Pasquotank County NcArchives Wills.....Philpott, John 1694
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Source: Nc Archives
Written: 1694

Will of John Philpott
19 November 1694
Located in the NC State Archives
Transcribed by M. Maarbjerg

Albemarle

In the Name of God Amen. I John Phillpott of the Precinct of Pasquotank in the 
County afore said being Sick & weak in body but Sound in mind & understanding 
doe make this my Last will & Testament hereby Revoking all other will or wills 
at any time howsoever by me made and doe constitute and appoint this to be my 
Last will & Testament in maner and form following.

Imprimis.  I Give & bequeath my Soule to God that gave it me and my body to 
the earth to be decently Interred according to the discression of Executors 
hereafter to be named.

Imprimis.  I Give and bequeath my Plantation I now dwell on I give and 
bequeath to John Lawson sonn of Nathaniel Lawson to him & his heirs for ever.

Imprimis.  I Give & bequeath tenn Cows & Calves to the Said John Lawson with 
all their increase for ever as allso Six thousand pounds of Good merchantable 
porke(?) to buy him a negroe. And my desire is that the Said Child shall be 
brought up on the Said Plantation and to live with his Grandmother as long as 
she shall Live or shall he come to the age of twenty one years and then my 
Executors to possess him with it and in the mean time to continue in the hands 
of my Executors.

Imprimis.  I allso give and bequeath to the said John Lawson one breeding mare 
with her increase to be delivered(?) to him when he comes to age.

Imprimis.  I also give and bequeath to my loving wife Mary Philpott a decent 
and competent maintenance out of my affares to her yearly payed and allowed to 
her yearly on every year all long as she shall live to be payed to her by my 
said Executionery.

Imprimis.  My other Plantation aioyning on the Land of Jno. Griffen on the 
south east and on the Plantation of Jno. Hawkins on the north west I give and 
bequeath to my Sonn in Law William Woolwood to him and his heirs for ever. And 
all other my estate reall & personall and all my rights & credits after my 
just debts are payed and ..... such Legacy as and before bequeathed and 
hereafter to be bequeathed I doe give and bequeath to my sonn in Law William 
Woolwood.

Imprimis.  My will and mind is that if the above said John Lawson should dye 
before he comes of age that then the Plantation bequeathed to him and the 
other Legacies by me above given shall fall to my sonn in law Wm. Woolwood to 
him and his heirs for ever.

Imprimis.  I doe appoint and constitute my loving friends Daniel Alehurst & 
John Hawkens my Executors of this my Last Will & Testament to whom I give five 
pounds a peace.
                     
                                        John Philpott

Signed & Sealed & Declared to be the Last will and Testament by the said John 
Phillpott in the presence of us the 19th of Nov. 1694.

Thos. Rolfe     Daniel Howel (his mark)      John Cabe(?)


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