Albemarle-Perquimans County NcArchives Wills.....Bell, Thomas 1733
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1733
Recorded: 1733

                  THOMAS BELL'S WILL.

NORTH CAROLINA, SS.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, Thomas Bell, of Albe-
marle County, Gentn., being of Sound and Perfect mind and  
memory, doe make, Ordaine, constitute and declare these  
presents to be and contain my last Will and Testiament, hereby  
revokeing & makeing Null and Void all former and other  
Wills by me heretofore made or declared.

Imprimis. I give devise and bequeath unto my Cousen,  
William Bell, and to his Heirs for ever, all my Tract of Land  
called Matthew's Point in Perquimains Precinct.

Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Cousen, Thomas  
Bele, Son to my Brother, John Bele, and to his Heirs for ever  
Fifteen Acres of Land out of my Tract of Land joyning on  
Kendricks Creek, it being the Tract of Land on which I now  
live, and to be laid out according to the discretion of my Execut's  
hereafter named, so as to take in & include the Plantation that  
is cleared & the House now built at the Back Landing; Also  
Two hundred Acres of Land more to be laid out by my Exec- 
uto's as aforesaid so as to joyne on the deep Runn & Swamp  
or division between my land and Mr. Cullen Pollocks & so  
as not to take in or include my Plantation that is Cleared at  
the deep Runn.

Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Cousens, Ann  
& Jane, the Children of my Brother, John Bell, the Sum of  
Fifty Pounds (the currancy of this Country) to each, to be paid  
unto them Severaly as they shale arrive to full age or day of  
Marriage which shall first happen.

Item. It is my Will that my Executs. hereafter named or  
the survivor of them doe see that out of the profitts annualy  
arriseing by my Estate, they doe maintain & Educate my
Cousins, Thomas, and Anne, Children of my Brother, John, 
in as handsome and good a manner as may be.

Item. Is my Will that ale the residue of my Estate boath 
real & personal be and remain unto my Loveing Wife, Eliza- 
beth, dureing her life, and after her dcease unto my Cosen, 
William Mackey, & his heirs for ever. Provided & be it here- 
by understood that if my Cousen, William Mackey, shall 
depart this life before my Wife; or dye without Heirs lawfully 
begotten by him, that then all my said Estate boath real & 
Personal be and remain (after the Decease of my Wife) unto 
my Cousen, Thomas Bell, the Son of my Brother, John Bell & 
his Heirs for ever.

Item. It is my Will that no Sale be made of any Slaves or 
Stock, but that my Estate be kept intire as it now is as near as 
possible dureing ye life of my Loving Wife, Elizabeth, excepting 
my Sloop which I leave to the discretion of my Executors 
hereafter named to employ or dispose of as they shall think 
most proper.

Lastly, I doe make Nominate & appoint my Loveing Wife, 
Elizabeth, and Loveing Cousen, William Mackey, to be Execu- 
trix & Executor of this my Will & Teastiament whome I desire 
to see all Parts of this my Will performed.

In Testimony whereof, I, the said Thomas Bell, have here- 
unto put my hand & Seale this Eleventh day of December, 
One thousand, Seven hundred & Thirty three.

                             THOS. BELL. (Seal.)
 
Signed, Sealed, Published & 
declared to be my last Will & 
Testiament (being Interlined, with 
ye words [after ye Decease of my 
Wife]) in Presence of us.
      SAML. DURRANCE. 
      W. DOWNING,
          her
      HANAH H GIRKIN.
         marke
         
CHOWAN, Sc.                            January Court, 1733.
 
The within Will of Thomas Bell was in Open Court proved by the 
Oath of William Downing, one of the Subscribing Evidences thereto.
                              Test. MOSELEY VAIL, Cler. Cur. 

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