Armitt, Elizabeth . Will of Elizabeth Armitt
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    I Elizabeth Armitt of the City of
Philadelphia Widow being through Divine
Favour in good health and of Sound
Disposing mind and memory Do make
this my Last Will and testament in
maner following Item I give & bequath to
my great grand Daughter Elizabeth Waln Wister
my Silver tankerd marked EL Item
I give and bequeath my part of the messuage
and Lot where I now Dwell with the
appurtenances and also all my household
furniture and Plate except what is before
given. unto my grandson Charles Brockden
Brown his heirs and assines in trust, as to
the furniture and Plate to and for the separate
Use of my Daughter Mary Brown Item
and as to the messuage and Lot in trust to
and for the Separate Use of the said Mary
Brown Item I give and bequeath to my Said
Daughter Mary Brown all my waring
Apparel. Item I hearby Authorise and
Impower my Exceutors on the Surviver
of them to Sell and convey my Ground rent
of fourteen Pounds per year payable by
Thomas Wright and my Messuage and Lot
situate on the west Side of Second Street
bounded Northward by ground Late of Conrad
Pidgen and Southward by ground Late of Joshua
Fisher and require them to pay the Interest on



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the Sum for which it is Sold to
my Grand Son Charles Brockden Brown in trust
to and for the separate use of my
Daughter Mary Brown, and after her
decease to Divide the Said Sum the one
half betwen the Children of my Said
Daughter Share and Share alike and the other
half betwen the Children of my Late
Daughter Elizabeth Waln Share and Share
alike. Item in case my Excutors Shall
not Sell my Said Ground rent and messuage
and Lot of Grownd I give and Devise the
Same to my Grand Son x Charles Brockden Brown
to and for the Separate use of My Said Daughter
Mary Brown During her Life. I will that
after her Death the one half of my Said Estate
be Divided between the Children of My Said
Daughter Mary Brown [ or the Surviors] Share and Share alike
and the other half of my Said Estate be Divied
betwen the Children of My Late Daughter
Elizabeth Waln [ or the Surviors] Share and Share alike.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my Son
in Law Richard Waln and my Said Grand
Son Charles Brockden Brown Exceutors of
this my Last Will and tastatment hearby
revoking all Wills by me heartofore Maide
and it is My Earnest Decire and request that
My Children and Grand Children Live in Love
as becomes the followers of Christ




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   In witness whereof I have hearunto
Set my hand and Seal this Sixteenth of fith
month in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundred and Ninty Eight


Elizabeth Armitt