Will of John Peter Bondurant
(Goochland County, Virginia Wills)

   In the name of God amen, I John Peter Bondurant being sick and weak but of
good sound disposing mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now 
minding to settle my worldly estate which it has pleased God to bestow upon me 
before I depart this life, I do make and appoint this my last will and testament
in manner and form following:

   First, I give my soul to God that gave it and my body to the earth from which 
it was taken to be decently buried according to the descretion of my executors 
hereafter mentioned.

   Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Bondurant one hundred and forty-
five acres of land which be now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and 
blanket and rug and sheet and _____ and bed cord and one frou pot and dish and 
basin and three plates, and one cow and calf that is now possessed of him and to
his heirs forever.

   Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty
acres of land on Age Creek and up along through Creek Goos, and a horse named 
Smoker and one cow and Calf and two sows and four chotes and one pewter dish and 
one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and rug and 
blanket and one sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs
lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my two sons die without issue 
then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.

   Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty
acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto where he now dwelleth and 
one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four chotes 
and one ram sheet and one mair with the horse colts that she has and the mair
folds to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one bason and six 
plates and one porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four chotes to him 
and his heirs forever.

   Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heffer eighteen months
old and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.

   Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Salle one heffer at the age
of eighteen months and one sow and pigs, to her and her heirs forever.
And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my
desire that my wife shall keep them and let him have them as one thinks fit and 
my carpenter tools and shoemaker tools and crosscut saw and wagons I lend for
the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hindrance or molestation
of any person or persons whatsoever.

   Item, I give to my loving wife, Ann Bondurant after my just debts and funeral
charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal 
in this place or also wherever to her and heirs forever, and I do allow my 
loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and
testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore. 

Letters, Land Grants and Indentures of various Bondurant Descendents, as 
contained in "The Hugenot",published by the Hugenot Society, founders of Manakin
in the Colony of Virginia Publication No. 6 - year 1933


Published in the Fulton Genealogical Journal - Vol. 4. No. 2 - May 1988