Duplin County NcArchives Wills.....Williams, John 1758
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Source: Clerk Of Court
Written: 1758

Transcribed by Sloan Mason
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Clerk of Court
Duplin County, NC
Bk. A, p. 497-498
Will of John WILLIAMS
Written: 2 August 1758
Probated: August 1761 

In the name of God, Amen, the second day of August in yr of Our Lord 1758. I, 
John WILLIAMS of Duplin County in his Majesties Province of North Carolina, 
Planter, being sick in body but of good and Perfect Memory thanks be to Almighty 
God and Calling to Remembrance the uncertainty Estate of this transitory life 
and that all people must held to death when it shall please God to Call do make 
and declare this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following first 
being penitent and sorry for all my Sins most humbly desiring forgiveness for 
the same & Commend my Soul to unto Almighty God my Savior and Redeemer whom and 
by whose Merits and believes assuredly to be Saved and to have full remission 
and forgiveness of all my Sins to inherit the Kingdom of heaven and my body I 
commit to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my Executors 
hereinafter Named and further disposing of my temporal Estate and such goods 
chattels and debts as it both Cleared good to bestow upon me, I do ordain give 
and dispose the same in Manner and form following Improvise I give unto my 
Beloved wife Prudence WILLIAMS after all my Lawful debts are Paid the Liberty to 
Live upon and Improved the one half of my Plantation which I now Live upon and 
one half of my houses and one half of my household stuff and one half of my 
Stock both Cattle horses hogs and sheep so long as the ---? to him my widowhood 
on her marriage or death to Return unto my Son, James WILLIAMS.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Son John WILLIAMS all my Rites to a 
Plantation which I formerly lived at for? Plantation --- And? Negro MARY and her 
child ROSE at my wife's death and I likewise give unto him one Ewe and Lamb and 
one son and? Pigs.
Item: I give and Bequest unto my beloved Daughter Charity PRESCOT? besides what 
she has already had one Ewe and Lamb and one Sow and pigs.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my beloved daughter Percilla BARFIELD besides 
what she has already had one Ewe and Lamb and one Sow and Pigs.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son, James WILLIAMS all my Plantation 
which I now live upon with all my land being in Duplin County Province aforesaid 
with all my buildings and -- and orchards belongings referred? all my house hold 
stuff with all my movable Estate thereto an likewise all the Remaining not 
before given in this Will and all debts and demands whatsoever or his mother's 
marriage or death all that she leases or any kind Estate and release that my 
grand son William PRESCOT  have ten pounds out of my Estate (Joseph SUTTON, 
crossed out) and hereby move and appoint my Loving Son James WILLIAMS with my 
friend Joseph SUTTON free and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament 
hereby revoking disannulling and making Void all former Wills and Benefits by me 
made and declare they only to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness where of 
I have Set my hand and Seal - Year and Day above Written.
John (his XX? name) WILLIAMS (Seal)

Proved: August Term 1761


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