Beaufort County NcArchives Wills.....Maule, John 1774 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nola Duffy nduffy@patch.net October 30, 2008, 9:09 pm Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1774 JOHN MAULE'S WILL. NORTH CAROLINA. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, John Maule, of Beaufort County and Province aforesaid, being in a very poor state of Health but of sound & perfect mind & memory, Do make this my last will and Testament in manner & form following, to- Wit: After my decease my Body to be Decently Inter'd at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned; my just Debts and funeral Expenses to be paid out of my Estate, and the Remainder part of my Estate I Dispose of as follows: Imprimis, I lend the use of the mannor plantation Whereon I now Live, to my beloved Wife, Elizabeth Maule, with all the Land belonging to the same, which was Given to me by my father, Patrick Maule, Dureing that time that she shall and will continue thereon, and after her Death or Removal from of the said plantation, I give & bequeath the said plantation and Land, to my Son, Moses Maule, to him & his heirs Law- fully begotten for Ever. I likewise give to my wife aforesd., seven Negroes, whose names are as followeth: Donas, Tom, Cesar, Farewell, Hannah, Venus, and Bess. I likewise give her all my household furni- ture, and all my stock of Cattle, Except twenty cows & Calves w'ch is to be disposed of in manner hereafter first mentioned. I likewise give her all my stock of hogs and sheep, and two horses, Jack and lightfoot, to her and her heirs for Ever. Item, I give further to my son, Moses Maule, six Negroes named as followeth: Adam, Harry, Jem, Crees, Little, and Phillis; I likewise Give him all my Right & titles to my mill on Blounts Creek, likewise, all the Land that was given to me by my Father, Patrick Maule, which Joyens the Said mill, Except the pine timber on two hundred Acres of Land that joynes waiter Evetts line; and my Will is that my Executors shall make John Neal a Deed for sd Land; I also give him 4 cows and Calves. Item, I give to my Daughter, Elizabeth Maule, my Quarter Plantation and Lands thereunto belonging, which I bought of Moses Nevil, to her and the Heirs of her body for ever. I likewise give her the the following Negros: Frinkalo, gabe, Binah, Beck, Abigal, and Doll; also four cows & Calves, to her and her Heirs for Ever. Item, I give to my Daughter, Anne, one piece of Land with the Plantation that I bought of John Nevil, and also one Tract of Land which I purchased of William Morris and Katherine, his wife, containing 400 Acres, to her and the Heirs of her body for Ever; also, the folowing Negros, Ben, Asia, Sandy, Ede, & Celia; and also four cows and calves, to her and her Heirs for Ever. Item, I give to my Daughter, Penelope, the lands I pur- chased of Susanna Waggonner, Containing 640 Acres, lying on Blounts creek, and also 250 Acres joyning Wm. Morris's Land, to her and the Heirs of her body for Ever. Also the following Negros, Quamans, Nel, Kate, Sid, & Dorcas; also four Cows and calves, to her and her Heirs for Ever. Item, I give to my Daughter, Jemima, 220 Acres lying on the head of Blounts Creek wch. I purchased of Benjamin Fathree; Also a tract of Land lying on Nevels Creek which I bought of Jacob Giddings lying on Nevils Creek, and two hun- dred & thirty Acres of Land lying in Pitt County, to her and her heirs for Ever; also the following Negros, Pegg, Tony, Lit- tle Ben, Little Hannah, Rose and Kate, also four Cows & calves, to her and her Heirs for Ever. My Will is further that my Executors cause to be finished my new house as soon as they conveniently can, and that they collect the Debts Due to me as soon as they can, and that they sell my half of a Schooner belonging to me and Capt. Seth Doane, and the money arrising therefrom, together with my ready money, be put to Interest, and also the money arrising out of the several Legacys given to my Children, Except so much as shall be necessary to Educate and Support them, till they receive their Estate, w'ch shall be at the age of twenty one years or marriage. I further will, that if any of my before named Children shall die in their minority, or before they receieve their for- tunes, that then their fortune shall be Equally Divided be- tween the Surviving ones, and Likewise the Increase of all the negros given to them, shall be Equally Divided amongst them as they come to the Age of twenty one Years or married as aforesaid; and also, all the remainder of my Estate not men- tioned shall be Devided in the same manner, lands only Ex- cepted. Lastly, I nominate and appoint my Beloved Brother in Law, Moses Hare, my beloved and faithful friends, John Patten, Reading Blount, Junr., and Joseph Blount, all of the County aforesaid, to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament and and I hereby Revoke all former Wills made by me. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this 11th. day of December, in the Year of our Lord, one thou- sand, Seven hundred and Seventy three. JOHN MAULE (Seal) Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared, in the presence of: WILLIAM GERRARD. FORBIS GERRARD. his JOHN X NEVIL mark The above last Will and Testament of John Maule, deceased, was proved before me this 16th. day of Febr'y, 1774, by the Oath of John Nevil one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto, who swore that he was present and did see the said Testator, sign, seal, publish and declare the same to be and contain his last will and Testament, and that at the time thereof he was of sound and disposing Mind and Memory; and Moses Hare, John Patten, Reading Blount, Junr., & Joseph Blount, the Executors in the said Will named, having qualified agreeable to Law. It is Ordered that letters Testamentary issue thereon accordingly. JO. MARTIN. Copied from Original Will, Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/beaufort/wills/maule475wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.5 Kb