Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Parker, Francis 1757
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1757

                FRANCIS PARKER'S WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the the 26th. day of April, 1746. 
I, Francis Parker, of Edgcombe County, and Province of No. 
Carolina, being in health of Body and in perfect mind and 
Memory, Thanks be given unto God therefore, calling unto 
mind the Mortality of my body, and knowing that it is ap-
pointed 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 recomend my Soul unto the hands of God; 
and for my body, I reccommend it to the Earth to be buried 
at the Discretion of my Executor: and as Touching such Worldly 
Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me with in 
this Life, I give and bequeath the same in manner and form 
following:

Imprimis, I will that my Just debts and funeral Charges 
be paid out of my principal Estate.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my Loving son, Francis Parker, 
a Pair of Iron wages, to him & his heirs or assigns.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Parker, one 
Cow Yearlin, to him, his heirs or assigns.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth 
Foreman, one Cow Yearlin, to her, her heirs or assigns.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Charity 
Brett, one Cow Yearlin, to her, her heirs or Assigns.

Item, I give unto my Daughter, Catherine Hodges, one 
Large Painted Trunk, to her, her heirs or Assigns.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Son, Simon Parker, One 
Feather Bed, a green rugg and Blanket, and Sheet; and one 
Oval Table, to him, his heirs and assigns.

Item, I Lend unto my Beloved Wife, Elizabeth Parker, the 
use of my Plantation where I now Live, and all my Personal 
Estate, not already bequeathed, during her Widowhood or 
natural Life.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, Simon Parker, the 
Plantation where I now Live Containing 200 Acres, more or 
less, after his Mothers Decease or Marriage; and one Tract 
Containing 80 Acres, where he, the said Simon, now Lives; 
One Tract Containing 200 Acres of Land, to him, his heirs or 
Assigns for ever.

Item, I will that all the rest and residue of my Estate, I 
will that it be Equally Divided between my Loving Children, 
Francis Parker, Joseph Parker, Elizabeth Foreman, Charity 
Brett, Catherine Hodges, and Simon Parker, after the De-
cease or Marriage of my Wife, Elisabeth Parker.

Item, I Constitute and ordain my Beloved Wife, Elizabeth 
Parker, and my Loving son, Simon Parker, Executors of this 
my Last Will and Testament, disanulling all former Wills 
by me before this Time Made, Confirming this to be my Last 
Will and Testament.

                             FRANCIS PARKER (Seal)

Signed, Sealed Published and 
Pronounced, by the said Francis 
Parker as his Last Will and Tes-
tament in Presence of us:
            his
     GERRARD X WALL, Jurat.
           Mark
         his
     JOHN X KNIGHT. Jurat.
        Mark
     WALTER	FORLAN.

Excr: Qualified, SIMON PARKER.

EDGCONB COUNTY. SS.              August Court, 1757.

The within Will was in open Court Exhibited by the Exors. therein 
Named. and proved by the oaths of Gerrard Wall and John Knight, Evi-
dences thereto; and at the same time the Exors. within Named Qualified 
for sd. office according to Law, which is ordered to be Certified.

                              Test. Jos: MONTFORD, Cl: Cur:

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