Edgecombe-Wayne-Greene County NcArchives Wills.....Lancaster, Benjamin September 24, 1793
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Source: Raleigh State Archives
Written: September 24, 1793

WILL OF BENJAMIN LANCASTER

I Benjamin Lancaster of Edgecombe County and State of North Carolina being 
in a low state of health but sound mind and memory do hereby make void all 
other will or wills heretofore made by me and do make and ordain this to be 
last Will and Testament in maner and form as following:

1st: I give to my son, Benjamin Lancaster one hundred acres of land also one 
bed and furniture, one iron pot and frying pan and pewter
2nd:  Also I give to Jacob Boyet one bed and furniture and pewter and one 
loom 

3rd: I give to Thomas Boyet one bed and furniture also pewter and fifty 
acres of land whereon he now lives, also I give to his son Benjamin Boyet 
one gun

4th: I give to my son Robert Lancaster one bed and furniture, one pewter 
dish and four pewter plates, one grubing hoe, one weeding hoe and one ax and 
two pewter basons and one drawing Nife.

5th: Also I give to my son Eligah Lancaster one bed and furniture, one horse 
bridle and saddle, one plow hoe, one weeding hoe, one ax and one grubbing 
hoe also one pewter dish and four pewter plates and two pewter basons also 
one gun.

6th: I give and bequeath to my loving wife two hundred and eighty acres of 
land where on I now live, also one mare, bridle and saddle and two cows and 
calves, five sows and pigs and two ewes and lambs and all the remainer part 
of my estate both stock and household goods her life and my will and desire 
is that after my wife dies that the above mentioned two hundred and eighty 
acres of land I give it to my son Eligah Lancaster 

7th: And after my wife departs this life, I give to my grandson Levi Boyet 
one bed and one gun 

8th: And my wearing apparel I give to my grandson Benjamin Lancaster
9th: And this the remainer of my estate as I have left to my wife after her 
decease my desire is that it should be equally divided betwixt my two sons, 
Robert Lancaster and Eligah Lancaster.

The above named Benjamin Lancaster and Jacob Boyet and Thomas Boyet has all 
received their legaces in full before his death.

10th: I make and ordain my son Eligah Lancaster my whole and sole executor 
of this my last Will and Testament.  Witness my hand and seal this twenty 
fourth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

                              Benjamin (X his mark) Lancaster (Seal)
Recorded in November Court 1793


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