Will of BRYDON, Robert
Will Book 2 · Page 32
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In the name of God amen I Robert Brydon of the County of Franklin and State of Kentucky being weak and low in body but of sound mind and memory and calling to
mind the uncertainty of life do constitute ordain and establish this my last will & testament in manner & form following viz, First of all I commit my body to the dust
to be buried decently at the discretion of my friends and my soul I commit to the care and in the hands of almighty God in hopes of a joyful resurrection and reunion at
the last day. As to my worldly possessions of which it has pleased God to endow me, It is my will and desire to be disposed of in the following manner towit.
Item after all my just debts are paid it is my will that my loving wife Mary Brydon shall possess and retain in her hands and for her own benefit all the property that I may
posses at my death (provided she should outlive me) for and during her natural life and after her death all the estate of land and all perishable property of every description
that may then remain shall be sold & the money arising from such sale to be equally divided among all my children, and also it is my desire that my grand daughter
Katharine Brydon have an equal portion of the money with each of my children. It is my desire that the above named property be sold and divided as aforesaid by my
executors hereafter to be named. Item It is my desire that my executors retain in their hands my son James Brydon's proportion of money & pay him annually the
interest thereof during his natural life provided the interest thereof should not amount to more than the principal from the number of years in which case they are to pay
him no more. Item In case my daughter Dorotha Church dies without issue of leaving no child, It is my desire that her portion of the estate be returned and equally
divided among the rest of my children. My children named in this will are Dorotha, Margaret, John, James, William, Barbara, Robert and Stevenson and I do hereby
appoint & constitute my sons John Brydon and William Brydon Executors to this my last will, and I do hereby these presents publish proclaim and declare this to be
my last will & Testament revolking all others heretofore made by me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 18th day of April in the
year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred & twenty seven.
Robert Brydon
Signed sealed & published in the presence of
Jesse Ewell Jr.
George W McClure
John M Head
Franklin County Sct. August Court 1829
A writing purporting to be the last will & Testament of Robert Brydon decd.. was produced in Court & proven by the oaths of Jesse B. Ewell and John M. Head, two of the
subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded, and thereupon the same hath been duly admitted to record in my office.
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