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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

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

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

[Description: wax seal]