Item, To my present much beloved
wife Eliza Dorothy, I give devise and
bequeath the following negro slaves, that is
to say Jack, Julian and her four children
Lewis Henry, Frances, Billy and Grace,
Somerset, Betsy, and her two children
Jim and Sappbo, Adam and Peggy
and her child Matibel with their
increase to have to hold and enjoy
during her natural life, Would
she not marry after my decease
but if she does marry after my de-
cease it is my will that the above
mentioned negro slaves shall im-
mediately upon such marriage
revert to and be equally divided 
among my children or their children 
subject to certain restrictions and condi-
tions hereinafter set forth and mentioned,
and it is further my will that my
wife the said Eliza Dorothy, from
the time of the marriage referred to
whose shall receive annually the
sum of five hundred dollars to be
paid to her by my executors hereinafter
nominated, out of such portions
of my estate or shall seem most
proper to them during her natural
life, but if my wife the said Eliza
Dorothy does not marry after my
decease, then it is my will that
she shall possess, hold and enjoy
the aforementioned and a have ***
****** negro slaves, with their
increase during her natural life,
and upon her death the said Negro
slaves with their increase shall be