ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - Benjamin Farnel, Sr., 7 Aug 1810
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Record of Wills, Book A
1800-1825
Onslow County, North Carolina

In the name of God, Amen:  I, Benjamin Farnel (Sr.), of the County of Onslow, 
State of North Carolina, being sick and weak of body but of sound disposing 
mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same.  As touching my worldly good 
where with it has been pleased God to bless me, I dispose of in the following 
manner and form; that is to say, my will is that all my just debts be paid by 
my executors hereafter named.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy my horse bridle & saddle, 
one bed and furniture, three cows and calves & one chest, one half dozen 
winser (Windsor) chairs, one table, two iron pots, one case and bottles and 
all my earthen ware & all my hogs.
Item:  I give and bequeath beloved son, Daniel one black mare, bridle and 
saddle, and her colt hereto given, also two cows & calves & one feather bed & 
furniture & chest and one pot and one plow, one hoe, and one ax.  Also, I give 
to my son Daniel all the messueage (usage?) or tenement of land between 
Cowpens Branch & State Road.
Item:  I give and bequeath to my son William one feather bed & furniture & 
chest.
Item:  I give & bequeath to my son Benjamin (Jr.) one feather bed & furniture 
and one chest.
Item:  (I) leave to my wife Nancy the house and plantation and all of the 
moveable property not all ready mentioned, to raise and support my two 
youngest sons William and Benjiman until they come of age or she should marry, 
then for her to have one third and my two youngest sons to have the other two 
thirds until the death of my wife.  Then I give & bequeath to my sons William 
& Benjamin the whole of the above land that I now live on, to be equally 
divided between in quantity and quality and should any of them die before they 
come to age, the one survives to inherit the whole of the land & further I 
give all the rest of my stock of cattle and moveables not mentioned unto my 
two sons William & Benjamin, to them and their heirs forever and further I 
leave my Negro man Casper hired out until my sons William & Benjamin come of 
age and the money arising to be put to the use of raising and schooling my two 
sons William & Benjaman and when they come to age, the Negro to be sold and 
the money equally divided between them.  Should any one of them die, the other 
to have the whole of the Negro and his hire.
Item:  I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Elizabeth Burnap, deed 
all the property that I have hereto have given her and one shilling to her and 
her heirs forever.

Item:  I give and bequeath to the heirs of my beloved son Mecajah all the 
property that I have to here given him, one shilling more to them and their 
heirs forever.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my daughter Esther all the property heretofore 
given to her and one shilling more to her and her heirs forever.

Item:  I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Nancy and my trusty friend 
Daniel M. Dulany executors to this my last will and testament, revoking all 
others by me at any time made.  Should my executors deem it proper to buy out 
my two youngest sons, I leave them at their disposable.  In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty seventh day of August one 
thousand eight hundred and ten.

					Benjiman Farnel (Sr) (seal)

In the presence of 
Otway Hawkins
Becky Wells

Onslow County:  In court October Term 1811; The within will of Benjiman Farnal 
(Sr.) died was proved in open court by Otway Hawkins, a subscribing witness, 
and Daniel M. Dulany qualified as executor thereto. ordered he have letters 
testamentary.

Attest:  Nathaniel Loomis, C.S.C.