Beaufort County NcArchives Wills.....Williams, Thomas 1758 ************************************************ 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 September 18, 2011, 6:50 pm Source: N C Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1758 THOMAS WILLIAMS' WILL. In the Name of God Amen, I, Thomas Williams, of Beau- fort County, in North Carolina, Mariner, Do make, ordain and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, being at the same Time of sound mind and Memory. Imprimis, I Give & devise unto my Wife, Ann Williams, during her Natural Life, half a Tract of Land containing Two hundred Acres Lying on the East side of the Mouth of Bath Town Creek, being the Land that I bought of Wm. Baker, which formerly belonged to Benjamin Forbes. I also give and bequeath unto her, two Negroe Men Slaves, named Chep- stow and Cezar, for her use and behoof for Ever. Item, I Give unto my Eldest Son, Thomas Williams, the other half of the said Tract of Land I have given his Mother during her Life: after her decease I give the same Land unto my Son, Thomas, his Heirs and assigns; and I likewise give and devise unto him one Lott of Land in Bath Town, Known by the number, 39; and my Silver Watch. Item, I Give one Tract of Land, containing Two hundred and twenty five acres, that lyes in the Fork of Cuckolds Creek, unto my two Youngest Sons, Charles and John, to be equally divided between them, their heirs or assigns. Item, As I have given unto my Daughter, Temperance, a Negro Boy Named Quamino Ever since he was born, so that She may have no Greater share than the rest of my Daughters, I Will & bequeath unto her only one Bedd and Furniture of the Fourth Choice, and all the Cattle that I have formerly given her, and that she has no further Share with the rest of my Children, In my Estate in North Carolina, the said Legacys to be given her at the Age of Twenty one. Item. And all the remaining part of my Estate, both real & Personal, may be Equally divided between my wife, Ann Williams, and all of my Children, (Excepting Temperance, my third Child, unto whom I have given certain Share of what I possess in North Carolina as aforesaid, (vizt) Elizabeth Pritch- ard, Thos. Williams, Ann, Mary, Robert, Charles, Sarah, Hanah and John Williams, unto which Children my desire is that they have them respective their shares when they are Married, but not before they are of Twenty one Years of Age. and my Will and desire is that my lawful Debts & Funeral Expenses be first paid before my Legacys are paid or any division made of any part of my Estate Item, And as for what Estate I have belonging to me in England Or Wales, I do Will and bequeath them to be equally divided between my Wife and all my Children as aforesaid, only prefering my Eldest Son, Thomas Williams, to whom I Give a Double Share of my afd. Estate in England or Wales. Item, I have given my certain Attys. my Wife Ann Williams, and Wyriott Ormond, Esquire, orders to purchase a Tract of Land in the Fork of Nevils Coak, formerly Nichols Garganers, which I give and devise unto My Son, Charles, his heirs and assigns. And the Tract of Two hundred and twenty five acres I have before devised to my son Charles and John (if the sd. Purchase is made) I give to my son John, his heirs and Assigns. And if please God my wife should be with Child with any more Children by me begotten, not now Born, I bequeath unto it, or them, an Equal share of all my Estate in North Carolina or Else where (Excepting as aforesaid. And for the Executing of this my last Will and Testament, I do hereby appoint my wife, Ann Williams, Executrix, Wyriott Ormond Esqr., James Ellison, Esqr., Mr. Coleman Roe, & Thomas Williams, my son, Exrs. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and scale this 17th. Day of Feb'y, 1757. Thomas Williams. (Seal) Signed, Sealed & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the Testator in the Presence of us the Subscribers: William Dowd. Jacob Nevil, Jun. Mark Moses Nevil. his Beaufort County, ss. March Court, 1758. Present his Majesties Justices: This Certifys that the Last Will & Testament of Thomas Williams, Deceased, was Exhibited into Court and proved bj' the Oath of Jacob Nevil, Jun., who swore that he was of sound and disposing mind and Memory at the time he Executed it, and that he saw WilUam Doud and Moses Nevil, the other Subscribing Witnesses set their hands thereto: at the same time Ann WiUiams and Thomas Williams Qualified as Exrs. thereto, by taking the Oath by Law appointed, ordered that the Secretary have notice that Letters Testry. may issue. Test. Walley Chauncy, CI. Cur. Copied from Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/beaufort/wills/williams1989gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb