Will of Margaret Lawrence, 1746 - Isle of Wight County, VA

Isle of Wight Co., VA, Wills and Accounts Vol. 5 (1745-1752), pp. 296-98
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [brackets & surname capitalization mine]


[p] 296

I the Name of. God. Amen.  I Margaret LAWRENCE of the Isle of Wight County: being very sick and
weak of Body but of perfect Mind and Memory. Thanks be to Almighty God. for the same, I Do make
and Ordain this my last Will. and Testament. in Form and Manner following, that is to say, I 
Give my Soul to Almighty God, who gave it me, in full Hopes and Assurance 


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Assurance.  Secondly, I commit my Body to the Earth to be buried, in Christian Burial, 
according to the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named.

Item.  I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John one Feather Bed, and Furniture, both Curtains. and 
Vallens. Bolster one Pair of Sheets. one Rugg. and Blanket. and One Long Table. and Three 
Leather Chairs. and one small Trunk One Great Chest. One Case of Bottles. One Stone Jugg. and 
One Small Pott.  One Great Dish, and One Small,-

Item.  I Give to my Son William , One Great Iron Pott. one Iron Potrack. One Spitt. and 
Dripping Pan. One Stone Jugg-

Item.  I give unto my Gran-daughter Penelope One Feather Bed, Bolster. Rugg. and Pair of 
Sheets-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Precilla, one Great Trunk and looking Glass. One Horse. Bridle.
and Saddle-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth. one Bed. and Bolster a Pair of Sheets. Rugg. and
Blankit,and One Trundle Bedstead.-

Item.  I Give unto my Grandson Robert CARR, Twenty Shilling[s] Cash,-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Margaret DAUGHTRY five Shillings Cash-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Sarah MORE, One Gold Ring and One Sussnet[?] Hood-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Precilla, all the Hoggs belonging to me, and all my Corn. One 
Iron Pott, and Pott. Hook

Item.  I Give all the Remainder of my Puter to my two Daughters Elizabeth and Precilla, to be 
equally devided between them

Item.  I Give unto my Son John and William, my Linnen Wheel, between them,-

Item.  I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth, half my Cattle and the other half to be equally 
devided between my two Sons John and William-

Item.  I Give unto my two Daughters Elizabeth and Precilla my Crop of Tobacco to be equally 
devided between them

And Lastly.  I do appoint my Son John, to be my whole
and; 


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and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament making all other Wills void, as Witness my 
Hand. and Seal. this 26:th Day of Sep:r 1746.-
                                            Margaret LAWRENCE  *Seal*
                                             M  her Mark
Signed Sealed, and Delivered}
     In Presence of us------}
William DRIVER:  John LOYD}
Giles SMELLY--------------}

At a Court held for Isle of Wight County Feb:r 17:th 1750
The last Will and Testament of Margaret LAWRENCE dece'd was presented in Court by John LAWRENCE
the Executor therein named who made Oath thereto and being proved by the Oath of William DRIVER,
and Giles SMELLY, two of the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded-
                                            Test, Ja:s BAKER  Cl,Cur


Submitted by Matthew W. Harris <Zoobug64@aol.com>
of Richmond, VA

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