SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Charles Speed, 20 Sep 1798
                    --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤--------------

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Charles Speed of the county of Southampton and
state of Virginia, being sick & weak of body but of sound & disposing mind &
memory do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament in manner & form
following:

Imprimis: I give & bequeath unto my grand children Sucky, Dicky, Milly Speed,
children of my son Henry Speed, dec'd, the sum of six shillings each current
money of Virginia.

I give & beequeath to my son William Speed six shillings current money of
Virginia.

I leave the use of my land & plantation & all my personal estate of what
nature or kind soever unto my loving wife during her natural life or widowhood
& for her ____ such part of my personal estate, if necessary as she may think
proper for the payment of my just debts & above legacies & for the support of
herself & my son Thomas Speed during her natural life or widowhood & after the
death or widowhood of my said wife, my will & desire is & I hereby give &
bequeath the estate lent to my beloved wife Jinny Speed both real & personal
as may then be left to my said son Thomas Speed & his heirs forever.  In case
my said son Thomas Speed shall die before having lawful heir begotten of his
body, then, it (in) that case, the land hereby given to him is to descend &
pass to my grandson Charles Speed, provided that event happen after the death
of my said wife Jinny Speed & until that event does happen & is not to descend
to my said grandson Charles Speed & if said son Thomas should die without
lawful issue, son of William Speed to him, his heirs, the personal estate then
remaining to be equally divided between my grand children: Dicky & Milly
Speed, children of Henry & Rhoda & Patience Speed, children of ________.(off
the paper)

Lastly, I appoint my friends Charles Briggs & Henry Briggs Executors to this
my Last Will & Testament revoking & disannulling all former Will or Wills by
me hitherto made and allowing this and no other to be my Last Will and
Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twentyeth day of 
September 1798.
                                                        his
                                                 Charles  X  Speed (seal)
                                                         mark
Signed, sealed, published & declared
in presence of us:

Joseph Vick
Silas Pledger
    her
Lucy  X  Pledger
   mark
               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 17th day of December 1798

This Will was presented in court by Charles Briggs, one of the Executors
therein named and proved by the oaths of Silas & Lucy Pledger, two of the
witnesses thereunto & ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said
Executor who made oath according to law, a Probat is granted him thereof
giving security & whereupon &c.
                                                   Samuel Kello, Cl. (clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 5, 1797-1804
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 100-101

Note: Spelling was not corrected.Paragraphing and some punctuation was added 
by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.


___________________________________________________________________

	Copyright.  All rights reserved.
	http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

	This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives 
	by:  Von Mings Stachon	   vonstac@comcast.net
___________________________________________________________________