Bath County NcArchives Wills.....Lawson, John 1708
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Source: Nc Wills & Estates - Grimes
Written: 1708

                  JOHN LAWSON'S WILL.

NO. CAROLINA. 
BATH TOWNE.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, ye 12th. day of August 1708. 
I, John Lawson, of Bath Towne, in the Province of North 
Carolina, Gent., being of perfect mind & memory, thanks be 
given unto God therefore, calling to mind the mortality of 
my body & knowing that it is appointed for men once to dye, 
Doe make and Ordayne this my last will and testament, that 
is to Say, principally & first of all, I give a recomend my body 
to ye Earth, & my Soul to Allmighty God that gave it.

Impris., I give & bequeath to my Dearly beloved Hannah 
Smith, the house & Lott I now live in, to enjoy the same
during her Naturall life & also one third part of my Personale 
Estate in No. Carolina to her own proper Use & behoofe & 
for her to dispose of ye Same as She Thinks fitt.

Item, I give ye remainder of my Estate, both Personall & 
reale, to my Daughter, Isabella, of Bath Town and to the 
brother & sister (which her mother is w'th Child off at this 
present) to them Equally to Enjoy (vizt.) that Each of them 
two shall Enjoy & inheritt alike an Equall part of all my 
Estate that I dye Possessed of, the Land to be parted &
devided when they shall arrive att twenty one years of age or 
Marry. And if it shall please God that her Mother, Hannah 
Smith, shall have more than one Child at a Birth, which she 
is now with Child off, that then, every Child of hers by me 
shall Enjoy an equall part of my Estate.

And Doe hereby Constitute, make & Ordayne ye Commis' 
of ye Court of Bath County w'th Mrs. Hannah Smith, the 
Exr's. of this my last will and Testament all & Singular my 
lands tenem'ts & Messauges, & I doe hereby utterly disallow, 
revoke & disanull all & every other former Testaments, Wills, 
Legacy's & Bequests & Exrs. by me in any way before named, 
Willed & bequeathed, ratyfying & Confirming this & no other 
to be my last will & testament.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal 
ye day & Year above Written.

                              JOHN LAWSON. (Seal)

Signed, Selaed, published &
declared by ye sd. John Lawson,
as his last will & testament in the
presence of us ye Subscribers:

     WM. W. HAWKOCK.
     RICH'D SMITH.
     JAMES LEIGH.

Recorded in Will Book 2, page 98, Office of the Secretary of State.


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