SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Reese, 1 Dec 1792
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Will: John Reese, Southampton Co, VA (1792)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I John Reese of the County of Southampton & Parish of
St. Lukes being in perfect sense & memory, thanks be to almighty God for the
same, but at the same time considering that all men must die & not knowing how
soon it may be my lot, do think this the most proper time to make this my last
will & testament.

First, I give my soul to God who gave it me hoping that he will receive it
into his mansions of bliss & my body to it Mother earth to be decently buried
and as to my worldy goods which it hath please god to bestow upon me, I
dispose of in the following manner, viz:

I lend unto my beloved wife Mary Reese during her natural life or widowhood,
all my land likewise her four choise of all my negros which I may have at my
death likewise the two? choise of my horses & six choise of cattle, three
choist feather beds & furniture, twenty choice of my hogs, fifty barrels of
corn and all the remainder of my estate wheresoever it may be found be sold &
twelve months credit alow'd & the money arising from the sale be equally
divided between my children as follows, to wit: Randolph Reese, Rogers Reese,
Rivers Reese, Reubin Reese, Rowel Reese, John Reese, Joseph Reese, Patty
Morgan, wife of Matthew Morgan, Mary Thorpe, wife of John Thorpe, Selah Adams,
wife of Benjamin Adams Jr, to them & their heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Lucy Johnson five shillings.

I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Sally Ivy, wife of Benjamin Ivy, 5/
to her & her heirs (I don't know if the straight line after the 5 stands for
shillings or something else).

I give & bequeath to my belov'd daughter Sucky Ivy, wife of Philip, five
shillings to her & his heirs forever.

It is my will & desire at the death or marriage of my beloved wife, Mary
Reese, that all ______lent unto her both real & personal be sole at twelve
months credit & the money arising from the sale be equally divided between my
children as follows: Randolph Reese, Rogers Reese, Reubin Reese, Rowel Reese,
John Reese, Joseph Reese, Patty Morgan, wife of Matthew Morgan, Mary Thorpe,
wife of John Thorpe, Selah Adams, wife of Benjamin Adams Jr, & in case ither
(either) of my children shoud die under the age of twenty one and without
lawful issue, there portion to be equally divided between the remainder part
of my ten children last nam'd in this my Last Will & Testament to them & there
heirs forever.

However, I do lastly apoint my beloved sons Randolph Reese & Roger Reese & my
friend Henry Thorpe my hole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament
hereby making null and void all former Wills & bequeaths heretofour made by me
& constituting this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 1st
day of December 1792.

                                                       John Reese Sr (seal)
Sing'd & seal'd 
in the presence of:

William Grizzard
Randolph Milton
   his
Thomas X Pate
   mark
               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 13th day of November 1794

This Will was presented in court, proved by the oath of William Grizzard, one 
of the witnesses, and having before, to wit:

              At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 9th day of October 1794

Proved by the oath of Thomas Pate, another witness thereto is ordered to be
recorded.  Whereupon Henry Thorpe, Roger Reese & Randolph Reese, the Executors
in this Will named came into court & openly refused to take upon themselves 
the burthen of the execution thereof.
                                                Sam Kello, Cl.
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 649-650

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


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