BERTIE COUNTY WILL - Howell, Capt John File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sue Eagle Sparkman SUESGENES@aol.com This will was not recorded in the Bertie County Will Books, and neither did it appear in Grimes, Hathaway, or Olds- but are only to be found in the Archives. Descendants of John Howell, Captain Generation No. 1 1. JOHN2 HOWELL, CAPTAIN (MISTER1)1 died Bef. 05 February 1761 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He married JANE1. She died Aft. April 1761 in Probably Bertie County, where in April 1761 she was confirmed as Executrix of her husbands' estate. Notes for JOHN HOWELL, CAPTAIN: Copy of Will of Captain John Howell, Bertie County, North Carolina In the name of God Amen I JOHN HOWELL of Bertie County in the province aforesaid being I thank God of sound and perfect memory and calling to mind the frailty of all mankind that as we were bornh the time of our death is to us unknown _______________doe therefore make and ordain this my present and Last Will and testament that to say. 1st First and immediatly I recommend my Soul to almighty God who gave it and my body to be decently intered as my executors herein after named and appointed shall think fitting. 2. Secondly as touching such worldly goods and Estate as I am possessed of my Will and desire is that all my just debts and funeral charges immediately paid and discharged. 3. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my loving wife JANE during her natural life all my personal Estate one copper still and _______ plantation whereon I now live situate and luing in Bertie County on Chowan River by estimation Three hundred and forty acres also the plantation joining to me purchased from EDWARD BRYAN containing four hundred and four acres also the plantation joining the said mentioned lately purchased from JOHN WESTON, MALACHI WESTON and KATHERINE WESTON containing by estimation Two hundered acres of land during the Term of her natural life or untill she may see cause to Reliquish the said Lands unto the persons to whome I have hereafter bequeathed and devised them. 4th. Fourthly I give Bequeath and devise unto MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHON a Girl aged about Ten years old Daughter of ELIZABETH aforesaid intermarried with WILLIAM FLEETWOOD of said County all that tract _____plantation whereon I now life containing thyree hundred and forty acres also a Tract and plantation joining me I purchased of EDWARD BRYAN containing four hundred and four acres also a Tract of plantation ________ purchased of JOHN WESTON, MALACHI WESTON and KATHERINE WESTON containing by estimation two hundred acres of land to be put [?] in __________ after my wifes decease to her and her heirs and assigns forever but in Case she dies and without issue before my loving wife Jane then my Will and intention is that the said Tract of land and plantation be given as here after mentioned. 5th. Fifthly I give and bequeath unto MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN after my wife JANE Decease if-- the said MOURNING is then living two negroes one named TAFFEY a man the other named MARIA a girl also my personal Estate after my wife JANES' decease she paying the following legacies. 6th. Sixthly My will is and I do devise that MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN after my wife JANES decease do pay out of my Estate unto THOMAS BRYAN son of EDWARD BRYAN the sum of Twelve pounds ______ tion money for a Legacie. I give and bequeath to him also Ten pounds like money unto THOMAS WHITMELL son of THOMAS WHITMELL for a legacie. I give and bequeath to him also Ten pounds like money unto JOHN FLEETWOOD son of WILLIAM FLEETWOOD for a legacie I give and bequeath to him. 7th. Seventhly I give and bequeath and devise after the Death of my wife JANE and MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN without issue or before she ______ marries or lawfully prosessed of the Tract of Land and plantation and present [?] Estate given and Bequeathed as by my said Will is Explained [?] above I will Bequeath give and desire after the Death of my wife JANE and after the death of MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN without issue that all my Estate Both Real and personable be equally divided [Except such part as is hereafter given and bequeathed] between JOHN FLEETWOOD a ______son of ELIZABETH and WILLIAM FLEETWOOD and JOHUN McGLAUGHAN son of JAMES McGLAUGHAN __ and THOMAS WHITMELL so of THOMAS WHITMELL and THOMAS BRYAN son of EDWARD BRYAN all of Bertie County my intened heirs after the Decease of the above mentioned JANE and MOURNING without issue to them their heirs and assigns forever. 8th EIGHTHLY I give and bequeath unto MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN a Certain plantation and Tract of land with a Grist Mill thereon in Bertie County Containing two hundred acres of land lastly purchased of LAWRENCE McGUE by JOHUN HOWELL _______ as by Deed ________ together withall houses and priveleges to the same belonging to her and her heirs and assigns forever but in Case of her Decease without issue them my Will and desire is that the said plantation decend to her mother ELIZABETH to her and her heirs forever. 9th. NINTHLY. I give and bequeath and devise unto JEREMIAH HALLAM son of JOHN HALLAM a Tract of land containing by estimation one hundred and fifty acres in Bertie County on the east side of Chinkapin Swamp held by Deed from ROBERT FOSTER to JOHN JONES and from JOHN JONES to JOHN HOWELL to the said JEREMIAH HALLAM his heirs and assigns forever. 10th. TENTHLY I give and bequeath to my Brothers ROBERT HOWELL and THOMAS HOWELL and WILLIAM HOWELL and to the Children of my Brother deceased and to the Children of my sister deceased to each of them one shilling sterling money of Great Brittan if they demand the same in a year and a day after my decease and the same to be taken to them. 11th. ELEVENTHLY I make appointment and ordain my loving wife JANE and my friend EDWARD BRYAN, MOURNING HOWELL McGLAUGHAN, THOMAS WHITMELL JUNIOR [?] and THOMAS BRYAN Executors to this my Last Will and Testament and my loving Friend THOMAS WHITMELL SENR Trustee to see the same executed and done _________ to the _______ intent and meaning before mentioned expressed and set forth Revoking all former Wills Testaments gifts and c. and declaring this to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and affixes my Seal this Seventeeth day of June in the thirtyeth year of the Reighn of our soverign Lord George the second and in the year aforesaid of 1756. Signed Sealed Published Jno Howell [seal] pronounced and declared this as my Last Will and Testament as beforesaid ROBERT WEST JOHN WILSON PHILIP DIXON Bertie County April In_____ Court of Pleas, 1761 The Before written will was exhibited into Court by JANE HOWELL one of the Executors therein appointed and found by the oaths of ROBERT WEST Esquire and JOHN WILSON two of the subscribing witnesses thereto which said will was ordered to be Recorded. And at the same time the said JANE HOWELL Qualified as Executrix of the said will and Whereupon________Testamentary issue Ordered to issue annexed to a Copy of the said Will Test Benj. Wynns Clk State of North Carolina I LEWIS M. COWPER Clerk of the Court of Please of __________ aforesaid of Hertford County do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from JOHN HOWELL will deposited in this office 2 July 1823 L. M. COWPER Clerk Bertie County. A True Inventory of all and Singular the goods and Chattles Rights and Credits of Capt. John Howell, Deceased. Feb. 5th, 1761. That Came to hand Vizt. 2 pare of fire tongs His wearing apparell 1 Spade, 1 Box Iron and heaters Eight Negroes name by Jack, Dick, 1 fire shovell, 1 spit Sharper, Taffey, Nan, Pat, Nan, 5 pare of pot hookes and Rose 1 whip saw, 1 Crosscut Saw 5 fether beds and furniture 1 set & files 2 Desks 3 Chests, 3 guns, 2 ladles 1 Desk and bookcase 1 pare of Bellas, 2 pars of flesh forks 1 chest of Drawers 2 pare of sheep shear 7 Tables 2 pare of Taylers Shears 14 Pewter Dishes weight 59 4 Broad axes, 6 narrow axes 9 Pewter Basons wt. 30 15 weeding and hilling hoe 28 pewter plates wt. 27 3 groubing hows, 3 plowhows 36 pewter spoons 1 Currying knife, 1 Steele trap 11 pewter Teaspoons 4 old hows, 3 addses, 1 hackell 4 pewter measures from a quart and under 1 Trowell, 1 Stone pitcher 2 Boffets 5 punch Bowls, Some earthen mugs, 3 Cases of Bottles 1 plate and some Teaware and some butter pots 4 Lining wheals 1 Curry Comb, 1 Ship Cumpas 1 wooling wheale, 2 pare of cards 1 Looking Glass, 1 Slate 1 Bell mettle Spice Mortar and pessle 3 mares, 1 horse, 2 mens' saddles 2 Brass Candle sticks 1 womans' saddle, 3 Bridles & 2 3 Tin Candle Sticks halters 1 Canoe, 1 Small Chest or Box with a 2 Tin cannesters Small quantity of powder and shot. 1 Teay Kittle 15 old Chears & 12 Black walnut frames 2 Tin lanthornes for chears & Sifters 1 Sarch, 2 brushes 3 tin funnels 1 set of Cooper's Tools 2 Cases with 18 knives & 18 forks 1 set of Shoemakers' tools 2 pocket knives and forks 1 yoke of oxen, 1 Cart and wheals 2 pen knives 1 yoke, 5 Chanes of iron, 1 2 nutmeg greaters pare of Iron fetters, 2 frows 2 Tin pepper boxes 28 hed of Cattle 6 hed of sheep 3 frying pans some pork and Beef killed for the house use, 7 iron pots 29 Turned Treachers 1 Brass Kittle 4 Diaper & 2 homespun Table Cloths 1 Iron Kittle 1 hand mill, 5 mill pecks, 9 Cloke 2 Tin saspans pins, 17 scrues for locks, 7 bells 3 pare of pot racks 1 Tobaco cuting knife, 3 stays for loom 2 pare of hornes, 1 loom 4 Iron Boxes for Cartwheales Sixteen pounds Eighteen shillings 1 Barrell of Tobaco 167 wt. good and eleven pence half penny Virginia Currency in gold 1 pare of Saddle Bags, a Small quantity of Tallow & Candles for the Seven pound Seven Shilling and house use, Box of Wafers Eleven oence half penny Virginiable, Currency in Silver 1 Common Prayer Book The New Whole duty of Man One Pound, fourteen shillings and a parcell of other books and four pence proclamation money. 2 pare of money scale & weights Four pounds Twelve Shillings Virginia 1 pare of Bullet moles, some shot currency due from Henry Dixton mole, and a percell of old baskets. 1 Cooper still with a cap & Worm 15 pounds Proclamation money Due a percell of House Carpenters' tools by note of hand & Cooking tools 91 Dry hyide, 3 yearling skins 1 Smith's Bellas, 1 anvell, 1 vice 20 3/4 lbs. raw deer Skin 1 Beak Iron and tongs files hammers, screw plate and other - - - - James Howell Small tools belonging to the trade 20 Bushels of Salt or there abouts 5 Stone Jugs, 1 Churne 2 Barrels of lamblack 1 box of windwo glass and a percell of Nales to be used in finishing the house thats now a building, 4 Ring Colts a parcel of oatom 1 pare of oyster tongs 2 rakes for oyster shelkls 2 fish gigs a percell of Corn in the Shock gessed to be about 100 Barrells about 10 bushels of wheat not Cleaned 4 Bushells of Beans 1 1/2 Bushell of flax seed a percell of flax in broke 3 washing Tubs, 4 pales and piggons a percell of Barrells and hogshead and Tubs, 12 pound of Spun Thread, 2 pound of Spun Cotten and some unspun a percell of wool 3 grind stones More About JOHN HOWELL, CAPTAIN: Inventory: 05 February 1761, Bertie County, North Carolina2 Will proven: April 1761, Court of Pleas, Bertie County, North Carolina3 Will written: 17 June 1756, Bertie County, North Carolina4 Notes for JANE: In her husbands 1761 will, Mrs. Jane Howell was left lifetime rights to 340 acres "Plantation whereon I now life situate and lying in Bertie County on Chowan River." Children of JOHN HOWELL and JANE are: 2. i. ELIZABETH3 HOWELL. 3. ii. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER HOWELL. 4. iii. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER HOWELL. Generation No. 2 2. ELIZABETH3 HOWELL (JOHN2, MISTER1) She married (1) JAMES MCGLAUGHON4. She married (2) WILLIAM FLEETWOOD4. Children of ELIZABETH HOWELL and JAMES MCGLAUGHON are: 5. i. MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, b. Abt. 1746, Bertie County, North Carolina, her grandfather satates in his 1756 will is about age 10 years; d. Bet. 1777 - 1843. 6. ii. HARDY MCGLAUGHON, b. 16 August 1768, Scotland?; d. 02 March 1852, Irwinville, Irwin County, Georgia. iii. JEREMIAH MCGLAUGHON. iv. WILLIAM MCGLAUGHON. Child of ELIZABETH HOWELL and WILLIAM FLEETWOOD is: v. JOHN4 FLEETWOOD4. More About JOHN FLEETWOOD: Relationship: 1761, Named as a grandson in John Howell's 1761 Bertie County, North Carolina will4 3. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER3 HOWELL (JOHN2, MISTER1) She married THOMAS BRYAN4, son of EDWARD BRYAN. Child of UNKNOWN HOWELL and THOMAS BRYAN is: i. THOMAS4 BRYAN4, b. Bef. 1761. More About THOMAS BRYAN: Relationship: 1761, Named as a grandson in the 1761 will of Captain John Howell of Bertie County, North Carolina4 4. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER3 HOWELL (JOHN2, MISTER1) She married THOMAS WHITMEL, JR.4, son of THOMAS WHITMEL, SR.. Child of UNKNOWN HOWELL and THOMAS WHITMEL is: i. THOMAS4 WHITMEL4, b. Bef. 1761. More About THOMAS WHITMEL: Relationship: 1761, Named as a grandson in the 1761 will of Captain John Howell of Bertie County, North Carolina4 Generation No. 3 5. MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON (ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1)4 was born Abt. 1746 in Bertie County, North Carolina, her grandfather states in his 1756 will is about age 10 years4, and died Bet. 1777 - 1843. She married (1) UNKNOWN MR. SMITH Bef. 1764 in Bertie County, North Carolina, probably. She married (2) HUMPHREY HARDY 19 March 1764 in Edenton, Bertie County, North Carolina [bond is dated 10 March 1764], son of LEMEUL HARDY and ELIZABETH PARROTT. He was born 1740 in Bertie County, North Carolina, and died February 1810 in Bertie County, North Carolina or Georgia. More About MOURNING HOWELL MCGLAUGHON: Relationship: 1761, Named as a granddaughter in the 1761 will of Captain John Howell of Bertie County, North Carolina4 Child of MOURNING MCGLAUGHON and HUMPHREY HARDY is: 7. i. JOHN5 HARDY, b. Abt. 1774, Bertie County, North Carolina, most probably; d. April 1837, Monroe County, Mississippi. 6. HARDY4 MCGLAUGHON (ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 16 August 1768 in Scotland?, and died 02 March 1852 in Irwinville, Irwin County, Georgia. He married JOANNA ANNIE GASKINS 22 March 1792 in Bertie County, North Carolina, daughter of DAVID GASKINS, JR.. She was born Abt. 1770. Children of HARDY MCGLAUGHON and JOANNA GASKINS are: i. WINNEY5 MCGLAUGHON, b. 19 September 1790. ii. WILLIAM MCGLAUGHON, b. 18 January 1793. iii. NANCY MCGLAUGHON, b. 25 April 1794. iv. EDMUND MCGLAUGHON, b. 26 August 1796. v. SALLIE MCGLAUGHON, b. 04 December 1798. vi. GINSEY MCGLAUGHON, b. 04 September 1800. vii. JOHN MCGLAUGHON, b. 20 February 1802. viii. HARDY MCGLAUGHON, JR., b. 03 September 1806. ix. JOANNA MCGLAUGHON, b. 28 July 1808. x. MARTHA PATSY MCGLAUGHON, b. 20 December 1810. xi. DAVID GASKINS MCGLAUGHON, b. 31 July 1813, Lincoln County or Monroe County, Georgia; d. 09 January 1891, Chattahoochee County, Georgia. More About DAVID GASKINS MCGLAUGHON: Burial: Aft. 09 January 1891, Liberty Hill Cemetery, Chattahoochee County, Georgia xii. MARY MCGLAUGHON, b. 24 June 1816. Generation No. 4 7. JOHN5 HARDY (MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born Abt. 1774 in Bertie County, North Carolina, most probably, and died April 1837 in Monroe County, Mississippi. He married SUSANNA "SUCKEY" MULLINS 24 January 1804 in Warren County, Georgia, daughter of WILLIAM MULLINS and LUCY WYNNE. She was born Abt. 1784 in Halifax, Virginia, and died Abt. 1834 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Children of JOHN HARDY and SUSANNA MULLINS are: 8. i. MARGARET6 HARDY, b. 1806, Georgia; d. Bet. 1824 - 1900. ii. LUCY HARDY, b. 1808, Georgia. iii. WILLIAM M. HARDY, b. 1812, Tennessee; d. 1850; m. RHODA PREWITT, 04 May 1843, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1804 - 1826. iv. LYDIA HARDY, b. 1814, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1838 - 1908; m. WILLIAM R. JOHNSTON, 1832, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1787 - 1814; d. Bet. 1837 - 1901. v. SUSAN HARDY, b. 1816, Tennessee, or possibly Alabama; d. Bet. 1845 - 1910; m. RICHARD A. RISON, 22 August 1839, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1793 - 1819. vi. AMANDA HARDY, b. Bet. 1816 - 1818, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1847 - 1913; m. JAMES OWEN, 18 August 1842, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1790 - 1822. vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON HARDY, b. Bet. 1816 - 1818, Tennessee, or possibly Alabama; d. Bet. 1849 - 1909; m. PAULINE JANE WHITAKER, 22 August 1844, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1800 - 1827. viii. JOHN HARDY, JR., b. 1822, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1849 - 1913; m. EVELINA GANNAWAY, 30 June 1843, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1806 - 1830. 9. ix. MARTHA ANN HARDY, b. 27 June 1823, Athens, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. 08 January 1908, New York City, New York. x. HENDERSON HARDY, b. 1824, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1854 - 1915; m. MARGARET CALPURNI GREENWOOD, 12 January 1848, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1810 - 1833. xi. AUGUSTUS W. HARDY, b. 1826, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1853 - 1917; m. SARAH E. WHITAKER, Abt. 1847, Monroe County, Mississippi, probably; b. Bet. 1810 - 1834. xii. RUFFIN COLEMAN HARDY, b. 1828, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1829 - 1918. xiii. ABNER HARDY, b. 1832, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1833 - 1922. xiv. NANCY JANE HARDY, b. 1834, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. Bet. 1857 - 1928; m. HORATIO G. PERRY, 21 August 1851, Monroe County, Mississippi; b. Bet. 1806 - 1834. Generation No. 5 8. MARGARET6 HARDY (JOHN5, MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 1806 in Georgia, and died Bet. 1824 - 1900. She married WILLIAM WILSON Abt. 1829 in Monroe County, Mississippi. He was born Bet. 1789 - 1809, and died Bet. 1824 - 1895. Child of MARGARET HARDY and WILLIAM WILSON is: i. EIGHT CHILDREN7 WILSON, b. Bet. 1824 - 1847. 9. MARTHA ANN6 HARDY (JOHN5, MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 27 June 1823 in Athens, Monroe County, Mississippi, and died 08 January 1908 in New York City, New York. She married ABNER PREWITT, JR. 09 December 1841 in Monroe County, Mississippi. He was born 05 April 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died November 1854 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Child of MARTHA HARDY and ABNER PREWITT is: 10. i. HENRIETTA HARDY7 PREWITT, b. 01 July 1844, Monroe County, Mississippi; d. 25 December 1931, Sparkhill, New York. Generation No. 6 10. HENRIETTA HARDY7 PREWITT (MARTHA ANN6 HARDY, JOHN5, MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 01 July 1844 in Monroe County, Mississippi, and died 25 December 1931 in Sparkhill, New York. She married JAMES CONWELL SHOUP 17 December 1863 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. He was born 25 August 1843 in Laurel, "Indiana, and died 14 August 1898 in New York City, New York. Child of HENRIETTA PREWITT and JAMES SHOUP is: 11. i. JANE "JENNIE"8 SHOUP, b. 16 May 1873, St. Louis, Missouri; d. 07 September 1944, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Generation No. 7 11. JANE "JENNIE"8 SHOUP (HENRIETTA HARDY7 PREWITT, MARTHA ANN6 HARDY, JOHN5, MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 16 May 1873 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died 07 September 1944 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. She married EUGENE LANIER SYKES 23 December 1897 in New York City, New York. He was born 27 August 1873 in Muldon Plantation, Monroe County, Mississippi, and died 24 July 1965 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Child of JANE SHOUP and EUGENE SYKES is: 12. i. DOROTHY WAYNE9 SYKES, b. 16 December 1898, New York City, New York; d. 20 June 1962, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. Generation No. 8 12. DOROTHY WAYNE9 SYKES (JANE "JENNIE"8 SHOUP, HENRIETTA HARDY7 PREWITT, MARTHA ANN6 HARDY, JOHN5, MOURNING HOWELL4 MCGLAUGHON, ELIZABETH3 HOWELL, JOHN2, MISTER1) was born 16 December 1898 in New York City, New York, and died 20 June 1962 in Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She married JAMES FRANKLIN HALL 23 December 1919 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. He was born 22 September 1881 in Lafayette County, Mississippi, and died 01 July 1943 in New York City, New York. Child of DOROTHY SYKES and JAMES HALL is: i. JANE10 HALL, b. Private; m. (1) JACK WILLIARD HARMON; b. Private; m. (2) HARVEY CROMWELL, M. D.; b. Private. Endnotes 1. 1756 will of Captain John Howell of Bertie County, North Carolina. 2. Typewritten copy of the 1761 Inventory of John Howell of Bertie County. 3. 1761 Bertie County Records. 4. 1756 will of Captain John Howell of Bertie County, North Carolina. JOHN HOWELL of Bertie Co. (This is a copy made 1823 from Hertford Co. records) Dated 17 June 1756; probated April 1761 in Hertford Co., N.C. Wife Jane. After wife's death bulk of estate to: Mourning Howell McGLAUGHAN, a girl aged about ten years old, dau. of Elizabeth at present intermarried with Wm FLEETWOOD of said county. 12 Pounds to Thomas BRYAN son of Edward Bryan. 10 Pounds to Thomas WHITMELL son of Thomas Whitmell.. And 10 Pounds to John Fleetwood son Wm Fleetwood. If wife Jane and sd Mourning Howell McGlaughan die without issue or unmarried, etc., estate to be equally divided among: (1) John Fleetwood (a minor), son of Elizabeth and Wm Fleetwood; (2) John McGlaughan, son of James McGlaughan, dec'd.; (3) Thomas Whitmell, son of Thomas Whitmell; (4) Thomas Bryan, son of Edward Bryan- all of Bertie County. Legatee: Jeremiah HALLAM, son of John Hallam. One shilling each to my brothers Robert, Thomas, and Wm Howell, and to children of "my Brothers deceased" and to the children of "my sisters deceased." Exrs.: wife Jane, friend Edward Bryan. Signed by name. Wits.: Robert WEST (Esqr.), Jno. WILSON, Philip DISON. (Archives, File No. 10.801.4 - p. 70) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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