Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Jones, John 1758 ************************************************ 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: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com June 21, 2011, 10:53 am Source: N C Archives Written: 1758 Jones, John will date 24 Oct. 1757, date recorded June Ct. 1758: In the name of God Amen. The twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, I John Jones being sick and weake in Body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto Almighty God: Therefore Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament; that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my executors; nothing doubting but at the General Resurection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased Allmighty God to Bless me in this life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form----- Item- I lend to my well beloved son Wallis Jones one Negro girl called (Moll) to him and his wife during there natural life and after there decease I give the aforesaid Negro girl to there son, John Jones to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body for ever by them freely to be possessed and enjoyed she and her increase-------Item I give to my well beloved son Etheldred Jones one Negro woman called Young (Judee) she and her increase to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever (probably a line or a few words missing here) my will and desire is that my son in law Thomas Spell may have her until my son Etheldred either comes or sends for her. Item I lend my son in law Thomas Spell one Negro boy called (Duke) to him and his wife during there natural lifes and after I give him to there daughter Ann Richardson wife of Benjamin Richardson to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body for ever by them freely to be possessed and enjoyed------ Item I lend on Negro Woman called Olde Judee unto the above said Thomas Spell and his wife during there natural life and after I give her to my aforesaid granddaughter Ann Richardson to she and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever & c-----Item I lend to my dearly beloved wife one Negro Girl called Pegg and one small Iron pott during her widowhood and after I give the said Negro girl unto my well beloved son Frederick Jones she and her increase to him and his heirs forever lawfully begotten of his body. Item I lend to my son in law Charles (Jenkins) and Sarah his wife one Negro girl called Kate during there natural lives and after to there daughter Mary to her and her heirs forever lawfully begotten of her body. Item I give to my son in law Peter Mitchell one Negro man called (Jeine) to him and his heirs forever lawfully begotten of his body & ---------Item I give and bequeath unto my son in law Thomas Spell the plantation where he now dwells with one hundred acres of land unto him and his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son John Jones all my household ( blurred) horses, cattle and hoggs and all implements whatsoever (blurred ) belonging unto him and his heirs forever & c. And I do hereby likewise constitute and ordain my well beloved son Wallis Jones my sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly revoke and disannul all every other former Testaments, wills legacies and bequests and executors bby me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year above written. The mark of John Jones (mark). Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said John Jones as his last will and Testament in presence of us. Henry Horn Jr., (Sihon) Horn Jr. (mark), Josiah Horn. Be it known unto all men by these presents, that I John Jones of Edgecombe County in the province of North Carolina, have made and declared my last will and testament in writing, bearing date the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and fifty seven I the said John Jones by this presents codicile do ratify and confirm my said Last Will and Testament; and do give my still to my well beloved son John Jones by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed to him and his heirs forever and I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Wallis Jones one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever------ and I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Frederick Jones one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever----- to be paid by my executors and my will and meaning is that this codicile or (schedule) be and be adjudged to be part and parcill of my Last Will and Testament; and that all things herein mentioned and (contained), be faithfully and truely performed and as fully and amply in every respect as if the same were so declared and sitt down in my said Last Will and Testament, witness my hand and seale this seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven. The mark of John Jones (mark). Signed sealed and delivered in presents of Henry Horn Jun., (Sikon) Horn Jun. (mark), Josiah Horn (X). Edgecombe County, June Court 1758. The within Will together with the codicill were exhibited into open court on oath by the exor. within named and proved by the oaths of Henry Horn & Sihon Horn evidence there to and at the same time the exeor within named qualified according to law which was ordered to be certified. Test. (can not read signature). John Jones will. LETTERS issued July 175(8), recorded in the ( ) office in book No. 10, page 158. Abstracted 6-22-01, NC State Archives, Secretary of State wills, film S.108.199. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/jones2616wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb