Will, DE, Sussex, Foster Donovan 1821

In the name of God, amen.

I, FOSTER DONOVAN, being sick of body but of a sound and disposing memory, calling
to mind the mortality of my body. And temporal things that it hath pleased almighty
God to bless me with, I give and dispose of them as follows & c.

FIRST I give and bequeath unto my loving wife PRICILLA [PRISCILLA] DONOVAN one
horse, one cow and calf, two feather beds & furniture, one corner cupboard during
her natural life.

SECOND I give and bequeath unto my son ELI DONOVAN twenty five dollars.

THIRD I give and bequeath unto my son REUBEN DONOVAN the farm where he now dwells
that I purchased of Avery Cornwell over the division line running as follows:

    Beginning at the stake on the line of JAMES REDDEN; thence S 87 degrees E
    60 perches; thence N 65 E 28 perches to the third bounder of
    “Troublesara” Ridge; thence N 25 degrees E 34 perches; thence N 65
    degrees E 26 perches; thence S 77 degrees E 24 perches to a White Oak;
    thence N 60 degrees E 22 perches to a White Oak standing by the side of a
    road leading from said DONOVAN’s to the main road to Milton; thence with
    said road S 85 degrees E 28 perches; thence on S 82 degrees E eighteen
    perches to a White Gums at the intersection of the county road that leads
    to Milton.

Unto REUBEN DONOVAN, his heirs and assigns forever.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son GEORGE DONOVAN all the cleared land and wood
land that ??? on east side of a division line between the said GEORGE DONOVAN and
BURTON DONOVAN.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son LUKE DONOVAN all the farm where he now lives
to him and his heirs, and if the said LUKE DONOVAN dies without an heir I leave the
land to be sold and the money to be equally divided between all my children.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son BURTON DONOVAN all my land ??? that joins the
lands of RUEBEN DONOVAN and GEORGE DONOVAN. Also I give unto the said BURTON
DONOVAN one bed and furniture, one yoke of oxen, one “ausk and one Coolt”. Also I
leave my son BURTON DONOVAN to pay my son ELI DONOVAN twenty five dollars to be
paid twelve months after my death.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter NEHANY [NAOMI] CARPENTER five dollars.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter PRICILLA DONOVAN five dollars.

My Will and desire is that all the rest of my estate after payment of my debt,
legacies, funeral expenses. I give all the remainder of my movable property unto
my beloved wife, to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

I do hereby constitute my beloved wife, PRICILLA DONOVAN my executrix of this my
last will and testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills before
made by me and ratifying and confirming this my last will and testament.




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                        Will, DE, Sussex, Foster Donovan 1821

In testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the eighth day of October
1821.

FOSTER DONOVAN {seal}

Presents

JAMES REDDEN
ROBERT COLLINS
JESSE DALTON




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                       Will, DE, Sussex, Foster Donovan 1821

Sussex County

Memorandum

The 27th day of May 1822 before me, NATHAN VICKERS, register appointed for the
probate of wills and granting letters of administration for the county aforesaid
personally appeared JAMES REDDEN and JESSE DALTON two of the subscribing witnesses
to the afore going will who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God
who severally depose and say that in their sight, presence and hearing the
testator, FOSTER DONOVAN, did sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the same
to be his last will and testament and at the doing thereof he seemed to be of a
sound, disposing mind, memory and judgment and that they and each of them together
with ROBERT COLLINS, the other subscribing witness, did severally subscribe the
same as witnesses in the presence of said testator at his request.

NATHAN VICKERS, register




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