Maryland [ ]! November the 27 day 1739. In the Name of God Amen I John Piggen being sick & weak of body but of perfect memory Thanks be to God for the same. I make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following. Revoking all Wills or Will formerly by me made or done. Item I give my Soul to God that gave it me & my Body to the Earth hoping through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ a [Remission] of my Sins. Item I give & Bequeath unto my well beloved Wife my Dwelling Plantation together with all the Land I hold on the Westside of Zeciah Swamp to dispose of as she shall think Convenient & also my Personal Estate to be at her Disposal as she shall think fit to her & her Ears forever.

Item I give & Bequeath unto my Son John Henry Piggeon all that part or parcell of Land lying on Eastside Zeciah Swamp called now by the name of Nue Branford to him & his Ears forever.

I Constitute & appoint my beloved Wife to be my hole & sole Exatricks of this my last Will & Testament as Witness my hand & Seal the day & year above written.

On the back of the aforegoing Will was thus Written Viz! Cha. County [ ]! On the Sixth day of February 1739 John Vinson, James Marr, Philip Moreland & John Moore Subscribing Witnesses to the within Will being Duly & solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Do depose & Say that they Saw John Pigeon the Testator Sign the said Will & heard him publish & Declare the same to be his last Will & Testament & that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound & disposing mind & memory & that they subscribed their respective names to the said Will in the Presence of the Testator & at his Request.

NOTE: John Piggen (Pigeon) and his wife Susannah [dau. of Robert & Dorothy (nee ?) Gates] are my 7th great grandparents. Antoinette