Mason, Thomas - 1811 - Hyde County, NC - Wills

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Transcribed from Record of Wills
Book 1,2,3 Pages 447 & 448
Walter A. Credle, CSC
 
STATE OF NO. CAROLINA, HYDE COUNTY
 
In the Name of God, Amen, Thomas MASON being very weak in body but of perfect mind
& memory thanks be given to Almighty God, and calling to mind the mortality of my body
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my Last Will &
Testament first & principally of all, I give & recomend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God that gave it and my body I recomend to the earth to be burried in a decent Christian
burial at the discresion of my Executors & as touching such worldly estate that it hath
pleased Almighty God to bless me with in this life I demise & dispose of the same in
following manner & form. 
 
Item-- I give and bequeath unto my two sons Benjamin & Stephen MASON one feather bed
& furniture apiece. 
 
Item-- I give and bequeath unto my wife Sarah MASON one cow & yearling. -- My will and
desire is that all the remainder part or residue of my property should be sold at publick sale
and after my debts and legacies are paid, to be equally divided between my six children,
that is to say, Britanna, Thomas, Ellender, Susanna, Benjamin & Stephen MASON. 
 
And Lastly of all I do by these presents constitute ordain & appoint my trusty friend
Johnathan Harris my Executor to this my Last Will & Testament revoking & disanulling
all other former Wills & Testaments by me made & done in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this 8th Day of January 1811. 
                                                                               His 
                                                                 Thomas     X   MASON (Seal) 
                                                                               Mark 
 
Signed sealed & pronounced  
in presents of  
Robert Swindell 
Johathan Gibbs 
                    
The due execution of this Last Will & Testament of 
Thomas Mason decd. was exhibited into Court by the
Executor & proved by the oath of Robert Swindell one 
of the subscribing witness to the same in due from ordered 
to be recorded.
Att. B. Foreman Clk.


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