Will of Thomas Smith, 1718 - Prince George Co.VA.


Will of Thomas Smith - 1718 
(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 264, Prince George Co.VA.)


In The Name of God Amen, I Thomas Smith of Wyanoke Parrish in the 
County of Prince George being very sick and weak, but of sound and 
perfect mind & memory praise be therefore to Almighty God, do make and 
ordain this my present Last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following, that is to say First and principally I commend my soul into 
the hands of Almighty God, hopeing thro' the merritts,Death and Passion 
of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon and forgiveness 
of all my sinns and to inherrit everlasting Life, and my body I commit 
to the Earth to be Decently buryed at the Discretion of my Executors 
hereafter named. And as touching the Disposition of all such temporall 
Estate as it has pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give and 
Dispose thereof as followeth.- 
First I Will that all my Debts and Funeral charges shall be paid & 
Discharged. 
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son John my new Gunn, and my Sword, a 
Cow an yearling heifer, and a Cow Calfe, and three Sheep, with these 
Tools foll.viz; two jointers, two broad axes, one Drawing knife, and 
two Augors,and one hand saw and four chissells, two broad & two narrow. 
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas, my other Gunn, and Sword 
and a heifer with calf. 
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Patrick, a cow and calfe, and two 
sheep. 
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son William, a cow & calfe and a 
young breeding sow. 
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Richard, a Horse colt of two 
years old and a young breeding sow. 
And I do farther Will and Desire that my son John may bound apprentice 
to George Hamilton, and have his Legacy Delivered when he attains to 
the age of Twenty and one years, the Gunn not to be used, unless 
another Gunn of the same Dimensions and value be given him in Lieu 
thereof. and my Desire is that all the above _____ Legacys be Delivered 
to my sons as I have bequeathed them still as thay attain to the age of 
twenty & one years. All the rest and residue of my personal Estate, 
goods and chattels whatsoever, I do give and bequeath unto my Loving 
wife Judith Smith whom with my Brother Richard Smith I make joint 
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoke 
Disannull and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me made. 
And it is my Will and desire that my Estate may not be brought to an 
appraisment In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
this Twentyeth and third Day of October 1718.
Thomasmith Sealed wth.Turpentine
Test 
Francis(herxmarke)Sheffeild 
Elizabeth(herxmarke)Rause 
Edward Prince

At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on 
the second Tuesday in December being the Ninth Day of the s'd month 
Anno Dom. 1718. The above Written Last Will and Testament of Thomas 
Smith Dece'd. was presented into Court by Judith Smith one of the 
Executors therein named and Richard Smith the other Executor having 
refused to take on him the burthen of the said Testament, the said 
Judith made oath thereto, and it being proved by the oaths of Edward 
Prince & Francis Sheffeild witnesses thereto is by order of the Court 
truly recorded and Certificate is granted the s'd. Judith for obtaining 
a probate in due form.
Test Wm.Hamlin ClCur.


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

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