Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #2472 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Kent
Liber:Folio 6:166
Date of Will (Written) 3/11/1781
Probate Date 3/26/1781
Name of Deceased/Testator Ann Wilkins
Heirs/Legatee Mary Wilkins, Elizabeth Wilkins & Ann Wilkins - daughters
Abstract whole of my estate if they free all the negroes which were devised by their father's will when they are 21 for males & 18 for females. If they do not free the slaves then all my estate to my 2 sons Samuel & Thomas Wilkins.

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