Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Hancock, Roger February 10, 1817 ************************************************ 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: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume D, pages 531-532 Written: February 10, 1817 Recorded: May 1818 Testator: Roger Hancock In the Name of God Amen I Roger Hancock being in a low state of helth of body but in perfect Mind and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament as followeth first I give my Soul and Spirit into the hand of the Lord God who gave it me Secondly I give my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be Buried at the disscretion of my Executrix I give to my beloved wife Nancy Hancock my Plantation with all working tools of Every - Kind together with the Houses and furniture of Every Kind also the Creatures of Every Kind such as horses Cattle Sheep and hogs during her widowhood or life at the end of Either to be divided as followeth I give to my loving daughter Susanna Hancock one bed and furniture one pine Chest and her Equal part of such property as ["there may" x-out] is then to divide I give to my loving daughter Polly W Hancock one Bed and furniture or Twenty five dollars to be Raised out of ["the of" x-out] the other property if she be then living also one small Trunk and her part of the other property I give to my loving daughter Betsey Hancock one Bed and furniture and one large Trunk and her part of the other property I give to my loving son Wesley Hancock one Bed and furniture also my Big Bible and his part of the other property [page 2] I give to my loving son Fletcher Hancock one Bed and furniture also my small Bible with the four Vollumes of Fletcher's Works and his part of the other property my will and desire is that at the death of My Beloved Wife the ["plltation" x-out] plantation with all other property that then Remains Except such as is above named be Sold and Equally divided --- between my five Children or as many of them as be then living I make and ordain my beloved Wife Nancy Hancock my only Executrix of this my last will and Testament in witness I hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of february 1817 in the presents of -- test Reuben Cardin Jurat Rodger Hancock (seal) Jesse Branch Extx. qualified [Will Book Volume D, page 531] In the name of God Amen. I Roger Hancock being in a low state of health of body but in perfect Mind & Memory do make this my last Will and Testament as followeth. First I give my soul and spirit into the hands of the Lord God who gave it me ~~ Secondly I give my body to the Earth from whence it came [Will Book Volume D, page 532] to be buried at the discretion of my Executrix ~~~ I give to my beloved Wife Nancy Hancock my plantation with all working tools of every Kind together with the Houses and furniture of every Kind, also the Creatures of every kind, such as Horses Cattle, Sheep and Hogs during her widowhood or life at the end of either to be divided as followeth ~~~ I give to my loving daughter Susannah Hancock one Bed and furniture one Pine Chest and her equal part of such property as is then to divide ~~~ I give to my loving daughter Polly W. Hancock one Bed and furniture or twenty five dollars to be raised out of the other property if she be then living also one small Trunk and her part of the other property ~~~ I give to my loving daughter Betsey Hancock one Bed and furniture and one large Trunk and her part of the other property I give to my loving son Wesley Hancock one Bed and furniture also my big Bible and his part of the other property ~~~ I give to my loving son Fletcher Hancock one Bed and furniture, also my small Bible with the four Volumes of Fletchers works, and his part of the other property ~~ My will and desire is that at the death of my beloved Wife the Plantation with all other property that then remains except such as is above named be sold and equally divided between my five Children or as many of them as be then living ~~~ I make and ordain my beloved Wife Nancy Hancock my only Executrix of this my last Will and Testament ~~~ In Witness I hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of February 1817 in the presence of Test Reuben Cardin Rodger Hancock (seal) Jesse Branch Orange County May Term 1818 The Execution of the foregoing last Will and Testament of Roger Hancock decd. was duly proved in Open Court by the Oath of Reuben Cardin a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be recorded at the same time the Executrix therein named qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume D, pages 531-532 Recorded May 1818 Estate Papers comprise three pages and are found in the folder labeled "Handcock, Roger (1818)". No family history found.