ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - WILLS - William CLAY
                                   10 Jan 1676
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[p.] 138 

In the Name of God Amen, I William CLAY of the Isle of Wight County, being 
Sicke & Weake in body but in p/fect Sence & memorie, doe here make & ordaine, 
this my last Will & Testam.t as followeth, 
first I bequeath my Soule to Almighty God, Who gave it mee, Trustinge in his 
manifold mercies, that he will wash away all my Sinns out of his Remembrance, 
through the Merritts & blood of his deere Sonne, Jesus Christ, 
& my body to the Earth, from Whence it was taken, to be buried, in decent 
Christian, buriall, 
As for my Worldly and Temperall Estate, I ordaine in manner & form followinge, 
Imp'mis it is my Will to give, Unto my Cuzin Thomas; the Sonne of my brother 
Thomas CLAY, one flock[?] Bedd, w.th boulster & blankett; 
Item  I give & bequeath, Unto Mary, the youngest daughter of Henry REYNALLS 
[REYNOLDS] one porringer, & a cowe calfe; in case it be recovered, from the 
Widdowe, 
further I doe give to my Brother John my box, that was my fathers box w.th 
lock & key, & a broad Cloth Coate, & a paire of breeches, 
After my death, & things Settled; It is my Will, that the first Mare Coult, 
that the Widdowes Mare doth bring, that is my due, bee delivered Unto my 
Brother John his daughter Elizabeth CLAY; 
Item  it is my Will, my lands redowne to my daughter Elizabeth CLAY, my Wife 
Judith CLAY, haveing her life therein, 
And as for all my Whole Estate as Chattles, or hoggs, howsehold stuff, or any 
other thinge belonginge to mee, the aforesaid Will'm: CLAY To be equally 
devided, betweene my deere Wife, Judith CLAY, & my deere Child, 
After my debts be paid; 
I doe Alsoe ordaine that my deere Wife, Judith CLAY, be my Whole Executrix & 
Administrato:r of this my Will to see it Executed, 
As Witness my hand & Seale, this Tenth day of January 1675 [1675/6] ~/ 
Signed & Sealed in the p'sence of Us/                  W:m CLAY  /Siggill:/ 
       George HARDY Senio:r 
        Thomas BAKER /           This Will is proved by the oath of M.r George 
                                 in open Co.rt held for the Isle wight County 
                                 this, 17:th day of February 1675;  And then 
                                 Recorded 
                                           p/ Me  John JENINGS' Clr Recordr 


Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2 (1661-1719), 
p. 138 
The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 23 
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]

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