Statewide County NcArchives Wills.....Goodlatt, Alexander 1713
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1713

              ALEXANDER GOODLATT'S WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Alexander: Goodlatt, 
Younger Sone to Abbottshaugh, in Sterlingshire, in that part of 
ye Kingdom of Great Britain formerly Called Scotland, Now 
of North Carolina, Merch't, Doe make, Ordeyne, Constitute and 
declare these presents to be and Conteyne my last Will and 
Testam't, hereby revokeing & makeing void all former and other 
wiles or Testam'ts. by me heretofo e made or Declared.

Impris. In case it shall Soe happen that I shall Dye without 
Issue by my loveing wife, Elizabeth Goodlatt, I Give, Devise 
& bequeath unto my said Loveing wife, Eliza Goodlatt, All my 
Estate of w't Nature, Kind or quallity soever, which is in North 
Carolina, but if it shall happen that I shall have Issue by my 
said Wife, then it is my will, true Intent & Meaning, that four 
hundred pounds of my Estate in North Carolina be paid unto 
such Issue as I shall have by my said wife, at and upon his, 
or her, Arrivall to ye Age of Twenty Years.

Itm., all ye rest of my Estate whatsoever in America, together 
w'th ye Sume of three hundred and thirty pounds sterl. Money, 
Due from my bror :, James Goodlatt, Younger, of Abbottshaugh, 
as appears by accounts made up by John Cunninghame, writer, 
to ye Signett in Edinburgh, the Second of ffeby., 1708/9, 
And Deposited in ye hands of John Cunninghame, Sone of ye 
above Named w'th twenty pounds Sterl. to raise & Process on 
ye Same, I Give, Demise & Bequeath unto ue Issue I shall have 
by my sd wife to be paid, at and upon his Arrivall to ye Age of 
Twenty Years. But, in Case I shall dye without Issue, then 
to my next of Kin.

Lastly, I doe Nominate and appoint my sd. loveing wife,
Eliza. Goodlatt, Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testam't.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto put my hand & Seale
(after erasing ye two last lynes of ye first Article) this 12th. of

Octor., 1710.	

                             ALEXR. GOODLATT (Seal)

Sealed, Signed, and Declared 
In ye presence of:

     ELIZA HECKLEFIELD. 
     CORNELIUS RATSLITT. 
     EDW. MOSELEY.

NORTH CAROLINA. By the Honble. the Presid't, &c.,

It being Certifyed to me that Alexr: Goodlatt, late of this province, 
Merch't, is Dead, and hath made & put his last Will & Testam't in writeing, 
a true Copy whereof is hereunto annex'd and hath therein appointed 
Eliza Goodlatt, widow & Relict of ye said Alexr., his Sole Excx., These are 
therefore to Impower her, ye sd. Elizabeth Goodlatt, to Enter in & upon, 
all & Singular, ye Goods & Chatles, rights & Credits of ye said Alexandr. 
Goodlatt, wherever in this Governm't to be found and ye Same into her 
possession to take, and a true Inventory thereof, Appraised according 
to Law, to returne into ye Sectys. Office within One Yeare after after ye 
Date hereof, and ye Same to Dispose of as by ye Said Will is appointed.

Given und'r my hand & ye Seale of ye Collony this 1st. day of Augt., 
Ano. Dni., 1713.

                                  THOMAS POLLOCK.

Recorded in Will Book 2, page 4.


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