ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Enoch Ward, 23 Jul 1762
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Contributor's Notes: The will of Enoch Ward, July 23, 1762 as transcribed by
Frances Henderson on April 18, 1999 from a copy secured at the NC Archives on
Oct. 25, 1986. Attempt was made to include spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation as found in the original. 

This was a relatively easy will to read with only a few letters obliterated by
the folds of the paper. Most of them were obvious.

In The Name of God Amen.

I Enoch Ward of the County of Onslow and province of North Carolina planter
Being in perfect mind and Memory Thanks be to God for it = Therefore colling
to Mind the mortalety of my Body it Being appointed once for all men to Die I
Doe hereby make and ordain This my Last Will and Testament that is to Say
principaly and a Bove all when it Shall pleas God to Take me out of this (word
scratched out) World by Death I Doe Commit and Recommend my Sole into The
hands of God that gave it hoping through the merits And Death and pation
[passion] of my Savour Jesus Christ to obtain pardin for all my Sins and to
Inhearit Everlasting life and my Bodey I Do Commit to the Earth to be Decently
Buried in a Christian like manner at the Discrestion of my Executors heare
After named not doubting to Re[c?]ive [letter in fold] it again by the mighty
power of god at the general Resurection and as Touching Such Worly Estate as
it hath pleased god to Bless me with in this life To prevent Such in
Conveniences as might othere wise arise after My deceas I give and Dispose of
the Same in the Folloing Manner and form that is to Say
___________________________ [filled out to the end of the line above]

Imprimes. My will is that Shuch Worly Debts as I Jusly owe To all and Every
parson or parsons Whome So Ever = Shall Be Well and Freely paid out of my
Estate by my Executors her After named ___________ [filled out the line]

Item I Lend to my Beloved Wife Elsabeth Duering her Widohood My plantation
over New River and five Cows and Calves and the wosh [?] of Negro Will Two
Years/and all the Goods and Negros I had with her I Give to her again and
after Her Death I Give to my Son [not named]

Item I give to my Son [a blank space is left here] after his mothers Widohood
The afmt'd plantation over New River to him And his heir and assigns for Ever
and a negro Garl Coled Judah And I Give to my Two Daghters Elesabeth and
Zilphe My land and plantation on the Sound and a negro man Coled Buster [? not
sure - looks like an "i" included] which I Desire to be Swopt away for a

[First page ends here]

Negro woman and the Land to be Sold by Executors here after mentioned if
Opertunety presents and the Money To be aplide to there Use and I Likewise
Give to My Tow Dafters afors'd my negro boy Coled will after The two Years is
Expired (word scratched out) all the Rest of my Estate Not before Menchnd I
order to be Sold (words scratched out) And after my Just Debts are paid the
Remainder to Be Equilly Divided between my Three Children with all The Debts
Due to me and my Desier is that if my Son Should Die before he Coms to age
that the Afor Menen'd plantation be Eaquilly Devided betwen My Two Dafters
[then a line was drawn to fill out the space to the end of the line and
written above it in smaller letters, made to fit, are these words] and I
Desire my Work horses to be left on the plantation

Lasly - I Doe hear by Make Concitute and Ordain my Well Beloved Brothers
Richard and Benjamin Wards Executors to this my Last Will and Testtament and
by These presents Utterly Renounce Disanul and make Void all former and other
wills and Testaments at aney Time by me hereto for made and hold good and
Valued this and no other to be my Last will and Testament in Testamony wheir
of I the sd Enoch Ward have unto Sett my hand and fixt my Seal This 23 Day of
July one Thousand Seven hunded and Sixty Two Signed Sealed published
pronounced and Declaired by me The sd Enoch Ward as my last will And Testament
in presence_______________

of us the Subcribers

[signature] Enoch Ward [drawn seal]

Edward Marcy

Christian (?)

                    Charles Edwards