Patience Speller - 1738/39 - Bertie Co., NC - Wills

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Last Will and Testament    patience Speller, Bertie Precinct, NC   2-
3-1738/39

In the name of God amen ye third day of February 1738, I patience
Speller of bertie prect in ye county of Albmarl being very sick and
weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god
therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing the
its appointed for all of us once to dye do make and ordain this my
last will and testament that is so say principally and first of all I
give and recommend my soul into ye hands of god that gave it and my
body I recommend to ye earth to be buried in a decent Christian
burial at ye desecration of my ex nothing doubting but at ye general
resurrection I shall receive ye same again by ye mighty power of god
and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased god to
bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of ye same in ye
following manner and form

imprimis        I give and bequeath to my son James Swain and his heirs my
Mulatto fellow Sam

Item    I give and bequeath to my dau Patience Ray and her heirs a
mulatto girl named Sary

Item    I give and bequeath to my dau Ann Ward and her heirs a mulatto
girl named Beck  my chest of drawers

Item    I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Speller and his heirs a
mulatto boy named Isaac

I likewise desire that if ye Negro wench which is ye mother of ye
above mentioned children should ever bare another child that my son
Richard swains eldest dau should have it

I give and bequeath to my three grand children Sarah Smithwich, John
Smithwick and Elizabeth Smithwick tow cows and calves to each of
them

Item    I give and bequeath to my son Richard Swains eldest son William
Swain a young rone horse called Gackey

I likewise desire that my old Negro wench Sarah should ever live
among ye family of my children with whom of them she likes best where
she likes best there she may stay longest but never to go out of ye
family   I likewise constitute make and ordain my son James Swain and
my son Thomas Speller my sole executaors of this my last will and
testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoked and disannul all
and every other former testaments wills legacies and bequests and
executors by me in any ways before named last will and testament  In
witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal ye d and ye
year above written:

Wit:  Charlton Mizell, Philip Ward

Note: Patience speller was the wf of Stephen swain.  She md henry
speller following Stephen swain’s death in 1712/13


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Linda Harris


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