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Last Will and Testament of William Riding

Will Book 2, Pages 113 - 114           King George County, Virginia Records

Page 113
In the name of God amen.  Whereas I William Riding of the Parish of Hanover
and County of King George intend God willing in a few days to sail for the
West Indies (Martinico); from whence perhaps I may never return, I think
proper to make my last Will and Testament which I do in the following manner
     Imprimis.  It is my Will and desire that in this my last Will and
Testament my Wife, my Daughter Betsy Murdock Riding, & the Child that my wife
is now big with, shall inherit equally of what I now possess, of what kind
soever.  Item.  It is my Will and desire that should either my wife or the two
children above mentioned die without lawful heirs that then the surviving two
shall share equally my whole possession of ev'ry kind.  Item, It is my Will
and desire, should both of my said children die without lawful heirs, that
then my Wife have all my Estate during her natural life, and after her decease
and the decease of the two above mentioned children without lawful heirs, that
then it is my Will and desire that my Estate be equally divided between the
sons then living of Daniel Lovell lawfully begotten in my mother Elizabeth
Lovell and further it is my Will and desire that all Debts that may be due or
hereafter become due to me when collected shall be equally divided between my
two children above mentioned or the survivor of them and in case each of them
should die without lawful Issue, that then my wife shall have and enjoy the
money arising from my Debts as aforesaid, and dispose of in such manner as she
shall think proper and Lastly I constitute and appoint my loving wife Salley
Riding whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.~
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day
of February in the year of our lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty
six.~
Signed, Sealed, and Acknowledged         }
by the Testator to be his last Will and  }
Testament in presence of us...           }               William Riding (Seal)
Ben. Johnson, F. Thornton, Wm Marshall
George Marshall, (?) Johnson (the ? could be B Jr - it is abbreviated and
superscripted)


Page 114
                          At a Court held for King George County
                                   The 2nd day of April 1789~

The last Will and Testament of Wm. Riding decd.(as aforegoing) was then
presented into Court by Salley Riding** the Executrix therein named, who made
Oath thereto according to Law, and being proved by the Oaths of Francis
Thornton, and Wm. Marshall two of the witnesses thereto, was Ordered to be
Recorded, & at another Court held for the same County the 1st day of October,
1789.  On motion of the sd. Executrix hav.g failed to give a Bond with
sufficient security as directed by law Benja. Johnson Admin with the sd. Will
annexed was granted to him, who after taking the Oath appointed by law entered
into Bond with Wm Boon & Lawr. Balthrop his securities in the sum of Two
thousand pounds for the faithful admins of sd. Estate

                          Test                        Lau Berry: Clk


** Salley Riding is the daughter of Joseph Murdock and Mary Tankersley Murdock.  
Mary Murdock in her will dated October 5, 1783 names her daughter, Sarah Riding 
and her child.  Joseph Murdock's will dated October 11, 1769 refers to his 
daughter, Sally. 

Note:  In transcribing a will, I have opted not to use the abbreviations used
in the recorded will either because the abbreviation may not make sense to
someone reading my transcription or the abbreviations were superscripted.  An
example of a superscripted abbreviation would be a letter with either a period
or some other letter or symbol  beneath the superscript letter, for instance
"sd.", the d would be superscript with a  period underneath or "Testamt.", the
t would be superscript with a period underneath.   These two words are "said"
and "testament."  If I thought the abbreviation would make  sense to someone
reading my transcription or if I could not translate the abbreviation, then I
did the best I could to copy it exactly.  Other than translating the
abbreviations, I have tried to transcribe the document exactly as recorded.
If I could not transcribe it then I placed a (?) to so indicate. 

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