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Item. I give and Bequeath to my Said son in Law, Spires Singleton, the Half of one Lott of Land in the Town of New Bern that I Bought of Joseph Hall, Number four hundred and Six, to him, his Heres and Assigns for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my son in Law, Cap John Jones of Lower merian, in Penselvania, to hold in Trust for any Children he may have by my Daughter Ellenor, his wife,
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The One half of all my Land that I hold at mattemeskeet, Patented By Capt Christo" Neal, Self, John Jones, & Edward Spencer; allso One Lott of Land in New Bern, No. Two hun- dred and thirty Six; as allso One half of my one third part of a Tract of Land Bought by Chris" Neale, Said John Jones, & my Self, according to Quanitty and Quallity, I Desere the said Lands my be Devided, the said John Jones & Spyres Singleton, to hold in trust for the Children of my Two said Daughters; I allso give into my Said son in Law John Jones, to hold in Trust for the Children he may have by my Daughter Ellener, now his wife, the following Slaves, Viz .: negro man Simon & his wife Hannah & her son Pollepus & gairl Rachel, Besides the Gairl Penney which She haith with her now, and thire futer Increas, to them thire Heirs & assigns for Ever; I allso Give & Bequeath, unto my Said Son in Law, John Jones, in Trust as afoesaid for the Children he may have by my said Daughter Ellenor, the Sum of Eighty pounds, to Layd Out by my Execr. as soon as it Can be Raised out of my Estate, to buy a young Breeding negro wench with, for her and her futer Increas to be Devided amongst my Grand Children that my Said Daughter Ellenor haith by the said John Jones, if any if Shes none by him, any Other Children She may Law- fully have by any Other Husband. First, I Desire my Daugh- ter Ellener wife of the said John Jones, may have the use & Laber of the aforeSaid Slaves for and During her natural Life; allso the the Rents and Benefitts of Said Lands &c. Then I Desire the Lands & Lotts Given to Said John Jones in Trust as aforeSaid, may all of it go to the Oldest son My Said Daugh- ter Ellener may have by Said John Jones, his Heres and Assigns for Ever, or if she Shold have non by him, & shold she have any other son Lawfully begotten or to be begotten, I give the said Lands & Lotts to him, his Heires & assigns. Secondly I Disere the negores & there future Increas, after my said Daughters Death, be Equilly Devided amongst her Children, or the Surver of them, that She may have by the Said John Jones, or any Other Husband, and there Heires and assigns for Ever. The Said Lands and negroes to be Imediately Di- vided after the Decase of my said Daughter, amoungst her Children & my Grandchildren, if She hath any Left alive, if not, then My will and Disere is that the aforesaid Lands & negroes, may be Equilly Devided amongst the Rest of my Children or the Survivers of them, thire Heeres and assigns for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter, Ann Black- ledge, The following negroes Viz .: negro man Called Miller George, Boy Daniel, & girle matha, & one negro wench to be Bought out of my Estate, thats young, & will Bread; allso, I give to my Said Daughter, Ann, the One half of the negroes
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willed to my wife, Ann, Dureing her Life time, to be Delivered to my Said Daughter, Ann, Imedially after my wifes Death, to her her Heeres and assigns; allso, One Tract of Land I hold on the Loosing Swamp, of three hundred Acers, and Two Other Tracts of Lands that I hold in Dobbs County, one Neare David Jarnigan Jur. on the No side of Nuce River, that I Bought of mr peter Knights, & One Other Tract of Land that Lays On the So. Side of nuce, Neare David Jarne- gan, the younger, that Mr Andrew Bass gave me; I allso give Ten pounds a peace to my Daughters Elenor Jones, & my Daughter Ann, allso Ten pounds to my Loving wife Ann Blackledge, to Each of them to Buy a morning Rings & a pair of gold Buttons; the afore Said Lands & negroes I give to my Daughter Ann, here Heeres and assigns for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath to any Child, or Children that my wife may now be pregnant with, or that She may have Nine months, after my Decease; the following negroes Viz .: Monday a Cooper, Corneliah, & Bay Cane, & girl Tabitha, And one other young Breeding wench to be Bought Out of my Estate as soon as the money Can be Raised, with thire fu- ter Increase to him, her or them, there Heers and assigns for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my son, Richard, the fol- lowing negroes, Scipio, Tayler, Jack, Begg, Jem, wench Per- sillah and hir Daughter Silve; Two yoak of Oxen, Two peare of Timber wheels, one Ox Cart, half of all the Tooles Belonging to the mills & half the Stock of Cattel and Hoggs that Runs on Batchelders Creek & Jumping Run; & half the Boates Belonging to the said Mills on Batchelders Creek, or places adjacent: and my will and Desire is that Two yeares proffitt of the aforesaid mills, at Batchelders Creek and the negroes Given to my son Richard, allso with what I have and shall heare after give my son Thos. or so much of them as is sofee- cent, Shall be Imployed, Imedially after my Decease, to the Bulding of a Saw & Grist mill, up Batchelders Creek, wheare I Cleare'd to make the Dam Last Summer, a littel Below the forks of said Creek or neare that place, whare my Execr. thinks itt Can be best & most Convently be Don; & when Said mills are Bult & Desire the Neat Proffs of all ye mills on Batchelders Creek with this to be Erected may be Equilly Devided betwen my Two Son Richard, and Thomas, & thire Heirs and assigns for Ever.
I give and Bequeath to my Son, Thomas, The Other half of my Stock of Cattel & Hoggs on Batchelders and Jumping Run with ye Boates and utensils at sd. mills, to him my Sd. Son, Thomas, His Heres and assigns for Ever, or the Survivers of them, the said Richard and Thos. thats In Case Either of them Shold Die with Out Coming to the age of Twenty one or Leaving Children alive behind them Lawfully begotten.
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And my will and Desire is, that if Either of my said Sons shold Disagree in Continuing the said mills at work that they shall not have power to Convay to others, but that the Valua- tion there of shall be left to the Determenation of Two or more skilfull Honest men and Draw by Lots for the Chance of sell- ing or Buying the said mills with all the Lands I hold on the said Creek & Jumping Run the shares of the Parties Con- tending and the Purchaser shall have Twelve months Credett free of Intrust.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my son, Thomas, the follow- ing negroes Besides the one heretofore given, Tony & his wife Combe, man Industry, & Boy Grigg, to him his Heers and assigns for Ever,
Item. I give to mrs. mary Neal, Ten pounds to Buy a morning Ring and a pair of Gold Buttons.
Item. I give to Miss Betsey Baker, Ten pounds to Buy her a Mourning Ring and a pair of gold Buttons.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my Honourd Feather, Ben- jamin Blackledge Senr., Ten pounds P Annum During his naturl Life, and the Labour of my negro man Ceazer.
Item. I hereby Impower my Executors or any Two of them to Sign Seale and Execute any Deed or Deeds of sale for Lands to be Sold in Vertue of this will, or heretofore Sold by me and Deeds not Executed or fulfiled or perform, any Contract or Covenant in as full a manner as I Cold, ware I in Being.
And to the End that my Heires, or Legatees may see how Earnestly I Recommend it to them to Shun Law Sutes, it is my will and Desire, & I hereby order that if any Misunder- standing, or Dispute shold arise conconing or Relating to this my will, that the Parties Contending Shall Imedially make Choise of Two or more Skillfull Honest men, whoes De- termination shall be final, and if any Legatee or thire Hiers or assigns Shall Refuse to Comply with Such Settlement, I hereby Declare him her or them, to be for Ever Barred from the Injoy- ment of Such Contested Legacy or Intrust in Dispute.
Item. All the Rest of my Real Estate not hereby Devided I give to be Equilly Devided amongst my Children or the Survivers of them, According to Quanitty and Quallity in Such manner as my Exec. may think most Just & Equitable to them and thire Heirs and assigns for Ever; and all the Remaining part of my Personal Estate I Desire may be Sold Imideally after my Decease for Twelve months Credett with Intrust from the Day of sale and the money Ariseing thereby to pay of my Debts and Legacyes in this my will mentioned; allso all Debts Dew me to be Collected as soon as possible and the Residue to be Equally Devided amongst all my Chil- dren, or the Survivers of them, thire Heres or assigns for Ever.
Lastly I mominate, Constitute and Appoint my Freind
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Jacob Blount, Esquire, Christopher Neale, my Son Richard Blackledge Jur., and my Son in Law Spyers Singleton, to be Executors, to this my will, allso Guardians of all my Children, of whome I Request that my Children, be well Educated, thire Plantations well Rented, and negroes hired out to advantage.
In Witness whare of I, the said Richard Blackledge, have hereunto Sett my hand, to this my will Contained on Two Sheets of paper and affixt my Seal, the Day and year first above Written.
RICHD BLACKLEDGE (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the Testator as his Last will and Testament in the Presents of us who Signed Our Names as Evidences at the Re- quest of the Testator, in his Pres- ence and allso of Each Other.
J. G. BLOUNT. HANRY CANNON. READING BLOUNT.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
These are to Certify that on the fifteenth day of October, Anno Dom., 1777. Personally appeared Henry Cannon, one of the Subscribing Wit- nesses to the foregoing instrument of Writing, Before me, Richard Caswell Esquire, Governor & Commander in Chief of the said State, And being Solemnly Sworn upon the Holy Evangelists Declared that He saw Richard Blackledge, the Testator, Sign, Seal publish and declare the said foregoing instrument of Writing, Comprised in three Sheete of paper, to be and Contain his Last Will and Testament, that to the best of the said Witnesses knowledge and belief the Testator was at that Time of Sound and disposing Mind and Memory; And that he also Saw John Gray Blount & Reading Blount, the other Subscribing Witnesses Evidence the same with him in the presence of the Testator and of each other. At the same Time Jacob Blount, Christopher Neale, Richard Blackledge & Spyers Singleton, the Executors in the said Will named, Appeared before me and Qualified as such. Ordered that the Secretary have Notice of the premises and that Letters Testamentary issue accordingly.
RD. CASWELL.
Copied from Original Will filed in Office of Secretary of State.
BENJAMIN BLOUNT'S WILL.
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. The first Day of febuary, 1739, I, 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; There- fore calling to mind ye mortality of my Body And knowing that itt is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain 4
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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 Exec- utors, 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 Re- mainder 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. mark his ZACARIAH X GURKIN mark June ye 1740.
Came before me Eliz. Blunt, Ex'x & Beiaman Blunt, Ex'r 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 accord- ing to Due form of Law:
Test, THOS. LEARY, D Cl. Cur.
Recorded in Grant Book 4, Will No. 114, Office of Secretary of State.
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EDMUND BLOUNT'S WILL.
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 Like 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, Elisa- beth, 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 maintain- ence of my Children.
Item. and I do make ordain and appoint my wife, Eliza- beth, 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 Tes- tament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal ye day and year above written.
his EDMUND E BLOUNT. mark
Signed, Sealed and Delivered by ye sd. Edmund Blount as his last Will and testament in ye pres- ents 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
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Evangelists of Almighty God that he was present & Saw Edmund Blount, Deceased, Sign, Seal, publish, pronounce & Declare the within writing to be & Contain his Will and Testament, and that he was then and at that time of sound & Disposing Memory; & that he 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 Quallified as Executrix by taking the Oath by Law Appointed for the Quallification 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.
ELIZABETH BLOUNT'S WILL.
NORTH CAROLINA, SC
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Elizabeth Blount, of Cho- wan Precinct, Widow, do make & Declare these presents to be & Contain my last Will & Testament, hereby Revoking all former & other Wills by me heretofore made & Declared.
Imprs. I Give and bequeath unto my Son, John Blount, Ten shillings in Publick Bills of this Province.
Item. I Give unto my Son, Thomas Blount, Ten shillings in Publick Bills of this Province.
Item. I Give unto my Son, James Blount, the Negroe Woman named Cushaba and one third of the Cattle at Morat- toke, the Bed I comonly ly on, a Rugg, Bolster & pair of sheets.
Item. I give unto my Daughter, Ann Worley, Thirty Pounds in Publick Bills of this Province.
Item. I Give unto my Son, Joseph Blount, my Negro man Nam'd Hector.
Item. I Give unto my Son, Charlesworth, my Negro man Nam'd Dick.
Item. I Give unto my Daughter, Rachell, my Negro Man Named ffrank, my Side Sadle & all my wearing Cloathes.
My Will & Desire is that my Land at Bare Swamp & the Land my husband puchased of Henry Haughton be Equally Divided between my two Sons, Joseph & Charlesworth, And that the Land at Barrows hole be sold by my Executors & the Doctor to be paid out of ye money Arising by the Sale thereof.
All the rest of my Estate I Give unto my two Sons, Joseph & Charlesworth, & my Daughter, Rachell, to be Equally Divided between them.
Lastly I hereby Constitute & Appoint Jno. Lovick, Esq., Samll. Pagett & Jonathan Jeacucks, Executors of this my Last Will & Testament.
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& in Testimony thereof, I have hereunto putt my hand & Seal this 8th ffebry, 1732. the mark of ELIZ. X BLOUNT. (Seal)
Sign'd, Seal'd Publish & Declar'd
in presence of :
R HICKS. the mark of MARY X COLESON.
NORTH CAROLINA. SS.
This Day came before me Robert Hicks, and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists that he saw Mrs. Elizabeth Blount, lately deceased, Sign, Seal, publish and declare the within Writeing to be her last will and Testa- ment the day therein mentioned, & that he, the said Robert Hicks, did Witness the same, and that he saw Mary Coleson the other Witness there- unto put her Mark as Witness also to the same. Given under my hand att Edenton the 12th. of March, Anno Domini, 1732-3.
GEO. BURRINGTON.
Copied from Original Will filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
JAMES BLOUNT'S WILL.
IN YE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I James Blount, of Chowan precinct, in ye County of Albemarle, in ye Province of Carolina, Esqr., well knowing the uncertainty of this life, Do make, Ordain & appoint this to be my Last Will & Testament, hereby Revoking & Adnulling all former Wills by me Made, and this Only to be taken & reputed as my Last Will.
Imp. I Bequest my Soule to God who gave it; & my body to ye Earth to be Decently Interrd; & as for that Worldly Estate wch it hath pleased God to bestow upon me in this Life; My Just Debts, funeral Expenses & Legaties being first payd, i give & bequeath as followeth:
Item. I give unto my son, James Blounte, one Shilling in Countrey Commodities to be pd him by my Executrix here- after named, w'thin one year after my Discease.
Item. I give unto my son, Thomas Blounte, & to my two Daughters, Ann Slocom & Eliz. Hawkins, Each of them twelve penc a peice in Country Comodities to be paid them within one year after my Dissease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Grand Children, James & Sarah Blounte, the Children of my Son Thomas Blount, & to Ann Slocum ye Child of my Daughter Ann Slocom, & to John Hawkins ye Son of my Daughter Eliz Hawkins, Each of them a Cow & Calfe to be paid to their several parents w'thin three years after my Discease in some sort of Stock to run for ye use and behoofe of ye Sd Children, till they Severally Com of age or by Mariage Capacitated to receive ye Same.
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Item. I give & bequeath all ye Remainder part of my Effects Reale & personall whither it Consist in Lands, houses, negroes, Servants, Stock, household goods, or any other Kind of Specie w'tSoever, unto my Loving wife Ann Blounte for her to have, hold, Occupie & enjoy, During her Naturall Life w'thout Lett or Controule, and att her Death to Dispose out of ye Same to ye Value of Sixti pounds in Countrey Comodities to Whoever She Shall think fitt. And after her, my D Wifes Disease, I give ye whole remainder of my Estate to my Son, John Blount, and his heirs for ever; And I do hereby appoint and ordaine that my said son John Shall be Decently Main- tained out of ye Estate During his Minority. And in Case my said Wife, Ann Should Live till after my Said Son John Should come of Age, then if he Should Happen to Marry, or to go to Live in some Other place from my Sd Wife, then Shee to pay him thirty or forty pounds wch Shee please, in Country Comodities.
Lastly, I appoint my Loving Wife, Ann Blounte, my whole & Sole Executrix of this my last Will & testament, Desiring her to be carefull in every Article & Clause thereof; & for Con- firmation of ye Same I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale, this 9th day of July, In ye year of our Lord God, 1685.
March ye 10th &c. Before signing sealing or Publishing I do hereby Appoint yt, in Case My Son Jno Should Dye w'th- out heirs Male, then I give & bequeath all my lands & houses to ye Heirs Male, of My son Thomas Blounte & so successively do Entaile the Same on their Heirs Male of my Son Thomas forEver; But in Case the heirs Male, of my Said Sons John & Thomas should both fayle, then I Intayle ye Same on ye heirs genall of my Son Jno. first, then of my Son Thomas, & if both Should fayl, then of the heirs of My Daughter Ann Slocum & Eliz Hawkins.
JAMES : BLOUNTE (Seale)
Signed, Sealed & Published as his Last Will & Testam't in presence of
her mark JANE X MILLER JNO BAILY WILLIAM DOBSON JNO WETTINHALL
This Will Proved by Jno Hall and Jane Miller on ye 17 Day of July, 1686, And by Will'm Dobson on the 11th of July, 1686, who upon their Oaths before me Duely administerd did Attest that they See ye Testator above named, James Blounte, Signe & Seale And heard him Declare the Above written to be his last Will and Testament.
SETH SOTHELL.
Recorded in Will Book No. 1 p. 120, Office of Secretary of State.
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JAMES BLUNT'S WILL.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. The twelf day of ffebuary, In the year of our Lord God, 1716. I, Jeamse Blunt, in the Prcinct Chowan, in Nor. Carolina, Being very Sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and Memory, Thanks be to God, Do make and Ordain this Last Will and Testament, In manner following, That is to say:
First and Chefest, I give my Sole To the hands of Allmighty God who Gave It me; and my body I Commend to the Earth to be Decently Buried in Christan Buriel, at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at General Resurection I shall recave the Same again by the Mighty poure of God.
As Touching Worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to bless me with, I give, Devise, Bequeath and Dispose of the same in manner and forme following:
I Leave to my Loving wife, Elizabeth Blunt, all my personal Estate During her Life, porvisardly that She, the Sd Elizabeth doth remain wedow, otherwaise, no longer then She the Sd Elizabeth Shall marry; at that time of her maredge to returne to my blovd Daughter, Anne, and her heairs for Ever.
I make my well beloved wife, Elizabeth Blunt, and my Daughter, Anne, full and whole Executrix, and after my Loving wife, Elizabeth, Desease, I give to my Loving Daughter, Eliza- beth Yelverton, a yong mare; and to my Two grand Children James Yelverton and Jon (?) Yeltverton, to Each of them a Cow yearling after the Desease of my loving wife, Elizabeth Blunt; and
My Son, John Yelverton, I make over Seare of my Estate; And to my Daughter, mary, five pounds, She or her heairs;
And to my Granddaughter, Sara Philips, Two Cows with ther Calvs, to be Left in the porseon of my Daughter, anne, till the Day of her maredge, the Sd. Sara Philips.
Give to my Son, John Blunt, a Shilling; and to my Son James Blunt, I give a Shilling; and to William Nea-(?), a cow year- ling and Iron pott and Two puter Dishes.
And I Give and bequeath to my Daughter, Anne Blunt, the plantation that I now Live appone with Two hundred240 acers of Land, with all my Cows, Calves, Stars, Buls, Sheep, horses, mars, or Mills with all watter Crafts, with all housall gods, with all mannor of Implements whatsoever belongen unto me, rale or personal; and at the Day of my Daughter, anne, mar- redge, She may Seate (?) apon any part of the Sd. Land with out the least trouble of her, the aforsd Elizabeth Blunt, or any persone, or persons whatsoEver.
If It may please the allmighty God that I Desease att this presents, that I give to my Daughter, anne, the half of my
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