Will of Valentine LINGENFELTER (1807), Carroll County, MD

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Will book GMRB 1, pages 311 & 312, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD

Transcribed (to the best of my ability) will of Valentine Lingenfelter   January 
25, 1807.  Capitalization, punctuation and spelling are the same as in the 
original document (as best as I can make it out).  Blanks indicate words I 
cannot make out.  Roger A. Nale, Gambrills, MD

"In the Name of God Amen.  I Vallentin Linginfilter of Piny Runn hundrad in 
Fridrick County in Stat of Maryland Yeomen being Very old and weak in and Sick 
in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God do mak and 
Publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to 
say  I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Margreth Linginfilter befor hand 
all her houshold Gots or Stuff  wich she brought to me and one Cow and two hogs 
and the ____ wich we will be mak ___ or is on hand to mak and the half flax 
which I hath the provisions wich is in my affar the (Vandue? or Value?) shal be 
her and Eighty pounds Lawfull money from my plantation from the first payments 
she shall also have and further it is my will that my sat wife Margreth shall 
have fifteen Ackrs of land and the hous wich I live with ____ and all refinments 
wich is inc. and that adjoin land of Christian Sterner so long she livf or my 
Widow is and if my sad wife is maret or Deceased my Executors shall Sale this 
Sat land given a gut Deed in my Nam and the money to my Children further is my 
will that my sat Wife Shall have the Intrest from one hundred and fifty pounds 
Yearly and every year so long she live or my Widow is from the money from my 
Plantation my Executors Shal give to my sat Widow this abov sat Intrest and if 
she Marry or Deceast this said Money Shall be give to my Childrens further is my 
will that the Res of my Plantation Shal be Sale after I Deceast from my 
Executors and she shall give a gut Deed in my nam and the money give to my 
Childrens further is that my will and give or have give to my Aldes son Peter 
Lingenfalder the Sum of Seventy three pounds Lawful Money and now mor further I 
give and bequeath to my Dater Matlan no the Wif of Stopl Nagl the sum of fifteen 
Shillings and now mor   I Give and bequeath to my Dater Cathrina Lingenfilder 
the sum of One hundred Pounds lawfull Money and no mor.  I give and bequeath to 
my Dater Catrin her Dater Elizabeth the sum of ten pounds further I Give to the 
Rest of my Other Children my son George Lingenfilder and my Dater Anna Mary no 
Wif of Henry Zimmerman and my son Michal Lingenfilder and my son John 
Lingenfilder and my Dater Elizabeth no the wif of Frederick Nagel the fivf 
Children tem is that shall have the Rest of my Estat in Equaly shars made of my 
Estate to the Naming aforsaid.  And Lastly I do hereto appoint and Nominate my 
Trusty friend Valentin Erhard and my son John Linginfilter to be Executors of 
this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all formaer wills by me made.  
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty Five (or 
Firs) Day of January One Tousent Eight Hundred and Seven.
Signed Sealed Published and Delivered
by the abov named Valtin Lingenfilter
to be his last will and Testament in the
presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
our names as Witnesses in the presence
and on the request of the Testator    
VIZ the above Sat Fivf Children
George and Anna Mary and Michael
and John and Elizabeth shall haf the res
of my Real and persanel Estat.

Frederick County to wit on the 12th day of October 1807 Then came John 
Lingenfelter and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that the 
foregoing Instrument of writing is the True whole will and Testament of 
Valentine Lingenfelter late of Frederick County Deceased that hath come to his 
hands and posession and that he Doth not know of any other.    ____ Butler Reg."

Frederick County to wit on the 12th day of October 1807 Then came Christien 
Sterner and John Krumrine the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing last will & 
Testament of Valentine Lingenfelter late of Frederick County Deceased and made 
Oath on the holy Evangels (end of page 312)