Albemarle County NcArchives Wills.....Jones, William Harding 1732
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Source: Nc Wills & Estates - Grimes
Written: 1732

             WILLIAM HARDING JONES' WILL.

To All Christian people, To whom this present writing 
Shall Come, I, Wm. Harding Jones, of ye Eastern Parish of 
Chowan, and Precinct in Allbemarle County, Send Greeting 
in our Lord God Everlasting:

Know ye, That I, the said Wm. Hard: Jones, as well for 
and in Consideration of the Tender Love & good will wch I 
have & do bear unto my well beloved wife, Ann Jones, As 
also for diverse other good causes and Consideration me at 
This present Especially moving, have given & granted and 
by these presents do give, grant & confirm unto the said Ann 
Jones, my wife, her heirs and assigns for ever, one certain 
piece or parcel of Land containing four thousand Acres on 
Roanoak river in Bertie Precinct, it being That Trackt of 
Land out of Wch, I have sold three hundred to Ellis Hodges 
of the same precinct; I also give to her during her natural 
Life, the house & plantation whereon I now live, with all & 
Singular, the rights, heridatements, appertenances & ap-
pendants whatsoever, to the said peice or parcel of Land in 
any wise appertaining; with all Cattle, hoggs, horses, Sheep, 
belonging to the sd. plantation, with one third part of the 
Negroes I now possess; also, all my houshold goods belonging 
to the sd. house, Excepting the family pictures and Court of 
Armes, which I give to my well beloved brother, Freddick 
Jones; & likewise all my books in ye sd. house, I give to my
brothers, Freddick and Thomas Jones, Equally to be divided. 
All the residue of my Estate, I give to my two well beloved 
brothers aforesaid, both real & personal, after a discharge of 
all Just Debts.

To have and To hold all and Singular, the above mentioned 
premises to the said Ann, Frederick & Thomas, and to their 
heirs for ever, in as clear and ample manner to all intents and 
purposes, as a pure and indeazable Estate in fee Simple and 
Absolute can be held or Enjoy'd, and such an Estate in and 
To ye premises I bind my Self, my heirs for ever, to warrant 
and defend unto the said Ann, Frederick & Thomas, and Their 
Assignes for ever.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand & 
Seale, this Second day of January, in the year of our Lord 
God, one thousand Seven & Thirty.

                         WM. HARDING JONES. (Seal) 

Sign'd, Seal'd & deliver'd in
Presence of us:

     GEORGE ALLEIGN.
     SAMLL. SNOWDEN.
     MATTHEW YOUNG.

Proved before me by ye oath of George Alleyn, and Samuel Snowden 
and that they also Saw Mathew Young, Sign as an Evidence to the Same. 
The 27th. day of July, 1732.
                                        JNO. PALIN, Ch: Just:

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