In the Name of God Amen. I, Seth Sothet, of the County of Albemarle, wthin ye province of Carolina, Esqr., being (throug Mercy) of Perfect Mind and Memory, Doe ordaine and Make this my last Will and Testament in Manner and forme following:
Lnprs. I give and bequeath unto my Loving frien, Francis Hartley, the plantation where he now dwells for the tearme of five years, wch is to Commence from the day of my death, and two thirds of my Signory, bounding on flatty Creeke and Pasquotank River, for and during the Naturall live of him the Said, Francis Hartley, and his Wife, and after their disease, to Anna Sothell my Wife, her heirs and assigns for ever.
Item, I Give and Bequeath to Edward Foster, Esqr., my father in Law, all that my Plantation at Cuscopinum, to him, his heirs and assigns for ever; and Thirty heads of Cattle belonging to the Said Plantation, & one Negroe Man-
Item, I Give unto William Duckenfield, Esqe., five pounds to buy him a Gold Ring: Item I give unto William Willdson, five pounds to buy him a Gold Ring: Item I give unto Mr. Henderson Walker five pounds to buy him a Gold Ring-
Item, I Give unto Edward Wade all y my Plantation where Mr. Thomas Evins now dwells inlittle River, to him & his assigns, for and Dureing his Naturall life, and after his disease to Anna Sothell, my Wife, her heirs and Assigns for ever.
Lastly, I Give and bequeath unto myDeare & entirely well beloved wife, Anna Blunt, all my Lands, Plantations, Tennaments, and Hereditaments wch I Now have (in ye Province of Carolina Adjoining or Bounding on Salmon Creek, Kendricks Creeke, little River, Flatty Creeke, and the River of Pasquotank, to her, the Said Anna Sothrel, her heirs & assigns for ever: excepting the Tearme of five years to Air. Hartley, and that the Sd. Mr. Hartley and his Wife, and Mr. Edward Wade, may hold all the Lands above bequeathed to them for their Natural lives, and the Said Anna, my Wife, to have it in Reversion, and I Give and Bequeath unto the above Named Anna Sothell, my Wife:
All my Personall Estate whatsoever, to witt., all my goods and Chatteles, Mouvables and Immorvables, Rights and Creditts wthin the abovesaid Province of Carolina, for ever, And I doe make the Said Anna Sothell, my Wife, my Whole and Sole Executirx of this my last Will and Testameat-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale the five and Twentyeth day of January, one thousand, Six hundred eighty nine. 1689/90
Seth Sothell. (Seal)
Sealed, Signed & Delivered
in the presence of:
Wm Wilkison.
Henderson' Walker.
John Lowes.
Wm. Wollard.
......Sighum
Sarah X Wollard.
Proved by the oath of Sarah Wollard before mee, the Subscriber the 3 day of February, Anno Do: 1693/4.
William Wilkison.
Proved in Court by the oath of Collol Wm. Wilkison, and Capt. Henderson Walker, ye 5th of Feb’ry, Anno Do., 1693/4.
Attested Edward Mato, Clr.
Whereas Anna Sothell hath upon the 5th day of February Anno Di, 1693, in open Court proved ye above written to be the last willtestum of Seth Sothell, esqr., her deceased husband, and shoe being thereby constituted sole executrix of the Same, these are to empower the Said Anna Sothell to take into her Possession all & every the estate of the said Seth Sothell wherever in this govenment to be found, and the same to dispose of according to the import and Meaning of of the said last will and testamt.
Given undr our hands, and the Seal of the County, the26th. day of March. Ano Dim-. 1693. regett the 26th of March 1693.
W. Glover.
Philip Ludwell.
Tho. Harvy. Francis Jones.
Wm. Wilkison. Saml. Swanne.
Tho. Pollock Daniel, Alkehurst.
Sect.
Copied from Recorded Copy of Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Source: North Carolina Wills and Inventories, copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories In the Office of the Secretary of State by J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, Published 1912)
