Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Jenkins, John February 20, 1790 ************************************************ 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 B, pages 105-106 Written: February 20, 1790 Recorded: Nov 1790 Testator: John Jenkins In the Name [of] God Amen I John Jinkins of the County of Orange and State of Northcarolina Being Weak and Sick in Body But Having my sencius[senses] and Memory Perfectly, Do Call to Mind the Uncertainty of Life and Certainty of Death Doth Hereby Constitute and Testify This to be my Last Will and Testament In Manner & Form - Following Impremise I Give & Bequeath Unto my Daugh =ter's Nancey Fennel Pattey Allen Those things which They have Had of me Already, Also unto my son Sanford Jinkins The One Hundred Acres of Land Which I have Had Run off For him; To them and their Heirs forever ITem I Give And Bequeath Unto my Loving Wife Mary Jinkins The Residue of my Estate Whether Real Or Personal Dureing Her Life, For the Use of Paying My Debts Raising my Children & her Own Maint[en]ance And at Her Death if any of my Lands is Remaining to be Equeally Devided Among my Sones John Thomas and Mansfield Jinkins Or the Survivers[sic] of them To Them And their Heirs forever ITem I Give And Bequeath Unto my Daughter Betsey Polley Patecience[sic] and Cathrine Jinkins the Residue of my Estate at thire[sic] Mothers Death to be Equeally Devided Amongst them and their Heirs Forever ITem I Give And Bequeath Unto My Grandaughter Polly Higgenson A thousand Weight of Inspected Tobbo. to be Paid by my Executors When she shall Arise[sic] to the Age of Eighteen Years to her & her Heirs forever [page 2] ITem I DO Hereby Constitute and appoint my Loving Wife Mary Jinkins my Friends William Merritt & Joseph Fennel Executors to this my Last Will and Testament And Also Invest them with the Power of Selling Any= Thing of my Affects[sic] for the Discharging of my Debts If need Requier[sic], without Going to any Unnecessary Charges of Expence By Order's of Court Or Any Other Way that would Prove Pernicious to my Estate or Creditors In Witness Whereof I have Hereunto Set my Hand & Seal This Twentyeth Day of Febr. 1790 Acknowledged Published John Jinkins (seal) Seald & Delivered In presence off William Halleburton Massey Chrismus Medearis Jurat Wm. Merritt Jurat [Will Book Volume B, page 105] In the Name of God Amen I John Jenkins of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being weak and Sick in body but of Sound mind and memory, do call to mind the Uncertainty of Life & Certainty of Death doth hereby Constitute and Testify this to be my last Will and Testament In Manner and form following Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Nancy Fennel & Pattey Allen those things which they have had of me Already. Als[o] unto my Son Sandford Jenkins the one hundred Acres of Land which I have had run off for him to them and their Heirs forever, Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Mary Jenkins the residue of my Estate whether real or personal during her life for the Use of paying my debts raising my Children and her own Maintainance and at her death if any of my lands is remaining to be equally divided among my Sons John Thomas and Mansfield Jenkins or the survivors of them to them and their Heirs forever, Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Betsey, Polley, Patience & Catharine Jenkins, the residue of my Estate at their Mothers Death to be equally divided between[amongst] them and their Heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter [Polly] Higgenson a thousand Weight of Inspected Tobacco to be paid by my Executors when she shall Arrive to the Age of Eighteen Years, to her & her Heirs forever [Will Book Volume B, page 106] Item I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Loving Wife Mary Jenkins and my friends William Merritt & Joseph Fennel Executors to this my Last Will & Testament & Testament[sic] and Also Invest them with the power of Selling any thing of my effects for the discharging of my Debts if need require without going to any Unnecessary charges of expence by Order of Court, or any other way that would prove pernicious to my Estate or Credit[or]s In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this twentieth day of February 1790 Acknowledged published } John Jenkins (seal) Sealed & Delivered In presence of } William Halleburton Massey Crismus Medearis William Merritt Jurat State of North Carolina } Orange County } Nov. Term 1790 The Execution of the above Will was duly proved in open Court by the Oath of William Merritt one of the Subscribing Witness thereto and Ordered to be Recorded ~~~~ Teste S Benton CC Additional Comments: Will Book Volume B, pages 105-106 Recorded Nov 1790 A second will book copy of this will is found in Will Book Volume B, pages 124-125 Estate papers comprise five pages and are found in a folder labeled "Jinkins, John (1791)". Zachariah Dick and James Neal were appointed Administrators. [Estate Papers - Inventory (undated)] [sundry items omitted] 1 Negro Wench [no name listed]