ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Thomas Wrenn, 28 Oct 1797
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In the name of God amen, I Thomas Wrenn of the County of Isle of Wight being
sick and weak of Body of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank
God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirious to
dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I
give and bequeath the same in manner following that is to say ­ Item  I give
to my biloved Wife Mary Wrenn the Lands and Plantations wherein I now live for
and during her natural life, and at her decease, I give and Bequeath the same
to my Son Charles Wrenn, to be enjoyed by and his Heirs forever --- Item  I
give and Bequeath to my Son John Wrenn all my Lands and Plantations whereof I
am possessed on James River (which Land I purchased of William Bidgood Thomas
Miller and John Goodrich) to him and his Heirs forever and two Hundred pounds
in cash, to be paid to him by the Executors when he arrives to the age of
Twenty One Years --- Item  my will and desire is that all the rest of my
Estate real or Personal be Kept together on the premises until my Son John
arrives to the age of Twenty One Years ­ that then in case neither my Wife, or
either of my Sons h=shall have deceased, that the whole should be equally
divided betweat the tice, Namely Mary, John and Charles Wrenn.  Item  Also my
Will and Desire is that if my two Sons John and Charles Wrenn should decease
before my Wife Mary Wrenn that then the Whole of my Estate both real and
Personal of what nature or kind so ever, be equally divided amongst my
Brothers and Sisters and Wifes Brothers and Sisters as also my will and desire
is that at my Wifes death, all her part of my Estate then remaining in her
hands be equally divided between my two Sons John and Charles Wrenn.  And
Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife Joseph Wrenn and
Armistard Valines Executors of this my last Will and testament, hereby
revoking all other or former Wills and testaments by me heretofore make.  In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 28th Day
of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety Seven
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Signed, Sealed, published and Decrared
as and for the last Will and Testament		Thomas Wrenn	(Seal)
of above Named Thomas Wrenn
	in Presence of us
Memorandum between the 33rd and 34th line is inter???d before assigns these
words my beloved Wife Mary Wrenn ­
Benjamin Goodrich
Jesse Gray				At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 7th Day 
Thomas Shelly			of June 1798.  This Will was Presented in Court by
					Mary Wrenn Joseph Wrenn and Armistead 
Villines the Executrix and Executors therein Named who made Oath thereto
According to law, and the same being Proved by the Oaths of Jesse Gray and
Thomas Shelly two of the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. ------
And on the motion of the said Executors who together with Joseph Carrell their
Security entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of twenty
Thousand Dollars with Condition as the law Directs Certificate is granted them
for obtaining Probat thereof in due form of Law -----------
						Teste     JJ Young Ck

Isle of Wight Co. VA  Mixed Records, etc.  Bk. 11, pgs 103-104   FHLC #32026


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