Northampton County NcArchives Wills.....Bennett, William July 17, 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: Fran Chancellor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003841 March 3, 2016, 12:08 pm Source: 17th Century Isle Of Wight County Va Written: July 17, 1758 Recorded: February 1765 Captian William Bennett's will: "To loving wife, Grace, negro fellows Dick and Quash, etc. To daughter, Grace Hill negro fellows, etc. To wife Grace, and daughters Anne Ruffin ans Grace Hill, all monies both gold and silver to be equally divided between them. To my grandson, Bennett Hill, my plantation where I now live, 345 acres, more or less. To my grandson, William Ruffin, 200 acres of land in Edgecombe county on Supponey Swamp. To my grandson Nathan Boddie, my plantation where he now lives in Edgecombe county. To my grandson William Boddie, 300 acres of land that joins land given to Nathan Boddie on a branch called Lone Branch. To my grandson Willis Boddie, 300 acres of land lying above the land that I now dwell on and joins George Pollocks, Valentine Edwards, *** Earps, and Wm. Winbornes. All the rest of my estate of whatever kind to be equally divided between my several grandchildren to whom I have not given any land. Dated 17th of July, 1758; probated Feb. 1765. Teste, John Dawson, Soloman Alston, Jr., Andrew Taylor." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/northampton/wills/bennett2529gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb