Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Eden, Charles 1722
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1722

               CHARLES EDEN'S WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. This twenty Sixth day of 
December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty one, I, Charles Eden, Esqr. Governor of 
the Province of North Carolina, being in a very weak & lan-
guishing Condition, but thro' the Mercy of God in a sound, 
perfect, & Disposing Mind & Memory, do make & Ordaine 
this, my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other 
& former Wills & Testaments heretofore by me made, & Con-
firming this to be my last Will.

Item. It is my Will and Desire, and I hereby order the same, 
that all my Just Debts in Great Britain be very speedily & 
punctually paid, after my Decease, according to a list of ye 
Same left in my Execut'rs Possession.

Item. I give to my Dear Niece, Mrs. Margaret Pough, 
Youngest Daughter of Robert Pough Esqr. Decsd. Five hundred 
pounds Sterling Money, of Great Britain, to be paid here at 
London, which is to be raised out of my Estate, as soon as 
possible after my Debts are paid and Satisfied.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my very Dear Friend, John 
Holloway, Esqr., of the Province of Virginia, my Negro Boy 
nam'd David, and my Gold Watch, to be delivered soon after 
my Decease.

Item. I give & bequeath to Daniell Richardsaon Esqr., his 
Choice of my Swords & Belts, the Mourning Ring left by Col. 
Hecklefeild, my horse called Taffy, my second best furniture, 
with my Boots & Silver Spurrs.

Item. It is my Will, that presently after my Decease, my 
Exr. remitt out of the Money in the House, to Authur Trevor, 
Esqr., as much as will pay the interest of one hundred pounds 
at 6 pr. Cent. p. Ann. for eight Years, the Principal being already 
paid.

Item. I give & bequeath unto Mr. James Henderson, 
Twenty pounds, Currant Money, and one hundred Acres of 
Land lying on Deerham's Creek, in Pamplicough, formerly 
belonging to John Lilington, to him & his Heirs for ever w'ch 
sd Land is bounded upon Sparrows Plantion.

Item. I give, devise & bequeath unto John Lovick, Esqr.,
Secretary of this Province, & to his Heirs & Assignes, all my 
Estate, both Reale & Personall, to raise Money to pay off my 
sd. Debts & Legacies, whom I also Nominate, Constitute & 
Appoint Exor. of this my Will.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand & Seal 
the day & Year before Written.

                                 CHARLES EDEN (seal)
Signed, Seal'd, Publish'd &
Declared to be his last Will &
Testam't in Presence of:

     MARY BADHAM.
     H. CLAYTON.
     W. BADHAM.

Proved in open Court by the Oaths of Henry Clayton & W. Badham, 
the Evidences thereto. April the 2d 1722.

                                   Test. W. BADHAM C. Cur Genl.

Mem'dum, this 9th day of February, 1721.

It's my Will & Desire that the Legacy of Twenty Pounds and 
one hundred Acres of Land, given & bequeathed to James Hen-
derson, that the Same be not paid, he having had from me 
already what I think Sufficient, and this I desire may be as firm 
as any other part of my Will.

Witness my hand.	                     CHARLES EDEN.

Witnesses:

     GEOR. ALLEN.
     KATHER LINCH.

Proved in Open Court by the Oaths of George Allen one of the Evidences 
hereto. April the 2d 1722.

                                      Test. W. BADHAM, C. Cur Genl.

Letts Granted April the 3rd 1722. 

Recorded in Will Book 2, page 299, Office of the Secretary of State.


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