CARTERET COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Enoch Ward, 13 Feb 1750
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The will of Enoch Ward, February 13, 1750 as transcribed by Fran Henderson on 
August 21, 1999 using a copy secured from the Archives in Raleigh, NC.  
Attempt has been made to retain spelling, punctuation, and capitalization as 
in the handwritten and signed copy.


In the Name of God I Enoch Ward of Carteret County in the Provience of North 
Carolina Gent:  this Thirtenth Day of Febery Anno Domini one Thousand Seven 
hundred and fifty being very Sick and week but of perfect mind and memory for 
which I praise God yet Calling to mind the mortality of my Body [marked 
through "do make"/smeared] Do make and ordain this my Last will and testament 
first I recomend and Commit my Soul unto the hands of God and my Body I Commit 
to the Earth hoping throug the merrits of Jesus Christ to obtain pardon for 
all my Sins and as touching Sutch Worldly Substance and Estate as it hath 
plesed God for to bless me with in this world I do give and Dispose There of 
in the following manner That is to Say
	Imprimis	My Will is that all my ["and" marked out] Lawful Debts 
which I Do Owe to al & all manner of person or persons whom So Ever be  each 
and every (?) paid out of my Estate by my Executors in Convenient time after 
my Death
	Item		I Lend unto my well beloved wife Mary Ward my Negros 
Sharper Dino & Jobe Deuring hur Naturall Life and my Negro boy Jack untell my 
Son Enoch Shall if he lives Come to the age of Seventeen years and one half of 
my houshold Stuf and one half of my Stock of hores Cattell Sheepe and hoggs 
which Shall be Equally Devided betwen my Three Small Children at hur Desceas 
the [letters lost in fold] __ch I leve for to Suporte and maintain my Small 
Children and to Give them Larning Moreover I do Lend unto my  s'd Wife my hous 
and and [sic] Lands that are in this neck untell my Son Enoch Shall Come to 
age of Seventeen years and then but the one half of the hous and the one half 
of the Lands
	Item		I Give unto my Son Enoch the one half of my hous and 
lands where I now live and halfe of the piney lands belonging to me and my 
Negro boy Jack when he shall come to the age of seventeen years but to remain 
under the ________ of his Mother or his brother untell he Shall Come to the 
age of Twenty one Years - - - -
	Item		I Give unto my Daugters Ann Martha Mary Elisabeth 
Sarah Abigall and Susanah the one half of my houshold Stuf and horses Cattell 
Sheep & hoggs for to be Equally Devided amoungst them and I further give Each 
of them Thirteen pound Six Shillings & eight  Pence procklimation mony to be 
paid to Each of them Out of my Estate and More over I do Give to my Daughters 
Mary Elisabeth Sarah Abigail & Seusanah two hundred and fifty acers of Banks 
to Each of them and thire heires Execu's admininst's and assignes for Ever And 
I further Give to my Daeghter Ann or her assigns Two Hundred and fifty achers 
of my Banks land but for ever Debaring [unsure here, word partly lost in fold] 
hur husband Jo's Sutton from any right title or Intrest therein or there to    
Item I Give unto James Shackellford _____ [maybe Junior] Two hundred and fifty 
Achers of my Banks land and To his heirs Excut's Adminst's or assigns for 
Ever, I give my Son Enoch one pare of Silver Buckels for Ever and all the rest 
of my Estate not hearmentioned I leve to my Son Richard his heires Execu's 
Adminst's for Ever and Lastly I Do Dissanull my Wife Mary from Disposing of 
any of my Estate but what Shall be for the bennifite and Supporte of my 
Children and to be by and with the Concent of my Executor here after Named and 
I Do by these presents [unsure] ordain and appoint my beloved Son Richard Ward 
and Ed'w Simpson Executors of this my Last will and testament and Establish 
this and no Other to be _______ [unclear] for my last will and testimony where 
of I have hearunto set my hand and fixt my Seal the Date above writen


Sign'd and Sealed
in presents of 
[signed] Ananias Cavenagh
[signed] Joshua Simpson
[signed] John Simpson                             [signed] E(torn away) Ward 



[On the back]

North Carolina
Carteret County
		At a Court of Common pleas begun & Held at Beaufort Town on 
Tuesday the fifth day of March 1750.  Present his Majesty Justice (?)  

These may Certifie that Ananias Cavenaugh & Joshua Simpson made Oath that they 
Saw Enoch Ward Sign, Seal, Publish and Declare the Within Instrument of 
Writing to be his Last Will and Testament & that John Simpson, Sen (?)  was 
present (?) at the Signing hereof and that Richard Ward and Edward Simpson 
Gent Executors herein appointed Quallifyed themselves as the Law Directs

				Test Geo. Read Clk [of Court]

The Will of Enoch Ward filed 28th Mar 1751
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Letters Granted 5 Ap'r 1751
Recorded in Book __________ page _______