LOUDOUN COUNTY – WILL OF JOSEPH MORIN ~ 1769

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Will of Joseph Morin 
signed 14 Nov 1769 
found in Loudoun Co., VA Will Book "A", pgs. 238-239. 1770. 

Katy married SAMUEL SIMPSON, Margaret married Jacob SPEARS John Married Sara FISHBACK 


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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I JOSEPH MORIN of the County of Loudon and Province of 
Virginia being of Sound Memory but of a Weakly and Low condition of Body do this 
14th day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and 
Sixty Nine make and ordain this my last Will and Testament for the manner and 
purposes therein Mentioned that is to say. ____ 

First I give and bequeath My Soul into the hands of the Creator God Almighty 
hoping that the Merits of Jesus Christ he will receive into Mercy and My Body I 
Commit to the Ground to be Interred in a Decent and Christian like manner. 
_____Then as to my Goods and Chattels I give and bequeath them to my loving Wife 
Molly Morin as long as she remaineth a Widow both cattle and Furniture either of 
Household or Plantation except as is hereafter Mentioned. Next unto my son James 
Morin I give my Negro Wench named Hanna when he arrives at the age of Twenty one 
Years and one Horse Colt together with one Bed and Furniture...Then unto my 
Daughter Peggy I give one Bed and Furniture with one Horse and Saddle and one 
Cow Calf if she goes to and with the Consent of her Mother and her Uncle John 
Metcalfe. Next unto Daniel Morin I give one Negro boy named Arch. Unto John 
Morin I give one Negro Wench named Lucy. Unto Joseph Morin I give one Child or 
the Chance for the one with whom my Negro Wench Moll is now big if it should 
Chance to Die he is to be made up with an Equivalent out of the moveable Estate. 
Unto My Daughters Katy and Nancy I give Equal unto my Daughter Peggy out of my 
moveable Estate. Unto my Daughter Prudence I leave Equal part of my moveables 
with Katy and Nancy. and I do for the intents and Purposes mentioned in this my 
last Will and Testament make and ordain my trusty Friend John Metcalfe and 
William Picket to be Overseers of this my Will to take Care and see the same 
performed according to my true intent and Meaning. ___In Witness whereof I have 
to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this fourteenth Day of 
November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine.

Signed by the said JOSEPH MORIN} as his last Will and testament in} the Presence 
of us who were } Present at the Sealing and Delivery} his of the same ----------
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JOSEPH X MORIN(Seal)

mark John Metcalfe 
James Metcalfe 
William Picket

At a Court for Loudoun County. March the 12th, 1770. this will was Proved by the 
oaths of John Metcalfe, James Metcalfe and William Pickett the Witnesses thereto 
and ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of John Metcalfe and William 
Pickett the Executors therein named who made oath according to Law Certificate 
is Granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving Security-
whereupon they together with Elisah Chinn and James Metcalfe their Securities 
entered into Acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of One thousand pounds 
Current Money of Virginia with Conditions as with the Law directs.