In the name of God Amen, the the 26th. day of April, 1746. I, Francis Parker, of Edgcombe County, and Province of No. Carolina, being in health of Body and in perfect mind and Memory, Thanks be given unto God therefore, calling unto mind the Mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recomend my Soul unto the hands of God; and for my body, I reccommend it to the Earth to be buried at the Discretion of my Executor: and as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me with in this Life, I give and bequeath the same in manner and form following:
Imprimis, I will that my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid out of my principal Estate-Item, I give & bequeath unto my loving son, Francis Parker, a Pair of Iron wages, to him & his heirs or assigns.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Parker, one Cow Yearun, to him, his heirs or assigns.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth Foreman, one Cow Yearlin, to her, her heirs or assigns.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Charity Brett, one Cow Yearlin, to her, her heirs or Assigns-Item, I give unto my Daughter, Catherine Hodges, one Large Painted Trunk, to her, her heirs or Assigns.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Son, Simon Parker, One Feather Bed, a green rugg and Blanket, and Sheet; and one Oval Table, to him. his heirs and assigns-Item, I Lend unto my Beloved Wife, Elizabeth Parker, the use of my Plantation where I now Live, and all my Personal Estate, not already bequeathed, during her Widowhood or natural Life-Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, Simon Parker, the Plantation where I now Live Containing 200 Acres, more or less, after his Mothers Decease or Marriage; and one Tract Containing SO Acres, where he, the said Simon, now Lives; One Tract Containing 200 Acres of Land, to him, his heirs or Assigns for ever-
Item, I will that all the rest and residue of my Estate, I will that it be Equally Divided between my Loving Children, Francis Parker, Joseph Parker, Elizabeth Foreman, Charity Brett, Catherine Hodges, and Simon Parker, after the Decease or Marriage of my Wife, Elisabeth Parker.
Item, I Constitute and ordain my Beloved Wife, Elizabeth Parker, and my Loving son, Simon Parker, Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, disanulling all former Wills by me before this Time Made, Confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament.
Francis Parker (Seal)
Signed, Sealed Published and
Pronounced, by the said Francis
Parker as his Last Will and Tes-
tament in Presence of us:
his
Gerrard X Wall, Jurat.
Mark
his
John X Knight. Jurat.
Marke
Walter Mc Forlan.
Exer: Qualified, Simon Parker.
Edgcomb County. ss. August Court, 1757.
The within Will was in open Court Exhibited by the Exors. therein Named, and proved by the oaths of Gerrard Wall and John Knight, Evidences thereto; and at the same time the Exors. within Named Qualified for sd. office according to Law, which is ordered to be Certified.
Test. Jos: Montford, Cl: Cur:
Copied from 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)
