Also I give that parte of the Conclution that John now liveth on as far as the path that goes from the head of a Marsh called my Son Thomases Marsh the said path Leading to Nathaniel Wickhams also part of a track called the pines the part that I give is on the North side of my Son John's Spring branch in the Said track of Land where he now liveth. I give these Lands to him his heirs and assigns forvever.

I give my son Samuel that part of a track of Land caled the Conclution where he now liveth as far as the Poplers in Crabbs botom that is in Sight of the ____house that Stands near my Son in laws William WILLIAMS that is to say all that Ende of the Land from the poplers where the plate of his House was got northward I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

I give unto my Son James LAMAR that part of a track of Land called the Son [Two?] brothers it being a part of that track wherein[?] now I liveth begining at the bounded tree and Runing from thence North fifty Degrees East till it Striks a line of Crabbs all to the Southward of that Line towards Thomas Jonsons of the S. track. I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

I give to my Son Alexander LAMAR part of that track of Land called the Pines begining at the bounded tree of the S. Track and Runing from thence to the banded Tree of Wickhams Park and from thence with Wickhams Pearis Lines all from the banded tree Southward I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

I give to my Son in Law William WILLIAMS part of that track caled the Conclution begining at the banded tree and from thence with the Lines till he comes to Wickhams path that leads to my Son Thomases Marsh the path such as my Son John Comes to and with that path to the head of Thomases Marsh from thence with the Lines til he comes against the Poplers before mentioned where my Son Samuell comes to all to the Southern towards hills[?]. I give that track to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

I give to my Son in Law Clementious DAVIS part of that track caled the Pines which Lieth the West Side of the brance called Plomers branchthe branch goes from the bounded tree allso that track caled hunting hill I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever it is my will that Robert ________ Thomases improvements nor Thomas goe past the midel of his marsh.

[Signed] Thomas LAMAR {Seal}
May 11th day 1747

Witnesses:
Abrm Green
Wm Bulton
Jos Wilson

On the back of the Will was endorsed to Mr. William Burlton and Joseph Willson two of the subscribing witnesses to the within Will having duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of almight God depose and Say that they saw the Testator Thomas LAMAR sign the within Will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension of Sound & disposing mind & Memory and that they subscribed their respective names as Witnesses to the said Will in the presence of the Said Testator and at his request which Oath was taken by the said Witnesses in the presence of Robert LAMAR Heir at Law which same Robert LAMAR did not object to and William Burlton one of the Subscribing evidences to the within Will deposes & says that he saw the witnesses named. Abraham Green Sign the within Will as an Evidence. Sworn January 31 1748[?] before me:

John Darnall
Dept Comp of Frdk. Co.

_______ Evidenced The Widdow refuses to Stand to the Will and has recourse to her thirds.

Submitted by Sonya Neal Murphree.

In the Name of God, Amen. That whereas I Peter Lemare, of this County Calvert and province of Maryland, planter, being very sick and weak of body but in good and sound perfect sense and memory, do here make my last will and testament renouncing all other wills before this present item. I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me, trusting in and through the merits of Jesus Christ to have free pardon of all My Sins and to have a Joyful Resurrection at the last Day and what worldly estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath as followeth. That after my funeral expenses and debts that my moveable estate shall be counted and that it shall be equally divided amongst my loving wife Frances Lemare and my three daughters as namely Ann Lemare, Mary Lemare and Margaret Lemare and that they shall have their equal portion at the age of sixteen years or on the day of their marriage. I also give and bequeath to my loving wife, the Plantation whereon I now live during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided amongst my three daughters before named, my daughter Margaret shall have the first choice. I also give and bequeath unto my grandchild Peter O'Neill that plantation with all the land on the Western side of that branch whereon now Joseph Edwards lives --- and that he shall possess and enjoy the same when he shall attain to the age of one and twenty years, and also that my son-in-law Jo O'Neill shall possess the said plantation as soon as Joseph Edward's lease is expired and that he shall enjoy the same till the said Peter O'Neill shall come to the age aforesaid. And further do I appoint my good and loveing friends Jo Davis and Joseph Edwards to be my trustees and to execute according to this my last wish and testament. So committing all to the Almighty God I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th day of October 1693.

Peter Lemare

Sealed signed and delivered in the Presence of us
Tho F. Person
Francis Dias
Wm. Dabres, March the 31st, 1694

Jo B(illegible)er - Deputy Court Calvert City

Wills 2 -- folios 301-302
State of Maryland -- Hall of Records Annapolis

Morris L. Radoff, Archivist - used by permission

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