ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Christopher BENN 9 Feb 1688 ----¤¤¤---- [Clerk's note, p. 569] The following Pages are Transcripts from one of y.e Antient Record Books w.ch by reason of great Age is Unbound and fallen to Peices wherefore to Preserve them from Danger of being Lost they are here Incerted. - ______________________________________________________________________ [...] [p.] 577 [...] In the name of God. Amen. I Cristopher BENN being Weak and Sick of Body but of Sound and perfect Memory do Bequeath my Soul to God and my Body to the Earth: And for my Worldly Estate I dispose of it as followeth. viz. ~ Imprimis. I Give unto my Son James that Plantation which I lately Bought of Thomas HARRIS lying in Pagan Creek containing Two Hundred & Ten Acres or thereabouts. [28 Feb 1657/8; WD1:587-88] And Also I Give unto my aforesaid Son James this Plantation on which I now live, and for defect of Issue of his Body lawfully Begotten then both these Plantations to return to my eldest Daughter Ann, and for the same Defect in her then to come to my Daughter Margaret, and for the like Defect in her to come to my Daughter Elizabeth, But during the Term of my [page break] [p.] 578 Wife's Life neither of these my Children to Enjoy it, but give to her and she quietly yo Enjoy it; Item. I Give unto my Wife Mary all my Goodds and Cattle within Door and without and have all my Children to her only disposing. This being my last Will & Testament whereunto I have set my Hand this 11.th of April 1659 his Christopher B BENN seal Witness. William TRAVERS, Henry TANDEY. mark Proved by the Oath of William TRAVERS 26 of September 1659 before M.r Anthony FULGHAM and TRAVERS then deposed that the is TANDEY's ["Tandeys"] Hand. [sic] Recordatur 10° September 1659 ~ Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Deeds, Wills, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 569, 577-78 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________