Beaufort County, NC - Will of William Fipes (Phipps), 11 January 1753

Subject: William Fipes (Phipps)  
         (additional names-  wife Mary, sons William, Nathaniel and 
         Josiah, daughters Lou Rainer, Molle and Sarah, Robert Spring, 
         Charles Howard Sr., William Morris and __Walless(?) Chauncrey
         [sic] Ct Cl)
               
Source:  NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES
         Secretary of State Records (original will retired) 
         Chancery Proceedings & Wills 1712- 1754, Will Book 6 1750- 1758, 
         Page 101
         Microfilm: S.108.167  

IN THE NAME OF God amen I William Fipes of Beaufort County being very sick 
and and [written twice] weak of Body But in Perfect Sense and Memory Praise 
and Thanks to almighty God for the same, Therefore Calling to Mind That it 
is appointed for all Men Once to die Do make and Ordain this my last Will 
and Testament that is to say Princ(?) Principley and first of all I give and 
Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gaveth and my Body I Recommend 
to the Earth to be buried in a Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors 
nothing Doubting but at general Resurrection I shall receive the same again 
by the mighty Power of God, and as Touching Wordly [sic] Estate wherewith if 
hath Pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give Devise and Dispose of 
the same in following Manner of Form [or Term].  Item I give and Bequeath unto 
my Son William my Maner [sic] Plantation, that is to say the Plantation that 
I now live on, after the Death of his mother.  Item I give & bequeath to my 
Son Nathaniel all the [word Plantation is crossed out] Land that I hold at 
other Side the Swamp.  Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Josiah the 
Remainer [sic] of my Land that lies up the Swamp above the Plantation that 
I live on, Beginning at a Holle which is the Corner Tree, and that my to 
[sic] youngest sons shall Receive their Land at the age of Twenty and One 
Years Old.  Item I give & bequeath to my Eldest Daughter Lou [?] Rainer a 
negro girl named Rose after the Death of my Wife, to her and her Heirs 
Lawfully Begotten of her Body forever.  Item I give and bequeath to my 
Daughter Molle at the Death of my Wife a Negro Boy named Dumph [?] to her 
and her Heirs Lawfully begoten [sic] of her Body forever.  Item I give and 
bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah after the Death of my Wife a Negro Boy named 
Stephne [?] to her and her aires [sic] Lawfully begoten [sic] of her Body 
forever.  Item I lend unto my Dear and loving Wife whom I constitute make 
and Ordain my full and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and 
my Desire is that my Wife shall have all and Every Part of the Remainder of 
my Estate both Personall [sic] and Royale during her Life and after her 
Decease to be Equally Divided amongst all my Children.  In Witness whereof I 
set my Hand and fix my Seall [sic] this 11th Day of January 1753.  Assigned 
& Sealed in Presents of us,
   Robert Spring
   Charles Howard Sr.               William Fipes  {Seal}
   William Morris

Beaufort County ___   Ma[?] Court held at Bath Town for the ___ County on the 
second Tuesday in June 1754
                        Present his Majestys [sic] Justices
This Certifies that the last Will & Testament of Wm Feps [sic] was Exhibited 
into Court and proved by the Oaths Wm. Morris One of the Subscribing Evidances 
[sic] there to who swored [sic] that the [abbreviated for said] Wm. Feps was 
of sound and Disposing mind and memory at the Time he Executed the same and 
that he also saw Robt Spring & Chas Howard Sr. the other Subscribing Witnesses 
sign their names thereto at the same time and Mary Feps the Wife of the Dec.d 
appeared in Court & duly qualified Exec.t to the same, Ordered that the 
Secretary have Notice thereof
                        
                        ____ Walless [?] Chauncry [sic] Ct C_


(Submitters Note:  All spelling, capitalization, punctuation or lack thereof 
 is contained in the original document)

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