Pasquotank County NcArchives Wills.....McBride, John 1766
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Source: Nc Archives
Written: 1766

Will of John McBride
will 20 November 1763; 
Proved in October Court 1766
Pasquotank County, NC


     In the name of God Amen the twentyeh Day of Nomember in the year of our 
Lord one thousand Seven Hundred Sixty three I John MackBride of the county of 
Pasqt. in the province of North Carolina being sick and week in body but in 
perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament 
That is to say principly and first of all I give and recomend my Soul into the 
Hands of God that gave it and my body I recomend to the earth to be Decently 
Buried and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to 
bless me With this life I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following 
manner and form--------- 

Item.  I give to my Son Josiah and to his heirs forever my manner Plantation 
and the Land belonging to it down to the head of a branch where Ross did live 
so down a line of marked trees to the corner tree of my new survey and my 
negro named Tesiniah and one fether bead and furniture and one mair and my gun 
and cutlash and one iron pot and my handmill and my tools and one chest and 
one stone jugg and my ovel table

Item    I give to my son Elisha to his heirs forever Plantation known by the 
name of Monks and the land belonging to it and my negro named Antony and one 
feather bead and furniture and one mair and one iron pot and one case of 
bottles and one small trunk and two large Puter Basons and one puter Dish

Item   I give to my Daughter Sarah and to her heirs forever Eighty acres of 
Land more or less according to the Bounds at the East End  of my Land joining 
Caleb Abet

Item   I give to my Daughter Rhoda and to her heirs forever one hundred acres 
of Land  called the Noles and my negro man Jack and one fether bead and 
furniture and one linning wheel and one wooling wheel and one chist and one 
iron pot and one Stone butter pot and one jugg  and one looking glass and one 
safe 

Item   I give to my grandchild Alla Burnham one Small heifer

Item   I leave my cattle to be equally devided Between Josiah & Elisha & Rhoda

Item   I give a small piece of Land to James Spence twenty acres more or less 
joining on the Land Where he now lives so down to a corner oak that was marked 
for Charles Hight by ye Sipres Swamp

Item   I give ye remainder of my estate to my wife Sarah MackBride and do also 
makeconstitute and ordain her and also my son Josiah my whole and sole 
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby disalow revoke 
and disanull all and every other forms wills legucies and Bequeths and 
Executors by me in any ways before named willed or bequeathed Rattyfying and 
confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and testament in witness 
thereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day above writen signed 
sealed published pronounced and delivered by ye sd. John MakBride as his Last 
Will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers  


Randall Calley
Randal Taylor     
Jno. McBride
Patrick Kelley


 North Carolina     October Court AD 1766

 Pasquotank County     Present His Majesties Justices

These may certify that Patrick Kelley one of the Evidences to the within will 
appeared in open Court & made oath on the Holy Evangelist that he was present 
& saw John MackBride decd. sign seal publish pronounce & declare the foregoing 
to be & contain his Last will & Testament & that he was at that time of sound 
& disposing memory & That he also saw Randall Kelley & Randall Taylor the 
other Evidences sign there names thereto at the same time then appd. Josiah 
McBride Exr. & was duly qualified. Ordered that the Hon. Benj. ??? Esq. Sec. 
have notice that letters may give??. 

Registered the 11th day of December 1766          
Test  Tho. Taylor
by Tho Taylor   


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