Thomas Hurst will, 1760/1765, Northumberland Co., Virginia File
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In the name of God Amen.  I Thomas Hurst of Wicocomoco in the County of
Northumberland and Colony of Virg.a being sick and weak in body but in
perfect since & memory thanks be to God and Calling to mind the Mortality
of my body, do make Constitute and ordain this to be my last will and
Testament in manner & form following.

Imp.s  I bequeath my Soul to God who gave it  me in hopes of a future
reward, and my body to the Earth to be buried according to the Discretion
of my Exors hereafter named, and my Worldly Estate I dispose of in the
following manner & form.

Item.  I Give and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth all my whole
Estate of Lands, Negroes and whatever Estate also I am now possessed of
during her Natural life:  And after her decease I give and bequeath as
follows.  I Give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Hurst one Negroe Girl Milly
& one Negroe boy Dick to him & his heirs, with the Increase.

Item.  I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth two Negroes.  Viz.t a Girl Chloe &
a boy Jarvis & the Increase.

Item.  I Give to my Son Kemp Hurst the Plantation I now live on and the
Plantation I purchased of Eliz.a Waddy adjoining it to him and his heirs
forever.

Item.  I Give to my Son Isaac Hurst the Plantation he now lives on, which
I Purchased of John Berry Containing One hundred & forty eight Acres to
him & his heirs forever.

Item.  I Give and bequeath all the rest of my Estate of Negroes, and
Personal Estate to be Equally Divided (after the decease of my loving
Wife) amongst my four Children, Kemp, Isaac, Thomas, and Elizabeth Hurst.

Item.  It is my Will and Desire that in Case that either my Son Thomas or
my Daughter Eliz.a Should die before they attain to the age of Twenty one
or day of Marriage, that the Negroes that I bequeath to them as Legacies
go[to] the survivors.

Item.  It’s likewise my desire that in Case that either of my four
Children Should die without heirs or attain to the age of Twenty one years
or Marriage that that part of Estate which I Bequeathed amongst them, that
it should be Equally Divided amongst the Survivors.

Item.  It’s my Will and desire that my Estate be not appraised but be
Inventoried.

Item.  I do Nominate and appoint my loving Wife Elizabeth the Excrx. & my
two Sons Kemp and Isaac Hurst Excrs. of this my Last Will & Testament.  In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand fixed my Seal this 24th day
March 1760.

Signed Sealed & Declar’d by Thomas Hurst to be his Last Will & Testament.
In Presence of us: Thos. Hurst (Seal) Thos. Gaskins Sukey Hurst George
Landsford.


At a Court Held for Northumberland County the 12th day of August 1765. The
Last will and Testament of Thomas Hurst decd was Presented in Court by
Kemp Hurst and Isaac Hurst two of the Exors therein named, who made Oath
thereto according to law, And being Proved by the Oath of Thomas Gaskins
Gent. one of the witnesses thereto was Admitted to Record.  And on the
motion of the sd. Exors. Giving Security a certificate is granted them for
obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

                                                                Teste.
Tho. Jones Co. C.