Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Cook, Benjamin 1795
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1795
Recorded: 1796

Will of Benjamin Cook

Wayne County, NC Wills, Inventories, and Settlements of Estates, Volume 3, 
1796-1807, pp. 1-2 [92-93].
Devised October 25, 1795,
Proven January Term, 1796.

In the [Name] of God Amen twenty fifth [day] of October In the Year of Our 
Lord Christ [One] Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety five I Benjam[in] Cooke 
of the State of North Carolina and County of Wayne being Sick & weak in body 
but of perfect mind & Memory doth make and ordain this my Last Will & 
Testament and Calling To mind which wor[ld]ly Estate it hath pleased God to 
bless me in this Life With I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in man[n]er 
& form to wit as follows
Item I Give unto my Son Ephraim Cooke one feather bed and Furniture and 
on[e] Cow & [Y]Earling also one Shot Gun and also one mare Colt also all my 
Land on the other side of the Road I meane on the Side where Granery Benson 
Lives to him and his heirs for Ever.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Wm Cooke all my Land on the Side of the 
Road where I Now Live.
Item I Give unto my son Stephen Cooke ten Shillings.
Item I Give [un]t[o] Ephraim one Saw.  I will that my Mill and bay mare 
Should be Sold.
Item I Give up my Planta[tion] house hould and kitchen furniture also my 
stock of hogs and Cattle to my wife during her Life or Widowhood & after her 
Death or Widowhood the Same to be Equally Divided between Jones, Jacob & 
Zekil and Anna and Patsey and William Cooke.  I Give to my [   ] one Bay 
horse to Her for Ever.  I E[xcept?] [missing text] Death of my Mother then 
[missing text] [t]o my Estate which I Desire should be Sold & my Wife and 
family have it for their own use as Witness where unto I have Set my hand 
and fixed my seal the Day and Year first above [W]Ritten.
I do Co[n]stitute and appoint my well beloved Brother[s] Thomas Cook & Jacob 
Cook Executors to this my Last will and Testament.
Witness
Abraham Simms			Benjamin (x) Cook (Seal)
Elizabeth (x) Simms
Benjamin Simms

Jany Term 1796

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC.


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