Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Little, William 1734 ************************************************ 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 October 31, 2008, 5:07 pm Source: Nc Wills & Estates - Grimes Written: 1734 WILLIAM LITTLE'S WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, William Little, of North Carolina, do make this my last will & Testament, trusting in Gods great Mercy for my Everlasting State. Imprim's, I make my dear & loving wife, Penelope Little, my good friends, Christopher Gale, Edmond Gale & Edward Salter, and my brother, John Arbuthnot, Exec's. of this my last will & Testament; and I do hereby give & bequeath to my loving wife Penelope Little, her heirs & assigns, my house in Edenton lately leased to mr. Rice, together with ye gardens, outhouses, pastures, & all the lands, and all appurtenances; She discharging ye hundred pound taken up of ye publick, for which it is mortgaged; also, I give to my sd. wife my negros, Harry, Daniel, Phoebe, Maggy and her child Phibby, & my best horse, and one half of my household goods & furniture; the other half I give to my Daughter, Penelope Little; also, I give to my sd. Daughter, Penelope Little, & her heirs and assigns, my half ye mill att Hoskins bridge near Edenton; & my half ye three tracts of lightwood land att meherrin, patented in John Bonds name, but I pay'd ye purchase & he is to make a title ; also, I give my sd. Daughter, my negro Girl Hannah, and I appoint Christopher Gale, Esqr., Guardian of my sd. Daughter, & I do hereby Impower him, or on his decease, ye Survivors of my Exrs. Such of them as shall be in Carolina, to Sell any of her Estate, real or personal, if thought for her benefit, & I would have her still kept at Boston & maintained out of ye Income of her mill, and what Can be made of ye light wood lands & other Estate. Also, I give my Son, George Little, his heirs & assigns, all my lands in meherrin neck, with what Stock is, or shall, at my decease be thereon, Including also ye land whereon Tayler lived adjacent to ye sd. neck, and whereas in my purchase patent for the sd. lands, there is Included some lands of the Poweys & others, with intent to buy their right out, my will is that out of my debts {or goods to hereafter sold}, that are due to me if it shall more than pay ye Debts I owe, that my Execrs. therewith, if to be done at a moderate price, do buy out the Same, or what they can thereof, & if John Ryly wil quit his Claim there, I devise to ye sd. John Ryly & his heirs my land bought of John Badsey? near where Joseph Durds lived, but if not, then I devise ye Same to my Son, George, & his heirs, together with what shall be bought as afsd. Also, I will that my books lent out, be got in, & all my books sold, & out of ye produce two negros to be bought, viz: one feild negro woman likely for breeding, whom I give to my Son, George, & one young negro woman or girl of about four- teen years, which I give to my daughter, Penelope. Also, I give my son, George, my negros Sampson & Scipio, only my will is that my Son, Georges negroes be kept att work on ye plantation at occaneechy with ye others, which I hereby give my Son, William Little, viz: Boston, Plymouth, Jock, Dinah & her Child, & Jap. I wil that out of ye produce of their labour & ye hoggs & Stears fit for killing, & what Shall be raised, be apply'd towards paying of the four hundred pounds taken up on mortgage from ye Country, viz: two hundred pounds on ye meherrin lands & Two hundred pounds on my Occaneechy land by Edward Hocot. Also, I give & devise to my Son, William, his heirs & as- signs, all my lands in occaneechy & that near ye Court house in Bertie, given my by Wm. Banks, and all my land att Shac & Swift Creek & places adjacent; also ye lands whereon John Pratt lives, and all other my lands & real Estate Whatsoever & wheresoever, Saving yt my wil is, if ye sd. John Prat, who is Considerably in my debt wil Com to a fair acc't & discharge ye Same, I wil & Impower my sd. Exec's., or ye Survivors of them, or Such as shall be in Carolina, to make ye sd. Prat a title in fee, to one half of ye sd. land he lives on, which I bought of Watkins. Also I give my sd. Son, William Little, all ye Stock of Cattle, hoggs, horses, & all tools & utensils att my sd. plantations at occaneechy, Except ye use & produce thereof til ye aforsd. publick money be raised & discharged. In my publick accts. as Recr. Genll, made up a filed in ye Council Office, there is a Smal Ballance of bills now due from me, provided what is outstanding can be got in which has been stopt. but Since that there is much * * (Illegible) my labour as cheif Justice & holding the courts of oyer & Terminor, which I Expect my Execr. to receive in proclamation money or Equivalint, and when my debts I owe & Legacyes are payed out of what is due to me, & other my personal Estate as herein disposed of, I devise ye sd. residue of my sd. personal Estate, ye one half to my wife, ye other half to my children, to be Equaly devided between them. Also, I give my wife ye use & liberty of living on any of my plantations during her widohood & ye use of any Stock or houses for her & her childrens maintenance. And I do ap- point her guardian of my young Son, George, & I appoint my friend, Edward Salter, Guradian of my Son, William & his Estate, to let, dispos & manage ye same in ye most beneficial manner, & to Educate him ye best he Can, trusting in his Care & friendship to my dear Child. Also, I give to my wife ye use of and Service of my molatto Girl, Jenny alt. Jemima, & her negro Girl Bess, till free, with whom I have been at great Expense, & my will is that altho ye sd. Jemima hath no title to any of ye lands intended for her by ye old negro Bunch, yet as there was an Equitable Intent of some benefit to her, I will that there be payd to her & her Sister, at Capt. Bryants, five pounds Each, as they Come of age respectively, in Virginia Currency or Equivall. & I leave it to my wifes discretion do discharge ye sd. Jenny als. Jemima at ye age of Twenty one or to hold her til thirty one years of age after ye Custom of molattos. Also, I give to my friend, Robert Forstor, my Sword & Cloaths, left me as a legacy by my dear friend mr. Lovick; & ye rest of my Cloaths I leave at my wifes discretion to be disposed among my friends. Also, I give to a Mourning ring, and one to each of my execrs. & to my brothers, Isaac Little & John Arbuthnot & my Dear Sister aubuthnot & My Sister Barker; also a handsome ring to mrs. Penelope Lovick, widow of my Dear friend, John Lovick, as a Small token of my Es- teemed Value for her. Lastly, I hereby revoke all other wills by me made, & ap- point this my last will & Testament. In Testimony whereof, I have Signed & Sealed & published ye Same to be my will, this 25th. day of June, 1734. WILLIAM LITTLE. Signed, Sealed & published in presence of us: Test: JOHN BOYD. JOHN CROWELL. JOHN PARKER. NO. CAROLINA. SC. These may certify That the Reverend Mr. John Boyd, and John Parker, Two of the Subscribing Evidences to this Will, made Oath on the Holy Evangelists, that they saw William Little, Sign, Seal. publish & declare these presents to be & contain his last will & Testament. Sworn before me the 5th, Septr., 1734. GEO. BURRINGTON. Copied from Original Will, Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/chowan/wills/little500wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 7.9 Kb