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they shall think necessary for the Benifit of my said (Daugh- ters) Daughters, without Respect or Controle of the Law.
My principle desire is that of the Education of my two Daughters, which I strongly Rely on the Care of my Execu- tors and each of them, Begging in my Last Moments that they will Continue their Love and Friendship to those little Orphans; And I die Satisfyed, that this request will be put in Execu- tion, and that no Expense be thaught too Great provided it doth not effect the principal of their Estates; I not only mean that part of their Education which Respects their Schooling, but Every Other that Can be had for their Advantage.
My Will is that if either of my Daughters die, before they arrive to the age of eighteen Years of day of Marriage, the Surviver shall have the Whole of the said Estate, to them Given. And if Both of them should die before they Arrive to the age of eighteen years or Day of either of their Marriage, then it shall go, and I Give the same to my Brother, Roger Ormond, and his heirs And assigns forever.
I Give and bequeath my Wearing Cloaths to my Executors, to witt: my Loving Brother, Mr. Roger Ormond, and my Worthy and Honest Friend, Mr. George Barrow; and My Daughters, Nancy Ormond (And) and Sarah Ormond, I also appoint Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of the Witness thereunto Subscribed, March the Ninth, one thousand, Seven hundred and Seventy three.
WY. ORMOND, (Seal)
The above and within Testament of Wyriott Ormond, deceased, was proved Before me this first day of December, 1773, by the Oaths of Rich- ard Caswell, Thomas Respess, and Thomas Rispess, Junr., who deposed that they are well acquainted with the Hand writing of the said Testator and that to the best of their Belief, the same is wholly of his own hand writing.
And Roger Ormond, one of the Executors by him thereby appointed, having qualified, by taking the Oaths agreeable to Law, It is ordered that Letters Testamentary issue thereon accordingly.
Jo. MARTIN.
Copied from the Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
JOHN PAINE'S WILL.
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, John Paine, of Wilmington, in the Province of North Carolina, Merchant, being sick and weak in Body, but of sound and disposing Mind, Memory and understanding, Do make, publish and declare this my Last will and Testament, in manner following, That is to say,
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First, I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my Body I desire may be decently Buried at the discretion of my Execu- tors herein after named.
Item, I will, Order and direct that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences may be paid by my Executors herein after named, so Soon as Conveniently may be after my decease.
Item, I Will, order & Direct that all my real Estate, Lands and Tenements be Sold by my Executors herein after named, if they shall think proper to sell & dispose of the same; And I do hereby Impower them in Case of sale, to give good and sufficient Titles in Law for the same to the purchaser or pur- chasers.
Item, I Give devise & Bequeath all my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever, unto my Loving wife, Catharine Paine; To my loving Daughter, Catharine Musgrove Paine, and to the Child or Children that my wife now goes with to be equaly divided between them, share and share alike, and to their heirs and assigns for ever; my Childrens Portions to be paid to them by my Executors when they respectively attain the age of Eighteen years or day of Marriage which shall first happen; And if Either of my Children die before they Attain the age of Eighteen years or day of Marriage then, and in that Case, I give, devise and Bequeath the same to my sd. wife, Catharine, to the survivor or survivors of them, and their heirs & assigns; and in Case all my Children die, then I give, Devise & Bequeath all my Estate to my loving wife, Catharine, and her heirs forever.
And whereas there is a Legacy of Nine hundred pounds, South Carolina Currency, directed & ordered to be by me paid, (by the Last will & Testament of my Mother, Mary Brewton, Decd.), to the Children of my Sister, Elizabeth Arthur, wife of Francis Arthur, now in Georgia, I do therefore hereby Will, order and direct that my Executors after named, Do pay or cause to be paid unto the said Children of my Sister Elizabeth Arthur, in Georgia, the said Legacy of nine hundred pounds, South Carolina Currency; together with lawfull Interest for the same till paid, and that the same be paid them so soon as may be after my decease.
Item, I Will, order & direct that my Executors herein after named, within three years after my decease, or sooner if con- venient, Do pay into the hands of the church Wardens of every county in this Province, thirteen pounds, proc. money, to be by them distributed amongst the poor Inhabitants of the said several & respective Counties.
Lastly, I appoint, constitute & nominate my Loving Wife, Catherine, Executrix of this my last will and Testament during the time she remains my Widow; and I direct that she may have the Tuition & Guardianship of my Children, But
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in case she marry, then, I nominate, constitute & appoint my good Friends, Maurice Moore & William Hill, Executors of this my last Will & Testament, and desire they may take possession of my Childrens Estate if they think proper. And I do hereby Revocke all former & other wills by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this Only to be & Contain my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Wilmington, this ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Seven.
JOHN PAINE. (Seal)
Signed, sealed, published, pro- nounced & declared by the Tes- tator, to be, and contain his last will and Testament, In presence of us, who in his presence, and at his request, Subscribed our names as witnesses thereto at the same time, (the words, my wife Cath- arine, being first interlined)
MARY SNOW. ANN MOUAT. WILL: MOUAT.
The within last Will and Testament of John Paine was proved before Me, this day, by the Oath of Ann Mouat, one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto, who deposed that She saw the Testator sign, seal, publish and declare the same to be and contain his last Will and Testament and that at the Time thereof he was of sound disposing Mind and Memory. Cath- erine Paine, the Executrix therein named, Qualified as such agreeable to Law. Letters Testamentary have therefore issued Accordingly.
WM. TRYON.
Brunswick, the 14th. March, 1767.
FRANCIS PARKER'S WILL.
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 ap- pointed 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:
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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 Yearlin, 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 80 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 De- cease 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. Mark WALTER Me FORLAN. Excr: Qualified, SIMON PARKER.
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EDGCONB 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, Evi- dences 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, CI: Cur:
Copied from Original Will filed in Office of the Secretary of State.
JOHN PFIFER'S WILL.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, John Pfifer, of Mecklenburg County & Province of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of life, & knowing it is allotted for all men Once to dye, do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner following: first and of all things I recommend my soul in the hands of almighty God who gave it, hopeing to find mercy; and as for my Body, I Recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a decent like man- ner at the descretion of my Executors hereafter named; and it Is my will that my just debts & Funeral Expences to be duly paid and discharged.
Item, I give, Bequeath & demise unto my beloved Son, Paul Pfifer, the Tract of Land, together with Mills and all other improvements on which I now live, only as sd. Land was not as yet conveyed to me, I therefore, beseech my Honored Father, Martin Pfifer, to Grant & convey unto my sd. son, Paul Pfifer, the above sd. Lands in as full & ample a manner as he ingaged to do to me.
Item, I give, bequeath and demise unto my Beloved daugh- ter, Margaret Pfifer, her Heirs, Executors, Administrators or assigns, a Certain Tract of Acres of Land lying on both sides of english Buffelo Creek, joining on the upper side of Alexander Penneys Land, being Land Conveyed by John Penney & lying in Rowan County.
Item, I give, bequeath & demise unto my beloved daughter, Anne Elizabeth Pfifer, her Heirs, Executors, admns. or Assigns, two Tracts of Land Lying on big Cold water Creek, nearly joining each other, the one known by the name of the Chris- topher Wolbirts old place, the other known by the name of the Meeting House Lands.
Item, I give & Bequeath unto my Beloved wife, Catherine Pfifer, during her life, a tract of Land Lying on the Nine mile Branch, being land bought of Mickel Raddought. to the end that she, the sd. Catherine, (is to) is to have free Liberty and access to act and do as she shall think fit during her life time, and all profits & advantages to be clear & free to her, provided she does not ask, & demand her Right of dowery in & on any other of my Lands which are Will'd, or to be Will'd, and after
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her death the sd. Land is to be sold to the best advantage; & the money so arising from such sale, to be equally devided Between the above Said, Paul Pfifer, Margaret Pfifer & Ann Elizabeth Pfifer; and it is likewise my Will that such Lands as are Willed to my sd. Childring as above, is to be leased and Rented from year to Year, & the Rents of each Childs Land is to be applied to the end of Clothing & Schooling them untill they shall come of age.
Itim, I give & Bequeath unto my son, Paul, a Negro Fellow named David; & Also a Negro Wench named Jude, together with their Issue, except the first child the said Jude shall be delivered of, which is to be disposed of as shall be hereafter mentioned.
Itim, I give & Bequeath to my Daughter, Margret Pfifer, a Negro fellow named Charles, & Negro woman named Nanny, together with their Issue that they shall hereafter have.
Itim, I give and Bequeath to my Daughter, Ann Elizabeth, Pfifer, a Negro Boy named Charles & the first born Child of the Body of the above mentioned Jude.
Itim, I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife, A Negro Fellow Named Wall, & a negro Girl named Dina; also, it is further my will, that if any of my Children should die before he, her or them, shall be of full age, that then & in that case, the Estate of the deceased shall be equally devided Between the surviver or survivers of my Children: and father it is my will, that so long as my sd. Wife does continue to live single, & in Capacity of a widow, she may continue to live on the Premises which I have Hetherto lived on, & have all the profits of mills & Plantation, only to make no destructive use of Timber, except so much as will be wanting for repairing & keeping the fences & Plantation in good Order, and for House use; to the end that she shall Raise my Children; but in case she should alter her station of life & Marry, it is then My Will & Meaning, that my sd. Children shall be under the care and direction of my Executors herein hereafter Mentioned; & that as soon as they shall derect her, my sd. wife, to quit the sd. premises unto them, the Executors of my will, upon which they are forthwith directed to Rent or lease the sd. Premises as above mentioned; and farther, as to touching my personal Estate, It is my will that as soon as my debts is paid, my Funeral expences discharged, and my Executors Each Receive the sum of Six pounds as an Acknowledgement to them, to- gether with a Reasonable allowance for their trouble, that whatsoever there is remaining, if any, it is my will, that the one third part of my sd. personal Estate, be given to my sd. wife, the Remaining Two thirds to be devided equally Between my Children.
It is also my Will, & I do humbly Request my Executors to
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take all Reasonable pains to have my before mentioned Chil- dren instructed in the Christian Faith, & to have a reasonable Education, & in perticular my sd. son, Paul, to be put through a liberal Education & Colleged, if there should be any suffi- ciency of my personal Estate left to his Share. Also, I do hereby direct a Tract of Land lying on the head of Little Cold water Commonly Called Cains Place, to be sold & disposed of by my sd. Executors and the Money arrising from such sales to be applied to the End to the End of purchasing of some Vacancy ajoining the land on which I now live, in the name of my son, Paul Pfifer, if to be had from the proprietor, & if not, to be applyed to the use of my son, Paul Pfifer in schooling him or to be declared a part of his Estate.
And I do hereby nominate & appoint my Honoured Father, Martin Pfifer, & my Honoured Father in Law, Paul Barringer, to be my Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, Re- vokeing all other Wills & Testaments heretofore by me made.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 17th. Day of August, 1775.
JOHN PFIFER (Seal)
Signed, wrote & sealed with my own hand and Published as my Last Will & Testament:
BENJAMIN PATTON, WM. WALLACE, SAMUEL PATTEN.
NORTH CAROLINA, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, SS.
This sheet contains a just & perfect copy of the Last Will & Testament of Colo. John Pfifer, Deceased.
Given under my hand at Charlotte, the 22 Day of Jany., A.D., 1777. SAM. MARTIN, CI. C.
NORTH CAROLINA, MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
I do hereby certify that the Original Will of John Pifer, Esquire, deceased, (of which the above is a True Copy) was Duly proved before the Justice of said Court in their Sessions in Jany. Term, 1777, by the Oath of William Wallace, one of the Subscribing Wittnesses thereto.
Certifyed by me this. .day of Feby., 1774.
NORTH CAROLINA, MECKLENBURG COUNTY SS.
AT an Inferior Court of &c. Jany. Seun., 1777.
Whereas, it appears to this Court that Col. John Pfifer, is Dead and hath made a Will in Writing, whereupon proof thereof being made, Nom- inating Col. Martin Pfifer and Paul Berringar, Esqrs., Executors and Paul Berringer aforesaid by an Instrument of writing relinguishing his right of said Executorship, being produced in open Court Here, It is there- fore ordered that Letters Testamentary Issue to Said Col. Martin Pfifer, with a Copy of the will annexed, of all and singular the Goods & Chattles, Rights and credits of the said Deceased, (except in those particular Para- graphs which mention the land whereon the Deceased aforesaid lived, and also some other Articles not being the Estate of the Decd. but the Estate of the said Martin Pfifer) and the same in his possession take
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wheresoever to be found in this State, and an Inventory on Oath Return into the Court here, within ninety Days from the Date hereof, and all Just Debts of the said Deceased to pay so far as the Estate will extind or amount to.
In Testimony hereof, I have fixed the public Seal of this County, at Charlotte, the 23d. Day of Jany., A.D., 1777. SAM. MARTIN, C. C.
(Official Seal).
Copied from Will filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
GEORGE PHENNEY'S WILL.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, George Phenney, Surveyor Generall of his Majesties Customs in the Southern District, on the Continent of America, Do make and Ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manner following:
Imprimis, I bequeath my Soul to Allmighty God, most humbly beseeching him to receive the Same to his Mercy.
Item, I give to Mr. Ralph Noden, of London, Merchant, one hundred Pounds, Sterling, to be disposed of as follows (vizt), That the said one hundred pounds be by him paid unto Elizabeth Kirk, (formerly Eliz. Houghton), of London, and to her only use in such manner as the said Ralph Noden Shall think necessary for her support.
Item, I give to mary, a Negro girl, Daughter of Jettimair, her freedom as soon as she shall attain the age of twenty years, or at the Decease of my Executrix which, shall first happen.
Item, I give and bequeath unto Penelope phenney, my wife one full third part of all my Estate, Real and personal what- soever (my Debts and Legacys being first paid and deducted), to her sole use and behoof.
Item, I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my said Estate, Lands, Houses, negros, moneys, goods, chattles, plate and Jewells, unto the sd. Penelope, my wife, for the uses fol- lowing, (that is to say), if it shall please god that the said Penelope be Delivered of the Child with which She is now preg- nant, then my will is that she, the said Penelope, have the use of my said Estate During the term of her naturall Life, and after her Decease I give and bequeath all my Said Real and Personall Estate unto Such child, and to his or her heirs for ever, and if ther should be more than one, then to be equally Divided between them, share and Share alike, But if such Child or Children shall happen to Dye before the Decease of the said Penelope or before he, She, or they shall attain the age of one & twenty years, then, and in Such Case, I give and be- queath unto Joseph Harrison, my Nephew, the sum of five hundred pounds, Sterling, to be paid unto him at the Decease of the sd. Penelope or of Such Child or Children as aforesd, which Shall last happen.
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In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal in North Carolina, this twenty third Day of June, in the year of our Lord 1736 G. PHENNEY (his Seal)
Signed, Sealed, published and
Declared in the presence of: SAM'L JOLLY. THOMAS ASHLEY, J. BUTLER.
June, ye 23d., 1737.
Came before me Thomas Ashley and made Oath on the holy Evangelists that he Saw George Phenney, Esqr., Deceased, Sign Seal & publish the above as his last will & Testament; that he was of sound & Disposeing mind & memory at that time; & that Sam. Jolly, Esqr., & Thomas Butler, Did Subscribe as witness thereto.
W. SMITH, C. J.
Recorded in Grant Book 4, Will No. 68. Office of the Secretary of State.
GRACE PILSON'S WILL.
NORTH CAROLINA. SS.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I, Grace Pilson, of the County of Craven, and province of North Carolina, Widdow, being sick a weak in body but thro' mercy, of Sound mind & per- fect memory, & being mindfull of Mortality & desirous to settle my affairs, do make this my Last Will & Testament, as follows: Chief of all, being penitent for my Sins past & in love & Charity with all men, I commend my Soul into the hands of God, my Maker, & Jesus Christ my Redeemer, as every Christian ought to do; and my Body to the Earth to be Interred in Such Decent & Christian like manner as to my Executors shall seem meet, in hopes of the glorious Resurrection of the Last great Day; & as for Such Worldly Goods that providence hath blessed me with, after my just debts, necessary Expences & Acco'ts bal- lanc'd are contented discharged & paid by my Executors wch I will shall be first honestly done, the Remainder I bequeath as followeth :
First, I will & bequeath unto my well beloved Sister, Mrs. Mary Fox, Living at Perth Amboy, near the Province of New York, Two Negro Men, Named, Will the cooper, & Phillip; One Negro Woman Named Moll; Two Negro boys named Quastree & Boatswain; Two Negro Girls, named Sabona & Phillis; Two Feather Beds & furniture, four Silver Spoons, three Large Looking Glasses, one Small Do. one Silver Cann, Two , Six Leather Chairs, one Two armed Ditto, Three Dozen of pewter plates, one Doz. of pewter Dishes, Three Oval Tables, Three pr. of brass Candlesticks, One Copper kettle, & all my wearing Apparrell; Also, Three gold Rings.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my Kinswoman, Grace Fox,
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Daughter of my Sister Mary Fox, Three Negro Men, Named Beeliford, Caesar, & Thoms; One Negro Girl Named Jane, alias Jenny; One Feather Bed & furniture, One Two quart Silver Tankerd, Two Silver Spoons, one Looking Glass, one Gold Chain & Two Gold Rings.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my kinswoman, Ellinor Fox, Another Daughter of my said Sister, Mrs. Mary Fox, Two Gold Rings, & one pr. of Gold Ear Rings. (Turn over)
Item, I give & bequeath unto Mr. Richard Scott, one Negro Man Named Scipio.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my Brother, Mr. Thomas Fox, one Silver Watch.
And all the Residue & Remainder of my Estate, both real & personal, as horned Cattle, Horses, Hoggs &c. with Goods & Chattles, & all other properties of what kind Soever, to me appertaining, I give, devise and bequeath, to my sd. well beloved Sister, Mrs. Mary Fox.
Item, I Do Constitute & appoint Mr. Richard Bidder, of the province of New York, Marriner, whole and Sole Execu- tor of this my Last Will & Testament; And I do hereby utterly revoke, disallow, & disanul all former requests, Wills and Leg- acys, by me heretofore in any wise Left or made, declaring & ratifying, & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal, this seventeenth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand, Seven hundred & forty three.
GRACE PILSON. (Seal)
Sign'd, Seal'd, published & De- clared, by the within named Tes- tatrix, Mrs. Grace Pilson, to be her Last Will & Testament, in presence of us, who Subscribed our Names, in presence of the Said Testatrix.
(Coat of Arms on Seal)
GEORGE POPE. JAMES WHITING. JAMES COOR.
CRAVEN COUNTY. This said 17th. Sept., 1743.
This is to certify, whom it may concern, that whereas, I, Grace Pilson, Testatrix of this Will, have constituted & ap- pointed, Mr. Richard Bidder, whole & Sole Executor of of the Same, It is my further Will & desire, That Thomas Pearson, Esqr., of the County of Craven, and province of North Caro- lina, Should & do Joyn with the aforementioned Richard Bidder in the Executorship & Due performance of this my Last Will and Testament.
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As Witness my hand and Seal, this said 17th. Septemb'r, 1743. GRACE PILSON, (Seal) (Impression of Coat of Arms on Seal)
Sign'd, Seal'd, publish'd & de-
clar'd in the presence of Us: JOSHUA ACKIS, WILLIAM WEBB, JAMES WHITING, JAMES COOR.
Edenton, Decr. 23, 1743.
Then the above will was proved before me, And Richard Bidder took the Oath of Executor appointed by Law. GAB. JOHNSTON.
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