CARTERET COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Mary Shackleford Cavenagh, 15 Apr 1768
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Contributor's Notes:  Following is the will of Mary Cavenagh, nee Shackleford,
who was married first to Robert Wade who died about 1744/45 (two known sons,
Jacob and Abraham and 4 daughters Mary, Sarah, Henrietta, and Jane). She was
then married to Enoch Ward in 1745 (one son, Enoch, Jr.), and then to Ananias
Cavenaugh (two daughters, Elizabeth and Joanna). Interesting aside: Enoch's
first wife was Elizabeth Shackleford, Mary's sister. 

Attempt has been made to preserve the spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation (or lack thereof) as found in the copy secured at the NC Archives
on Nov. 8, 1986 and transcribed by Frances Henderson on May 26, 1999.

In the Name of God Amen I Mary Cavenagh Widow, of Carteret County in the
Province of North Carolina being weak and sick but of Sound Mind and Memory do
make Ordain and appoint this and this only my last Will and Testament first I
bequeath my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body to the Dust to be buried in
decent manner as my afternamed Executors shall direct and appoint: and as to
what Worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I Will and dispose of
it as follows, that is to say. Imprimis, after all my just Debts and Funeral
Charges are paid and Answer'd I give and bequeath unto my two eldest Sons
Abraham and Jacob Wade one Negro Man Named Windsor jointly between them, to be
divied [divided?] and disposed of as they shall think proper: to them their
Heirs and Assigns for ever. I also bequeath unto my said Son Jacob two Cows
and Calves to him his Heirs and Assigns.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Enoch Ward One Tract of Land lying and
being in said County of Carteret at a place called Bells Neck (as mentioned in
two Patents the one granted to Ananias Cavenagh deceas'd and the remainder
Land which was purchased by said Cavenagh of Edward Ward) to him a Negro Woman
named Sarah, one girl named Violet, a girl named Junior, a girl named Dinah &
a girl named Lucy, them with their Issue to him his Heirs and Assigns for
ever. I also bequeath unto my said Son Enoch all my Household Furniture
Plantation Utensils and all my Quick Stock beside what is mentioned already
and shall be hereafter mentioned in other Legacies to him his Heirs and
Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my eldest Daughter Elizabeth Canada the Sum of
Twenty Pounds, Proclamation Mony, to her, her Heirs 

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and Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Thomson the Sum of Ten
Shillings Proclamation Mony to her, her Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Joanna Simpson the Sum of Twenty
Pounds Proclamation Mony to her, her Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Benthall the Sum of Twenty
Pounds Proclamation Mony. and one Cow and Calf to her, her Heirs and Assigns
for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Henrietta Chadwick one Negro Gril
Named Rose to her, her Heirs and Assigns for Ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Jane Davis one Negro Girl named
Flora to her, her Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto Cavenagh Simpson, son of my said Daughter Joanna
Simpson one young Mare to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto Ananias Canada, Son of my said Daughter
Elizabeth Canada one Mare to him, his Heirs and Assigns for ever.

And lastly revoking all former Wills I appoint my said Sons Jacob Wade and
Enoch Ward Executors to Execute this my last Will and Testament according to
the true intent and meaning hereof. In Witness whereof I the said Mary
Cavenagh have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Fifteenth Day of April in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Sixty Eight.

Mary Cavenagh [her mark and drawn seal]

The Name Ward was interlined 

before the executing of 

these presents,

Seal'd Sign'd and Deliver'd

in presence of Sam Leffers

Jos Davis

Peleg Durfey 

Carteret June Court 1768

This May Certify that Sam Leffers Came into Court and made Oath on the Holy
Evangelist that he Saw Mary Cavanagh Sign Seal & Deliver the foregoing Writing
To Be Her Last will and Testament and That he Saw Jos Davis & Peleg Durfey
Evedince The Said [runs off the page]

                        Test R. C.[?} Read C. I. [J?} C.