Perquimans County NcArchives Wills.....Swann, Samuell 1753 ************************************************ 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: Nola Duffy nduffy@patch.net September 17, 2011, 9:08 pm Source: N C Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1753 SAMUELL SWANN'S WILL. In the Name of God Amen, I, saml. Swan, of pequimonds County, Being sick of Body, But of Perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be to god, Do Make and crdain tlii? my last Will & Testament, Hereby Revoking all Other Wills heretofore By me Made. Imprimis, My Will and Desire that all My Just Debts Be Paid as Soon as My Exers., hereafter Namd, Can Conveniently Raise the Money Out of Such Part of my Estate as My family Can Best Spare. Item, the Land whereon I now Dwell, Containing Four hundred an Twenty fove Acres, I Devide, Dispose of In Manner following; I Give to my Son Inlaw, Richard Claton, And my Daughter Mary, the Use of The House they Now Live in, with Ninety Acres of Land on which the House Stands & going Back from the Sound Side for the Said Compliment of Ninety acers, that is To Say, Begining at a Large Scaley Bark oak on the bank to the Eastward of Richard Clatons house. Thence A Direct Line to A Branch, Thence Through the Brance to A Beech Standing on a point of Land on the Westward of Alferds Swamp, Thence up a Branch of the Said Swamp to a beech a Little Above an Old Cart Brige, Thence A streight Course To A beech Catch maids Corner Tree. I give the Use of the above mentioned Ninety Acers of Land to My Son in law, Richd. Claton, and my Daughter, Mary Claton, During their Their Natural Live; and at their Deaths I give the Said Ninety Acers of Land, with The Ap- purtenances Thereunto belonging, unto the heirs Lawfully Begotten of my Daughter, Mary Claton, To them their Heirs and Assigns forever. Item, I give and Bequeath to My son in law, Richard Claton, all the Land to the Westward Of the Afsd. Deviding Line, above the Afsd. ninety Acers, on Con- dition of his Paying the Same price pr. acer to my other Six Children, as the Remainder of my Sd. Tract of Land Will Sell for. To him, his heirs and Assigns forever. Item, My Will and Desire is that after the Death of My wife all the Remainder of my Sd. Tract of Land, and all my Stock of Cattle, horses, hog & sheep May Be Sold and the Money arising, equally Devided Between My other Six Chil- dren, Vizt., Sarah Ann Elisabeth Martha Jane and Margaret. Item, I give and Bequeath Unto Jesse hendley, of Pasquo- tank County, one half of my allegator Land, to him. His heirs and assigns for ever, the other half of The Said Land, with my Young Black pacing Mare and My Riding horse I Desire May Be Sold by My Execurs. and the Money ariseing to be Laid out in Moving the house I now Live in, to a Certain Place I have appointed, and In finishing two Log houses I have Begun. Item, I Desire that all my Tools, only some for the use of the plantation, May Be Sold and the Money ariseing appro- priated to the Moving & Building the Afsd. houses, if Re- quired. Item, my Will and Desire is that my Negroes, houshold Goods and Stock, Remain in the Possession My wife Dureing her widowhood, and at her Marriage or Death, Be Equally Divided Between My aforenamed Six Children, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, Martha, Jane, and Margaret. Item, I Give to my Daughter, Mary Claton, My pickle Case and Bottles. Item, I Give To my bror. John Vail, My Silver Seal and Stock Buckle. And Do Hereby Nominate and Appoint my Brothers, Jeremiah Vail and John Vail, Executors to This My Last Will and Testament, Revoking all Other Wills here- tofore By me Made. In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto Set My hand & Seal, this Eighth Day of January, In the Year of our Lord, one Thousd. Seven Hundred and fifty three. Samuell Swann, (Seal) Signed, Sealed, pronounced and Delivered in presence of us: John Smith. Jurt. Susanna (huail? Vail?) Willm. X WOLLARDS, Jurt. mark. Perqumans County, ss. April Court, Anno Dom., 1753. Present his Majestys Justices. These may Certifie that the Will of Samuell Swann, Deed., hereunto annexed was then & there Duly Proved in Open Court by the Oaths of John Smith and William Woolard, Evidences thereto, and at The Same time Mr. John Vail was Duly Qualified thereto as Executor by taking the Oath by law appointed. Ordered that the Secretary of Said Province have Notice thereof, that Letters Testimentary Issue thereon as the Law Directs. Test. Edmund Hatch, Cler. Cur. Copied from the Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/perquimans/wills/swann2922wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb