Bertie County NcArchives Wills.....McCulloch, Henry 1755
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1755

                  HENRY McCULLOCH'S WILL. 

NORTH CAROLINA.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I, Henry McCulloch, Esqr., 
Secretary of the Province of North Carolina aforesaid, being 
sick and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind and 
memory, praised be God for the same, Do make and Ordain 
this to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner following, 
that is to say: First and principally, I recommend my Soul 
into the hands of Almighty God who gave it; and my Body 
to the Earth to be decently intered according to the discretion 
of my Executors herein after named: And as for such Tempo-
ral Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I Give 
and dispose thereof as followeth, to wit:

I Give unto my Dear Wife, Mary McCulloch, All that my 
Real and personal Estate, Goods and Chattels whatsoever and 
wheresoever, and of what Nature or kind soever, to be divided 
equally between my said Wife and my four Daughters, Henri-
etta Mary, Dorothy Berisford, Elizabeth Margaret, and 
Penelope Martha McCulloch, Share and Share alike, Provided 
always, and the treu intent and meaning of this my Will is, 
that my sd. Wife shall be at Liberty to pay my said Daughters 
their several proportions or Shares of my said Real and person-
al Estate, at their several age or Ages of Twenty one Years, or 
days or days or Marriage, which shall first happen, and in the 
mean time, shall, and may reimburse herself thereout the 
Costs, Charges and Expences she may be at for their several 
Maintenances and Education.

And Lastley, I Do hereby Nominate, Constitute, and Ap- 
point my said Wife, Mary McCulloch, and my worthy frend, 
John Campbell of Bertie County, in the sd. Province, Esqr., 
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby re-
voking and making Void all other and former Wills by me 
heretofore made, making this and now other, to be and 
Contain my Last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof, I have here unto Set my hand and Seal. 
The twenty fith day of October, In the Year of our Lord, 
1755.

                                  his
                         HENRY HEN:MCL. MCCULLOCH, (Seal)
                                  Mark.

Signed, Sealed, Published and 
Declared, In the presence of us, 
who have Subscribed our names 
as witnesses hereto in the pres-
ence of the Testator. (the names, 
Mary, Barisford, Margaret and
Martha, being first Interlined 
between the Ninth & Tenth Line 
from the beginning of the Will).

     WM. POWELL.
     ISC. ARTHAUD.
     WM. ROBERTSON.

On the 15th. day of November, 1755, the Above Will was proved by 
William Powell and William Robertson, two of the subscribing evidences, 
who at the same time made Oath that they saw, Ise. Arthaud, the other 
Subscribing Evidence, set his hand as a Witness thereto, and then also 
John Campbell, Execrs. named In the said Will, Appeared & Qualify'd 
himself by taking the Oath by Law Appointed.

                                            ARTHUR DOBBS.

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