[Home] [Robert Mackay Clan Links and Information] [McKay Family Wills and Other Documents]The Last Will & Testament of Abraham JobSee Abraham's line of descent which begins in the Mackay Family Record xxxxxKnow all persons whom it may concern that I Abraham Job of the County of Cole and State of Missouri do by these present make my last will and testament. xxxxxFirst resign my afflicted body to mother dust & my spirit to God who gave it. xxxxxI wish my substance all visited in the care and under the control of my beloved wife Margaret during her natural life or widowhood to school my children and distribute it among them equally. Shelton to have as much in value as Lydia has got so soon as he attained to the age of twenty-one or married an so proportioned among the balance of my children if there should any controversy arise among the children, she Margaret will call on their two next friends to settle the matter but request my children to be content with what their mother will do as I believe she will do them all justice. Taken and signed this 12th day of February 1844. Abraham (his 'X' mark) Jobe Attest: [Previous page] [Next page]© 1997 steer_family@hotmail.com |