HAMBLETON, JANE
March 20, 173 —. April 22, 1734. Son and daughter: JOHN GARRETT and MARY his wife (who are also appointed executors). Witnesses: SAMEL DURRANCE, MARY SKILES. Will proven before NATHANIEL RICE, President.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 148)
HASSELL, JOHN
March 25, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: JOHN (plantation on West side of Scuppernong river known by the name of Plains), JOSEPH (lands on East side of Scuppernong river), ISAAC (plantation on East side of Scuppernong River), BENJAMIN ("my manner plantation")- Daughters: MARY WYNNE, SARAH Fox, ESTHER HASSELL. Wife and Executrix: RACHELL. Negroes bequeathed to sons. Witnesses: THOS. WYNNE, JEREMIAH WYNNE, PETER WYNNE. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 156)
In the Name of God Amen. John Hassell, of the Province of North Carolina and County of Tyrrell being Sick and Weak of Body but of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory, thanks be to almighty god for the Same, and Calling to Mind the Mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament, first and principally I Recommend my Soul to God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Deacent and Christian like manner, at the Descretion of my Executors hereafter Mentioned; And as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with In this life, I give and Dispose thereof in manner and form following:
Imprimis. I give unto my Dearly beloved Wife, Rachel Hassell, all my movable Estate of what Nature & Kind soever, to her proper use forever, Except Such legacies as are particularly otherways mentioned and Disposed of.
Item. I give and bequath unto my well beloved Son, John Hassell, a Plantation on the West Side of Scupperlong River, Containing one Hundred acres and known by the Name of the Plains, unto him his heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son, Joseph Hassell, one hundred acres of Land on the East Side of Scupper-long River lying on the North Side of the Leading Swamp, Begining at the head of the Leading Swamp at a goom, from thence to the popler Line, unto him and his Heirs and Assigns for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son, Isaac Hassell, one hundred acres of Land on the East Side of Scupperlong River, on the north Side of the Leading Swamp, begining at the popler line, from thence to the three marked pins at Phelpsis Swamp, to him & his heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son, Benjamin Hassell, my Manner Plantation and the Said Land belonging to it, after his Mothers Deceas, to him and his heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my two Sons, Isaac Hassell & Beniamin Hassell, a negro man named Robin, after their Mothers Decease, to them and their Heirs and Assigns for ever.
Item. I give to my Daughter, Mary Wynne, Five Shillings Currant money of Virginia, to her & her Heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give to my Daughter, Rachel -ward. Five Shillings, Currant Money of Virginia to her and her heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give to my Daughter, Sarah fox, five Shillings, Currant Money of Virginia, to her and her heirs & assigns for ever.
Item. I give to my Daughter, Esther Hassell, five Shillings. Currant Money of Virginia, to h'r and h'r heirs & assigns for ever.
Item. I give unto my fore Sone before mentioned, my Saws, and Carpenters tools, & Coopers tools, and Shoemakers tools, after their Mothers Deceas, to them and their Use for Ever. Lastly, I Constitute, ordain and apoint my beloved Wife, Rachel Hassell, whole & Sole Executrix of this My last will and testament, Utterly Renouncing and Revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made, Ratifying & Confirming this to be my last Will & Testament.
In witness whereof, I the said John Hassell, have hereunto Sit my Hand and Affixed my Seal the Twenty fifth day of March anno: Domini, 1754.
John Hassell, (Seal)
Signed Sealed Pronounced and
Declared by the said John Hassell
in the Presents of us:
Thos. Wynne.
Jeremiah Wynne, Jurat.
Peter Wynne.
Exrs Qualifd.
North Carolina. Tyrrell County, ss. June County Court, 1754.
Present his Majestys Justice's:
These may Certify that Jeremiah Wynne, One of the Subscribing Evidences to the Within Will, personally appeared in open Court and made Oath on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God, that he was Present and Saw the within named John Hassell Sign, Seal, publish, Pronounce and Declare the within to be and Contain his last Will and Testament, and that he was then, and at that time, of sound and Disposing Memory; and that he also saw Thomas Wynne and Peter Wynne Sign their Names thereto at the some time; Thru also Appeared Rachel Hassell and Qualified as Executrix by taking the Oath by Law appointed for the Qualification of Executors. Ordered that the Hon’ble James Murray, Esqr., Secretary of this province, or his deputy, have notice thereof, that Letters Testamentary Issue thereon as the Law Directs.
Test. Evan Jones, Clk Cut.
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)
HAWKINS, THOMAS
October 8, 1730. July 21, 1732. Sons: THOMAS. Daughters: MARY, ELIZABETH and SARAH. Wife's daughter: ELIZABETH. Wife and Executrix: ELIZABETH. Witnesses: RICHD. LEARY. JOHN BROWN, JOHN LONG. Will proven before GEO BURRINGTON.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 159)
HILL, ROBERT
January 16, 1735-1736. February 4, 1735-1736. Son: ROBERT ("my plantation"). Wife: ANN. Daughter: SARAH HILL. Executors: CULLEN POLLOCK and ROBERT WEST. Witnesses: SAMUELL DURRANCE, NATH'L CARRUTHERS, PAUL THORP. Proven before W. SMITH, C. J.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 165)
HOLLADAY, WILLIAM
April 23, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: THOMAS, SAMMUELL (appointed Executors). Wife: ELIZABETH. Daughters: mentioned, but not named. Witnesses: WILLIAM JONES and JOHN BENNET. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 168)
HOLLIS, JAMES
May 20, 1735. March Court, 1735. Son: ARMIT. Wife and Executrix: ANN. Executor: THOS. HUBBS. Witnesses: MARY FEWAX, WILLIAM TYSAR. MARY HUBBS. Clerk of Court: JAMES CRAVEN.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 169) |
