Bertie County NcArchives Wills.....John Cotten 1728
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Source: North Carolina Wills and Inventories, Ancestry.com - Copied from Original Will filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Northampton County, NC
Written: 1728
Recorded: May 1728


North Carolina Wills and Inventories
John Cotton's Will.

In The Name Of God Amen, I, John Cotten, of Bartie Precinct, in North Carolina, 
Gent., being Sick in body but of perfect Sence & Sound memory, blessed by God, 
doe mak and ordaine this to be my Last will & Testament, in manner and forme 
folowing, Viz: first,

Item. I Give to my Son, John Cotten, Three Hundred and twenty acors of Land, be 
it more or Less, whar he now Lives, on the west Sid of Ahorskey Marsh, to him 
and his heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Son, William Cotten, one hundred and fifty acors of Land, be 
it more or Less, lying in the oserow (?) Meadows, whar he now Lives, beginning 
at a Marked hickory at my upermost Line, So runing down a line of Marked Trees 
to the Lower most line, to him and his heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Son, Samell Cotten, a Neack of Land whar he now Lives, be 
the Saime mor or Less, and parte of a Survay that I bought of Charles 
Stevenson, being a hund. acors mor. or Less, to him and his heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Son, Thos. Cotten, all the Remainder of my Land bought of 
Charles Stevenson, it is northerdly of William Cotten, and Containes Three hund 
and forty acors, being a neck Called, the Green pond neck, to him and his 
heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Sons, Arthur Cotten and James Cotten, my Lowermost Survay 
Land on fishing Creek, to Eaqualey devided betwixt ym, to them and their heairs 
for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Son, Joseph Cotten, to hundred acors Land and to be taken 
oute of my uper Survay on fishing Creek, to him and his heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give to my Son, Alexandr Cotten, one hundred acors Land out of my uper 
Survay on fishing Creek, to him and his heairs for Ever, and the other three 
hundred acors to be Equaley Devided be twen my Sons, John Cotten, William 
Cotten, and Samll. Cotten, to them and their heairs for Ever.

Item.  I Give to my Son, Arthur Cotten, one Neagerow Man Naimed Meingo, butt 
Except the Labour and the Sarvice of the sd Neagerow, to be preformed and don 
for my Loveing wife, Martha Cotten, deureing her widowhood, and my sd Son, 
Arthur Cotten, to be and Goe for himSelf when he Shall arrive at the age of 18 
Years.

Item. I Give to my Son, James Cotten, one Neagerow boye Naimed Peter, to him 
and his heairs for Ever, and that my Son, James Cotten, May Goe and for himself 
when he Shall arrive at the age of Eighteen Years.

Item. I Give to my Son, Thos. Cotten, one Neagroe Gerlle Naimed Rose, To him 
and his heirs for Ever, but Except the Labour and Sarverce of the sd Neagrow 
Geirll to be for and with my Loveing wife, Martha Cotten, deureing her 
widowhood, and that my Son, Thos. Cotten, be free and and Goe for him Self when 
the sd. Thos. arrive at the age of Eighteen Years.

Item. I Give to my Son, Joseph Cotten, one neagerow boy naimed Toney, to him 
and his heairs for Ever.

Item. I Give unto my daughter, Presseler Cotten, one Neagerow woman, named 
Mooll, to her and her heairs for Ever, butt Except the youse and Labour of the 
sd Neagerow to be for my Loveing wife, Martha Cotten, Dewering her widowhood.

Item. I Give to my Son, Alexander Cotten, one Neagerow man, naimed Guge, butt 
Except the Sd. Neagerows Labour and Survice to be for my Loveing wife, Martha 
Cotten, During hur widowhood.

Item. I Give to my Son, William Cotten, one new feather bead and a woosted Sett 
Ruge, and one Large fine blanket, and a Sheate, to pewter bassons, and to 
pewter dishes, three Cowes and calefes, to yearlings, and one three year ould 
heifer, and Eight Soues with their In Creese, and one baye Gelding horse, and 
one Large barow or Spayed Sow, and a pateran of fine druged for a Sute of 
Close, Coate, bretches and Jacket and Triming answreable, and fifty bushalls of 
oyster Shells.  And all that parsell of plank that wase Sawed for the meill 
work, to Euqualie devided betwene my Sd. Son, William Cotten, and my Son, 
Samll. Cotten.

Item. I Give to my Son, Samll. Cotten, a p'terne of fine druged to make him a 
sute of Close and Triming answrable, which Cloth and triming is to be answare 
and Euqualey devided betwixt my Sonn, William and Samll. Cotten.

Item. To my Son, Samll. Cotten, I Give one feather bead known by the naime of 
the Trundle bead, and a blew wostde Sett Rugg, and one blanket and Sheate, and 
one Square fraimed warnut table, and three Cowes and Cayeles, and an in broke 
hors of to years ould, to puter bassoons, and to puter dishes, and fifty 
bushels of oyster Shells, and to Each of my Sons, Samll and Wm Cotten, a large 
Sheare, to purches Ym nails to buld them a howse, Each &.

Item. I Give to my Son, Alexander, Eight Sowes and their increase, and Three 
Cowe, one heifer yearling, and one to year ould Steare, and one three year ould 
Steare.

Item. I Give to my Son, John Cotten, all teh Stock of both hoggs and Catte that 
is now in his persesion of my Marke, and fifty bushalls of oyster Shells.

Item. I Give to my daughter, Susanah Cotten, the feather bead whar on She lyes 
with all its furniture.

Item. I Give to my Son, Thos. Cotten, one Sute of new Courteins of ableew 
Couller, one Large fine bead Tick, one wosted Sett Rugg, and one Large fine 
blankett.  I Give and bequeath to my Loveing wife, Martha Cotten, my bead whar 
on I lye with all its furneture, Courtens, Rugg, blankets, Sheates, pelowes, 
and one Large new fine blanket and Quelt, beSides, and bead Stead Corde and 
matt. and,

Item. I Give to my Son, Alexander Cotten, as much dewroys which isnow by me, as 
will make him A sute of Clothes.

Item. I Give to my Sons, Alexander and Samll Cotten, as much Striped holan, as 
will Make Each of ym a Jeacket and Bretches and Trimeing to it.  And I give & 
bequeath to my Loveing wife My Riding horse, Calling his Name blaise, and a Sid 
Sadle.

Item. I Give to my Son In Law, John Tomas, one puter dish.

Item. I Give to my Son In Law, Capt. John Spears, one puter dish.

Item. I Give to my Daughter, Mary Holand, one puter dish, and the use of the 
above Neageroes is Left to my Sd wife for hur own and my Sd fower youngest 
Childrens Maintaneance during her widowhood.

Item. I Give to my Son, Joseph Cotten, three wethers and a Ramm, to yeewes and 
a Lam.

Item. I Give to my Daugter, Martha Benton, Late widow of Frances Benton, 
decesed, Three Ewes with their in Crease.

Item. I Give to my Sons, Wm. and Samll. Cotten, 20 pound of feathers, to be 
Equaly devided Inlargen their beads.

My will is furder, that my mill Stones, Spindle, Jaks and peecks, to be Sould 
for Silver Money, and that to be Equaley devided betweixt my fower Small 
Children, Arthur, Pesseller, James, and Thos. Cotten, and all the Remd. of my 
Estate, both with in and with oute dores, I Leave to my wife and fower Small 
Children above named, to be Eaqualey devided.

Item. I Give to my Daughter, Susanah, as Much fine Silk Stufe as will mak hur a 
Sute of Clothes, and my will is that my mair tht Runes in Tormenteing nack, the 
first Coult She Brings, may be for my Son, Arthur Cotten, and if the Sd mair 
lives to bring Aney more Coultes may be for my Son, James and Thos. Cotten. and,

Lastly, I doe apoint My Loveing wife to be Exetrs. of This my Last will and 
testment, butt Nomonate and apoint My Loveing friend, Thos Bryant, and Wm Benet 
to be over Sears, and have power, In case my wife Should again Marey, and hur 
Covetor prove unhapey to hur and my fower Small Children, to Remove and Secure 
them and their Estate att their desc.

In witness war of Asigne this to be my Last will and testement.

John Cotten    (Seal)

Test. Thos. Bryant, Jurat. Thomas Strange, Marey Parkers, Jurat.

Bertie sc. May Court, 1728.

The above Will was Exhibited by Martha Cotten, Widow and Sole executrix of John 
Cotton, Deced. and was proved by the Oaths of Capt. Thomas Bryant, and Mary 
Parker, in Open Court, in due form of Law, who were Evidences thereto.  And 
then the sd. Martha took the the Exrs: oath in Open Court.

Test. Rt. Forster, Cler. Cur.

Copied from Original Will filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Northampton County.

Additional Comments:
North Carolina Wills and Inventories - Ancestry.com - Copied from Original Will 
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Northampton County.

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