Orange County, N.C. - WILLS - Aaron Vanhook, 10 May 1760 ---------------------------------------------------- Contributed by Barbara Good VanHook-L@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------------------------- Transcribers Notes: Transcribed by Barbara Good from photocopy of will Will Book A, Orange Co. NC 1756-1788, page 9-10. In the name of God Amen, this tenth day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty, I, Aaron Vanhook of the County of Orange & Parish of Saint Matthews & Province of North Carolina, being in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God, & calling to mind that uncertainty Death & the difficulty my family might be put to after my decease my will and desire is as follows, first and foremost I recommend my soul to God that gave it & my body to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried after my decease at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named, nothing doubting but that I shall receive the same again at the Resurrection by the Mighty Power of God, & as for my temporal estate which it hath pleased the Almighty God to bless me with in this life, my will & desire is as follows, to wit, as for all my estate real and personal, I leave to Katherine my wife to dispose of at her own will, & to enjoy & possess the same during her life provided she continues in widowhood, but be it remembered when she shall alter her state of widowhood by marriage it is my desire that she shall dispose of my estate to my children as though she was departing life, reserving her equitable part, & lastly I do ordain, Nominate & Constitute Katherine my wife & my two sons Lawrence Vanhook & David Vanhook, to be my executors of this my last Will and Testament, to see the same fully performed & executed according to my intent herein mentioned. Renouncing all other Wills & Testaments heretofore made & done. Ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year first above written. Lidia Vanhook Aaron Vanhook (Seal) Bridgit Vanhook Thomas (X) Morgan At an Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions begun and held for the County of Orange at the Court House in ? on the second Tuesday in August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty. Present his Majesties Justices & c. The execution of the within Will was duly proved by the oaths of Lidia Vanhook & Bridget Vanhook and ordered to be Recorded. TESTE: James Watson C.S.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------