Maule, William
In the Name of God Amen, this Twenty first day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand, Seven hundred and twenty five. I, William Maule, of the precinct of Bertie, in the Province of North Carolina, Genlu, being Sick and week, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making Null and Void all former and other Wills by me made.
First, It is my Will that all my Debts and Funeral Charges be paid by my Executor.
Item, I Give, Devise and Bequeath to my Wife, Penelope Maule, my Plantation called Scotts Hall, and allso, my Plantation called Mount Galland, to her and hers and Assigns forever.
Item, I Give, Devise and Bequeath to my Daughter, Penelope Maule, all the rest and residue of my Estate, both Real and Personal, to her and her heirs and Assigns forever.
Lastly, I Do hereby Nominate and appoint my Brother, Patrick Maule, Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, whom I also Constitute Guardian of my said Daughter, Penelope, hereby Giving him full Power to make Sale of any of the lands before bequeathed to my Said Daughter, for and toward her Education.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal, the day and Year first above written.
Will Maule, (Seal)
Signed, Sealed Published &
Declared to be his last Will &
Testament in presence of us:
Robt. Forster,
John Nairnr.
Jones Eagles. (?).
North Carolina, ss.
Sr. Richard Everard, Bart., Gov:
These may Certify that Robert Foster, Gent., one of the Evidences to the within Will, Proved the Same upom Oath in due form, this 30th. day of March, 1726.
Richd. Everard.
Copied from the Original Will, filed in 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) |
