Perquimans County NcArchives Wills.....Barrow Jr., John 1807 ************************************************ 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: Bob Stokley scvlifer@inteliport.com September 1, 2010, 9:40 pm Source: Nc Archives Written: 1807 Will of John Barrow Jr John Barrow Jr 5 January 1807 To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come Greeting know ye that I John Barrow Junr of the Province of North Carolina and County of Perquimans do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth. It is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be discharged by my Executors here after named: 2ly I give to my daughter Ann Skinner one pewter dish and two Iron pots two pewter Basons and Six pewter plates that she now hath in her possession to her and her heirs forever I also lend to my daughter Ann Skinner one maple Desk one bed and furniture one Negro boy named Lewis one Negro girl named fereba that she now hath all in her possession during her natural life then to be equally divided between all her children that is alive to them and their heirs forever. 3ly I give to my daughter Orpha Barrow one bed and furniture that she has now in with her and one walnut Chest that Ann Skinner has now in her care for the said Orpha. 4ly I lend to my wife Sarah Barrow all my property of every kind that I possess till my son John Denson Barrow comes to twenty years of age then he shall be free to take his property and for his mother to keep him and school him what she can I lend to my wife Sarah Barrow fifty three acres of Land and one Negro girl named Pleasant and one Negro Girl named Rose and their increase during her natural life then I do give this land and Negroes and their increase to my son John denson Barrow and his heirs forever. Likewise all the other property that I lend to my wife that she don't make use of in raising her child I give to her child and its heirs forever And lastly I constitute nominate and appoint my wife Sarah Barrow to be my Executor to see this my will fulfilled and performed And I do hereby revoke all other Will or Wills by me heretofore made Ratifying this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my Seal this fifth day of January in the year of 1807. John Barrow Junr (seal) Test Eliab Griffin (Jurat) JORDAN Winslow Benjamin Winslow Perquimans County May Term of Hertford A.D. 1807 This certifies that the within Will was Proved in open Court by the oath of Eliab Griffin one of the Subscribing witnesses thereto & at the same time the Execa therein named appeared & qualified agreeable to Law. Test Tho. H. Harvey Clk Recorded the 27th day of May 1807 Test Tho. H. Harvey Clk File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/perquimans/wills/barrowjr1592wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb