Will of Nicholas Wyatt, 1720 - Prince George Co. VA

(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 428, Prince George Co.VA.)

In the Name of God Amen. I Nicholas Wyatt of the parrish of Merchants
Brandon in Prince George County, being aged and weak in Body but of
perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my Last Will and
Testament in manner & form as follows. viz't.-
Imprimis. My Soul I commit and bequeath to the Eternal and Mercifull
God who gave it to me, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed
according to the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as for
my Estate, which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, after my Debts
and funerall charges are paid, I give & bequeath as follows.-
Item. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Wyatt, daughter to my Son
Anthony Wyatt dec'ed. one Cow with Calfe.-
Item. I give my Grand Daughter Frances Wyatt, one Heifer three years
old.-
Item. I give and bequeath to my Grand Son John Wyatt Fifty Shillings.-
Item. I give unto Nicholas Reeks son of my Daughter Susannah Reeks 
dec'ed. two negro girls called Poll and Batt, to him and his heirs
Lawfully begotten and in case he dye without issue, the negro's shall
return to the heirs of his Mothers Kindred.-
Item. I give unto Anthony Wyatt and his heirs for ever, one negro Boy 
called Tony.-
Item. I give unto my negro woman Moll her freedom.-
Item. I give unto my son Edward Wyatt my plantation and Land to him and
his heirs for ever, and I also give him all my negro's and personall
Estate not otherwise Disposed of by this Will, and I also make and
ordain him my full and sole Executor of this my Last Will, and I do
revoke all Wills by me formerly made.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourteenth
day of April 1720.

N. Wyatt    Sealed w'th. red wax

Signed Sealed and Declared
in presence of-
Robert Cate Jun'r.
Richard(the markeXof)Cate
John Hamersley


At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on
the second Tuesday in December being the thirteenth Day of the said
month, Anno Dom: 1720.
The above written Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Wyatt dec'ed. was
presented into Court by Edward Wyatt his Executor who made oath thereto 
and it being proved by the oaths of John Hamersley and Richard Cate
witnesses thereto, is by order of the Court truly recorded. And on the
motion of the said Edward Wyatt and his giveing Security Certificate is
granted him for obtaining a probate in due form.

Test   Wm. Hamlin   ClCur.


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

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