Charleston County ScArchives Wills.....Amory, Jonathan November 3, 1697
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Written: November 3, 1697

  WILL OF JONATHAN AMORY, 
VOL. 1 PAGE 5 
PROBATE JUDGE'S OFFICE, CHARLESTON, S. C.

   In ye Name of God Amen ye twenty third Day of November & year of our Lord God
on Thousand Six hundred Ninety Seven I Jonathan Amory of ye Province of Carolina
Merch.t being weak in Body yet of Sound and Perfect Memory, praised be God do
make this my Last Will &Testem.t in manner & form following (Vizt) First I
Bequeath my Soul & Spirit into ye hands of almighty God my Heavenly Father & my
Body to ye Earth to be buried at ye Discretion of my Executrix & my worldly
Estate to be disposed of as follows I Give & Bequeath unto my Son Joseph
Croskeys all ye Piece of Land that lyeth next ye Rattrapp wch was bought of
Andrew Lawson & lyeth on ye Left hand of ye Broad path as you goe into ye
Country to him & his assignes for ever. I likewise request my Executrix to make
a Title to him of ye piece of Land which lyes next to my dwelling house which I
gave to him with my Daughter I also give him my best Silver headed Cane. I give
to Sarah Rhett daughter to Capt. Willm. Rhett ten Pounds pd. into ye hands of
Mother to buy her a gould Chain I Give to Doctr. Atkin Williamson ten Pounds, I
give unto Doctr. Thomas Todd ten Pounds, I give to ye Poor of Charles Town
fifteen Pounds I Give & Bequeath to Thomas Noble Twenty Pounds I Give unto my
Loveing Wife Martha my Dwelling house in charles Towne & all ye Land paled in
about ye Same dureing her Natural Life and after her Death I Give, Grant &
Devise ye sd House & Land to my Sons Thomas and Robert Amory & ye Survivours of
them their Heirs & assigns for Ever, I Give and Bequeath unto my Sd Loveing Wife
all her Wearing Apparell & all ye Plate and household goods belonging to my Sd
Dwelling House I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter, Sarah Amory Ye Sum of three
hundreds Pounds & to my Daughter Ann ye Like Sum of three hundred Pounds, All ye
rest and residue of my Estate both reall & prsonall in this World, I give grant
& Devise to my Loveing Wife Martha and my two Sons Thomas & Robert Amorys to be
equally Divided between Them Share & Share alike, I also Nominate and appoint my
my Said Wife Martha Sole Executrix during her Life & after her Decease I
Nominate and appoint my two Sons Thomas & Robert my Executors I Do also Impower
and authorize my sd Executrix to Sell & Dispose forever all or any part of my
real Estate Provided that the Shares of ye Money raised thereby be Secured to my
Sons Behoofe In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, day year &
Place above Exprest.
Sealed Published and                               Jonathan Amory (SEAL)
Declared In the Presence of 
Geo. Logan 
Fra. Fidling 
Joane Hearne

   Memorand. That this Day personally appeared before me George Logan & Fra.
Fidling ye within Witnesses & Did on ye holy Evangelists Declare that they did
See ye within named Joanathan Amory Sign Seal & publish ye Within to be his Last
Will and Testam.t and that ye said Jonathan Amory was of Sound Memory at ye time
of his So Doing.
   Recorded Oct. 1699.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILLS AND RECORDS
VOL. I

Compiled By
MISS PAULINE YOUNG
South Carolina Genealogist
Box 129
Liberty, S. C.

Copyright 1955
By
PAULINE YOUNG
PRICE $ 10.00


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