ALBEMARLE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Bartlett, 14 Mar 1694
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WILL OF WILLIAM BARTLETT 
North Carolina Archives, Secretary of State

Albemarle
      In the name of god amen I willam bartlite being sike and weeke but in
      sound and perfect memorie blessed be god for it  This I doe acknolege
      to be my last will and testment revocking other wills and testments and
      this to be my will and testment as fowelloweth as to my reall estat

Imprimus I beque my my souell to all mighty god that gave it hooping to be saved
      through the merits of my savior Jesus Christ my redemer  secondlie and my
      boodie to be desentlie buried by my exerters hearafter mentioned

first   I give and bequeath to my elldest sone willam bartlite part of my land
      lying one normost of my plantatione beginning upon Johne Arnell his lyne
      and so rejoining downe to ane branch by the side of the cleare ground ane
      the south side of the plantatione with all the houesing fencing and orchard
      timber and timber tries and all other apertinens ther unto belonging

secondly    I give and bequeath unto my sone thomas bartlite all the rest of my
      land frome that branch one the south syd of my plantatione downe to Mr.
      Johne Godferie his lyne

thirdlie    I give and bequeath to deare and loving wyfe the rest of my plantatione
      with all the houssing fencing orchards timber and timber tries with the
      rest of all the land and all the apertinans thereunto belonging induring
      my syd wife her life and then to return to my two sons as aforesaid

  as to my personal estat
fouerthlie    I  give and bequeath unto my loving and kynd wife and my two sons
      willam and thomas bartlite all my wholle and personall estate to be divided
      equallie in three shers and my loving wife to be have the usse of it for
      her mentinans so long as it shall pleasse god that she shall live after my
      just debts is payed.

fifthlie    I do hearby constituet and apoint my weill beloved wife ellesebeathe
      bartlite and my son william bartlite to be my wholle and solle exerters of
      this my last will and testment in witness whereof I have hear unto set my
      hand and fixed my seill this fouertine day of march 1694.

  Sined seilled and delivered                   his
  In the pressence of us               willam    W     bartlite senr
  Tho: Tweedie                                  mark
  John: Northcoate
          his
  Gilbert X  Goodalle             At albem courthouse the 28 day of
          mark                    July 1698  this will was proved by the oath
 of Gilbert Goodale and John Northcoate  WGlover, Clk.