CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Marshall - 1787

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John Marshill Will, dated May 5, 1787, no probate date
Chatham Co., NC, Record of Estates, Vol. 1, pps. 31,31(b),32
NC State Archives film # C.022.50001

(My Note. John Marshill is of Quaker faith)

I John Marshill of Chatham County & State of North carolina being in 
perfect health and sound memory but knowing the mortality of my body 
and that is appointed for all men once to die I do make and ordain this
my Last Will and Testament in manner following and as touching such 
worldly Estate as hath please the lord to bless me with I bequeath give
devise allow and dispose of in manner as follows my Just debts and 
funeral charges to be first paid and of my Estate I give and bequeath 
to my dear and well beloved Wife Ruth Marshill the black mare Called 
Javel (?) to be her own property only she must give to my son Joseph
her first Colt and after share her increase with her unmarried Children 
I also give her the Case of Drawers her bed and furniture side sadle 
and all the household furniture provided she share them with her 
Children as they may grow to require them and to have her maintainance 
on the plantation that I now live on with all priviledge of house 
Orchards etc and all the moveables substance after such Legacies are
paid as I direct whilst she remains my widow but no longer I also give 
to my son Jacob Marshill twenty Shillings. I also give my son William 
Marshill twenty Shillings _ I give to my son John Marshil five pounds I
give to my Daughter Ruth Marshill a feather Bed and furniture and the
Chest that is Called hers A spinning wheel and side sadle and bridle &
a cow and Calf, and I give to my Daughter Hannah Marshill a feather bed
and furniture a spinning wheel side saddle and Bridle a Cow and Calf 
and Each of them last named twenty Shillings I also give all my Lands 
that I no hold not knowing better how to order it at this time to my 
four youngest sons
(Vizt) Benjamin, Joseph, Isaac, and Abram, & all of them a 
proportionable share of the stock of horses and cattle, I also allow 
Isaac to have the plantation that I now live on with twenty acres to 
his share more than any of the rest by reason the Land is much worn and 
Let the Land be divided in the best manner to the advantage of the 
meadow grounds,, But if my four sons Choose not to have the Land 
divided so let the Land be sold and the greatest of the prices be given
to the two youngest,, otherwise let such who keep the land pay the 
Others and Equal price as may be agreed upon and it is my Will that if 
any of them my Children decease without Issue that their Legacy be 
Equally divided between the others, and if the Land be not sold I allow
my Eldest son Jacob to pay to him that may have the worst thereof 
fifteen pounds above it in my possession at this time I allow my 
Joyners tools to be divided amongst my son as may best suit. It is also
my Will that my two grandsons John Marshill & John Dobbins have twenty 
shillings Each__ 
I also ordain and appoint my two sons Jacob & William with Ruth their 
Mother my whole and equal Executors and Executrix of this my Last Will 
and Testament,, To act in my room and in my stead as trustees of the 
whole and do charge and thusly require them to discharge their trust 
faithfully 
In Witness and Testimony whereof John Marshill hath set my hand and 
affixed my seal this tenth day of the 5th
Month commonly called May and in the
year one thousand seven hundred Eighty seven
Singed and sealed in the presence of us
William Marshill
John Davis
William Marshill Junior
Signed John Marshill {Seal}
A Copy Test John Ramsey, C. C.