CHOWAN COUNTY, NC - Will - William Freeman, 1737. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Margaret Driskill 1998 ======================================================================== Original in the Secretary of State Wills, 1663-1789, NC Archives, SS.845, Raleigh, NC Will of William Freeman, 1737 In the name of God Amen this seventh day of Feabruary in the year of our Lord God Seventeen hundred and thirty five I William Freeman of the County of Albermarle and precenct of Chowan in North Carolina being very sick and week of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God for it I do make and ...declare this my Last will and testament in manor and for me following that this is...first and chiefly I give my soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body Commend to the earth to be deasently buried in Christian Like burriell at the Descretion of my ...to appoint nothing ..but at the geniall resurriction I shall recerion the same .. Again by the desarts to bestow upon me I give and dispose of the same immornor and for me following and I do have by word made void and disanmilo all former will or wills by and or testaments by me do dared wither by word or wrighting and this to be taken for my Last will and testament and no other I give devise and bequeth unto my beloved son John Freeman the plantation where on he now Lives and also my neagro named Called ...after the change of my Well beloved wife Mary Freeman condition either by death or marriage which shall first happen and then I say to him and his heirs for ever I give devise and bequeath unto my well beloved son William Freeman the plantation and Land where on he now Lives and also my neagro man Called And ... to be deliver to him at the change of my well beloved wife Mary Freeman condition either by death or marriage which ever first happen and then I say to him and his heirs for ever I give devise and bequith unto my Well beloved son Thomas Freeman the plantation and Land where on he now Lives in the Indian neck and also my neagro boy called Emprorour to be delivered to him at the change of my well beloved wife Mary Freemans condition either by death or mariage which shall first happen and then I say to him and his heirs for ever I give devise and bequieth unto my well beloved son Richard Freeman the plantation and Land on which I now Live and also my neagro girle Callie Rachell to ... of my well belove wife Mary Freemans condition either by death or maridge which shall first hapen but my will and pleasure is that my son Richard Freeman shall not seek to debar my well beloved wife Mary Freeman of her right of Dowrey on the plantation now and not during the time of her widdowhood and the change of her condition than the plantation and Land and neagro to go to him and his heirs for ever I give devise and bequith unto my two well beloved sons Aron Freeman and Samuel Freeman my plantation and Land containing five hundred and forty acres is to be eaqually divided to both them and the Land now lieng in Aerle presenct also I give to my son Aron Freeman my negaro girle called Jude and my will and pleasure is that my son Samuel Freeman shall have the first neagro child that shall be borne of any of the neagro women or girls before mentioned that neagros to be delivered is my tow sons before mentioned at the change of my well beloved wife Mary Freemans condition either by death or mariage which shall first happen and then I say to them and their heirs for ever I leave my well beloved wife Mary Freeman the use of all my personall estate with the neagros before mentiond and what the profis of the plantation wher on I now Live during the time of her widdowhood and at the change of her condition either by death or mariage which shall first happen to be orgreally decided the Leagusies above ... or having first paid out between my well beloved wife Mary Freeman and my five sons John William Thomas Richard Aron and Samuel Freemans only my will and pleasure is that my three youngest sons Richard Aron and Samuel Freeman shall have each of them a feather bed and the furniture belonging to it in their ..before the devison is made and then to be oagrially ..between my well beloved wife and my five sons before mentioned and if the condition shall happen by the mariage of my wife to have a childs portion so I say to them and their heirs for ever Lastly I nominate appoint and ordaine my well beloved wife Mary Freeman and my well beloved son John Freeman to be my ..and soule executors together my Last will and testament done by me and performed according ..with not whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seal today and year first .. Signed sealed declared and pronounced in the presents of us his Walter Drouglas William X Freeman John Freeman marke The Last will and testament of WM Freeman August sy 15th 1737 Personally appeared before me Walter Doughan John Freeman Thomas Roundtree Senior who made oath that they saw..Freeman publish the within as his last will y testament and he was of sould mind y in ..at that time W. Smithe At 7 ..time Mary Freeman John Freeman took oath appointed by law to be taken by executors W. Smith