Liberty County GaArchives Wills.....Winn, Lydia Andrew February 15, 1772 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Beth Collins http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002523 January 13, 2014, 9:21 am Source: Liberty County Loose Wills Written: February 15, 1772 Recorded: March 15, 1784 Liberty County, Loose Wills 1784 Lydia Winn In the Name of God Amen I Lydia Winn Wife of John Winn of St. Johns Parish and Province of Georgia Planter being in a tolerable state of Health of body and of perfect Mind and Memory calling to Mind my Mortality and knowing that it it appointed for all Men once to die, do make and appoint this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following: first of all commending my Soul unto the Hands of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be buried with a decent and christianlike Burial at the Discretion of my Executors or Husband. It is my Will that first of all my lawful Debts and Funeral Charges be paid. I hereby declare it to be my Will Intent and Design that my Estate and every Part and Parcel thereof herein aftermentioned real and personal shall descend or proceed in the Female Line that is to say, that if any Person or Persons, to whom I shall herein mention to leave or give any Thing or Part of my estate should die under age & before Marriage it is then and in that case my Will that the next Female Heir of the said Family or Families where such Death or Deaths shall happen, shall have what was mentioned as left or given to the Person or Persons so dieing (except any Provision to the contrary shall be herein after made and mentioned to the contrary, and only where it is so)and if no such Female should be in the said Family or Familys, that then it shall go to the next Female Heir to me in Law. Excepting any addition to the Number of my Slaves by Purchase before my Death, or by Births before and until the Death of my beloved Husband Mr. John Winn, I give to the said John Winn all the Income and Profits of my estate from the Time that I was married unto him until his Death, upon Condition that the said John Winn shall purchase for or give unto Joseph Winn and Ann Winn Children of Joseph Winn deceased a Negro Girl each. And at and after the Death of the said John Winn and as above mentioned limited and expressed; I give and Dispose of my Estate real and personal in the following manner. I give to my beloved Brother Joseph Andrew during his natural Life the use of the Negro Man called May one Boy called Minge and one Negro Woman called Lindey, and after the Death of the said Joseph Andrew I give the said May and Lindey to Lydia Andrew and said Minge to Saunders Andrew children of said Joseph Andrew and their Heirs forever. I give to my beloved Brother Benjamin Andrew during his natural Life the use of one Mustizo Fellow called Joe, with Joe and Billey reputed sons of said first mentioned Joe, and after the Death of my said Brother, I give the said older Joe to Benjamin Andrew and the younger Joe to Susanna Andrew, and Billey to Lydia Andrew Children of the said first mentioned Benjamin Andrew, to them and their Heirs forever If my Nephews John and Thomas Andrew, Sons of James Andrew deceased, should live to be of Age, I then give to said John and Thomas Andrew a Negro Woman called Sabina, with her son called Adam and to said Thomas Andrew a Negro Boy called Isaac to them and their Heirs, But in case one or both of them the said John and Thomas Andrew should die under age, It is my Will that whatever I have herein mentioned as given to them or either of them so dieing shall be given to Saunders Andrew abovesaid and his Heirs forever I give to my beloved Sister Mary Osgood Wife of the Revd. Mr. John Osgood during her natural Life the Use of one Negro Man called Lick, one called Titus, and all my Right in and to a Wench called Rose and Sharlott child of the said Rose, and after the Death of the said Mary Osgood, if my Neice Anna Bacon should then be living or any Heir or Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten, I then give to the said Anna Bacon and the lawful Heirs of her Body as abovesaid the said Fellows Dick and Titus, on Condition that the said Dick shall be allowed and payed three Pounds Annually, out of the Profits and Produce of his own Labour if he makes so much, by Her, Him, or Them who shall possess him; And I further give to my said Neice Anna Bacon the Use of two Negro Girls called Rachel and Dinah during her natural Life, and in case of her having and leaveing any Heri or Heirs of her Body as abovesaid, to them their Heirs and Assigns forever but if the said Ann Bacon should die without Issue of her Body lawfully begotten, I then leave the said Fellows Dick and Titus in Trust with my executors (Dick being allowed as aforesaid) for the Use of the religious Poor of my Brother’s or Sister’s Children, as long as said Negroes shall live, leaveing it to the Judgment and Direction of my Executors when and to whom to give such supplies as are hereby intended. And further if the said Anna Bacon should die without Issue as abovesaid, I give the two Negro Girls Rebecca [sic] and Dinah to my Neice Anna Baker Daughter of Richard Baker to Her and Her Heirs forever. After the Death of Mary Osgood abovesaid, I give my Right in and to Rose and Sharlott aforementioned to Thomas Baker Son of Benjamin Baker to him and his Heirs forever. If my beloved sister Hannah Alexander Should return to this Province a Widow before John Godfrey her son shall arrive to the Age of twenty one Years I then give to the said Hannah Alexander the Use of one Negro Man called Neptune and one Negro Woman called Phillis dureing her natural Life, which said Negroes Neptune and Phillis at and after her Death, I give either them or the Worth of them as my Executors shall think fit and proper to George Godfrey Son of the said Hannah Alexander (or in case she should not return as abovesaid) to him and his Heirs forever and the Profits ariseing from them, from the Time of the Death of John Winn aforesaid till the arrival of said Hannah, or till the said John Godfrey, in case she should not return as aforesaid, shall come of Age. I give to my beloved Sister Elisabeth Baker Wife of Richard Baker during her natural Life or until she marries again the Use of one Mustizo Wench called Cloe, and one Wench called Moll with all their Issue, which said Slaves, after and at the Death or marrying again of my said Sister Elisabeth, I give to Lydia Baker Daughter of said Richard Baker and her Heirs forever. I give to my Nephew William Baker Son of Richard Baker, one Negro Fellow called Tom to him and his Heirs. I give my Tract of Land on the Head of Newport Swamps to be as equally divided in Value as can conveniently be To my Nephews Thomas Andrew Son of James Andrew and John Godfrey son of George Godfrey and my Neice Lydia Andrew Daughter of Benjamin Andrew, which I give to them their Heirs and Assigns. I give my other Tract of Land on the lower Part of Newport joining Lands of Mr. Josiah Osgood, or the Value of it, if it should be sold in my Life Time, to Lydia Baker Daughter of Richard Baker to her and her Heirs forever. I constitute nominate and appoint Mr. John Winn and my Brother Benjamin Andrew and Brother in Law Richard Baker, and at and after their Deaths Messrs John Bacon, John Andrew son of Benjamin Andrew Thomas Baker and Peter Winn Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revokeing and disannulling all other and former Wills Testaments and Legacies by me heretofore made and mentioned ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament Signed sealed published and declared this Fifteenth Day of February in the year of our Lord 1772 in Presence of his Macahijah X Hensin mark Robert Bell Esther Scarth State of Georgia Personally appeared before me Thomas Baker Register of Probate for the County of Liberty this 15th Day of March 1784 Esther Osgood who being duly sworn made oath that she is the Person that signed this Instrument of Writing as an Evidence by the Name of Esther Scarth, that she says Lydia Winn put her Hand and Seal to it as her last Will and Testament, and that she saw Macahijah Hensin and Robert Bell sign together with herself as Evidences thereof. Esther Osgood Sworn the Day and Year above written before me } Thomas Baker R.P. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/liberty/wills/winn936wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.0 Kb