County of Washington

In the Name of God, Amen.  I Jacob WACHTEL of Washington 
County in the State of Maryland, being sick and weak in budy 
but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, 
considering the certainity of death and the uncertainity of the time 
thereof, and wishing to settle my worldly affairs in order that I may 
be prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me 
hence do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament 
in manner and form following that is to say -

First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty 
God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the descretion 
of my Executor herein after named -

I give and bequeath and devise unto my dear wife, Elizabeth 
WACHTEL, all my property, real, personal and _____ to her heirs 
and assigns forever.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife, 
Elizabeth WACHTEL, to be sole Executrix of this my last will and 
testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore 
made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will 
and testament, hereby authorizing and empowering my said 
executrix to sell any part of my property either real or personal at 
any time and upon any terms she may think proper and for the 
same, a good and sufficient deed of conveyance to make to the 
purchaser thereof, and further to do all matters and things which I 
myself could or ought to have done were I living.  In testimony 
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first 
day of April in the year of Our Lord eighteen 
hundred and twenty-six.   -   Signed by Jacob WACHTEL (by mark)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by -
Jacob WACHTEL, the above named testator as and for his last will 
and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his 
presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our 
names as witnesses thereto -
Witnesses - 
A. KERSHNER 
Yost STOOCK 
Jacob ZELLER (by mark)


Washington County - to wit - On this 30th of May 1826 came Elizabeth 
Wachtel and made oath that this is the true and whole will of Jacob 
Wachtel, late of said County deceased, that hath came to her hands 
and possession and that she doth not know nor have heard of any other.  
At the same time came Andrew KIershner, Yost Stooch and Jacob Zeller 
and made oath that they did see the testator herein named sign and seal 
this will, that they heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to 
be his last will and testament that at the time of his so doing he was 
the the best of his apprehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory 
and understanding, that he subscribed his name to the will in the presence 
and at the request of the testatrix and that he saw the other subscribing 
witnesses do the same.  -  Certified