Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Hadley, Joshua September 20, 1760 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume A, pages 7-9 Written: September 20, 1760 Recorded: Feb 1757 Testator: Joshua Hadley [Will Book Volume A, page 7] In the name of God Amen I Joshua Hadley of Orange County in the province of North Carolina being weak in body, but of sound memory (blessed be God) do this twentyeth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty make & ~~ Publish this my last will & Testament, in manner & form following (that is to say.) first I give & Bequeath unto Patience my Dearly beloved Wife all the profits, Comm -dity's arising from the plantation I now live on until the Day of her Death or the Day of her Marr[i]age, if it ??? I Will that at the Day of my Beloved Wifes Death or the Day or her Marriage if it shou'd please God ~~~ to to enjoy[?] to do with it that the plantation I lives on shall be my son Josephs his heir & assigns' forever in fee Simple, Also it is my Will that my son ~~~ Joseph shall pay the sum of twenty four pounds Procl- am[a]tion[See Note 1] Money to my Daughter Lidia at the Day of her Marr[i]age or that the age of Eighteen Also I give & bequeath unto Patience my Dearly Beloved Wife all the working Utensils [Will Book Volume A, page 8] Utensils furniture and also all the stock of Horses ~~~ Cattle Sheep & Swine also it is my Will that my Dearly Beloved Wife Patience shall pay the sum of Fifty pounds Proclamation money to my Daughter Lydia at the Day of her Marriage or at the age of Eighteen but the horse Beasts that I give my sons Vizt Joshua & Joseph before shall be there own Property & likewise it is my Will that my Just Debts & funeral is to be paid first & the Remainder of my Movables & Money that is ["to" x-out] coming to me it is my Will it ~~~ shou'd be my Beloved Wifes only the bringing up my Children to the age of Maturity & Giving & Giving[sic] them Education ~~~ Excepting some some legacies I propose to Will to my Beloved Children Hereafter ~~~~~ I Will & bequeath to my son Jeremiah one tract of Land Called the half moon bottom on James River in Virginia Containing one hundred & fifteen Acres and to him his heirs & assigns for every in free Simple I give & bequeath to Joshua my Sons two tract of Land one Called the long Bottom Containing one hundred & eighty six Acres & the other Called the found[?] Bottom Containing fifty Acres both lying on the James River to him his heirs & Assigns forever in fee Simple Also it is my Will that my Sons Vizt Jeremiah & Joshua each of them shall pay the sum of Six pounds five Shillings Proclamation money to my Daughter Lydia at the Day of her marriage or at the age of Eighteen I Will & Bequeath unto my son Thomas Hadley the sum of five Shillings Sterling & to my Daughter Ruth Marshel & my Daughter Mary Piggott Deborah Hannah & ~~~ Katherine[?] I will & Bequeath unto each one of them five Shillings Sterling they all being already Portioned by my Father & my self I Will & Bequeath unto my Daughter ~~~ Sarah Ford all the Money & Bonds due to me now in Pennsilvanna[sic] also it is my Will That my Daughter Sarah Ford shall pay unto my son Simon the same of five pounds to be paid within Six months next after my Decease allso to pay to my Step Mother ten Shilling Yearly ~~~ During her Widowhood & further do Appoint my ~~ [Will Book Volume A, page 9] Beloved Wife Patience & my son Joshua to be my Executor of this my last Will & Testament & I do hereby Revoke all other Will & Testaments by me made & I do declare this to be my last Will & Testament Given under my hand & Seal the Day & Year above Written ~~~~ Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Delivered by the ~~~ Said Joshua Hadly[sic] to be his Last Will & Testament in presence of us N.B. it is my Will, that if any of my Children shou'd Die before, then come of age that their Legacy shou'd be Equally Devided amongst the rest the Survive ~~~ Simon Dixon } his } William (X) Holmes } Joshua Hadley (seal) mark } hir } Francis (X) Dorset } mark } At an Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions begun & held for the County of Orange at the Court house in Chilsborough on the Second Tuesday in November in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Present his Majesties Justices &c the Executors of the aforesaid Will was Duly proved by the Oaths of William Holmes & Francis Dorset & order to be Recorded Test James Watson CC Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, pages 7-9 Recorded Feb 1757 No loose will found. No estate papers found. Note 1: Proclamation Money was coin valued by a proclamation of Queen Anne on 18 June 1704 and was in effect until 1775. Colonists and colonial governments recorded their accounts in pounds, shillings, and pence but used a variety of coins in their transactions, including the Spanish pieces of eight and the French silver écu, AKA dollar. Under the proclamation, the various colonial exchange rates for Spanish pieces of eight, the most common coins in the American colonies, were assigned a uniform valuation of six shillings.