Rowan Co. NC - Will of Nancy Marlin, wife of James Marlin, 1803

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Submitted by:  Lee Marlin Schneider  NELinks@aol.com
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Will of Nancy, wife of James Marlin
According to Nancy's will (Rowan County Vol. E. 1800-1805 pg. 52 it says" 
First, I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter JANE WILLSEN my black 
gown and a short gown and a cotton gown and all my capes and my black silk 
handkerchief. I bequeath to my well beloved son ELIJAH the coarse hackle. 
Also I bequeath to my granddaughter
RACHEL GRAHAM my blue gown and stuft petticoat and my fine hackle a pewter 
dish and three pewter plates and dresser furniture, and the remainder of the 
pewter to ELIJAH and my horse and one cowhide and one to my son JOSEPH and my 
cow and loom to ELIJAH and he to pay the
rights of the children and equal shares and one single blanket and one to 
RACHEL and one flat iron to JOSEPH and my wheel to RACHEL andthe rest for the 
use of the house and my oven to ELIJAH and my chest and cowbell. My feather 
bed and counterpane and bolster to NANCY MARTIN
(Marlin) and the pot racks to ELIJAH and one churn. And I do herewise 
constitute make and ordain my well beloved son JOHN MARLIN my sole executor 
of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke 
and disannul all and every other former testaments,
wills, legacies, bequeaths and executors by me in anyway beforenamed, willed, 
bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and 
Test:  in witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal the day and 
year above written Nancy Martin (her mark)
witnesses: John Culbertson            Alexander Martin

14 Apr 1803 Signed sealed and published, pronounced and declared by the Said 
Nancy Marlin as her last Will and
Testament in presence of us subscribes John Culbertson Alexander Martin

Note: Nancy's will is filed under the name Nancy  Martin.However, comparison 
with other records prove that she is Nancy Marlin..Throughout the history of 
Marlin family, the name has often been written down as Martin, and sometimes 
an unknown usurps the Marlin name in history.