The Will of Dr. John PEERCE, Sr.

In ye Name of God Amen I John Peerce of Calvert County in ye Province of Maryland Chirurgion being sickly in Boddy but of sound & perfect memory God be praised doe Ordaine this my last Will & Testamt in manner & forme following Item I Bequeath my soule into ye hands of Almighty God my maker & his Sonne Jesus Christ my Redemer, by Body to be buried decently by my Exr-- ALL my worldly goods stock cattle Hoggs with a Tract of Land Lying & bounding upon ye lands of Col. Thomas Taillors in Potapsco River as by ye Pattent will more plainly appeare so alsoe my Plantation at Harvi Towne with all ye houses thereunto belonging , I Give & Bequeath unto my Dutiful Sonne John Peerce to him & his heires forever; my will is that whren my man George Hodgson shall have served out his time and being carefull in disposeing & Putting of my Medicines for the use & Benefitt of my sonne John Peerce I will that my sonne Give unto ye said George Hodgson at ye expiration of his time tenn # worth of Medicines, all my servants goods & Horses with all my Estate Reall & Personall I Give & Bequeath unto my sonne John Peerce to him & his heires for ever only my watch & my Ringe upon my fingers I give & Bequeath to my daughter Martha Peerce now residing in England. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this fourteenth day of April 1679.

John Peerce Sealed

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Robert Lee
Thomas Impey

9 May 1697 This will was proved by ye Oath of Robert Lee
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[Wills, Liber 10, ff. 15-16, Hall of Records, Annapolis]
From "Maryland and Virginia Colonials , Genealogies of Some Colonial Families", Sharon Dolinate (1990, Genealoogical Publishing Company)