Pasquotank County NcArchives Wills.....Fourre, “Pierre” Peter 1697
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Source: Nc Archives & History
Written: 1697

Will of “Pierre” Peter Fourre

Contributed by: Judy Merrell Brickhouse 

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
“PIERRE” PETER FOURRE
August 6, 1697

Copied from NC Archives
Probate of Wills  
Albemarle County

Note: The County is listed
As Albemarle but I believe it 
belongs with what later became
Pasquotank County

In the name of God the Father, Sonne, & Holy Ghost

I PETER FOURRE of the County aforesd being now in perfect sence & memory 
though ??firme & sick in my body, considering de certainty of death & not 
nowing the time & hour thereof have made appointed & declared this my Last 
Will & Testament this 6th day of Agust 1697 as follows------

   Imprimis. I recommend & give my Soul unto the mercifull hands of my Lord & 
Saviour Jesus Christ & appoint my body to be decently interred at the 
discretion of my excor. After named firmly believing & hoping the resurrection 
reuniting of my ??? Soul through the meritt of our Lord & Saviour & of my 
worldly & temporal estate which God hath given me I will & dispose as follows.

   2ly. I give & bequeath unto my loving Wife my lands & livings & all Iam 
ponen(?) withall during her life time------  

   3ly. And after her decease I give & bequeath my plantation & land & what 
belong to it unto my Sonne JOHN FOURRE & for the movables within & without the 
door that shall be left after my Wife’s decease to be divided as followeth.

   4ly I give my Daughter NICHOLE one shiling

   5ly I give unto my Daughter MARGUERIT one shiling

   6ly I give unto my Daughter MARY one haffer of about three years old

   7ly If JOHN FOURRE my Sonne should die without heirs then my plantation & 
land belongin to it should fall unto my Daughter ESTER FOURRE.

   Lastly I will & appoint CATHERINE FOURRE my beloved Wife above named 
my Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament witness my hand & seal this 
6th of Agust 1697

                                   PIERRE FOURRE

Signed sealed & declared
In presence of 

ANTHONY MARCHHUM
His “A M” hand

FRANCIS DE LA MARE

If it be the Lords will that my Wife & I should dye before that my Daughter 
ESTHER be of age I will that she should live & stay wth. Her God Mother Mrs. 
ELIZABETH HUNT untill that she be of age & that also she should look after 
what soever should belong to my said Daughter ESTHER.

We have heard PIERRE FOURRE speak the words of this g:vh
Article & desired FRANC DELAMARE to write it as his will the 15 of ??? 1697

FRANCIS DE LA MARE

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(Note can’t make out this subscribers name)

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