Notes for William O'Neale

Notes for William O'Neale

!Frederick County Wills, Page 32, Sween Library, Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland: Will abstract of William O'Neale, husband of Eleanor Ball:

William ONail, of Frederick Co., planter, infirm. Will dtd. 2 Dec. 1759. To sons William (Jr.) John, Henry and David: 410 acres of land called The Wheel of fortune and Cemety (?) Chance equally, to be chosen in order named. To son Lawrence: horse. To wife Elinor: 50a, for which a warrant is to be taken out, and the rest of my real estate, real and personal, for life; then to daus. Joanna, Ann, Elinor, and Elizabeth equally. Also to wife: crops of corn and tobacco to pay for the patent for the 50a; she also exec. /x/ Wit : M. G. Cornish, William Fee, Elizabeth Allison. Proved 17 Dec. 1759 by Fee and Allison. On that date Elinor Onail renounced her rights to the above will and chose her thirds. (Pp 135-7)