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This document comprises the Last Will and Testament of Edmond Hungerford.

The will is dated June 10, 1721, made in Calvert, Maryland, British America, and probated in Maryland on June 21/22, 1721 It lists his wife, Penelope, and seven children: sons John, Edmond, Jeremiah, and Benjamin, and daughters Hannah, Susanna, Hellin.

Source: Maryland County Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, District and Probate Courts Will books. Prerogative Court, Book 17, 1721-1726, page 41.

Summary of the text available on Ancestry.com (edited slightly; see the document for the full text): Hungerford, Edmond,Calvert Co., 10th June, 1721; 22nd November, 1721. To wife Penelope, 1/3 personal estate absolutely; “Hodsons Neck” during life, and land bought of Robt. Greves during widowhood; sd. tracts to pass to son James [Note: should be Jeremiah] and hrs. To sons John and Benjamin and their hrs., ½ of “Friendship” and “Addition to Friendship,” equally; son John to have first choice and personalty. To son Edmond and hrs., “Dicks Cabbin,” and personalty. To daus. Hannah, Susanna and Hellin, personalty. To 7 children afsd., residue of personal estate, equally; children (undesignated) by first wife and their estate to care of John Greves and Samuel Abbott, exs., with wife afsd. Test: John Hellen, Jeremiah Current, Eliza. Smith, Sarah Mackeney. 17, 41. See: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Volume: V, Wills from 1720 to 1726. Baltimore, MD, USA: Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1904-1928.

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