Essex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Dunn, William February 5, 1731
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Source: Essex Co. Wills No 5    Pages 92-93
Written: February 5, 1731
Recorded: July 19, 1732

William Dunn Will, 1731
Recorded 19 Jul 1732
Book 5, Page 92-93

Essex Co. Va. Wills No. 5, 1730-1735					67 0864

In the name of God, Amen.  I, William Dunne, of the county of Essex, Virga, 
being sick & weak in body, but of sound and perfect memory praise be given to 
God for the same and knowing the uncertainty of this transitory life do make 
constitute and ordain this my last will and testamt in manner and form as 
following.  That is to say, first & principally, I commend my soul to Almighty 
God my Creator assuredly beleiving that I shall receive full pardon and 
remission of all my sins and be saved by the precious death and merritts of my 
Blessed Saviour and Redeemer, Christ Jesus, and my body to the earth from 
whence it was taken, to be buried in such decent and Christian manner as to my 
Executors hereafter named shall be thought meet and convenient and as touching 
such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent me, my will and desier is 
the same shall be employed and bestowed as hereafter by this my Will is 
expressed and first, I do revoke, renounce, furstrate, and make void all Wills 
and bequests by me formerly made & declare and appoint this my Last Will & 
Testament.  Item – I give and bequeath unto my three youngest sons, namely 
John, Benjamin, and Jonathan Dunne five hundred acres of land lieing and being 
in the County of Caroline on the south side of the Mattoponie River to be 
equally devided amongst them to them and their heirs forever it being a track 
of land containing six hundred acres of which I gave John Williamson one 
hundred acres at the upper end of the sd. Land for the sealing, and saveing the 
other five hundred acers of land.  Further, my Will and desier is that if I do 
not acknowlidge the above said one hundred acres of land to the sd. John 
Williamson before my death, that my Execrs. hereafter named shall and may 
acknowlidge the above sd. hundred acres of land to the said John Williamson.  
Item – I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna Smith one shilling.  Item – I 
give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Gray one shilling.  Item – I lend the use 
of my personal estate to my loving wife Alice Dunn, during her natural life or 
till the day of marriage, and if she should marry againe then to have her 
thirds.  Item – I give and bequeath after my wife’s death or marriage again, 
all my negroes to be equally divided amongst my five sons, namely Thomas Dunn, 
William, John, Benjamin & Jonathan Dunn, and all the rest of my estate, real, 
and personal to be equally divided amongst  my  six  youngest  children,  
namely Alice Hays,  Sarah Williamson,  John Dunne, Benjamin Dunne, Jonathan  
Dunne & Anne Dunne.  Item – I do hereby ordain, constitute and appoint my 
beloved wife Alice Dunn and my son Thomas Dunn and my son William Dunne my 
whole sole Executer of this, my Last Will and Testament, as witness my hand & 
seal this 5th  day of Febrarey, 1731.
Signed Sealed and Delivered				William Dunn (Locus 
Sigilli)
in presence of 
Tes Ambrose Jones
Wm. Gatewood
Henry Boughan

At a Court held for Essex County at Tappo. On the xviiith (18th) day of July 
MDCCXXXII (1732) William Gatewood made oath that he did see William Dunn sign, 
seal, publish, & declare the within writing to be his last will & testament & 
that he the sd. William Dunn was in perfect sence, & memory at the time of 
doing thereof.
							Test. N(?) Beverly CC

At a Court continued & held for Essex County at Tappa. On the xixth (19th) day 
of July MDCCXXXII (1732) – This last will & testament of William Dunn decd. was 
proved by Oath of the Execors. therein named & also by oath of Henry Boughan 
one of the witnesses thereto which was then ordered to be recorded.		
							Test. N(?) Beverly CC


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