Perquimans County NcArchives Wills.....Toms, Francis 1729 ************************************************ 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 18, 2011, 6:36 pm Source: N C Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1729 FRANCIS TOMS' WILL. I, Francis Toms, of Pequimons, being Sick and weak of Body, but of Sound mind and memory. Do make this my Last will and testament in maner and forme following. Viz: I will that my Just Debts be paid by my Executors here- after named, Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Doughter, mary Newby, the Plantation I Bought of James Thickpen, to her and her Husband for and during their Naturall Lives, and after their Decease to their Son, Francis Newby, to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever; and for want of Such Heirs to the Next of Kinn. And, also, to my Sd. Doughter and to her. Her Heirs or assignes, my Tract of Land on Usess Creek and Bounding on ye Said Creek and the Land he, N: Newby, bought of Wil- liam More; and allso, to my Said Doughter, the Labour of my Negro Wench named Nan two days in a week, viz: the Days Commonly Called Mondie and Tusday, from the day of the date hereof, to the full End and term of ten Years, My Daughter finding the Said Negro Woman a New Cotton and Woll Coat and Jackit duirng the above terme of ten years, yearly. Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my Doughter, Elizabeth Phelps, the plantation and tract of Land I had in Exchange from Stephen Gibbons for my Land Called ye Image, to her and her heirs for Ever; allso, I Give to my Said Doughter, Elizabeth, forty Acres of Land lying at ye head of Rachell Barrows Land and that which was formerly Called Clagisters, to her and her Heirs for ever. I Give and Bequeath unto my Doughter, Priscilla Jones, a Negro Wench named Jenney and all her futer Increse, Save the first Child She Shall Bring, which I Give to my Wife, wheth- er male or female, and when ye Said Jenney does Appear to be with Child, She Shall be Returned to my wife or Relict, and Remain with her till her Child is weanable, and the Wench Naney to Serve in her Stead to my Said Daughter during the Said time. Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Doughter Margret Tomes, my Land on Both Sides of Long Branch, as far as the head of Bull Branch on ye north Side, and on ye South Side, as far as first big Branch that Comes out Long Branch below Stephen Gibbons Brid, and to the head of the Said Branch to my Said Doughter, Margaret and to her Heirs for ever; Likewise, a Negro Boy Called Jack and, a young Horse Named Smoaker, and a feather beed and furnituer Equivlent to the Beed and Furnituer her Sister Pleasant had. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Doughter, Pleasant Wins- lowe, two hundred acres of Land on Usess Creek, Joyning on ye Land Given to Francis Newby by my father, which two hundred Acres of Land, I Give to my Said Doughter, Pleasant, and to her heirs or assignes for ever. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Loveing Wife, Rebekah Tomes my Negro man named Guy, to be disposed of at hir discretion; Likewise the Labour of my Negro Mingo boy, from the date hereof to the full End and term of twelve years, if my Said wife Live So Long, and at ye Expiration of ye above mentioned twelve years, or at my Said wifes decease which Shall first happen, I will the Said Boy to my Son, Francis, to him, his Heirs or Assigns. Likewise, I Give to my said Wife, one hundred Acres of Land I Bought of John Porter, and fifty acres out of the Tract I now live on Joyning to the Sd. hundred acres of Land; and the one halfe of my orchard, She keeping the same in Repair for and During her Naturall Life; and allso, I Give to my Said wife, the one third of my Moveable Estate, Shee taking what was Hers before our Marige in part of the Said third; and allso, I give my said wife all her wearing apparell; and allso I Give to my Said wife, the Labour of my Negro Naney, Save the two days heretofore in a Week Given to my Doughter Mary, untill my Son Francis be marryed, and then I will he may have the one third of the Said Negros Labour; and the Said Negro Naney at his Mother in laws Decease. And also, I Give to my said Wife the one halfe of my bedding the whole of my Remaining Beding to be Eaqualy Devided betwixt my wife and my Son francis. Allso, I Give to my Said Wife my horse Named Fox and Side Sadie and Bridle and allso my horse Named Dick. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Doughter Pleasant, my Negro Boy named Pompey, to her, her Heirs and assignes for ever. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my Son, Francis Tomes, the Plantation whereon I now Live acording to his Granfathers Will; and to my Said Son, my Negro Girle named Naney, and One Gray maire I Bought of William Jackson, and my Riding Saddle, to him his, heirs or assignes for ever. Item, all the Remaining part of my Estate after my wife's part is taken out, be the Same of what kind or Quality So Ever, or whereever to be found, I Give and Bequeath to my Doughter, Margret Pleasant and my Son, Francis, to be Eaqual- ly Devided amongst them, there, to be devided by the Judgment of Joseph Jessop, Thos. Jessop, Thomas Winslow and William More, or any three of them. Lastly, I do ordain. Constitute & appoint My Loveing wife, Rebekah Tomes, and my Son in Law, Nathan Newby, to be my Executors to see this my will full filled, Revoaking all former wills by me heretofore made. as witness my hand, this 5th. of Sept, Ano. Dom., 1729, Francis Toms. (Seal) Witness: J. Jessop. Richd. Cheston. Ralph Fletcher. Octbr. 7th., 1729. Proved this will by the Afferm. of Jos. Jessop. R. EVERARD. Copied from the Original Will, filed in the Office of Secretary of State. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/perquimans/wills/toms1978gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb