Will of Edward Goodrich, 1720 - Prince George Co. VA

(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 436, Prince George Co.VA.)

In the Name of God, Amen. I Edward Goodrich being sick of Body but of
sound and perfect mind and memory, praise be therefore given to 
Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present Last will & Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say.-
First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God
hopeing through the merritts, death and passion of my Saviour Jesus
Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sinns, 
and to Inherit Everlasting Life. And my Body I commit to the Earth to
be Decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and
as touching the disposition of all such Temporall Estate as it hath
pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give and Dispose thereof as
folows.- First, I will that my Debts and Funerall charges shall be paid
and discharged.-
Item. I give to my Loveing Wife, one third part of this my plantation
and one third part of the Land thereto belonging, dureing her naturall
Life, I mean the plantation I now Live upon, together with four negro's
whose names are Mingo, Mary, Sarah, and Nanny, as also her choice of
one featherbed and furniture, three Cows and Calves, and one rideing
horse.-
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary, three negro's, to wit, Betty, Patty
and Beck, and their increase, to her and her heirs for ever two Cows
and Calves, one featherbed.-
Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth three negro's, Aggie, Tom and
Peter, one featherbed, and two Cows and Calves, to her and her heirs
for ever.-
Item. I give to my son Benjamin three negro's, Andrew, Little Mary &
Little Andrew, with the plantation I now live upon, and the whole Tract
of Land thereto adjoining, three Cows and Calves, one featherbed &
furniture to him and his heirs for ever.-
Item. I give to my son Edward all that my Tract of Land and plantation
called the High Hills, in the County of Surry, containing Five hundred
acres or thereabouts to him, and three negro's, Will, Jack and Peter 
the son of Sarah, to him and his heirs for ever, with three Cows and
Calves, and one featherbed.-
My will and desire is that plantation I bought of Cargill lying in the
County of Prince George, and all my Land upon the three creeks, 
purchased of Richard Acock and George Hunt, be disposed of by my 
Executor and Executrix hereafter named for and toward the payment of
all my just Debts, and the residue if any to be equally divided amongst
my Legatees above mentioned.-
Item. I give to my Father & each of my Sisters tenn shillings apiece to
buy each of them a ring, and to my Brother tenn shillings.-
And Lastly I do appoint my Dear and Loveing Wife and Capt. Henry 
Harrison my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby
disannulling and makeing void all former Wills & Testaments.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal and set my hand, 
this 7th day of October 1720.

Ed. Goodrich    Seald w'th a wafer.

Signed in presence of-
Ephr. Vernon
Gil't. Hay
Arthur(hisAmarke)Biggins


At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on
the Second Tuesday in January, being the tenth day of the said month,
Anno Dom: 1720 (sic).
The above written Last Will and Testament of Edward Goodrich dec'ed.
was presented into Court by Margaret Goodrich an Executrix named in the
said Will, who made oath thereto, and it being proved by the oaths of
Gilbert Hay, Arthur Biggins, and Ephraim Vernon witnesses thereto, is 
by order of the Court truly recorded. AND on the motion of the said
Margaret Goodrich and her giving Security according to Law, Certificate
is granted her for obtaining a probat in due form.-

Test   Wm. Hamlin   ClCur.


Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence <ruslaw@bellatlantic.net>

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