- Bequeathed to his son Robert 200 acres of New Tavern, on the Liberty main road. To his son, John, a part of New Tavern and one half of his plantation, Eagles Nest, south of the Liberty road and east of the main falls of the Patapsco river; to his sons Joseph and Samuel, parts of New Tavern and Eagle's Nest; to his daughters mary Gosnell, Elizabeth Simmons, Sarah Boring, Rachel Cook, and the heirs of his decessed daughter Ann Burnside, equal prts of his personal estate; to his granddaughters Elizabeth Ward (dau of William) and Sarah Gosnell, parts of his personal estate; his son Samuel was appointed executor. In a codicil, 11/14/1826 he bequeathed to the four eldest children of his son Joseph, who had since died, his share of the estate.
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