Elizabeth City Co., VA Will HAMPTON COURTHOUSE, HAMPTON,VA WILL BOOK 4 1701-1859 PAGE 490 Will of George Hope, 1818 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I GEORGE HOPE OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON AND COUNTY OF ELIZABETH CITY, BEING OF SOUND MIND AND PERFECT MEMORY, PRAISED BE GOD, BUT CALLING TO MIND THE SHORTING OF LIFE AND CERTAINTY OF DEATH, DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TASTEMENT AND THEREBY DISPOSE OF SUCH WORLDLY ESTATE AS GOD OF HIS GREAT MERCY HAS BEEN PLEASED TO BESTORE UPON ME IN THE MANNER FOLLOWING; I GIVE UNTO MY SON GEORGE HOPE, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE ACRES OF LAND BOUGHT OF WILLIAM CARY AND MARY SMALLWOOD, ADJOINING THE LAND OF THOMAS JONES. I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER SARAH WILLS, THE PLANTION KNOWN BY THE NAME OF ROUND PONDS. I GIVE UNTO MY SON JOHN HOPE, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN ACRES OF LAND ADJOINING CAPT WILLIAM ARMESTEAD. KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE GUSTWOODS, WHICH I BOUGHT OF WORLEDGE???? WESTWOOD AND THOMAS LATIMER. I ALSO GIVE HIM ISAAC AND CHARLOTTE AND AT HIS MOTHERS DEATH I GIVE HIM GEORGE WASHINGTON. I GIVE UNTO MY SON THOMAS HOPE, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN ACRES OF LAND KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE GUSTWOODS BEING THE OTHER HALF OF THE TRACT WHICH I GAVE MY SON JOHN HOPE AND ADJOINING HIM ON THE EAST. I ALSO GIVE HIM AT HIS MOTHERS DEATH, ABRAHAM AND A PART OF THE PLANTATION KNOWN BY THE NAME OF BETHEL, EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH WEST END OF THE BARN AND RUNNING FROM THENCE ALONG THE ROAD TO THE LINE BETWEEN THOMAS JONES AND MYSELF FROM THENCE DOWN THE LINE AS FAR AS BACK RIVER AND BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A DITCH BEING THE LINE BETWEEN HIM AND HIS BROTHER WILTON HOPE. I GIVE UNTO MY SON WILLIAM HOPE THE ACADEMY AND LOT WHEREON IT STANDS BOUNDED BY MY SON GEORGE HOPE ON THE EAST AND THE UPPER FALLS IN THE MILL GARDEN, WHICH SAID FALLS IS THE LINE BETWEEN WILLIAM AND GEORGE HOPE FROM THENCE EXTENDING WESTWARD UNTILL IT JOINS BY SON THOMAS HOPE ON THE SOUTH BY CHARLES M COLLIER AND ON THE NORTH BY A LINE LEADING TO THE ACADEMY, I ALSO GIVE HIM ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN AND A HALF ACRES OF LAND KNOWN BY THE NAME OF SAWYERS SWAMP TOGETHER WITH THE HOUSES AND ORCHARDS THEREON. I ALSO GIVE HIM PETER AND AT HIS MOTHERS DEATH I GIVE HIM POIMU AND MARY. I GIVE UPTO MY SON WILTON HOPE A LOT IN THE SHIPYARD BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY JOHN HOPE, ON THE SOUTH BY HAMPTON RIVER, ON THE WEST BY WILLIAM HOPE AND ON THE NORTH BY THE STREET WITH A RESEVATION BETWEEN HIM AND JOHN HOPE OF SEVEN FEET FOR A ROAD TO THE SHIPYARD AND AT HIS MOTHERS DEATH I GIVE HIM THE OTHER PART OF THE PLANTATION KNOWN BY THE NAME OF BETHEL, INCLUDING ALL THE HOUSES THEREON WITH AN APPLE AND PEACH ORCHARD ADJOINING HIS BROTHER THOMAS HOPE ON THE SOUTH AND THOMAS WATTS AND HENRY ON THE NORTH AND BACK RIVER ON THE WEST, I ALSO GIVE HIM THE HOUSE ON THE SHIPYARD WHICH WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED AS A SCHOOLHOUSE AND AT HIS MOTHERS DEATH I GIVE HIM MERICA, CAESAR AND LUCY. I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER IN LAW, ANN POOL, SIXTY ACRES OF LAND ADJOINING ROBERT ARMESTEAD ON THE EAST AND WILLIAM HOPE ON THE WEST BEING A PART OF THE SAME TRACT. I GIVE UPTO MY BELOVED WIFE REBECCA HOPE, JINNY. I ALSO LEND HER DURING HER NATURAL LIFE THE PLANTATION KNOWN BY THE NAME OF BETHEL, ALSO MERICA, PNICUS, CAESAR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM AND LUCY. ALSO THE CHOICE OF TWO ROOMS IN THE HOUSE OF HER SON WILLIAM HOPE. I GIVE HER ALL THE STOCK OF A CATTLE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WITH ALL MY BOODS AND FURNUTURE OF EVERY KIND, AT THE DEATH OF MY BELOVED WIFE THAT PART OF THE PLANTATION KNOWN BY THE NAME OF BETHEL, WITH MERICA,CAESAR AND LUCY RETURNS TO MY SON WILTON HOPE. THE OTHER PART OF SAID PLANTATION WITH ABRAHAM TO BE POSSESSED BY MY SON THOMAS HOPE. PRIMUS AND MARY TO BE POSSESSED BY MY SON WILLIAM HOPE. GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BE POSSESSED BY MY SON JOHN HOPE. I DO HEREBY NOMATE AND APPOINT MY SONS GEORGE AND WILLIAM HOPE JOINT EXECUTERS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN WITNESS THERE OF I HAVE HEREUNTO PUT MY HAND AND SEAL THIS TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN. GEORGE HOPE TEST; WILLIAM B ARMISTEAD WILLIAM SKINNER JAMES THOMAS GEORGE HOPE WILL 1819 JULY, PROVED BY THE OATH OF MR SKINNER ONE OF THE WITNESSES PROVED ON THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGEST 1819 BY THE OATH OF JAMES THOMAS AND WILLIAM B ARMISTEAD RECORDED AND EXAMINED BY W ARMISTEAD,CLERK File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Hope Stanley - cbs@erols.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.