Perquimans-Nash-Bertie County NcArchives Wills.....Morgan, Jane Anderson  February 4, 1742
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Source: Perquimans Nc
Written: February 4, 1742

Will of Jane (-?-, Anderson) Morgan
Will written 04 Feb 1742, Proved 22 Mar 1742
Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
Know ye that I Jane Morgan widow of the County of Perquimans, Being Sick and 
weak of Body but of Sound Mind and Memory, Thanks be to God, Therefore 
Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, Do make and Ordain these Presents 
to Contain my Last Will and Testament this Fourth Day of February, In the 
Year 1742. And as Touching such Worldly Estate as it hath Pleased God to 
bless me with in this Life I Give, Devise and Dispose of the Same in the 
following manner and form.

Impremis: I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mary Morgan one Negro 
Wench Called and known by the Name of Pegg, to be sold and the Money to be 
Lodged in the Hands of my Son James Morgan, to Purchase a Slave, for the use 
of my Grand Daughter Mary Morgan, and She Dying without Heirs Lawfully 
begotten of her Body, the Money or Slave to Return to him the Said James 
Morgan, also I give to my Grand Daughter Mary Morgan one Cow Pied Red and 
white, her and her Increase, also one oval Table.

Item, I Give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Miriam Morgan, one Red cow 
and her Increase.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Cosan, one Ewe and 
her Increase, also one Sute of Cloths or Damask Gound and Silk petticoat, 
also one fine Shift Cloths, and five Course Shift Cloths.

Item, I Give to my Daughter Sarah Parsons, all my Cloaths, Linnen, and 
wooling and Hankerchiefs Except one Kuiten? [cotton?] Hankerchief flowered, 
also Eight Yards and a half of Gasley? also one Bed and Bed Stead, Three 
Rugs, Three Blankets, Three Sheets, Three Pillows and Curtains There unto 
belonging, also one Small Trunk, also on Tin pan.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Anderson my Bay horse Called ? and 
one[this line is on the fold in the paper and unreadable] and also one Tin 
Pan, also one man’s Sadle and bridle.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Son, James Morgan, all my Stock of Cattle, 
and their Increase, only Except as Above Said, also one Middle Sized Iron 
Pot, also one Feather Bed and Bed Stead and Furniture, and Cord?, also two 
Stocks of Bees, also one Large Trunk, Six Chairs, one Frying pan, also Two 
Sheep and their Increase, also Three large Pewter Dishes, Three Pewter 
Basins and one Tin pan, also my Plows and Axes and hoes.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter in Law Ann Morgan, my Riding Horse 
Called Jockey.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Daughter Jane Anderson, my Side 
Saddle.

Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Anderson, and my Daughter Sarah 
Parsons, and my Son James Morgan, Three pieces of homespun Linnen to be 
Equally Divided between them Three.

Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son John Anderson and my Daughter Sarah 
Parsons and my Son James Morgan, all the Remainder Part of my Pewter, and 
Muggs and Bottles to be Equally Divided between them Three.

Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son John Anderson and my Daughter Sarah 
Parsons and my Son James Morgan all the Remainder Part of my whole Estate, 
Debts, Dues, and Demands, to be Equally Divided between them Three. 

I also appoint my Son John Anderson, and my son James Morgan, Executors and 
Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, And Do hereby disallow, revoke 
and disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies and 
Bequests, and Executors by one in any Ways before Granted, Willed and 
Bequeathed, Ratifying this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal, this Day and Year 
above written, Signed , Sealed, Published, Pronounced and Declared by the 
Said Jane Morgan to be her Last Will and Testament in the Presents of us the 
Subscribers Abraham X Elliot, Mary X Elliot, Joseph Ratliff, Jane X Morgan20
 

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