SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Samuel Jones (Sr), 3 Nov 1796
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I, Samuel Jones, of Southampton county do make and ordain this my Last Will
and Testament in manner & form as follows, vizt:

First,I give, desire & bequeath to my sons Joseph Jones & Samuel Jones all my
plantation lands, supposed to contain about nine hundred & ninety acres to be
equally divided between them and their heirs.

Second, I give & bequeath to my four daughters (namely) Peggy Jones, Elizabeth
Jones, Martha Jones & Ann Jones the sum of one hundred pounds to each of them,
that is to say, four hundred pounds to be equally divided among my aforesaid
daughters to be paid to them at the site?? that money now pases in this state.

Third, I give & bequeath the rest/remainder & residual of my estate of what
kind or nature soever to be equally divided among all my children or their
heirs or assigns at such time or times & in such manner and proportions as my
Executors hereafter nam'd shall judge most condusive to my general good case &
quiet of my family and I do earnestly recommend to my children to live in love
& particularly request my sons to be kind to their sisters & afford them every
brotherly proportion and accomodation in their homes.

Fourth, I direct that no appraisement be made of my estate and that my
Executors shall not be accountable or call'd in question in about or
concerning any waste or loss which may happen in the said residual of my
estate as long as the same shall remain in the hands of my children & that no
security be required of my said Executors.

Lastly, I do hereby constitute & appoint my brothers in law Jordan Danson &
Joseph Danson & my sons Joseph Jones and Samuel Jones (Jr) whole and sole
Executors to this my Last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal this twenty 
third day of the eleventh month 1796.

                                                       Samuel Jones (Sr) (seal)
Sign'd, seal'd & acknowledg'd
in the presence of:

Henry Butts
Edmund Johnson
         his
Zachariah X Doyel
         mark

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 15th day of May 1797

This Will was presented in court by Joseph Jones, one of the Executors therein 
name'd, liberty  being reserved for the others, prov'd by the oaths of Henry 
Butts, Edmund Johnson, and Zacariah Doyel, witnesses thereto and order'd to 
be recorded and on the motion of Joseph Jones, Probat granted.
                                                     Samuel Kello, Cl.(clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 780-781

Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber
for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original. Vizt and viz are
abbreviations for videlicet which means "that is to say, namely".


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