Inthe Name of God Amen. As It is appointed for all Men once to Depart this Life, I, Samuel Scollay, being sound of judgment and of Perfect memory, I resign my Soul to him that gave It and my Body to the Ground. I make this my last Will hereby revoking all Wills, Daeds and Grants whatsoever before made by me, and this only to be taken as my last. What Estate it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and bequeath as Follows:
I Give and bequeath unto my Dear and well beloved Friends, Thos. Gilford, of Busty, Esquire, In Zetland, and to Magnis Henderson, of Guarde, Esquire ha Zetland, and to George Triel, of Broh, Esquire, I Orkney, In the Island of Sandy, Fifty Pounds Sterling, each, to them, or their Heirs Surviving.
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Friend, Mrs. Margaret Stewart, Alias Triel, late Lady of Eleoness in Orkney, in the Island of Sandy, or hir Heirs Surviving, Twenty Pounds Sterling.
Item, I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Friend, Mrs. Mary Tuliaton, Alias Davis, Spouse of the Deceased Mr-Robert Davis, Shipbuilder, In Leath in Scotland, to hir or any of her Heirs surviving, Fifty Pounds Sterling.
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother, Jerman Robert Scollay, of Lerwick, Esquire, in Zetland, to him or his Heirs Surviving, one hundred Ponds Sterling, and it is my "Will that these legacies be immediately remitted to Mr. Hugh Black-bum at Norfolk, By my Executors, and by the Said Mr. Hugh Blackburn to be remitted to his Friends for an equal Division.
Item, I Give and Bequeath to my loving Spouse all my houshold Furniture and all this Stock of Catle and living Creatures.
Item, I give unto her two hundred pound, Virginia Currant, to be paid out of the first money that rais'd upon these Goods, Now In the House.
Item, I Give and bequeath unto her two hundred Pounds, Virginia Currant, to be paid cut of the Pasquotank Debts. Which Debts amounts to in Bills Bonds Fight hundred & twenty odd Pounds.
Item, I Give unto my loving Friend, Doctor William CathCart, one hundred Pounds, Virginia Currant, to be paid out of the Pasquotank Debts.
Item, I Give unto my beloved Friend, Mr. Robert Todd, of Norfolk one hundred Pounds, Virginia Currant, to be paid out of the Pasquotank Debts when Collected.
Item, I Give unto my beloved Sons in Law, Cullen and Thos. Pollock, all the dry goods lately imported from Virginia, excepting two hundred Pounds, Virginia Currant, which my beloved Spouse is to have in Cash or Goods at her Pleasure.
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Sons in law, Cullcn and Thos. Pollock, The Remainder of the Pasquotank Debts, when my beloved Spouse hath Drawn her Legacy of two hundred Pounds, Virginia Currant, and Doctor William CathCart and Mr. Robert Todd of Norfolk hath drawn theirs two hundred, Virginia Currant, Then I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Sons in Law, Cullen & Thos. Pollock, the remainder which amounts to about four hundred Pounds. I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Sons in Law, Cullen and Thos. Pollock, Part of a Track of Land containing about seventy Acres, or thereabouts, laying near the Plank Blidge In Pasquotank. It is my Will that Cullen & Thos. Pollock collect the Debts, clear of all Charges at their own Expence.
Item, I Give unto Tully Williams, his Fathers Sword, also the Stock of Cattle at Kettyhauk. It is my Will that Cullen and Thos. Pollock pay oft the ballance of that Bond In Virginia Due to White and Scott-
Lastly, It is my Will that my beloved Spouse, and my sons in Law, Cullen and Thos. Pollock, be Executors to this my last Testamt. my Will contains one sheet of paper.
Sam. Scollay. (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, delivered this
15 Day of December, In Presence
of
Testis. Ann Anderson.
Ed. Rasor.
John Nicholls.
Edenhouse, I8 Feby., 1732.
This day Edward Rasor & John Nichols, two of the Subscribing Evidences of the foregoing Will, personally appeared before mc & made Oath that they saw Samuel Scollay Sign, Seal & Deliver the same as & for his last Will & Testament, and that he was at the time of his Signing thereof of round & disposing mind & memory; & at the same time Cullen Pollock & Thomas Pollock two of the Executors appointed by the sd. Will qualified themselves by taking the Oath prescribed by Law for that Purpose.
Gab. Johnston.
Copied from Original 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) 