Will of John BRIGHT of Hyde Precinct, Beaufort County, NC
Surname: Bright

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Beaufort County, NC; Vol. 1, page 1 (original spelling retained)

North Carolina, ss.

In the name of God, Amen.

I, John Bright of the precinct of Hyde, planter, being in good health of body,
& of sound mind & perfect memory, praise be therfore given unto Almighty God,
do make & ordain this my present & last will & testament in manner & form
following that is to say:

First. I principally command my soul unto the hands of Almighty God hopeing
[sic] through the merits, death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have
full & just pardon & forgiveness of all my sins & to [...] everlasting life.
And my body I comit to the earth to be decently intered at the discretion of
my Executrix hereafter named. And as touching such temporal Estate as it hath
pleased Almight God to bestow upon me, I give & dispose thereof as followeth:

Item. I give & bequeath unto my son Henry three hundred forty & two acres of
land lying near the mouth of Matchapungo Creek next adojoining to ye land of
Mr. Wm. Cording, to him my said son Henry & his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Richard and his heirs forever Two
Hundred & fifty acres of land lying on Blades Creek on ye East side
Matchapungo River being the land whereon my sd son Richard now dwells.

Item I give unto my son Simon & his heirs forever after the decease of my
Loving wife Elizabeth one full fourth part of the tract of land whereon I now
dwells on Matchapungo River to be laid off so as to certain therein the
plantation whereas I now dwell.

Item. I give unto mmy son James and his heirs forever one other full fourth
part of the aforesaid tract of land to be laid off, ext adjoining to ye land
above given to my son Simon.

Item. I give unto my son William and his heirs forever, one other full fourth
part of the aforesaid tract of land to be laid off next adjoining to the land
above given unto my sd son James.

Item. I give unto my son John the other full fourth part of the sd Tract lying
between the land above given unto my said sons James, Simon & Wm & the back
line of the said Tract to him my said son John and his heirs forever.

Item I give unto my daughter Mary, wife of William Wynn, one cow & calf.

Item. I give unto my daughter Lydia one cow and calf.

All the rest & residue of my estate, goods & chattels whatsoever I do give &
bequeath unto my ever loving wife Elizabeth whom I do hereby appoint, full &
sole Executrix of this my last will & testament and I do hereby revoke,
disannul & make void all former wills & testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof I the said John Bright, have set my hand & seal to this my
last will & testament the ninth day of January, Ano Dom 1720.

John (his x mark) Bright (seal)

Signed, sealed, published, and declared in presence of
William (his x mark) Webster
Edward (his x mark)
Stafford, A. White