Will of Samuel Eldridge, 1709 - Isle of Wight County, VA Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, p. 500 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [brackets, line breaks, & surname capitalization mine] In the Name of God Amen: I Sam:l ELDRIDGE being p'sent Very Sick & weak of Body butt of Sound & pfect memory and Calling to mind ye Uncertainty of life and ye Certainty of Death: think fit to make this my last Will & Testament-: first I bequeath my Soul tto God and my Body tto have a Christian burial in the Earth and also my Worldly goods I give and bequeath as Followeth: 2.dly I doe give Unto my Sonn W.m a feather Bedd & furniture thereunto belonging wh I Now live Upon and a gray Maire to him & his heires- : 3.dly I do give Unto my Sam:l ELDRIDGE twelve hundred p.ds of Good Marchantable tob.o in Cash allsoe my Baye Maire of Seaven Years old- : 4.thly I give Unto my Daughter Eliz.th ELDRIDGE- my Feather Bedd & furniture thereunto belonging w.ch Stands in ye outward Room allsoe my Riding Horse w.th Bridle and Sadle& Stabling Harness to her & her heires- : 5.thly I give Unto my Daughter Martha my best feather Bedd & furniture which Stands in ye inner Room allsoe my Sorrel Maire of one Year old to her & her heires- : 6.thly After my d.ts and legacies and fun:rall Charges is Fully Satisfied I doe give and bequeath all ye Remaining part of my goods and Chattels both Moveable & Immoveable to be Equally divided between my four Children to Wit W:m Sam:l Eliz:th & Martha to them & theire heires- : 7.thly My son William I did give Unto my loveing freind MURFRY dureing his Minority said MURFRY giveing my Son two yeares Schooling- : 8.thly My son Sam:el I give Unto my loveing broth:r in Law W.m HOOKES dureing ye time of his Minority, s.d HOOKS giveing my Son two Yeares Schooling- : 9.thly My daughter Martha I give Unto my loveing Eliz:th GAYNES- till She is Sixteen yeares old and if Sd Eliz:th GAINES dies before my daughter comes to ye age of Sixteen Yeares old [illegible] her daughter Mary GAINES may have the Keeping of her: And this I make my last Will & testam:t Renounceing: all other Wills, and testam:ts and [illegible] my daughter Eliz:th do Receive her due part of my Estate [illegible] her hands and I doe make and Confirm my two loveing Freinds W.m HOOKS Roger TALTON to be my Sole Exrs: to: See this my Will pformed & Ended in Confirmation hereof I have hereunto Set my hands and Fixed my Seal this Ninth day of Apr.el 1709 Now HOOKS interlined before Sealed [illegible] S the Mark of Sam:l ELDRIDGE (Seal) Signed Sealed in ye p'Sence of: ffra: SEAGRAVE S his mark Roger TALTON R his mark John TARLTON I his mark: Proved in open Co:rt held for ye Isle of Wight County y:e 2.d day of May 1709 by ye Oathes of ffra: SEAGRAVE & Jn:o TARLTON & ordered to be Recorded: Test, Cha' CHAPMAN Cl Cur This Will is proved in the open Cort held for the Isle of Wight County this Ninth day of June 1669 By the oathes of M:r John BARNETT & Richard ANGLES, and then Recorded, V: me Jn:o JENNINGS Clr:Cur: Submitted by Matthew W. Harris of Richmond, VA **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************