Craven County, NC - Will of Francis Delamar III, 1799 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will of Francis Delamar III Craven County From NC State Archives, Raleigh NC In the Name of God Amen The fourteenth Day of December one Thousand seven hundred and Ninety Seven I Francis Delamar of the County of Craven ande State of North Carolinia Being Sick and Weak in Body but of perfecte mind and memory thanks Be to Almighty God for the Same and Calling to mind The Mortality of my Body and kowing it is appointed For all men once to Die to make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first fo all I give and Recomende my Soul into the hand of God that give it and my Body to a Christain like Burial Imprimisis I give to my Loveing wife Hasty Delamar all the Negroes and Firneture thate she had by her former husbande agreeable to his will Item I lend to my wife Hasty Delamar my house and Plantation whereon I now Live Also once Negro Man named Dave and one Negro woman Named Sabinah For her mantanance and for the Raising of my Small children which I had by her For and During her Naturale Life and ate the Expiration Whereof I give the aforesaid Land and plantation to my Son Joseph Delamar Bute if my Son Joseph Shoulde Die Before he arrives to the age of Twenty one years Then I give the Said Land ande plantation to my Daughters Elizabeth and Nancy Delamar Item I give to my son Joseph Delamar one Negro Boy Named Dave Item I give To my Daughter Elizabeth Delamar One Negro Garle Named Patt Item I give to my Daughter Nancey Delamar one Negro Garl Named Violete Item I Give to my Son Thomas Delamar one Negro man Named Simon Item I Give to my Son Nelson Delamar one Negro Man Named Moses Item I give to my Daughter Miriam Delamar One Negro Boy Named Elsech Item I give to my Son Demson Delamar one Negro weoman Named Moreah Item I Give to my Daugter Sarah Clayton one Negro Woman Named paishence and all her Increasous Item I Give to my Daughter Susanah Fulshers Children one Negro woman Named Violete and her Incrase to Be hired oute for the benifite of the said Children until the oldest arrives to the age of Twenty one years then the Said Negroes to Be Equally Divided Between the Said Children Bute If those Children Shoud Die Befor they arrive to the ages of Twenty one years my will and Desier is that all my Negro Violete Belong to my Son Thomas Delamar and my Negro Garl Paishaince Belong to my Daughter Miriam Delamar Item I give to my Loveing wife Hastey Delamar the use of all my Stock of all kinds household goods and plantation Tools fro the Term of Fourteen years then to be Divided one half to her the other half to Be Divided Between all my Children I have By her Item It is my will and Desier thate after the Dearth of my wife Hasty my Negroes David and Sebinah and her in Creace if any Be Equally Divided Between my Children I have By my Laste wife And I do herby Constitute and ordain my Loveing Wife Executrex and my Son Thomas Delamar And my Son Nelson Delamar Executors of this My Laste will and Testamente and I do (inserted above) hereby Disalow Revoke and Disanul all other former Will or wills By me made Ratifiing this and No other to be my Last Will and Testamente In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sete my hand Seale the Day and year Firste Above Written Signed Sealed Published and Delivered in preasence Thomas Sparrow Francis Delamar (Seal) Rhesa Sparrow her Tabitha X Avery mark State of North Carolina. – Craven County Court June Term 1799. Then was the above last Will & Testament of Francis Delamar decd. Proved in Open Court by the Oath of Tabitha Avery one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto and Ordered be Recorded at the Same time Hasty Delamar The Executrix and Thomas Delamar one of the Executors therein named. Qualified as such Ordered, that Ltters Testamentory ?______ Attest SamL Chapman CC ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Gail Swain ___________________________________________________________________