Northampton County, NC - Wills - Hollowell, Joseph-1771 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Vikki Highfield In the name of God amen, I JOSEPH HOLLOWELL of Northampton County & province of North Carolina being sick & weak in body but of perfect & sound memory, & calling to mind the uncertainty of Life & the certainty of death have thought it Expedient to settle my wourldly business in manner & form followeth in the first place I freely give up my soul to God that gave it, secondly to have my body decently intered of my wife thirdly my will & desire is that all my just Debts be honestly & regularly settled - and now as touching this wourlds goods which it hath pleased God to bless me with I shall dispose of in manner & form following, viz. Item I leave all my Land & plantation which I purchased of JOSEPH JORDAN & whereon I now live, to be sole to pay my debts & if any overplus from the sale therof to be Divided as hereafter mentioned. In case the land should not sell for enough then some other part of my Estate that may be thought of least hurt to my children. Item I give to my son SYLAS HOLLOWELL five shillings sterling. Item I give & bequeath to my wife LEAH HOLLOWELL the use of all my land & mill on Kirbys Creek & my negroe man Jonas, & so much of the profits therefrom arrising as will support my wife & the said Jonas & my sons JOSEPH & THOMAS HOLLOWELL untill the above mentioned children shall come to the age of Twenty one years, & all the overplus to be divided when my son THOMAS HOLLOWELL shall come of age, to be Equally divided between my two sons JOSEPH & THOMAS HOLLOWELL. Item I give & bequeath all the above mentioned Land & mill lying on Kirbys Creek to my two sons JOSEPH & THOMAS HOLLOWELL to be Equally divided between them & their heirs forever. Item I give & bequeath to my son JOSEPH HOLLOWELL my negroe man named Jonas to him & his heirs forever. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son THOMAS HOLLOWELL one whip saw, one Hand mill & one black walnut Desk to him & his heirs forever. Item I give & bequeath to my three daughters ESTHUR, SARAH & CHRISTINA HOLLOWELL my negroe man Gidion to them & their heirs forever. Item In Case my two sons JOSEPH & THOMAS HOLLOWELL should die without Issue then the above mentioned mill Land & the rest of their Estates to fall to an equal Division between my three above mentioned Daughters but not until my wifes death. Item I give unto my wife LEAH HOLLOWELL one mare called Domino & all the Estate or Dowry that she did possess of her former husband, TRUMAN MOORE to her & her Disposal. Item I give all the rest of my Estate whatever to be found to be Equally divided between my five children ESTHUR, SARAH, CHRISTINA, JOSEPH & THOMAS HOLLOWELL Equally between them. And Lastly I nominate & appoint my wife LEAH HOLLOWELL and my two daughters ESTHER & SARAH HOLLOWELL my sole Exectrixs to this my last will & Testament, revoking & making void all wills by me made heretofore, Ratifying this to be my last will & testament & no other this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & sixty eight. JOSEPH HOLLOWELL. Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us ROBERT PEELLE, JOSHUA DAVIS, ELIZA. BRYANT. Proved March Court 1771, Book 1, p. 23. (LDS Film #0019433, Will Book 1, p. 161, Northampton Co, NC). ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================