The Will of Mary Cary of Surry County, VA; Wm. and Mary College Qrtly, Vol. 20, No. 4 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** The Will of Mary Cary of Surry County Mary Cary William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 4, (Apr., 1912), pp. 289-292. THE WILL OF MARY CARY OF SURRY COUNTY. The following will is interesting for its wealth of detail, but who was the writer? Some things in the will show that she was probably originally from South Carolina. Page 290. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Mary Cary, of Virgina Surry county do hereby make my last will and testament, that is to say, principally, and first of all I give recommend my soul into the hands of almighty god that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent christian burial at the direction of my executor: nothing doubting at a general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of god, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased god to bless me in this life, that is to say, I give and bequeath unto my dear brother Shemuel Kearne my gold studs, a pair of silver mounting spectacles double jointed, and one hundred dollars, also I give and be- queath unto my nephew, Henry Crafford, all my money, that is in the bank of England, the four per cent bank, six silver table spoons, two salt spoons, a case of bottles, one small deal box with papers and book or two, one air of weight and scales, also I give and bequeath unto my neice Crafford my blue sattin quilt and ten dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my niece Leah Hilliard a pair of silver mounting spectacles, single jointed, a set of china and a silver cream pot, one tea tray, one work basket, two napkins and ten dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my niece Elizabeth Pettway my watch without the seal, a pair of silver buckles set with stones with some stones mist out of them, one floor carpet, one deal chest, a bread basket, two napkins, one shift, a striped lute string coat and habit, a muslin aprion and handkerchief, a cap ribons all knotted and edging upon them, one pair of Silk stockings, one pair of cotton ditto; one pair of new stays, my large black sattin cloak, a pair of gloves, my horse and chair gears, one homespun habit striped with red paint, and fifty dollars, my silver chain and pincushion rim and hook, a spice morter and pestle. Also I give and bequeath unto my neice Martha Arrington a muslinnet habit and a dimity coat, a muslin apron handkerchief, a linnen apron, one trunk that my sister had to put her clothes in, one lute string orange colored habit, one home spun habit, a pair of sheats, my yellow grounded habit, cap, a pair of gloves and twenty dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my nephew Crafford Kearne, twenty dollars, also I give and bequeath Page 291. unto my two neices Ruth and Drusiller Kearnes two twins, one feather bed, bolster, two pillows, two pillow cases, one pair of brown sheats, one pair of cotten sheats, blue and white counterpain, two blankets, one small cap trunk, two upper coats, two under coats, two shifts, two pair of stockings, two muslin aprons, two handerchiefs, four habits and twenty dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto Neice Barbara Kearne my new feather bed and bolster; two pillows and mattress, four pillow cases one set of bed curtains two window curtains of the same, one base three blankets four sheats, one check counter with red in it, one bed quilt one bed side Carpet, my round top clothes trunk and flat top clothes trunk, my walnut box and all that is in it, after the Legacies is taken out, my looking glass, dressing table, and glass soap box, tea chest and cannisters, six silver tea spoons and silver tea tongs, a mourning ring with William Bennett wrote in it, a blue lute string habit, a striped lute string body of a habit, one muslin apron, two two handkerchiefs cap ribins with edging, my short black silk cloak, a garnet necklace, one pair of silk stockings, one pair of gloves, one Bible, a prayer book with a green cover, a young mans companion, a box iron and heaters, a tea kettle, and a copper kettle, six knives and forks, six mapkins, two table clothes marked number one and two, one tin pot with two handles and twenty dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my neice Sarah Kearne, twenty dollars. Also I give and bequeath unto my neice Suzanna Mary Kearne, twenty dollars and a ring with one stone in it. I do lend unto my neice Eve Bradley twenty for her own use, -- it is my desire that all my land in North Carolina and South Carolina factery and what property soever can be found in South Carolina be sold and equally divided amongst all mentioned in my will, also I do give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Henry Crafford, one hundred dollars and after my funeral charges is paid I leave all the remaindre that is not mentioned in my will to be equally divided amongst all named in my will. I do leave Page 292. my dear nephew Henry Crafford executor to this my last will and testament. -IN WITNESS whereof hereunto I set my hand this six day of November 1801 and fixt my seal. MARY CARY, (Seal) Signed, seal'd and deliver- ed in presence of John Judkins, Mary Pettway her Ann X Amy. mark. At a court held for Surry County June the 26th, 1804. The within written testament and last will of Mary Cary deceased was presented in court by Henry Crafford the executor therein named, and the same being proved by the oaths of John Judkins Gt. Mary Pettway and Ann Amy witnesses thereto was by the court ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said executor, who made oath and gave bond with Josiah Wilson Gt. his security in the sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned as the Law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. A copy teste A. S. EDWARDS, Clk.