Brunswick County NcArchives Wills.....Whitehurst, Thomas 1766
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Source: N C Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1766

               THOMAS WHITEHURST'S WILL. 

North Carolina. 

In the Name of God Amen. I, Thomas Whitehurst, Lieu- 
tenant in the Royal Navy, being Weak in Body, but of Sound 
Mind, Memory and Understanding, Do make and Ordain this 
to be my last Will and Testament in Writing, in Manner and 
Form, following, that is to say: 

First, I Desire that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences 
be first Discharged. 

Also, I Give and Bequeath the Sum of fifty pounds, Lawful 
money of Great Brittain, belonging to me in the hands of my 
Agent, Mr. George Marsh, of Savage Gardens, Tower Hill, 
London, unto William Grenfell Lobb, Youngest Son of Jacob 
Lobb, Esquire, Commander of his Majesty's Sloop, the Viper. 

Also, I Give and Devise all that peice of Land, Commonly 
known by the Name of Styles Copp, within Six Miles of the 
Town of Stafford, in the County of Stafford, in the Kingdom of 
Great Brittain, (Subject to a Lean made from me unto my Uncle, 
John Whitehurst), unto My Sister, Ann Whitehurst, her Heirs 
and Assigns for Ever. 

And Whatever Estate, Real and personal, not heretofore 
bequeathed, I dye Possessed of; I Give, Bequeath and Devise 
unto my said Dear Sister, Anne Whitehurst, her Heirs and As- 
signs for Ever. 

And I do hereby publish and Declare this to be my last 
will and Testament and appoint my said Sister, Executrix and 
the said Jacob Lobb, Executor of this my last Will and Testa- 
ment, hereby Revoking all other wills by me heretofore Made. 

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal 
this Twenty second day of March, in the year of our Lord, One 
thousand, Seven hundred and Sixty five. 

John Whitehurst. 
(Impression of Head on Seal) 

Signed, Sealed, published and 
Declared by the Testator in the 
presence of us, who have subscrib- 
ed our Names in his presence, and 
in the presence of Each other: (the 
words "not heretofore bequeath- 
ed" being previously inserted in 
the Seventeenth line from the 
Top). J. Eustace. 

Thos. Cobham. 
Thos. McGwire. 

North Carolina, Brusnwick, the 23, June, 1766. 

Then personally Appeared before my Thomas Cobham, one of the sub- 
scribing Witnesses to the foregoing Will, and Made Oath on the Holy 
Evangelists of Almighty God, that he saw Thomas Whitehurst, sign, seal 
and Publish the foregoing as and for his last Will and Testament; and that 
the said Thomas Whitehurst was at the same Time (to the best of His 
knowledge and Belief) of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory, and 
that he, the said Thomas Cobham, together with John Eustace, and Thomas 
McGwire, subscribed their Names as Witnesses thereto in the Presence of 
the Testator. Wm. Tryon. 

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


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