Wake County, NC - Will & Estate Records

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Beverly Reach Perry <b_bperry@knology.net>


Following is the will of Jeremiah Parker Rich/Reach. Although the surname is spelled 
RICH in the will, in many Wake Co. court records it is spelled REACH.
 
Will of Jeremiah Rich (Reach) 
dated 1781 Wake Co., NC, in Record Book 1, p. 174
 
In the Name of God Amen I Jeremiah Rich of the County of Wake and State of North 
Carolina being Weak in Body but of Perfect sound Mind and Memory and calling to mind 
that it is appointed for all Men once to Die do make and Ordain this to be my last Will 
& Testament in the follwoing manner and form Viz.--
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son John Rich Ten Pounds Specie to him and his Heirs 
forever.
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son William Rich Ten Pounds Specie to him and his Heirs 
forever. 
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Susannah Bridges wife of James Bridges Ten 
Pounds Specie to her and her Heirs forever. 
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Jacob Rich Ten Pounds Specie to him and his Heirs 
forever.
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Judy Dodd Wife of William Dodd Ten Pounds 
Specie to her and her Heirs forever. 
 
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Charity Rich Tem Pounds Specie to her and her 
Heirs forever. 
 
I lend to my beloved Wife Mary all my Lands, Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Hoggs, Sheep, 
Geese, and all my Household furniture with all my Tools of all kinds in dureing her 
Widowhood and at her Marriage or Death all that I now lend to my beloved wife I give 
Bequeath to my Son Charles Rich to him and his Heirs forever and if he Should die 
before he has an Heir what I give to him to be equally divided between them that is 
living. 
 
And I do hereby Appoint Brother Timothy Rich and my Son Charles Rich my whole and 
Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revokeing all other Wills 
and Testaments by me made hereby Confirming this to be my last Will and Testament. 
In Witness whereof I the said Jeremiah Rich have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 
fourth day of October 1781.                
 
                                        Jeremiah Rich {Seal}

Signed Sealed Published pronounced & declared in Presence of Us:

Thomas Cheves {Jurat}
Grace Cheves {her mark}
 
 
Wake County, December Term 1781

Then was the within Will proved in Open Court by the Oath of Thomas Cheves a Witness 
thereto and Ordered to be Recorded.  J. Rice Clk.

Recorded in the Clerks Office in the county of Wake in Book A and pages (174-175) 
this 17th day of Jan. 1782.    J. Rice Clk.
 
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