ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA - KINCHEN WILL, 1735

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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY,  VA     WILL - William Kinchen-1735  


                  Will of William Kinchen (corrected copy)

     In the name of God Amen
I William Kinchen being sick & weak of Body but of perfect sense of memory do
make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form as follweth.
 First & Principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and Body
I commit to the ground and loveling all such Temporal Estate as it hath
pleased God to bestow upon me I give & bestow as followeth.

Imprimis  I give & bequeath unto my loving son Mathew Kinchen the Plantation
whereon I now live and all the land there into belonging from the lower end
to the Butt Branch, and one Water Mill with all appurtenance thereunto
belonging, and one still with appurtenance belonging to it that is on the
said land.  

I give unto my said son Mathew Kinchen all the lands whereon John
Pitman lives, the same containing seven hundred and fifty acres to him my
said son Mathew Kinchen and his heirs forever.

ITEM  I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Exum thirteen pounds and ten
shillings current money. Five pounds sterling in goods to her and her heirs
forever.

I Give unto my Grandson William Jones one Iron Pott.

ITEM  I give unto my daughter Martha Jarrell one Negro woman named Patience &
three children by name, Ned, Freeman & Jammey.  Thirty five pounds current
money, one feather bed, one pair of sheets, one pair of blanketts, a good
Rugg, six Pewter Dishes,two basons,one dozen of Asord Mettal Spoons,two Iron
Potts, two silver Spoons, one milling Brass Kettle, four Cows & Calves, one
frying pan, one box iron, one dozen of plates & black trunk, one bible, ten
pounds sterling in goods to her my said daughter and her heirs forever most
of the above articles already delivered to her.

I Give Daughter Patience Taylor three negroes by name Moll, Luke & Nan,
Thirty five pounds current money, twenty two pounds five shillings already
lent to her husband, Etheldrod Taylor, two Basons, two silver spoons and ten
pounds sterling in goods to her my said daughter and her heirs forever part
of the said articles already delivered to her.

I Give unto my daughter Sarah Godwin six pounds sterling in goods and two
silver spoons.
I Give unto my grandaughter Martha Godwin twenty pounds current money to her
and heirs forever.

I Give unto my son William Kinchen six dozen of bottles, one silver tankard,
two leather chairs, one great house rugg, two negros by names Peter & Hannah,
one concent saw, two silver spoons, to him my said son and his heirs forever.

I Give unto my loving wife Elizabeth & my grandson William Kinchin to be
equally divided between them all the cattle that is at the plantation where
Negro Peter lives, that is raised there.

I Give unto my loving wife Elizabeth Kinchin one feather bed & furniture, one
Negro woman called Rose, one Negro man called Seaco, and all my old using
household staff to be equaly divided between my wife Elizabeth and son Mathew
Kinchen.  And also what cattle belongs to my dwelling House.

I Give unto my son Mathew Kinchen six negroes by name Dick, Robbin, Sam &
Jack & Mango that is at John Pitmans and the cattle & hoggs that is at the
said Pitmans, he preforming the articles of agreement with the said Pitman,
to him my said son and his heirs forever.  It is my will and desire that all
the hoggs at Johns be equally divided between my wife Elizabeth, my son
William and my son Mathew Kinchen.

I Give unto my grandson William Kinchen one Negro boy by name of John Petro.

I Give unto my grandaughter Mary Jones One Negro boy called Peter.

ITEM  it is my will and desire that all the debts due to me 
here in Virginia and all my merchandise and all concerns in England in money
or tobacco and all the rest of my estate goods & chattels ------I give unto
my son Mathew Kinchen and his heirs forever.
AND I do ordain & appoint my loving son Mathew Kinchen my whole and sole
executor of this my last will & testament, evoking and making void all other
wills hensfor made by me in Witness wherefo I now set my hand & seal this
13th day of August 1734.

Signed Sealed & Declared               Wm. Kinchen
    in presence of 
Arthur Percell, John Dunkley, Henry H Flower

AT a court held for Isles of Wight County July the 28th 1735.

The last will and testament of William Kinchen gent ---- was
presented in court by Mathew Kinchen the executor this his son now who made
oath hereto according to law and being proved by the oath of all the
witnesses therefor it is admitted be recorded.

                           Teste:  James Baker
 
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