Bertie County NcArchives Wills.....Hobson, Francis 1766 ************************************************ 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: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com December 6, 2008, 5:34 pm Source: Will Book Written: 1766 Hobson, Francis will date 26 Feb 1766, no probate date; In the name of God Amen I Francis Hobson of Bertie County... considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of (sound) and perfect mind and memory blessed by Almighty God... first all my debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged; secondly I give and bequeath to my sister Grace Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; thirdly I give and bequeath to Francis Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; fourthly I give and bequeath to James Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; fifthly I give and bequeath to David Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; sixthly I give and bequeath to John Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; seventhly I give and bequeath to Ephriam Cannady one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; eighthly I give and bequeath to Mary Griffin one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; ninthly I give and bequeath to Sarah Gainer one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; tenthly I give and bequeath to Francis Hobson one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; eleventhly I give and bequeath to Mary King one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; twelfthly I give and bequeath to John Anderson one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; thirteenthly I give and bequeath to Robert Anderson one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; fourteenthly I give and bequeath to William Anderson one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; fifteenthly I give and bequeath to Rachel Jones one shilling lawful money of Great Britain; sixteenthly I give and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth Hobson her heirs forever all my lands in the counties of Bertie, Beaufort and Tyrrell; seventhly I give and bequeath to my said loving wife Elizabeth Hobson the following Negroes, viz, Mingo, Cate, Mareah, Phillis, Nancy, Lucea, London, Bob, Sylvia, Dick, Penny, Jack and Primas; eighteenthly I give and bequeath all the rest of my personal property to my loving wife, Elizabeth Hobson; Nineteenthly and lastly I nominate and appoint my two ( ) (Thomas ???) And David Standley executors of my will, signed Francis Hobson, wit William Starke, John Capehart, Thomas Hackett. NO PROBATE DATE, FOLDER MARKED 1766. Abstracted 11-19-08, NCA file C.010.801.7, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/wills/hobson1201gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb