In the name of God Amen. The 27th day of January in the year of our Lord
God one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two.
I, Thomas Hearne, of Somerset County and Province of Maryland, being
very sick in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same,
therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will and testament in manner
and form as follows:
First of all I give and bequeath to my son George one negro fellow called Hercules.
Also I give to my son Ebenezer one negro fellow called Jeffry and also as much
tobacco as shall give him five pounds sterling.
Also I give to my son Thomas Hearne a negro wench called Sue.
Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizebeth wife of Isaac Moore one
negro wench called Patience.
Also I give to my grandsons Elisha Hearne, William Hearne and Joshua
Hearne, the sons of my son Nehemiah Hearne, one negro boy, the eldest of them to
have the boy and to pay to the other two five pounds a piece it being the full, whole
part of my son Nehemiah’s portion out of my estate.
Also I give to my daughter Jemima Hearne one negro fellow called London
and I order that the said negro be hired out until he is of age or married, the money
for the hire of the said negro to be applied toward maintaining my youngest children;
as also one good feather bed with furniture and bedstead to my said daughter
Jemima and a good, likely cow and calf; also a large pewter dish and a large pewter
basin, also three new pewter plates and three new pewter spoons; also one spinning
wheel.
Also I give and bequeath to my son John Hearne one hundred acres of land
lying and being in Somerset County called “Hearne's venture” with all and every the
appurtenances there-unto belonging to him and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath to my son John Hearne fifty acres of land called St.
Kitts, it lying and being in Somerset County; also a tract of land called Tower Hill,
containing fifty acres of land, it lying and being in Somerset County; the third tract
of land I give to him and his heirs forever; also I give to my son John Hearne, one
good feather bed and furniture and bedstead, and one likely cow and calf, one large
new pewter dish, one large new pewter basin, three new pewter plates, and three
new pewter spoons, and one small gun and my black vest and breeches and my best
hat, also my negro wench called Doll and her increase and one negro wench called
Hannah, to him and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary, wife of Joshua Morgan
twenty pounds to be levied out of my estate, it being the full of her portion out of
my estate.
Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Hearne, one good feather bed
and furniture and one book stand and one likely cow and calf and one pewter dish
and one pewter basin and three new spoons and one negro girl, called Pegg, to her
and her heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne Hearne one feather bed and
furniture and one bedstead and one cow and calf and one pewter dish and basin and
three new pewter spoons.
Also I give to my daughter Anne one negro boy called Andrew, to her and her
heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Ester, wife of Benjamin Vincent,
one negro boy called Holborn to her and her heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath to James Hearne the son of Wm. Hearne one
hundred and fifty acres of land taken out of a tract of land called Stains, containing
four hundred and twenty acres lying and being in Somerset County near a branch
called Coxes Branch.
Also I give the remainder of my personal estate to be divided amongst all my children
and they that take the most valuable effects to let the others have in proportion the more
of other goods.
Also I appoint and constitute my son Thomas Hearne my only and sole
executor of this my last will and testament, ratifying and confirming this my last will
and testament.
THOMAS HEARNE (seal)
Probated March 26th, 1762.