WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA - WILLS - John Payne, 9 Dec 1668
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Last Will and Testament of John Payne

Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills Book One, 1653-1671, page 346:


Payne John    )  In the name of God amen  I John Payne of Cople parish in the 
Will          )  county of Westmoreland planter being very sick but of Good 
and perfect memory doe make constitute and ordain this my last will and 
Testament in manner and form following  In priori I give and bequeath unto my 
son John Payne and his heirs my share of the four hundred Acres of land which 
is betwixt Cornelius Morphew and me also a cow Called Violett and a Gun when 
he comes to the age of twenty one Years.  likewise my will is that he work for 
his mother til he be seventeen Years of age.  in Case he die before he comes 
to age the land to fall to the next heir.  I give and bequeath unto my 
daughter Elisabeth one Yearling.  I [Due ?] I give and bequeath unto my loving 
wife Millicent Payne my share of hogs thate are betwixt Cornelius Morphew and 
me with all the rest of my estate.  I give and bequeath unto my Son James one 
two year old heifer with her Increase.
Lastly I doe constitute ordain and make Millicent Payne my loving wife sole 
and whole Executrix of this my last will and Testament  affixed my hand and 
seal this 9th of December 1668.



[The clerk did not note a date of recording.]

[The surname of "Cornelius Morphew" ends with three upstrokes that could be
the letter "e" or "i" or the letters "ew" or "en", so the surname does not
appear to be "Morphee" or "Morphey," as I would anticipate. The following
entry on this page contains the words "New England" in which the "ew" of "New"
looks the same as the finishing strokes of Morphew.  But then, it also
contains the word "guardian," in which the strokes that form the "n" look
exactly like what might be a "w" at the end of Cornelius's surname.  The
finishing strokes of virtually all words ending in the letter "n" on this page
look like the end of this surname.  If those last strokes are supposed to be
an "n" then his surname may have been Morphen.]

[The "I Due" phrase preceding the bequest to Millicent may have been intended
to be a phrase starting with "In" and meaning "second," similar to the "In
priori" phrase which preceded the bequest to the son named John.]


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