Will of Rebecca Izard, 1675 - Isle of Wight County, VA Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, p. 135 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [brackets, line breaks, & surname capitalization mine] In the Name of God Amen, I: Rebecah IZARD, being Sick in body, but of sound & pfectt memorie, doe make this my last Will & Testam:t Imp'mis I bequeath my Soul, Unto the Almightie God, trusting through the Merritts of my Savio': Jesus Christ, to inheritt Eternal life, my body I bequeath Unto the Earth to be buried in a decent manner; & for my Worldly estate, I bequeath as followeth/ Imp'mis my Will is, that After, my daughter Rebecah BAGNALLs estate, be taken out of the Whole Estate, [illegible] And my daughter Martha, IZARD, & the debts paid, then the Estate, to be equally devided, betwixt me & my aforesaid daughter Martha; IZARD; then out of my proportion, I give & bequeath as followeth/ Item I Give Unto Rebeca BAGNALL, & Mary BENNETT, & Martha IZARD, & James BAGNALL: the Sonn of James BAGNALL, Nehemiah HUNTT, the sonne of Godfry HUNTT, & Elizabeth REEVES, the daughter of Henry REEVES, all my proportion of Estate before Exp'ssed, to be equally devided, betwixt them, And my Will is, that my Sonn James, BAGNALL, Henry REEVES & Ambrose BENNETT, be my overseers, to See this my Will pformed, To Wh Will & Testam:t I have hereunto Sett my hand this fiveteenth day of ["May" struck out] October 1675/ I The mark of Rebecah IZARD Teste John BURNETT William WESTAR This Will is proved by the oaths of John BURNETT And William WESTRA in the open Cort held for Isle of Wight County the 20:th of October 1675 & then Recorded Teste Jn:o JENNINGS Clr:Cur: [The bond of her above-named executors, from Governour Sir William BERKELEY, dated 15 Nov 1675, recorded 20 Oct 1669 (date of above probate) appears in the same volume, on the 2nd pagination p. 37.] 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. ****************************************************************