Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Duckenfield, William 1721
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1721

              WILLIAM DUCKENFIELD'S WILL. 

No. CAROLINA. Sc.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, William Duckenfield, 
formerly of Cheshire, in Great Britain, but now of Chowan 
Precinct, in North Carolina, Esq., being of sound & perfect 
mind & memory, Do make & declare these presents to be & 
containe my last Will and testarnt: hereby revoking all 
former & other Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made or 
declar'd.

First, I will that all my Lawfull Debts be well & truly paid 
& satisfied by my Executor or Executors hereafter named, 
within convenient time after my Decease.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving Brother, John 
Duckinfield, the Sum of fourty pounds P. Annum, during 
the Term of his naturale Life, to be paid unto him Yearly by 
me Executor or Executors hereafter named, out of my Estate 
which I shall leave at my decease, the first payment to become 
due & payable at the Expiration of one Year after my Decease 
& to be paid in Pork, Indian Corn, Pitch or Tarr, at the prices 
now Currant. I also Give & bequeath unto my sd. Brother, 
John Duckenfield, the the Bed he now lies on, together with the 
Furniture to the same belonging.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving Cousin, Charles 
Barber, of North Carolina, one Young Horse & one Mare & 
twenty pounds.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving Friend, Edward 
Mosely, of Chowan Precinct, Gent., the Sum of Twenty pounds 
to buy him & his wife each, a Suite of Mourning.

Item. All the rest & residue of my Estate whether Reale 
or personale, Of what Nature, Kind or Quality Soever or where-
soever, that is now due & belonging to me, Or which hereafter 
shall become due unto me by any manner of waise or means 
whatsoever, I give, devise & bequeath ye Same unto my Loving 
Cousin, Nathaniel Duckinfield, Son of my Brother, Sr. Robert 
Duckenfeild, Baronet, and to his Heirs & Assignes for ever. 
And in case my sd. Kinsman, Nathaniele Duckinfeild shall 
depart this Life before me having no Lawfull Issue, then & in 
such Case I give, devise & bequeath the Estate which I have 
intended for my sd. Kinsman & his Heirs, unto Mary, Anne, 
Susanna, Jane, Sarah, Katherine & Judith Duckinfeild, the 
Sisters of the Sd. Nathaniel of ye whole Blood & to their Heirs 
& Assigns for ever. But if my sd. Kinsman, Nathaniele 
Duckinfeilfd, shall depart this life before me & Leaving Lawful 
Issue, then my Will, true Intent & meaning is, that ye Estate 
before mentioned & every part & parcele thereof shall come,
remaine & be unto ye Lawfull Issue of my sd. Kinsman, 
Nathaniele, & their Heirs forever.

Lastly, I do hereby Nominate & appoint my sd. Kinsman, 
Nathaniele Duckenfeild to be Executor of this my Will & of all 
other Wills & Testaments whereof I am Executor, particularly 
the Will of John Arderne, late of North Carolina, bearing date 
ye twenty second clay of October, Anno Dmi. one thousand 
seven hundred & seven, & to have, take & receive all which 
shall of right appertain unto me by force of such Wills, to him 
ye sd. Nathaniele Duckinfeild & his Heirs for ever. But if 
the sd. Nathaniele, shall depart this Life before me without 
having Lawful Issue then I will that my nieces aforsd, Mary, 
Anne, Susanna, Jane, Sarah, Katherine & Judith Duckinfield, 
shall be Exors., of this my Will & of all other Wills & Testam'ts 
whereof I am Executor, particularly the Will of John Arderne 
aforsd. And then the sd. Mary, Anne, Susanna, Jane, Sarah 
Katherine & Judith Duckinfeild to have, take & receive all 
wch shall of right appertain unto me by force of such Wills, 
to them, my said Neices & their Heirs for ever.

In Testimony whereof, I the sd. William Duckenfeild, have 
hereunto sett my hand & Seale, this Seventeenth day of May, 
Anno Dmi., 1720.
                               WILLIAM DUCKENFEILD (Seal)

 Sealed, Published & declared 
In the Presence of us:
     THOMAS ASHLEY.
     JNO. POWELL.
     BENJ'N SOAMES.
         his
     JOHN I C CHERRYHOLME.
         mark.
     JOHN DUCKENFEILD. 
     ED. MOSELEY.

NORTH CAROLINA. ss. Charles Eden, Esqr., Governor.

The within Will of William Duckenfeild, Esqr., was prov'd before me 
by the Oaths of Thomas Ashley & John Cherryholme, two of the Evidences 
thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of 
Feb'ry, 1721.
                                            C. EDEN.

Letters Granted the 1st of March, 1721.

Recorded in Will Book 2, page 311, Office of the Secretary of State.


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