Thomas Hurst will, 1758, Northumberland Co., Virginia File
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In the name of God amen I Thomas Hurst being in perfect Sence & memory
thanks be to Almighty God for the same but Calling to mind the uncertainty
of this Transitory Life herein I now Live & willing to put in Order that
small Estate Which God of his great mercy hath bestowed upon me do
Constitute & appoint this to be my Last will & testam.t revoking all will
or wills tesam.t or testaments here to fore made or Caused to be made by
me & this only to be my Last will & testam.t In manner & form as followeth
first I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God my maker & to Jesus Christ my
Savior & redeemer & to the holy Gost my Santifier First trusting in the
merrits of Jesus Christ I shall Enjoy Everlasting life & my body to the
Earth from Whence it was taken there to be Buried in a Christian Like
manner as my Exors shall seem meet & Convienent

Item  I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife the manner Plantation &
Improvements hereunto in during y. Term of her widowhood.

Item  I give & bequeath unto my son John Hurst the manner Plantation after
my wifes Widowhood to him & his heirs forever.

Item  I give & bequeath unto my son Spencer Hurst thirty Acres Land in a
Small Plantation Lying on the South side of the manner Plantation -Joyning
to Harveys Line after my wifes Widowhood to him & his heirs forever.

Item  I give and bequeath to my son John Hurst a young Cow to him & his
heirs.

Item  I give & bequeath unto my son Spencer Hurst the Small Gun & the
first Colt that the bay mare has to him and his heirs.

Item  I give & bequeath unto my daughter Winefred one shilling & to her
son Thos. Dameron two young Ews to them & their heirs.

Item  I give & bequeath unto my wife & four youngest daughters all the
rest of my Moveable Estate to be Equally divided after her widowhood to
them & their heirs.

Item  I do appoint my friend John Adams & Thos. Harvey my whole & sole
Exors. of this my Last Will & testam.t revoking all other Will or Wills
Testam.t or testam.ts made by me  In Witness whereof I have hereinto set
my hand & seal this 17th day of Jan.ry Anno. 1758.

                                                      Thos (his X mark)
Hurst (S) Test Onesepheus Harvey Test  Henry Hurst

At a Court Held for Northumberland County the 10th day April 1758. this
Last will & testam.t of Thomas Hurst decd was this day presented in Court
by Nanny Hurst and the same being proved by the Oaths of Onesepheus Harvey
& Henry Hurst Witnesses thereto and admitted to record & on the motion of
the sd. Nanny Hurst a Certificate is granted her for obtaining Letters of
Admin. with the will Anexed in due form.

                         Teste Thos. Jones Jun.r Co. Clrk.