SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - William Jones, 22 Jul 1793
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I William Jones of Southampton County & state of
Virginia being very sick & weak of body but of sound and disposing mind &
memory, thanks be to almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the
uncertainty of this life & knowing that it is appointed once for all men to
die, do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following:

Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto Nancy Simmons, daughter of Mason Simmons,
my negro man Darry & his wife Beck & their two sons Ned & Tim & my negro girl
Nanny and future increase of them, to her & to her heirs forever.

Item: I give & bequeath unto Henry & P. Westbrooke, sons of Passons
Westbrooke, one negro girl Tabb & her increase to her & heirs forever.  

Item: I give & bequeath unto Mason Simmons Westbrooke, daughter of said
Passons Westbrook my negro girl Nele & her increase to her & heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto Richard H. Simmons, son of William Simmons, my
negro man Pompey & boy Amos, to him & his heirs forever.

Item: I lend the use of my old wench Amy to my mother during her natural 
life & after her death for her to pass to my brother Edwin Simmons, to him
& his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my brother Edwin Simmons my negro man Tong
& the use & labor of my negro wench Eady & her son Bob untill his oldest
daughter shall come of lawfull age or marriage & then for the said wench
to pass to her absolutely & for her futer (future) increase then to be divided
equally between the rest of his children to them & each of them separately
& destinctly & their heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my brother Edwin Simmons all my lands & its
appurtenances & my riding horse to him & is heirs forever.

Item: My will & desire is that after all my just debts are paid that the
remainder of my estate be equally divided between my brother William 
Simmons & Edwin Simmons, to them & their heirs forever.

Lastly, I constitute & appoint my two brothers William & Edwin Simmons
my whole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament revoking &
disannulling all former Will or Wills by me hitherto made & allowing this 
& no other to be my Last Will & Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this
22nd day of July 1793.

                                                       William Jones (seal)
Sign'd seal'd & published &
declared by the said William
Jones to be his Last Will &c.

James Butts
Jo Vick
Robeert Fisher
Edwin Simmons

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 12th day of September 1793

This Will was presented in court by William Simmons & Edwin Simmons,
the Executors therein named & proved by the oaths of James Butts &
Jo Vick, the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and on the
motion of the said Executors who made oath according to law, 
Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form
giving security whereupon &c.
                                             Sam Kello, Cl

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 568-569

Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber
for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.


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