Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Pollock, Thomas 1722 ************************************************ 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 January 29, 2009, 7:59 am Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1722 THOMAS POLLOCK, SR.'S WILL. IN THE NAME OFF GOD, AMEN, I, Thomas Pollock, Senr., off Chowan Precinct, in North Carolina, Mercht., being off Perfect Memory & Judgem't (Praised be God ffor ye same), Doe make ys my Last Will & Testament, Hereby absolutely Revokeing all others, And this to be Taken only as my Last Will & Testament. Imprimis, I give and Bequeath my soul to Almighty God; and my Body to ye Ground to be Decently Buried by my Execu- tors Hereafter mentioned; And ffor what Estate it hath Pleased God to Bestow upon me, I Give & Bequeath as Followeth: Item, As for my Daughter, Martha, Lately maryed to Mr. Thos. Bray, I haveing Given & Delivered to her already Her full Portion, Therefor I Hereby Cut Her of ffrom any part more of my Estate whatsoever, Either By Pretence of Deeds of Gift, or any other wise Whatsoever. And more Especially, I Hereby Make Null and Void and of None Effect, A Deed of Gift to her, Dated June, 1709, Being to Mr. David Henderson, for her use, and recorded by Nathaniel Chevin (?) Esqr., in ye Secretarys Office: Aprill: the 15: 1712: Being therein a Clause Giveing me Power of Revocation and makeing of it Null, Void & of None Effect by any Writing under my Hand & seall. Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my Son, Thomas, his Heirs & Assigns for Ever, Fifteen Hundred & ffity Acres of Land, Contained in one purchas lying on ye South west side of Chowan River, Between Mr. Kings & Thos. Daniels Old ffield; The Land Lately Purchased of of Thomas Daniel, Lying Between the upper side of the forsd. Land & John Rasberrys Lowest Line; also, ye Land Purchsed of James Wilkeson, Bounded Between ye said Mr. King and the forsd. fifteen Hundred & fifth acres; Also, the Land Lately Purchased of Martin Fred- erick Rasor, The five Back Tracks of Lightwood Land Between the forsd. Lands & Eastermost Swamp of Samon Creek, The Land where ffirebent Built ye Mill; and also, Eight Thousand ffive hundred on Mill-Creek, with fifteen Hundred acres to be added to ye same; according To a Warrant for ten thousand acres from ye Lords Propiertors to w'ch Now I have ye Right, Lying on Mill-creek in Bath County; and also, two thousand ffive Hundred & sixty acres in the ffork of Raquis, Called Springfield. All which Land I Give & Bequeath to my sd. son, Thomas, his Heirs & assigns for Ever. Item, I Give & Bequeath unto my son, Cullen, his Heirs & assigns for Ever, Two thousand and ffive Hundred Acres of Land lying on the South Side of Moratock River, Called Cane- carora; Also, ye six Hundred & fforty acres of Land Joyning to ye sd. Cullen Lapsed Land on Bridges Creek, at Weeka- canaan. A Tract of Land containing Two thousand, Eight Hundred acres Lying on Cassayah, called Rose-field; All ye Land on Moratock Joyning to Where Bowman now Lives; Likewise ye Land Purchased of Richard Rose, Joyning to ye Lower-Side of ye Land Last mentioned; and also, ye Land on the South side of moratock-bay, Where my Negros are now Cleareing; Also, Nine hundred Acres of Land on Neus River fork, Called New-Bern. All w'ch Land, I Give & Bequeath to my sd. son Cullen, his Heirs & assigns ffor Ever. Item, I Give & Bequeath unto my Son, George, his Heirs & assigns ffor Ever, The Land Lately Bought of Major Robert West, on w'ch I now Live; The Land belonging to me Joyning ye sd. Land where I now Live, and ye Land Joining on yt W'ch I bought of Cary Gobbee; Also, A tract of Land I Lately bought of Thos. West, Joyning to Parrots Land. The Land wher Samll. Edmunds Lived; Wher John Griffin Lived, Neare Bavie swamp; Where Wilson Lived att Weekacoon Creek; And wher John Mainard Lived at Pettishore; also, two thou- sand ffour hundred acres Called Crany Island; Two-thousand, Two Hundred acres lyeing on ye south-side of Neus River & west-side of Core-Creek; also, Seven Hundred and Ten acres, Lying on the North side of Trent River called, ye Halfe-way House; Two Hundred & twenty acres Lyeing on ye Est-side of Core-Creek; The Land wher Leonard Loften Lived on ye South Shore; Three hundred and sixty acres of Land lying on Boag Sound; Two Hundred and ffifteen acres Lyeing in the fork of Chester Creek On White-Oake River; One Hundred & fifty acres lyeing on ye south-side of Nuse River at ye head of Bennys Creek; Also, five thousand Acres to be taken up to ye southward of Nuse River by a Warrant from ye Proprieters to w'ch now I have a right; also, six-hundred & forty Acres on Nuse River, Called Wilkesons Point, in One Purchased Patent; All w'ch Land, I Give & Bequeath to my Son, George, his Heirs & assigns for Ever. Item, I give and Bequeath to my son, Thomas, his Exers., admrs. or assigns: Pompey, Molaina, Maneuell, Cate, Scipio & Moll, wth ye Children Ruth, Joe, & Moll; Abraham & Dina his wife; Notoose Cesar, his wife Bess Tody; Scipio & Coylo, Harry, Jack-fiddle, Coffe Jackco, & Joe, franks son; Charls & Becke, tottes Daughter, All w'ch Negroes or slaves, I Give & Bequeath unto my son, Thomas, his Excrs. adms., or assigns for Ever. Item, I Give & Bequeath to my Son, Cullen, his Exers., admrs., or assigns: Diego, Long Mingo, old mingo, Young mingo, Cajo & Venus, Stevens, George, papa Ceasar, Bowman, Jueda, Long-Dick & Bess, Wife; Little-Dick & Bess, & Debora, Little Bette, West & Ceasar; Cottoes Children, Pattey & Jack; tom's Children, Sarah & Toms Eldest-son next to Jack; & Ruth, Hannas Daughter. All w'ch Negroes or Slaves I Give & Bequeath unto my son Cullen, his Exrs. Admrs. or assigns for Ever. Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my son, George, his Exrs., admrs. or assigns; Franke, Sambo, Cesar I bought of Gainsbe; Peter, Little-Will & Caramante Will, Dowe, Sharper & Frank, old torn and naney, London & Bettey; Little tom, Mols Son; Little Nane; Little Manewell, Nane's youngest Garle; Venus's Child, Patience; Dina, Jeneys daughter; Tomboy, & Ceasar, his son; and all toteys Children w'ch She will have hereafter; all w'ch Negroes or Slaves, I Give & Bequeath to my Son, George, his Exrs. admrs. or assigns for Ever. Item, I give and Bequeath to my son, Thomas, his Heirs & assigns for ever, Eight-thousand, Nine-Hundred acres of Land Lying on ye West side of the Eastermost Branch of Salmon- Creek, Reserving free liberty to my son George, to make what Pitch and Tar he sees fitting on ye same, with his hands, for the space of three or four years after My Death. Item, I Give & Bequeath to my son, Cullen, One hundred pound to be paid in Boston, and also, five thousand foot of plank which I have sent for from Boston. Item, I give & Bequeath to my son George, his Heirs or as- signs for Ever, a Tract of Land lyeing on South-Lancaster, formerly belonging to Co11'11 William Wilkeson. Item, I Give & Bequeath to my son, George, sixty pound to be paid in Boston. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my three sons, Viz: Thomas, Cullen, & George, all my other Lands, Tenements, Mortgages, Extents, Annuities, annuel Rents, Remainders, Revertions or any Other Heridatements, whatsoever, In what part of ye World soever, Whether here in america, or Scotland, or any other part of ye World, whereunto I have any Right, Title or Interest, To be Equally, Devided by yin & to be Held in Common & not in Joint-Tenancy. Item, as to all my other Personall Estate, whatsoever, not hereabove Bequeathed, of what Kind soever, Debts Due to me, Negros, Stocks of Horses, cattle, Hogs, &c.; What monay may Be. Due to me in New England or any other Place in ye World, Money, Plates, Jewels, Books, Arms, Household-goods; and Every thing else of whatever Kind in Whatever Place or Countery, Properly belonging to me; I Give & Bequeath to my forsd. Three Sons, Thomas, Cullen & George, Equally to be Devided among them. Item, as to the Warrants for fifteen Hundred acres of Land to my son Thomas, & five thousand acres of Land to my son George, if it be Not Layed out and surveyed to them, & Each of them, their Heirs or assigns wth One year after my Death, Then, that they have a porpotionable allowance from ye others as to ye Quantity of the land they Loose; of the full Value thereof as they Can agree. Item, as to ye crop Now on ye Ground, and what Pitch & Tar ye hands in ye woods makes until ye first of aprill Next, shall be Equally Divided amoungst my three Sons, Thomas, Cullen & George. Lastly, I Make, Constitute, & Appoint my three Sons, Thomas, Cullen, & George, my whole & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, and they to pay all my lawfull & Just Debts; Especially, ten Pound, Ten shillings, that I owe to one Joseph Mills, of Bermudas, Marrimer, Being Part of Twenty four pounds yt I owe him, ye other Thirteen pound, teen Shillings being paid by Captn. David Henderson, unto one Boas Bell, of Bermudas, by his order, & a Receipts thereof given on the Back of my Note to him; also all Charges for ye Building the House at Black-Rock, to be Paid out of ye Tar & Pitch, first made by ye Hands. Item, To Explain & make more Clere Som Land Willed before to my son, Cullen, Lying on ye south-side of Morat- tock-River, on both sides Roses Creek, thes are to Certify yt it contains Three thousand five hundred & fifty acres of Land in one Purchase Patent; also ye Land on Casaya River, to Contain Two-thousand, Eight hundred & tenn acres in a purchased Patent; also, ye Land on Moratock Called Cona- caroro, to Contaon two thousand, five hundred & sixty Acres in one Purchased Patent, all w'ch Land I have given, & Doe hereby Give unto my son, Cullen, his heirs & assigns for Ever. THOS. POLLOCK. (Seal) Signed, Sealed, Published by the sd. Thomas Pollock as his Last will & Testament, in the Presence of us the Subscribers: JOHN BURNNELL, his WILLIAM HARDY, W. mark. JAMES CASTELAW, DAVID HENDERSON. LAWRANCE SARSON. JAMES CASTELLAW. ROBERT WICKS, X. his mark. (the Two Interlineations set Down in ye margin of this Will was acknowledged by the Testator to Be Done Before the sign- ing, before us the subscribers, this Eighth Day of august, 1721.) DAVID HENDERSON. LAWRANCE SARASON. JAMES CASTELLAW. And, whereas, Since the publishing of my above written will and Testament, I have Expended and Laid out for a house at Black Rock (when mr. West the Carpentare is paid what is due to him for his worke there) for my Son; Thomas, Twoe hundred Pound, and also Ten Pound more for New England plank, makeing in all Twoe hundred and Ten Pound, And, whereas also, I have been out and expended upon a House for my Son Cullen, on the South Shore (when mr. West the Carpentare is paid for what worke he bath done ther, (to wit) the covering the house, doeing the Dormant Win- does, and makeing upe the Gavel end of the Sd. House, and when Cullen hath what Glass is in the House that will answer his purposes, and what nailes he will have occasion of for the Said House, The Sume of Three hundred Pounds I Reckon (?) and being willing for my Sons all Equall, so near as I can Judge, Doe Therefore by this Codicil, will and bequeath to my Son, George, (he haveing no House built) besides his Equall Share of all the rest of my Moveable Estate, Two hundred and eighty Pounds ,whereof one Hundred pound to be paid in New England, and the other one hundred and eighty to be paid out of my moveable and personal estate here, w'th Twenty Pound, that I value the old houses here where I live, will make upe the Three hundred Pound equall to my Son, Cullens. Also, To make upe my Son, Thomas Part, equall w'th cullens, I valueing the Houses at Black Rocke at Ten Pound, doe hereby give and bequeath to my sd. Son, Thomas, Eighty Pound, to be paid out of my moveable and Personall estate in this Provence. In my accounting above in this codicill concerning Cullens House standing in Three Hundred Pound, I made a mistake in not mentioning That mr. Coke, the Bricklayer, wages for mak- ing, Laying the Bricks in the chimneys, Sellar, underpining, and doeing all the other worke agreed fer, is part of the Three hundred Pound, and is to be paid out of my personall estate. Also, he is to have what lands ar necessary for him for Burning the * * * * * Bricks, or what other worke he hath occasion for, to finish the worke he hath agreed for, where- fore my will is that the Bricklayer aforsd. be paid out of my personall estate befor Shared. Also, I give and bequeath unto my Son, Thomas, one Third Part of all the vessels, clearances, whether it be in money, * * bils to New England or Elsewher. also, I give and Bequeath to my Son, Cullen, Six Pound to be paid him in the first goods from New England, at first cost, I owing him so much, also, I give and bequeath to my Son, George, Twenty Pound to be paid him in the first goods I have come in from Boston, I oweing him so much. also, Elisebeth Hawkins, wife to Thomas Hawkins at the South Shore, haveing lived with me about twoe year after the Expiration of her time of servitude, Wherefore, I hereby order and appoint my Executors to pay to whomsoever she shall order them to pay, by a writting in her hand in whole or in Part (Her husband not to have therein) Fourty Pound currant money of this Provence. in presence of________________ I sett my hand and Seal, 20 day of July 1722: THO. POLLOCK. (Seal) Signed, Sealed, and delivered ye as my last will and Testament be- for the following witness: THOMAS NEWNAM. WILLIAM LITTLE. his JOSEPH X SKITTLETHORP. mark BERTIE PRECINCT. Sc. February Court, 1722. The Revd. Thomas Newnam Clark came into Court and made Oath That he Saw Thomas Pollock Sign the above and acknowledge the same as his last Will and Testament. Test. F. FORSTER, Cler. Cur. BERTIE PRECINCT. SC. Februeary Court, 1722. James Castellaw came into Court and produced the above Will being an Evidence to Seven Several places in the sd. Will and made Oath that he saw the Sd. Thos. Pollock Sign & publish the sd. Will as his last Will and Testamt. and that the several Interlineations in sd. Will was writ at the time of the Signing thereof Test. FR. FORSTER, Cler. Cur. Copied from Original Will, Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. 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