John Welsh Genealogy
Record modified: 2023-01-12
This is my ancestor 11 generations back.
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Born: about 1622-00-00 England
Died: 1684-00-00 Anne Arundel Co, Maryland USA
Marriages:
1. Mary (unknown)
Children of John Welsh and Mary (unknown):
Notes:
Immigrated about 1641.
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His will is in Will Book 4, p35-36
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Will of Maj. Jn. Welsh
I, John Welsh, of ye County of Ann Arundel in ye Province of Maryland, Gent, being sick
and weak in body but of sound and perfect Memory, do make and constitute
ordain and appoint this my last will and test in manner and forme fol ye 6 Jan. anno Doin 1683,
making void and null all former and other wills by me made.
I give and bequeath to my two eldest sons Silvester Welsh and John Welsh all ye my tract and
plantation called Arnold Gray lying near South River in Ann Arundel Co. aforesaid(???)equally to be
divided between them to have and to hold same unto them ye sd Silvester and John Welsh and their
heirs forever, from and after such time ye sd. Silvester and John do and shall attain of them ye full age
of one and twenty years.
I give and bequeath unto my third son Benjamin Welsh my now dwelling place with all ye lands and
premises thereunto belonging situate and being on ye Ridge near Herring Creek in ye County of Ann
Arundel aforesaid to have and hold same unto ye sd. Benjamin and his heirs forever from and after
such time as he shall attain to ye full age of one and twenty years.
I give and bequeath unto my four daughters (yt. is to say) Mary Welsh, Elizabeth Welsh, Sarah Welsh,
and Damaris Welsh all yt. my tract or pcell land lying and situate and being near Gunpowder River in
Baltimore Co. (surveyed and laid out for 1000a more or less) equally to be divided between them ...
after ... shall attain ye full age of sixteen years.
And whereas my now wife Mary is supposed to be with child ... unto ye same my child ... male or female
all ye my tract or parcel of land called Prestons Enlargement lying and being near ye Beaverdam in
Herring Creek County Ann Arundel ... after ... he or she ... attain ... one and twenty ...
Provided ... if no such child ... be born ... nor if ye sd child do die and not live to attain ye full age of 21 ...
then(???)my will is ... Prestons Enlargement be and go to my eldest son Silvester Welsh ... And for my
personal estate yt is to say my Goods and Chattels I dispose of them as follows:
I give ... unto my loving brother Henry Welsh my silver tobacco box, my cane with a silver head and my
broad cloth suit of clothes(???)and after my just debts be truly satisfied and paid and also my legacies
herein mentioned ... ye residue ... to be equally divided amongst my wife and children ... my wives
share or pt be in lien of her thirds ...
And I do hereby make ... my sd loving wife Mary Welsh my whole and sole exect ... discharge my just
debts ...
And my will further is yt my sd wife Mary ... have ye tuition and education of all my children before
mentioned and to have and receive ye profits and benefits of all and every of their respective estates ...
real and personal until they ... respectively attain their ... ages above mentioned toward ye charges of
maintaining and bringing of them up without rendering any further account.
And I do further appoint ... my sd loving brother Henry Welsh, Edward Dorsey, Gent and Edward Talbott
to be supervisors of this my will ... Lastly I ... make void all former wills. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seale ye day and year above written.
John Welsh.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 37892
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