Northampton County NcArchives Wills.....Mashborne, Mathew 1760
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1760
Recorded: 1761

Will of Mathew Mashborne

Northampton County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1852, pp. 40-41.
Devised July 2, 1760,
Proven February Term, 1761.

In the name of God Amen, I Mathew Mashborne of the County of Northampton & 
Province of North Carolina, being sick & weak in body but of sound & perfect 
mind & memory praise be given therefore to Almighty God do make & ordain 
this my last will & Testament, in manner & form following that is to say, 
first & principally I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, 
hoping through the merit death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have 
full and free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins & to inherit everlasting 
life & my body I commend to the earth to be decently buried at the 
discretion of my Executors hereafter named, & as touching the disposition of 
all such temporal Estate as it hath please Almighty God to bestow upon me I 
give & dispose thereof in manner & form as followeth.
First I will that my debts & funeral charges shall be paid & discharged.
Item I give unto my beloved Wife Sarah Mashborne the bed bed stead & 
furniture belonging to it as I myself usually lay in & my black horse named 
Prock & my riding saddle and bridle & two Cows & Calves.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson James Mashborne son of Samuel 
Mashborne Deceased in his father stead one two year old heifer.
Item I give & bequeath unto my son Edward Mashborne my still.
Item I give & bequeath unto my son David Mashborne one bed & furniture.
Item I give & bequeath unto my children Mary Pinson, Anne Mashborne, Martha 
Mashborne, James Mashborne, Edward Mashborne, Sarah Lassiter, Priscilla 
Mashborne, Elizabeth Mashborne, Charity Mashborne, Rachel Mashborne, David 
Mashborne, Jethro Mashborne, Daniel Mashborne, William Mashborne, all the 
rest of my Estate not given out in Legacies & to be Equally divided amongst 
them.  
I likewise desire my Executors to have a care and see my three young 
Children brought up as well and Christian like as pos[s]ible in reason.  I 
do hereby appoint my Sons Matthew Mashborne and James Mashborne executor of 
this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke disannul and make 
void all other Wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In Witness Whereof I the said Mathew Mashborne to this my last Will and 
testament do hereunto set my hand and seal the Second day of July in the 
Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty.

							Mathew Mashborne 
(Seal)
Signed sealed acknowledged to his
last will & testament
Daniel Dickinson, John Dickinson, John Turner

N’ampton County Is. February Court 1761
The preceding will of Mathew Mashborne decd was Exhibited into Court and 
proved on the oath of Daniel Dickinson one of the subscribing witnesses 
thereto, at the same time Mathew Mashborne Jur. & James Mashborne was [were] 
Qualified Executors thereof which on motion was ordered to be certified & 
Recorded.

					Teste J. Edwards Clk.

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC. 


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