Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Falconer, Thomas 1756 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nola Duffy nduffy@patch.net September 7, 2008, 8:02 pm Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1756 THOMAS FALCONER'S WILL. IN THE NAME Of GOD AMEN. I, Thomas Falconer, of Chowan County, this 31st. day of Janry., 1756, being Sick & weak in body, but of perfect mind & Memory, thanks be to God for the same, & calling, to Mind the Uncertainty of this Life, & the Certainty of Death, do make & appoint this my last Will and Testament, in Manner and Form following: Imprimis. I give & restore my Soul to God from whom it came, hoping for a full Remission of all my Sins thro' the Merits & Satisfaction of Jesus Christ; and my Body I leave to be decently buried at the discretion of Executors hereafter men- tioned. Item. I will that my Funeral Expenses, & all my just Debts be paid & discharg'd, in convenient Time after my Decease. Item. I give and bequeath to my Loving Wife, Sarah, the Plantation whereon I now live, with all the land thereunto belonging, during her natural Life, and after her Decease, I give & bequeath the aforsd. Plantation with the Land thereto belonging, to my loving Nephew, James Beaseley, to him & his Heirs for Ever. Item. I give & bequeath to my loving Wife, Sarah, two Cows and Calves, two heifers, one Bull, two Steers, all of them to be of her own Choosing. I also give and bequeath her my riding Gray Mare & side Saddle, as also all my Hogs both great and small, one Loom & all the utensils for Weaving, one linnen Wheel, one Long Wheel, and all the Cards; the best bed, two pair of Sheets, one Rug & one Blanket, All of her own choice; fifteen Gallons of Malasses, all the cotton pickt and unpick't, my Chest with the Lock & Key, one Tea kettle with all its Appurtenances, with all the Earthen Ware, one Flower Sifter one Search, one Walnut Table & Table Cloth, with all the Knives & forks, two Red Leather Trunks, one Box Iron, four Heaters, one Looking Glass, six chairs, six pewter plates, two Dishes, two pewter Basons, two pewter porringers, all of her Own Choice, two Iron pots, one frying pan, two Earthen fat Pots, with all the fat in them, the Potts to be of her Own Choice. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Loving Wife, Sarah, all the wool, one Candlestick, one bible, one common Prayer Book, All the wheat, two Juniper Tubs, one Large & one small, one Stone Butter Pot, all the Provision of what Sort soever, except one barrel of Port & two Hogs to be kill'd to discharge Capt. Silvester. I also give her all the corn, two Stone Jugs, One 8 Gall. Cag, one seven Cag, I Bolster, two Pillows, four towels, one Case & six bottles belonging to the Case, 1 bucket with all the Sugar in it, the Loaf Sugar, all her wearing Clothes. Item. I give and bequeath unto Sarah Freeman, Daughter of Thomas Freeman, one Cow & Calf, and two Yearling Heifers, and three pound, ten Shillings, Proclamation Money. Item. I give and bequeath unto Richard Leary, Senr, of Tyrrell County, one close bodied Coat, two home spun Shirts, two White Shirts, one Great Coat, and my Gun. Item. I give and bequeath unto John Beasley, Son of James Beasely, 2 home spun Shirts, & one White Shirt. Item. I give and bequeath to my loving Wife, Sarah, the Hand Mill & Frame, one small Canoe, & my bedstead. Item. My Will & Desire is, that all the Residue of my Estate be sold at publick Vendue, and after my Debts be paid to be equally divided betwixt James Beasely, son of John Beasely, and Thomas Beasely, Son of James Beasely, and Mary Pain, Daughter of James Beasely. And I hereby appoint my Friends, Col. John Halsey, and Cornelius Leary, Executors to this my last Will and Testament, requesting and desiring of them to make a title to John Rowsum, his heirs & Assigns, of 100 Acres of Land, his father bought of me, beginning at the mouth of Blount Creek & running up ye Courses of ye Creek to the Head so far as to conclude 100 Acres. And I do hereby Revoke & Disannul all former Wills by me made. As Witness my hand & Seal, this 31st. day of January, 1756. THOMAS FALCONER (Seal) Sign'd, Seal'd and Acknowledged In presence of: ROBT. BEASLY. JAS. FRANS. EDWD. ROBINS. her ELIZABETH E ROWSUM. mark Whereas, Col. Jno. Halsey agreed with me for a certain parcel of Land, being part of the Land belonging to the Plantation whereon I now live, at the rate of five Shillings, Virginia Cur- rancy, Pr. Acre, the sd. Parcel of Land being bounded as follows: beginning at a Hickory & running 60 Pole to the River, thence East and by North, 36 Pole, thence South East by South, 54 Pole, Thence a straight Line to the first Station. Now, by this Codicil ann ex'd & dated the 1st. of Febry., 1756, My Will and Desire is, that Cornelius Leary, one of my Executors, do make a good and lawfull Title of the sd. Parcel of Land to Colo. Jno. Halsey, his His Heirs or Assigns upon his or their paying five Shill. Pr. Acre, according to the aforesd. Agreemt., and this Codicil I would have to be held & taken in as full, large & ample power & Vertue, as the Will to which it is annexed. Sealed with my Seal, and dated this 1st. day of Februry, 1756. THOMAS FALCONER (Seal) Sign'd, Seal'd and Pronounced, I' Presence of THOMAS PEIRCE. his JOHN I CREECY mark JAS. ERAS. EDWD. ROBINS. CHOWAN COUNTY. SS. April County Court, 1756: Present his Majesty's Justices. These may Certifie that James Francis Edward Robins, Appeared in Open Court and proved the Within Will in due form of Law. Then also Appeared John Halsey, Esquire, and was duely Qualivied as Executor to the Within Will, by taking the Oath by Law Appointed for the Qualifi- cation of Executors, and thereupon Ordered that Letters Testamentary Issue thereon as the Law directs. Test. THOMAS JONES, Cler. Cur. Copied from the Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Additional Comments: Edited and proofed by Mary Maarbjerg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/chowan/wills/falconer813gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.6 Kb