CHOWAN COUNTY, NC - Will - William Hill, 1751. ========================================================================= 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: Robert F. Hill May 1999 ========================================================================== Transcribed by Robert F. Hill from the original documents located at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, NC. Will of William Hill 1751 Chowan County NC North Carolina | Chowan County | Know all men by these presents that I William Hill Husbandman of the place aforesaid being very sick and weak of Body but of Disposing mind & memory. Thanks be given to God therefor and Calling to mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain these presents to Contain my last Will & Testament. Viz Principally & first of alle I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God That Gave it & my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent & Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named; and as Touching Such worldly Estate & Goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give Devise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner & Form - Viz. First my will is that my Just Debts & Funeral Expenses be paid & Defraid by my Ex- in Convenient time after my Decease - Imprimus I give to my Grandson Aaron Hill Son of Moses Hill part of a Tract of Land which my Father in Law Thomas Spive Gave to me by his Last will & Testemt lying up a branch that issues ought of Cathern Creek above the Plantation where my son Moses Hill lived, & my Said Grandson to have that part joyning to the said Land belonging to his Father Moses Hill to be Bounded as Follows beginning at the mouth of a Small branch which is the first small Branch above the Fork of the main Branch on the East side & to be Divided by a parallel line across the other Branch which James Griffin lives on and my said Grandson Aaron Hill to have that part adjacent to his own to him his Heirs & assigns for Ever - - Item, I Give to My Grandson Robert Hill Son of Aaron Hill all the remainder of the above said tract of Land to him his Heirs & assigns forever Item I Give to my said Grandsons Aaron & Robert Hill all the Residue of my woodland lands to be Eaqually Divided Between them & Aaron to have the South Side thereof to them their heirs & assigns for Ever - - Item I Give to my Daughter Rachel Hill one white mare in the woods. also one Cow & Two year old Heiffer, also one Feather Bed & pair of Sheets which have all gone by the name of hers, to her & her heirs for Ever Item I Give to my Son William Hill my Hunting Gun; also all my wearing apparel - - Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Barrow wife of Joseph Barrow sener one Large Brass kittle also one Ovel pine table being part of my Father in Law Thos. Spives Household Goods to her & her disposal - - Item I Give to my Grandaughter Mary Nicholson Daughter of Thos. Nicholson one Large Iron Pot, also one wooden Cubbord, being part of the Household Goods of the sd. Thos. Spive to her & her Disposal after the Decease of her mother Mary Nicholson - - Item I Give to my well beloved Wife Mary Hill the use of all the Residue or Remainder part of my Personal Estate whatsoever during the term or time of her Natural Life & after her Decease to be Equally Divided amongst my Seven Children now living in the County of Albermarl Viz Aaron Hill Sarah Barrow Mary Nicholson Susannah White Leah Moore Rachel Hill & Ruth Davis and then to them & their Disposal æ Lastly I do hereby Appoint Constitute & ordain my loving son Aaron Hill & trusty Son in Law Thomas Nicholson Executors of this my Last will & Testament Hereby disanulling, Recoking & Disallowing all & every other Formes Will Testament Bequest or Executor before this time by me named willed or Bequeathed Ratifing & Confirming this & no other to by my last will & Testiment - - Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared By the Said William Hill To be his Last Will & Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers This Tenth Day of the first month William Hill his mark {seal} Commonly called March 1750/51 Exet Qualified James Griffin Jethro Rabey his mark Jurat Ann Peters her mark North Carolina | Chowan County | April County Court 1751 Present His Magestys Justices These may Certifie that Jethro Rabey a subscribing Evidence to the within will appeared in open Court & made Oath on the Holy Evangelist that he was Present & saw William Hill Sign Seal Publish and Declare the within to be and contain his last Will and Testament and that the said William Hill was then and at that time of sound & Disposing Memory and that he also saw James Griffin and Ann Peters sign their names hereto the same ____ then appeared Aaron Hill [struck thru: & Thomas Nicholson Executors] Mentioned in said Will in open Court and took the Executors Oath in due form of Law / Order: that the Hon. Nath[?] Rice[?] Esq. Secretary of said Province have Notice thereof that Letters Testamentory Issue thereon as the Law Directs Test I C Cravinces Letters issued March 24:1752