BELL, ELIZABETH
June 16, 1750. November 30, 1750. "Sister Margarett's daughter in London" (wedding ring and necklace). CAPT. WILLIAM MACKEY, deceased husband's nephew (all residue of estate). Executors: CULLEN POLLOCK and WM. MACKEY. Witnesses: THOS. LEE, JOHN GORMAN, BEDFORD FAGON Proven before GAB. JOHNSTON, at Eden House.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 26)
BENTLEY, JOHN
March 25, 1754. June Court, 1754. Wife: SARAH. Son: ISAAC. Brothers: WILLIAM BENTLEY and JAMES BENTLEY. Executors: WILLIAM GARDNER, JAMES and ISAAC GARDNER. Witnesses: LUKE MIZELL, MARY GARDNER, SARAH MIZELL. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 29)
BLOUNT, BENJAMIN
February 1, 1739. June Court, 1740. Sons: JAMES, JACOB, EDMUND, ISAAC and BENJAMIN (to the latter is given " my manner plantation "). Daughters: ESTHER. MARY, SARAH. Wife : ELIZABETH. Executors: BENJAMIN(son) and ELIZABETH (wife). Witnesses: ANN HALLIS, ZACHARIAH GURKIN. Justice of the Peace: JAMES TURNBULL. Deputy Clerk of the Court: THOS. LEARY.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 34)
North Carolina.
In The Name of God Amen. The first Day of febuary, 1739,1, Benjamin Blount, Sen; of Terrill County and Province Aforesaid, Planter, being Very Sick and weak in Body But of perfect Mind and Memory, Thanks be Given unto God; Therefore calling to mind ye mortality of my Body And knowing that itt 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 Recommend my Soul into ye Hands of God that Gave itt and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be Buried in Christion Burial att ye Discretion, of my Executors, nothing Doubting but att ye Generall Resurrection I Shall Receive ye Same aGain by ye mighty Power of God; and as touching Such worldly Estate Wherewith It hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Demise and dispose of ye Same in ye Following Manner and form:
I Desire that my Whole Stock of Cattle That is in my Proper mark may Be Equily Divided Between My Son, James and Jacob and Isaac and my Daughter Esther, and Each of Them one Bed and one Iron pot and Each of them one ew.
Item. I will that my Son, Edmund, and my Daughter, mary, and my Daughter, Sarah, may have five Shillings Each.
Item. I Give to my Sone, Benjamin, my manner Plantation.
Item- I will yt if any of my Children Dies without heirs Lawfully Begotten of them to fall then To ye youngest Son Either Land or Movables.
I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elisabeth, ye Remainder Part of my Estate Both of Goods and Chattles and Movables, Whome I likewise make my Executrix with my son, Benjamin, Executor, of This my Last will and Testament of all and Singular my Lands and tennem'ts, and I do hereby utterly Disalow and Revok all other former Testaments, Wills, Legaces and Excet (?) by me in any ways Before named willed and Bequeathed, Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal ye day and year above written.
.......................................................................................................................BENJ. BLOUNT (Seal)
Signd: Sealed Published and
pronounced in presence of us:
........her
ANN X HOLLIS
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ZACARIAH X GURKIN
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......................................................................................................................June ye 1740.
Came before me Eliz.. Blunt, Extx & Benjamin Blunt, Extr to Ben. Blunt, Decesed, being duly Sworn promis to fulfill Eavery part of the within will.
Sworn before me, James Turnbull, J. P.
Tyrel County ss. June Court, anno Dom, 1740. Present His majestys Justices:
These may Certifie that the within will was proved in open Court according to Due form of Law;
................................................................................................................Test, Thos. Leary, D Cl Cur.
Recorded in Grant Book 4, Will No. 114, Office of 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)
BLOUNT, EDMUND
February 12, 1754. June Court, 1754. Son: EDMUND ("manner plantation") Wife: ELIZABETH. Executors: ELIZABETH BLOUNT (wife), BENJAMIN BLOUNT. Witnesses: BENJAMIN BLOUNT, JACOB BLOUNT. Clerk of Court: EVAN JONES. Other children are mentioned, but not named.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 34)
In ye name of God amen, the 12th Day of Febuary, In ye year of our Lord, 1754, I, Edmund Blount, of ye County of Tyrrell, Being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and memory, thanks be given unto god for ye Same, and Calling to mind ye mortality of my body & 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 Recommend my Soul into ye hands of god that gave it and My Body I Recommend it to ye Earth to be Buried in a Christian Lake and Decent Manner at ye Descretion of my Executors Nothing Doubting But at ye General Resurrection I Shall Receive ye Same again by ye mighty power of god, and as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to Bless Me in this life I give Devise and Dispose of the Same In ye following manner and form:
Imprimeses, I Give to my well Beloved Son, Edmund Blount, my manner plantation with all ye Land Belonging to it.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my well beloved, wife, Elisabeth, one third part of all my movable Estate.
Item. I Desire that Each of my Children Excepting my Son, Edmund, may Have one Cow and Calf apeice, and ye Remainder part of my Estate I will that it Go to ye maintainence of my Children.
Item- and I do make ordain and appoint my wife, Elizabeth, Executrix, and Benjamin Blount Executor of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby utterly Disalow, revoke and Disanull all and Every other former testaments, wills and Legacies, Bequests and Executors by me in any ways Before this time named, willed, and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal ye day and year above written.
.................... his
Edmund E Blount.
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered
by ye sd. Edmund Blount as his
last Will and testament in ye pre-
sents of us ye Subscribers, Viz:
Benjamin Blount.
Jacob Blount.
NORTH CAROLINA, TYRELL COUNTY, ss. June Court, 1754.
These may Certify that Jacob Blount, one of the Subscribing Evidences to the within will appeared in Open Court and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that be was present & Saw Edmund Blount, Deceased, Sign, Seal, publish, pronounce & Declare the within writing to be & Contain his will and Testament, and that be was then and at that time of sound & Disposing Memory; & that be also Saw Benjamin^ the other Subscribing Evidence, sign his name thereunto at the Same time. Then Also Appeared Elizabeth Blount, wife of the Deceased, and Qualified as Executrix by taking the Oath by Law Appointed for the Qualification of Executors. Ordered that the Honble. James Murray, Esqr., Secretary of this Province, have notice thereof that Letters Testamentory issue thereon as the Law Directs.
Test, EVAN JONES, Cler. Cur.
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)
BURTENSHALL, RICHARD
September 15, 1740. September Court, 1743. Wife: MARGARET BURTENSHALL. Daughters: SUSANNA COFFT, DOREAS WATTS, ELIZABETH WEST, PRISCILLA SMITH. Grandson: RICHARD BURTENSHALL. Executrix: MARGARET BURTENSHALL. Witnesses: MARY ROGERS, MARY TURNER, JOSHUA TURNER. Clerk of the Court: J. J. BARRETT.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 57)
BUTLER, JOHN
December 24, 1772. October 14, 1773. Wife: ELIZABETH. Sons: WILLIAM, JOHN, JAMES (plantation on Turkey Swamp). Daughters: PHEREBY MCHENRY (wife of GEORGE AUGUSTUS McHENRY, "manner plantation"), ELIZABETH JOHNSON, SARAH GARNER, MARTHA CHERRY, MARY LEGGITT. Granddaughters: SARAH ANN McHENRY, SUSANNA McHENRY, WINEFORD McHENRY, ELIZABETH CHERRY (daughter of ARTHUR GARNER and SARAH) Grandsons: JAMES CHERRY (son of MARTHA), JAMES GARNER (son of ARTHUR and SARAH GARNER), SIMON BUTLER (son of JOHN), JOHN BUTLER(son of JAMES). Executors: ELIZABETH BUTLER (wife), JOHN and JAMES BUTLER (sons). Witnesses: EDMUND ANDREWS, JOHN WHITEHURST, SOLO. WILSON. Will proven before Jo. MARTIN. Codicil to Will of JOHN BUTLER: Dated November 5, 1773. Grandson: ANDREW BUTLER. Granddaughter: ELIZABETH CHERRY. Daughter: PHEREBY McHENRY. Witnesses: JACOB HARRIS, SOLO. WILSON.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 58)
In the Name of God Amen, the 24th day of december, 1772. I, John Butler, of the County of Tyrrel, Fanner, being weak in body but of 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 recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that give it, and my body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian burrall at the descretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the Generall Resurrection I shall recive the Same again by the mighty power of God; and As touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased almighty God to bless me in this life, I give, demise and despose of the Same in the Following manner and Form:
Imprimis. I Lend unto my dearly beloved Wife Elh: five negroes, Viz: Jack, Zepero, Nan, mereen, and mark, with this plantation we now live on, with the horsess, hoggs and Cattle, and all the house hold Furniture. In Case there Should be any money It must be divided Equally, my Wife, William, John & James Butler: I Lend, I Say, to my dearly beloved Wife, Elizabeth, all the Aforsaid Articles dureing her Widowood.
Item. I give to my Son, William Butler, the plantation he now lives On, and fifty pounds prock. money, to Leved out of my Estate, and Four Cows & Calves or the Value thereof, to him and his Lawfull heirs for ever.
Item. I give unto my Son, John Butler, Six negroes, Vlzt: Jack, Zeperoh, Rose, Ben, Bristo and dick, after the decease or marage of my Wife Elizabeth, To him and his Lawful heirs for ever.
Item. I give unto my Son, James Butler, the plantation he now lives On, lying on Turkey Swamp, on the South Side the Sd. Swamp, Containing three hundd. acres of of Land more or less, to him and his Lawfull heirs for ever. I Likewise give to my Son, James Butler, four negroes Vizt. Dinah, Mark, Little Jack, and Nan, with one Still, one desk, and Ten pounds prock. money, after the Deceas. of my Wife, Elizebeth, or manage, to him and his heirs for ever.
Item. I give unto my Daughter, Phereby McHenry the manner Plantation or the Land I now live, On dureing her Naturall Life, after the Decease or marrage of my Wife Elizebeth, then to my two grand Daughters, Sarah ann McHenry, and Susanna McHenry: I Lite-wise give to my grand Daughter, Wineford McHenry, one Negro Garl Named Mereen, to her and her heirs for ever, all to be rec4: in mater and Form As before mentioned, at the Deceas or marrage of my -wife, Elizebeth.
Item- I give to my Grandson, James Butler Cherry, the Son of Martha Cherry, A piece of Land Joyning to the Gum Log, and from the gum Log up to Wheatleys Old Field. I Likewise give unto Sd. James Cherry, the Son of Martha Cherry, two Negroes Vizt: one garl, named Charity, one Boy named Nedd, the Son of Negro Nann, I give it to him to be retf1: at the years of twenty one, in matter and Form as before mentiond. I give unto Sd: James Cherry, one Feather Bead and Bedstead, four Basons, two dishes and Six plates, one Iron pott: in Case he should die without a Lawfull heir it must return to John and James Butler my two Sons to be Equally devided between them.
Item. I give unto my Grandson, James Gainer, the Son of Arther Gainer and Sarah, his Wife, one hundred Acres of Land from the flag branch up to the head line, Joyning to his fathers Land, Likewise One negroe boy named Tom, to him and his heirs for ever: if in Case he should die without heirs to return to John and James Butler left in manner and form As before mentiond.
Item. I give unto my daughter, Mary Leggett, twenty pounds prock money, To be Levied out of my Estate, to be paid unto her; and her heirs for ever.
Item. I give unto my grand Daughter, Elizebeth Cherry, Daughter of Arther Gainer and Sarah, his Wife, one negro boy named Isaac, also one Feather Bedd and Furniture or forty Shillings prock, to be reced. in matter and form as before mentioned, to her and her Lawfull heirs for ever.
Item. I give unto my Daughter, Elizebeth Johnson, Ten shillings Sterling, to be Levied out of my Estate.
Item. I will and desire that after my Deceas., and my Wife, that all the Resedue of my Estate may be Equally Divided amongst my four Children, Vizt: Wm., John & James Butler, and Phereby McHenry, the Wife of George Augustin McHenry, to them and there heires for ever.
Item. I give unto my two grandsons, Simon Butler, the Son of John Butler, and John Butler, the Son of James Butler, a Tract of Land or plantation Lying the north Side of Trenten Creek, Containing 640 Acres, formerly known by the name of Joseph Messers Land, To them and and their heirs for ever.
Item- I give unto my Son, James Butler, the Land Whereon Mary Cage now Liveth, to him and his heirs for ever.
I Likewise Nominate and appoint my loveing Wife, Elizebeth Butler, and my two Sons, John and James Butler, my Sole Executors and Exx: of this my Last will and Testament, revokeing and making void all other former wills, Lagacies formerley by me made, Ratifying and confirming this and no other To be my Last will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand Seal, the dav and date first Above Mentiond.
his
John Butler X (Seal)
mark
Signed, Sealed, pronounced, and
declared, by the Sd John Butler to
be his Last will and Testament in
Presence of us:
Edmun Andrews,
John Whitehurst,
Solo Wilson,
Be it known to all men bt these presents, that, I, John Butler, Senr., of the County of Tyrrell, planter, have made and declared my last will and Testament, in writing, Bearing date the 24th. day of December, 1772. I, the Said John Butler, by thise presents Codicil do ratify and confirm my Sd. Last will and Testament, and do give and bequeath unto my Grand Son, Andrew Butler, the Son of James Butler, the Herring gut Land, from the Gum Logg Branch Down to the river. I do Likewise revoke the Bedd and Furniture which I give to my grand Daughter, Lizabeth Cherrey, mentioned in my will I give to my Daughter, Pherebe McHenry, one Bedd and Furniture which I now Lay On, after me and my Wifes Deed. And my will and meaning is that this Codicil or Schedule be Adjudged to be a part and par1- of my last will and Testament, and that all things therein mentioned and Contained be Faithfully and truly performed, and as fully and amply in every Respect As. if the Same were So Declared and Sett down in my Last will and Testament.
Witness my hand this fift day of march, 1773.
his
John X Butler (Seal)
mark
Jacob Morriss.
Solo Wilson .
The within last Will and Testament of John Butler, deceased, and the Codicil thereto annexed, were proved before me this fourteenth day of October, 1773, By the Oaths of Edmund Andrews, and John Whitehurst, two of the subscribing Witnesses to the said Will, and Jacob Morris one of the Subscribing Witnesses to the said Codicil, who severally, and not one for the other, swore that they were present and did see the said Testator sign, seal, publish and declare the same to be and contain his last Will and Testament with his Codicil thereto annexed; and that at the several times of executing; his said wm and Codicil he was of sound and disposing Mind and Memory. And John and James Butler, the Executors therein named, having taken the Oaths and qualified as the Law directs, It is Ordered that Letters Testamentary issue tbereon accordingly.
Jo. Martin
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) |
