Albemarle County NcArchives Wills.....Harris, John 1711
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1711

                 JOHN HARRIS' WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Jno Harris, in ye County 
of Albemarle, in ye precinct of Chowan, in ye province of North 
Carolina, planter, being sick & weak in body, but of perfect 
sound mind & memory, Doe make this my last will & Testi-
mony, revokeing all other wills, verbal or writeing, made before 
by me. I Commit my Soul To almighty God that Gave itt 
me; & my body to ye Dust from whence itt came, to be De-
cently buried according to ye rules of ye Christian burial, in 
full & certain hopes of ye Glorious resurrection att ye last 
day; & as for all my personal & real Estate wch itt bath pleased 
God to Endew me withall I bequeith & bestowe as followeth, 
after my Debts is paid & my funeral Expences is Discharged.
I Give & bequeith unto Harris, ye Son of Sarah Tiner, ye 
plantation whereon I now Dwell & all ye land belonging to itt, 
after my wifes Decease, when he shall Come to ye Age of 
twenty one years, to him ye sd. Harris, & to ye heirs of his 
Body lawfully begotten for ever, not to Sell any part or parcel 
w'tsoever, Likewise, I Give unto Harris, ye Son of Sarah Tiner, 
my Gunn & also my proper marke after my Decease, which 
is a trope & Slite in ye right year & a swallow forke in ye left 
yeare.

I Give & bequeitt unto William, ye son of Sarah Tiner, two 
plantations leying on ye head of Machacomack Creek, call 
by ye name of ye holes, with all ye land thereunto belonging,
to ye sd. William, & the heirs of his body lawfully begotten 
for ever, to be possessed when he shall Come to ye Age of 
twenty one years, not to Sell no pt. nor parcel of it w'tsoever; 
& if any one of these Sons of Sarah Tiner, Either Harris or 
William, Dye before they Come to ye Age of twenty one years 
without heirs of their Body lawfully begotten, then it is my 
Desire ye land of him that Dyes Shall to Sarah, ye Daughter 
of Sarah Tiner, for a legace to ye said Sarah & to ye heirs of 
her body lawfully begotten for ever; & if ye said Sarah, ye 
Daughter of Sarah Tiner, Dye without heirs lawfully begotten, 
then ye land to fall to ye son that's living & to ye heirs of his 
body lawfully begotten for Ever. Likewise, I Give unto Sarah, 
ye Daughter of Sarah Tiner, one young Gray mare runing in 
rockahock neck, with all her Increase, to ye sd. Sarah & her 
heirs for Ever.

I Give & bequeith unto Sarah Tiner one plantation & all 
ye tract of land belonging to itt, lying in Rockahock neck, is 
nowne by ye name of Jno. fryers, to ye sd. Sarah Tiner & her 
heirs for Ever; & as for my personal Estate, my stock & housall 
Goods I bestow as followeth:

I Give & bequeith unto my loving wife, Mildred Harris, ye 
one half of my Estate During her life; & all ye rest of my 
Estate moveables & Immoveables, I Give & bequeith as 
legace unto Harris & William, ye sons of Sarah Tiner, to be 
equally & farely devided between them ye sd, Harris & Wil-
liam when they Shall arive to ye age of Eighteen years.
& I Doe here Impute Constitute & appoint my true & Trusty 
friends, Jno Mixon & Sarah Tiner, to be my whole & Sole 
Exectr. & Extrx. of this my last will & Testamt.

As wittness hereof, I have fixed my hand & Seal this 16th(?) 
Day of December, 1711.
                                   JOHN X HARRIS

Signed Sealed & Delivered in ye 
p'esence of us:

     EDWARD E PATCHET. 
     JOHN X WELLS.
     MARY M TINER.

Recorded in. Will Book 2, page 48.


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