Washington_, I give and bequeath two
parts; one to each of them. To _Samuel Washington_, _Frances Ball_, and
_Mildred Hammond_, son and daughters of my brother _Charles Washington_,
I give and bequeath three parts; one part to each of them. And to
_George Fayette Washington_, _Charles Augustine Washington_, and _Maria
Washington_, sons and daughter of my deceased nephew, _George Augustine
Washington_, I give one other part; that is, to each a third of that
part. To _Elizabeth Parke Law_, _Martha Parke Peter_, and _Eleanor Parke
Lewis_, I give and bequeath three other parts; that is, a part to each
of them. And to my nephews, _Bushrod Washington_ and _Lawrence Lewis_,
and to my ward, the grandson of my wife, I give and bequeath one other
part; that is, a third thereof to each of them. And, if it should so
happen, that any of the persons whose names are here enumerated (unknown
to me) should now be dead, or should die before me, that in either of
these cases, the heirs of such deceased person shall, notwithstanding,
derive all the benefits of the bequest, in the same manner as if he or
she was actually living at the time. And, by way of advice, I recommend
it to my executors not to be precipitate in disposing of the landed
property (herein directed to be sold), if from temporary causes the sale
thereof should be dull; experience having fully evinced, that the price
of land, especially above the falls of the river and on the western
waters, has been progressively rising, and cannot be long checked in its
increasing value. And I particularly recommend it to such of the
legatees (under this clause of my will), as can make it convenient, to
take each a share of my stock in the Potomac Company, in preference to
the amount of what it might sell for; being thoroughly convinced myself,
that no uses to which the money can be applied, will be so productive as
the tolls arising from this navigation when in full operation (and thus,
from the nature of things, it must be, ere long), and more especially if
that of the Shenandoah is added thereto.

The family vault at Mount Vernon requiring repairs, and being improperly
situated besides, I desire that a new one of brick, and upon a larger
scale, may be built at the foot of what is commonly called the Vineyard
Enclosure, on the ground which is marked out; in which my remains, with
those of my deceased relations (now in the old vault), and such others
of my family as may choose to be ento