SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Jack Edwards Ridley, 26 Dec 1793
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Will: Jack Edwards Ridley, Southampton Co, VA (1793)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Jack Edwards Ridley no (know) my life very
uncertain and now being unwell tho sound in mind and memory do make this my
last will and testament revoking all others heretofore made and this my Will
to take place from the 26th day of December in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred & ninety three.

Item: It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid.

Item: I lend to my beloved wife Jane Ridley for the tenderness I bear for her
as a husband, the use of my plantation with the advantage of my orchards,
houses, fences and any and every advantage & profit belonging to said land &
plantation where I now live during her natural life or widowhood.

Item: After or at the death of my wife Jane Ridley or marriage I give &
bequeath to my friend and brother by law William Wright for the good will
and respect I bear for him the plantation I now lend to my wife Jane Ridley
which is where I now live to him & his heirs forever.

Item: I give to my belov'd wife Jane Ridley all my negro's I now possess &
their increase to her and her disposal also all and every part of my estate
real & personal that I have not before mention'd or may hereafter fall to
me by law or otherways.

I also nominate my wife Jane Ridley and William Wright my whole and sole
Executors to this my Last Will & Testament given from under my hand and
seal this 26 day of December in the year of our Lord 1793.

                                               Jack Edwards Ridley (seal)

Sign'd, seal'd & deliver'd
in presence of:

Matt Figuers
Mary Figuers
L. Mason
Fil Washington

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 13th day of February 1794

This Will was presented in Court by William Wright, one of the Executors
therein named, to? hereby? being reserved? for the other to qualify) Matt
Figuers, F....., proved by the oaths of L. Mason & Fil Washington, three
of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and on a motion of
the said Executor who made oath according to law, Certificate is granted
him 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, page 611

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


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