FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Francis Triplett, 4 Oct 1757 ----¤¤¤---- Fairfax County Will Book B page 195 In the name of God, amen. I Francis Triplett of the parish of Truro and County of Fairfax weak of body but sound and perfect sense of memory. Thank and praise God for the same to mind of uncertain state of this transitory life and knowing that all flesh must yield unto death whence it shall please God to call do make this my last will and testament in manner and form as followith: Itom I give my soul to almighty God from whence I received of same hoping then _____ of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ to receive faith and forgiveness of all my manifest sins and wickedness and my body I recommend to earth to be decently interred according to the discretion of my executrix hereafter named as followith such worldly estate as God hath blessed me with. I dispose of the same in the following manner and form: Itom I give to my loving wife Elizabeth Triplett I lend her all of my personable estate and a Negro woman named Bess and Negro girl named Nann during her natural life excepting some small legacies that I give and bequeath out of it. Itom I give and bequeath to my loving son Thomas Triplett and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever a certain parcel of land containing two hundred acres lying on both sides of Goose Creek it being part of a tract of five hundred and five acres lying and situated upon both sides of Goose Creek to take in his plantation where he now lives and half that large bottom of the lower side of the creek and his brother William Triplett to have the other half. Itom I give to my loving son Thomas Triplett my pistols and holsters and a rifle gun. Itom I give and bequeath to my loving son William Triplett and his heirs forever lawfully begotten of his body one half of the residue of the pallor of the five hundred and five acres after his brother Thomas Triplett has taken his out if the said William Triplett should have no heir lawfully begotten of his body then this piece of land to fall to Mason Triplett and his heirs forever the beginning of my son William Triplett must be whereof the bottom is equally divided in the part that leads from my plantation that was settled by Joseph Brecks to my son Thomas Triplett and my son William Triplett running with that path near the ford that my son crosses Goose Creek to a black walnut from thence down the said Creek to a poplar standing in a narrow valley poplar is cur in of that side next to Creek to include that little narrow bottom to my son William Triplett part thence the said valley southerly to the line of the lower side of the creek. Itom I give and bequeath to my loving son William Triplett all my smiths tools with the provisions that he does all his mother's smiths work for nothing. Itom I give and bequeath to my loving son Daniel Triplett the other half of the said land to include his plantation to his heirs lawfully begotten of his body. If in failure of such an heir to fall to my son Mason Triplett and his heirs forever. Itom I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Triplett all my wearing cloths and one shirt. Itom I give and bequeath to my son John Triplett five shillings if demanded. Itom I give and bequeath to my son Francis Triplett a Negro woman called Bess and her increase after the death of my wife Elizabeth Triplett. Itom I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Boylstone a young mare of two years old. A ring of ten shillings __________ in case that my daughter after he decease, I leave it to her daughter, Frances Boylston. Itom I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Brawner five shillings if demanded. Itom I give and bequeath to my daughter Pally a young mare of two years old and a ring of ten shillings. Itom I give and bequeath to my son Mason Triplett a Negro girl named Nann after my wife Elizabeth Triplett decease and the first living child that t that Negro girl brings I give to my daughter Patty and to be brought up by my son Mason till it be one year old without loss if incase the said Mason die without heir lawfully begotten of body then said Negro girl I give and bequeath to Thomas Triplett daughter Betty Ann if in case that my son Mason should die and my granddaughter Betty Ann then I bequeath my Negro girl to Thomas Triplett second heir of Thomas Triplett either male or female if Negro child that is left to my daughter excepted and I do hereby appoint my loving wife Elizabeth Triplett my Executor of this my last will thereby revoking all former wills by me. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this 4th day of October 1757. Francis Triplett (seal) Guy Broadwater John Branner William WB Boylstone At a court held for the County of Fairfax 22 November 1758 This will was presented in court by Elizabeth Triplett Executrix therein named who made oath thereto and being also proved by the oaths of John Branner and William Boylstone two of the witnesses admitted to record and the said executrix having performed what is ____ in such _____ certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste: J. Wagoner, County Clerk An Inventory of the estate of Francis Triplett Fairfax County Will Book B page 204 To (2) feather beds and furniture and bedsteads, to (2) chests and case of bottles, 1 brass warming pan, 3 tables, 1 candle box, 1 bedstead, 2 chairs, 14 hogs, 3 cows, 3 steers, one calf, 1 Negro woman named Bess and Negro girl Nan, 2 mares and 2 horses, 1 copper still, 2 iron pole, 1 iron kettle, 2 pair of pothooks, 4 pewter dishes, one dozen plates, 1 basin, 1 teapot, 2 drinking glasses, 1 pint cup, 1 spit iron, 1 iron pot rack, 4 books, 2 four gallon rundletts, 1 fine sifter, 1 course sifter, 1 search, 3 wheat sieves, 1 pail and piggon, 2 earthen pots, 1 pair of stillards, 1 frying pan, 1 pair flesh forks, 1 iron ladle, 1 spice mortar, 1 sugar box, 1 cullender, 1 pepper box, 1 pewter pot. At a court held for the County of Fairfax 18th April 1759 this inventory was returned and ordered to be recorded. Teste: J. 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