In the Name of GodAmen. The Third Day of March, in ye year of our Lord God, One thousand, Seven hundred & Ten, I, Isack Hill, of Chowan prcinct, in ye province of North Carolina, planter, being sick of Body, but of Good & perfect Memory (God be praised), Doe Make & ordaine this my last will & Testam't (& I utterly revoke & Disannul! Every other former Testaments, Wills, legaces, & bequeiths, Executor & overseer by me in any wise before this time, made, named, willed & bequeithed), in manner & forme following: First, I Commend my Soul into ye Hands of God my maker, hopeing assuredly through ye onely merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, tobe made partaker of life Everlasting; & I Commend my Body to ye Earth where It is made, to be Decently buried by my Executors hereafter named; & what Estate God Allmighty has been pleased to bless me with in this world I will Give & bequeith in manner following, Vizt:
My Tract of land I now live upon, Containing Six hundred & forty Acres, to Be Equally Devided between three of my Sons, Vizt: Michal, John & Isack, that is two hundred & Thirteen Acres & one third part of one Acre to My Son Michal (which he now lives upon) & ye same quantity of land Adjoyning to my Son Michals (which he now lives upon his land) I Give to my Second Son, Isack, & ye other Devidend of ye tract I Give to my Third Son, John- & to my Youngest Son, Nathaniel, I Give three hundred & twenty acres of land I bought from Thomas Pollock adjoyning to that part of ye foresd Tract I have Given to my Son Michal. Ye above quantity of land I have Given to Each of my Sons by this my last will & Testam't, I intale on them, their heirs & assigns for Ever, & when it shall please God to Call one or any of them, haveing no Issue, males then their land to be equally Devided among their Surveying Brothers, & having Given my Eldest Son, Michal, his Share of ye Cattle & hoggs, ye reniaining part, that is those that Shall be found properly belonging to me at my Death, I Give unto my three Sons, isack, John, & Nathaniel, & my Dear Daughter, Martha, shall have her choice of ye Cattle & Hoggs for her share, not Exceeding ye Same Number her Brother has, & their Shares I leave to be Given them by my Executor, & I further will that ye hand null shall remaine for ever were she now is, & that all my Children shall have equal previledge to use her were she now stands, & this Dwelling house & all ye other houses on this plantation to me, I Give to him whose land they happen to be upon, & Commit ye Emediate Care of my hand Mill to him.
I will that all my houshold furniture to be Equally Devided between my three, Sons Isac, John & Nathaniel, & my Daughter, Martha, always letting he Chose for her Share, & theirs to be Given them according to ye pleasure of my Executors.
I will that my horse & mare remaine at ye Plantation were they now are for ye use of ye Same till they Increase to four, & then to be Devided to my three Sons last named, & my Daughter, Martha,
& I appoint Capt. Robt. west, Executor of this my last will & Testam't, likewise, I leave to his Care my youngest Son, Nathaniel till he be Capable to provide himself a livelihood, or till he be Majour, & Desire he may Endeavour to keep my two sons, Isack & John, on ye plantation where their Sister Martha, till they Can better provide for themselves.
In wittness whereof, I have hereunto Subscribed my name & Seal, to this my last will and Testament, before these wittnesses: Edward Bryan, William Maule & John Hale.
Isack Hill X (Seal)
William Maule
Edward Bryan
John Hale
Recorded in Will Book 2, page 33.
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)
