ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - Benjamin Jinkins, Sr., 22 Mar 1854
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Record of Wills, Book A
1800-1825
Onslow County, North Carolina

I, Benjamin Jinkins of the County Onslow & State of North Carolina, being of 
sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence 
do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form, that 
is to say:

FIRST: That my executor hereinafter named shall provide for my body a decent 
burial suitable to the wishes of my relations & friends and pay all funeral 
expense together with my just debts, howsoever and whomsoever owing out of the 
money that may first come into first hands as a part or parcel of my estate.
ITEM: I give once devise unto my beloved wife Patsey Jinkins two choice bed & 
furniture, two choice sows and pigs & four choice stock of bees.  All the 
domestic fowls and poultry and all the provisions that may be on hand at the 
time of my death.
ITEM: I give and bequeath to my eldest daughter widow of Adam Deale one dime 
to be paid by my executor within two years from the time of my death, to be 
hers absolutely forever.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Aza (Asa?) Jinkins one dime as 
his rite and property forever to be paid by my executor in the same manner as 
the last bequest and is made under the same views in reference to the former 
advancement.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Canady, wife of Elijah 
Canady, the sum of one dime as her rite and property forever, to be paid by 
executor in the same manner as the last bequest and is made under the same 
views in reference to the former advancement.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my youngest son Edmond Jinkins the sum of one 
dime as his rite and property forever, to be paid by my executor in the same 
manner as the last bequest and is made under the same views in reference to 
the former advancement.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my youngest daughter Eliza Eadens, wife of 
James Eadens, the sum of one dime as her rite and property forever, to be paid 
by my executor in the same manner as the last bequest and is made under the 
same views in reference to the former advancement, and
LASTLY: I do thereby constitute and appoint my trusted friends Elijah Beesly & 
Elijah Justice Junior my lawful executors to all intents and purposes to 
execute this my last will and testament, according to the true intents & 
meaning of the same & every part and clause thereof, thereby revoking & 
declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I the said Benjamin Jinkins to hereunto set my hand & seal 
this March 22 day A.D. 1854.

					Benjamin (his X mark) Jinkins Senior

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Benjamin Jinkins to be his 
last will and testament in the presence of us at his request and in his 
presence to subscribe our names as witness thereto.
E. J. Beasley
R. W. Justice

ITEM: My will is that all the residue of my estate (if any), after taking out 
the devises and legacies above-mentioned shall be sold and the debts owing to 
me collected, and if there should be any surplus over and above the payments 
of debts, expenses & legacies, that such surplus should go to my beloved wife 
to have and to hold, to her executors & administrators and assigns absolutely 
forever.

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
Court of Pleas & quarter sessions, September term 1855, Then was the foregoing 
paper writing offered and admitted to probate on the testimony of E. J. 
Beasley & R. W. Justice, the subscribing witness hereunto as the last will and 
testament of Benjamin Jenkins Sr., decedent, and ordered by the court to be 
recorded & filed as such, when Elijah Beasley, one of the executors, 
qualified.
Jasper Etheridge, Clerk