Death Records

Edgecombe Co., North Carolina Wills, Vol. C, 1785-1796
(C. Avis Catalog entry #520)

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p. 179

In the name of God Amen.  This twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and ninety three - 
I John Lewelling of the county of Martin & state of North Carolina being in sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by God Knowing it is appointed unto all men once to die do make and ordain this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following viz First and princepally I recommend my soul in the hands of the Almighty God who gave it me and my Body I commit to the earth to be Buried in a Christian like and decent manner and as [?] those worldly goods and Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give bequeath and dispose of them in manner and form following

Item  I give and bequeath unto Mary Bowers my wife's Daughter six pewter plates and one small pewter Dish to her and to her Heirs forever.  I Lend unto Mary Bowers one negro woman named Lucy and one negro girl named Milly and after the decease of my wife I Lend unto Mary one negro man named Nepton for and during the term of her natural life and after her death I give & bequeath said negros unto the Children of the said Mary Bowers then living them and their Heirs forever.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Cloe Bowers my wife's daughter six pewter plates and one small pewter dish to her and to her Heirs forever  my will and desire is that there shall be a negro girl purchased out of my Estate between the age of fourteen and twenty years of age which said negro girl I lend to said Cloe and her husband William Bowers during their natural Lives also one negro man called Jim and after the death of my wife one negro woman called Silvy with her increase from this time after the decease of S^d Cloe and William my will and desire is that said negros shall be equally divided among the Children of S^d Cloe then living.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Clarry Southerland my wife's daughter ten Pewter Plates and one small Pewter dish to her and to her heirs forever I lend unto Said Clarry Southerland one negro girl named Rachel and one negro girl Named Pine and after the death of my wife, I also lend Said Clary one negro man named Sam for and during the Term of her natural life and the life time of her husband John Southerland and the decease of said Clary and John my will and desire is that S^d negroes and Increase shall be Equally divided among the Children of Said Clarry then living -.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Charlotte Staton my wife's daughter ten Pewter Plates and one small Pewter dish to her and to her heirs forever.  My will and desire is that Mony shall be [?]d out of my Estate at convenient times to Purchase a negro girl between the age of Fourteen and Twenty years of age, which said negro girl, I lend unto S^d Charlotte and Arthur Staton During there natural life times likewise one negro girl child Called Chane and after the death of my wife one negro man Called Isaac and after the death of S^d Charlotte and Arthur my will is that S^dnegro's and increase shall be Equally Divided among the Children of S^d Charlotte then living.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Gracy Mooring ten Pewter Plates and one small Pewter Dish to her and her heirs forever.  I lend unto said Gracy Mooring One negro girl named Trabany and one negro boy Named Charles and after the death of my wife I also lend unto S^d Gracy Mooring one negro man named Lewis for and During the term of her natural life and the life time of her husband John Mooring and and after the death of said Gracy & John my will and desire is that S^d negro's and increase shall be Equally divided among the Children of S^d Gracy then living.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Anness Moor my wife's Daughter ten Pewter plates and one small Pewter Dish to her and to her heirs forever, I lend unto S^d Anness Moor one negro girl Nance also one negro woman named Chane after the death of my wife one negro man called Tony and after the death of S^d Aness & William my will and Desire is that S^d negro's and increase be Equally among the Children of S^d Anness then living.

Item  I give and bequeath unto Susannah Mooring my wife's daughter ten Pewter Plates and one Small Pewter Dish to her and her heirs forever I Iend unto S^d Susannah Mooring one negro girl named Hassly and one negro boy named Sampson And after the death of my wife I also lend unto said Susannah one negro man named Lukes for and during the term of her natural / life and the life time of her husband James Mooring and after the death of Susannah and James My will is that S^d negro's and increase shall be Equally divided among the Children of the S^dSusannah then living.

Item  I give and bequeath unto John Lewelling son of my wife, one negro man named Phillip one negro man named America one negro girl named Harry one Mullato Charlote one negro man named Bob all my will and desire is the S^d negro Bob shall make my wifes Shoes during life after the death of my wife I give S^d Lewelling one negro girl named Bete & increase from this time and likewise one half the household and kitchen furniture likewise working Utentials likewise horses Cattle hogs sheep and Bees etc likewise my part of the Water Gress Mill likewise my Still, all my desire is that his Mother shall have the liberty of stilling her liquor [2?1?] still during the term of her natural life which Property I have given to my son John Lewelling I give to him and his Heirs forever -

The other half of the Household and Kitchen furniture working Utentials and stock of every kind I lend to my wife during her life and after her decease my will and desire is that Part of my Estate shall be Equally divided among her daughters My will and desire is that Tony Isaac Neptone Sam Lewis & Luke be four of them hired out every year and the other Two to be kept upon the Plantation the money so arising for the Hire of S^d negros be advanced for giving my wife a genteel maintainance during her lifetime if any be left at her decease my will and desire is that it shall be Equally divided among her daughters.

Item  I give and bequeath unto John Lewelling all my Lands Excepting as much as his mother can tend with two hands & one fourth Part of the Orchard during her life.  And I do further make and ordain constitute and appoint Colo^l Nathan Mayo, William Wallace & my son John Lewelling to be joint Executors to this my last Will and Testament Hereby revoking and disannulling all other and former wills by me heretofore made if any such should be found wratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament.  In witness whereof the above John Lewelling hath hereunto set his hand and fixed his seal the day and date above  Written Signed Sealed and delivered to be the last will and  Testament of the said John Lewelling

Signed sealed        }                                                        Joh Lewelling
in the presence of  }
Mathew Burnett                                                        
Martha Cross
Frances  [her mark]  Burnett

Edgecombe County August Court  1794
The within will was duly proven in open Court by the Oath of Mathew Bunnet a Subscribing Witness thereunto.  Executors were at the same time Qualified and the will ordered to be recorded.   
                            Test     Edward Hall    CC




 

Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1761-1825, Vol. 1 (David B. Gammon) 
(C. Avis Catalog entry #519)

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Gammon, D. B.. Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1761-1825. Raleigh, NC: D.B. Gammon,1989. p. 90

p. 90

Clara Sutherland Petition (May, 1813) for division by John Sutherland, admr. of the dec'd., who states that John Lewelling died testate in 1794 bequeathing certain furniture and Negroes to his wife for her lifetime with reversion to their five daughters at her death.  Record indicates the widow Mary Lewelling survived her husband fourteen years and her property was to be divided among her seven daughters, namely (1) Mary, now widow of Benjamin Bowers of Pitt Co., (2) Chloe, wife of William Bowers of Pitt Co., (3) Clara, wife of John Sutherland, who survived the said John who had died in 1801, (4) Charlotte wife of Arthur Staton, (5) Gracey, wife of John Mooring of Pitt Co., (6) Annis, wife of William Moore of Pitt Co. and (7) Susannah Mooring, now wife of Nathan Mayo. 

Abstracts of the Wills of Edgecombe Co., NC 1733-1856 (Williams & Griffin)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #559)

p. 311

STATON, ARTHUR
Nov. 24, 1821. 
May Ct., 1822. 
Bk. E, p 300. 

Wife: CHARLOTTE, land bought of NATHAN MAYO and WILLIAM BARFIELD: liberty to distill her liquor in still I give to KENNETH C. STATON, my hand mill, negro boy, horse, bay mare, 4 sows and pigs, 12 shoats, 10 head sheep, furniture, riding chair, and harness, cart and wheels, plow stocks, hoes and gear, 2 weeding hoes, 2 grubbing hoes, 2 Pewter dishes, 3 earthen dishes, 1 doz. earthen plates, 1 doz. cups and saucers, half doz. knives and forks, half doz. tablespoons, 2 pots and hangers, half doz. setting chairs, 1 walnut table, 2 chests, Beaufot, that has no glass, 1 looking glass, pr. of firedogs, tongs and shovel, 2 Pewter Basins, 2 earthen basins, 2 butter pots, 2 chump bottles, 2 jugs, half doz. milk cups, 2 bowls, 1 decanter, 2 tumblers, 1 small trunk, 1 loom and gear, 2 tubs, 2 pails, 2 wooden wheels, 1 flax wheel, 1 skillet,. 1 Dutch Oven, 1 frying pan, 1 gridiron, 1 griddle, 1 noggin, half my cider casks, having her choice of everything, except otherwise described during her natural life and 3 negroes; 

son &  exr: WINFIELD D. STATON, the Savanah land bought of WARREN SAVIDGE, 100 A, 50 A I bought of JAMES BRYAN and 150 A I bought of JOHN GRIFFIN, WILLIAM HANSEL, LEWIS BRYAN and JAMES BRYAN and $100; 

dau: NICEY HOUSE, $350 to pay for negro woman Lewcy, mare, bridle, saddle, furniture, 2 cows and calves, 1/2 the land I bought of NATHAN MAYO, 1/2 land I bought of WILLIAM BARFIELD, at death of my wife; 

dau. & Extx: SUSANNAH MOORING, negro woman Faun, $50, mare, briddle, saddle, 3 cows and calves, lands; 

son & exr: KENNETH C. STATON, plantation and lands I bought of ISAAC HILL, DAVID DAVIDSON and JOHN H. JONES, and 100 A bought of WILLIAM JONES, 100 A of JOHN BURNETT, 50 A of THOMAS BRYAN, and 32 A of new entered land, my still and 1/2 my cider casks, horse, briddle and saddle, furniture, 3 cows and calves, etc. ; 

gr. son: ARTHUR S. COTTON, $300 to buy him a negro boy, horse, briddle, saddle, etc.; 

sons: WINFIELD D. STATON and KENNETH C. STATON and dau: SUSANNAH, grist mill known as Mayo Mill. 

Exr: JOHN MOORING, JUN'R 
Wit: THOS. EDMONDSON

Surry Co., VA Deeds and Wills
(C. Avis Catalog entry #518)

Book 2 - 1671-1684
P. 173 
Will of Mary Simmons
 

In the Name of God Amen 

The last will and testament of Mary Simons of the Burchen Swamp in ye County of Surry in Virginia

Mary Simons being sick & weake in body but of perfect memory, God be praysed do make this my last will and testament. I give my Soule unto God my Creator and Redemer & my body to the Earth to be desently buried at the discretion of my dutiful son William Simons & for such worldly goods & Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give & bequeath as followeth

Imp^s I give & bequeath to my grand child Mary Simons the daughter of my son W^m Simons two young mares & half a doozen of [blot] cowes[?] & a good feather

bed, bolster & pillir & a _ [?] good Rug & a small trunk & a silver bole &

half a doozen diaper napkins & a diaper tablecloth & half a doozen of holland napkins and a holland tablecloth and a faire bible with hir name upon it, and a looking glass & a faire gold ring & a large chest with a lock & key to it, and if the Mary Simons my grand child dies before she enjoys it then to return to said father & to the next [?]

Item I give John Rutherford a feather bed, bolster & a Red Rug and two iron pots & two pewter dishes

Item I give to Francis Gregory a heifer of two years old to be delivered unto him when he is seventeen years old

Item I give to my son William Simons all the rest of my goods, chattels, moveables & make him my hole Executor to sd this my Last Will & Testament truly performed according to sd words Exprest in it. In wittness that this is my Last will &  testament I have whereunto set my hand and seale this 16 of Aprill 1677

signed, sealed and delivered                                                 the marke 
in the presence of us                                                      of Mary MS Simons
teste 
Maximilian Mansell 
Jn° F flood
  his marke

Proved in court May 7 1678

Surry County, Virginia Deeds and Wills

(C. Avis Catalog entry #511)

Book 8 - 1730-38

P.826 Will of John Simmons dated 18 Oct 1737 

Wife Rebeckah

Son William - his legacy includes lands in Brunswick

Son John - ditto in Isle of Wight 

Dau Mary Simmons 

to Robt Gray, a small gray colt

prob. 19 Apr 1738

witt: Benj Simmons, John Davis, Jos Andrus 

Book 10 - 1754-1768 

P. 76 Accts. Current - Estate of John Simmons, dec'd. - 16 Nov. 1756

paid John Collier

paid Christopher Moring, Senr.

paid Christopher Moring. Junr. to legacy given to his wife

Christopher Moring 

Rebeccah Moring

[This indicates that Christopher Mooring, Jr. married the widow of John Simmons. This must be John Simmons whose will is recorded in Book 8, p. 826 above.]

Surry Co., VA Deeds and Wills
(C. Avis Catalog entry #513)

Book 4 - 1687-1694
P.35 Will of Anthony Haveland dated 23 Feb 1687/8
Gives entire estate to daughter Mary and places it in the hands of his loving friend Wm Simmons to act as guardian in trust for daughter - if Mary die, entire estate to W Simmons

Book 4 - 1687-1694
P.51 Deposition of Maximilian Mansell aged 33 years or thereabouts -29 May 1688 - that said deponent was requested by his "brother" Wm Simons to go with him to the house of Jn° Warren. 

[William Simons referred to several times as "my Brother”]

Book 5 - 1694-1709
P.41 Eliza Simons, relict and executrix of Wm Simons, decd., appoints friend Jeremiah Ellis her lawful attorney - 12 Jan 1694

P.44 Eliza Simons granted execution of last will and testament of Wm Simons, decd. - 21 Apr 1695

Book 5 - 1694-1709
P.96 Inventory of the estate of Eliza Simons, dec'd., presented by X° Moring, Adm. - 15 May 1696

Surry Co., VA Probate Records 1687-1694
(C. Avis Catalog entry #515)


SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA PROBATE RECORDS

L.D.S. Film #034100 - Deeds and Wills No. 4,   1687-1694
Page 340

                                                                     Will of William Simmons

In the Name of God Amen

I William Simons of Southwarke Parish in the County of Surry being very sick and weake of body, but by the grace of God of sound and pfect memory do constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament, hereby makeing null and void all former wills or testaments which I have made. I give my Soul to God that gave it hopeing for salvation through the merrits of our blessed Saviour, my body I committ to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently interred at the discretion of my dear wife, and for my worldly goods which it hath pleased God at his mercy to bless me with, my just and lawful debts being first timely & honestly paid, I dispose of them in manner as followeth

Imp^sAll my land lyeing on the north side of the Birching Swamp and also all my land lyeing on the south side of the head of the said swamp down as far as the branch on which Owen Miricks Tan yard lyes, and also two hundred and fifty acres of land bounding on the north side line of my land at the Bowling Alley, I give both these pcells of land to my sonn William Simmons and to his heirs forever. I do also give him six cows, one young mare called by the name of Fanny, three steeres of five years old each, five breeding sows, one good feather bed & boulster with curtains & vallens, one worsted Rugg, one p^rblanketts, two p^rof sheetes, one Elm chest, one eight square barreled gunn and one negro boy named Cain, all to be delivered when my said sonn comes to lawful age

Item All the remaining part of that dividend of land whereon I now live begining at the branch on which Owen Miricks Tan yard lyes and so down the swamp on the south side, and two hundred and fifty acres of land being the remaining part of my land at the Bowling Alley, I give to my sonn John Simmons and to his heirs forever. I do also give my said sonn one feather bed & boulster with curtains and vallens, one Rugg and p^rof blanketts, two p^rsheets, five young cows, three steeres each five or six years old, five breeding sows, one musket, one wainscote? chest, one Gray mare with her increase, one black young horse and one negro girle named Nan, to be delivered to my said sonn at lawful age

Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth five thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to full age or on the day of marryage

Item I give to my Daughter Mary Mooring four ewes and Ram

Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Simmons five thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to full age or on the day of marryage

Item Whereas I am Guardian in trust of Mary Haviland, it is my will that when my son William comes to lawful age, he keepe and maintain her during her naturall life, and untill my said son shall come to such age, it is my will that she remain with my wife, but if my wife dye before my said son comes to such age, then my desire is that the said Mary Haviland be bounded out at the discretion of my overseers hereafter named

Item When my son William comes to lawful age, I give to him & his heirs during the natural life of Mary Haviland the water mill which is now building, and after the decease of the said Mary Haviland, I give the said mill and proffitts thereof equally between my sons William and John, to them and their heirs forever

Item If my son William dyes before he comes to lawful age, then all the land together with the mill and all the personal estate which I have given to my said son William, I give to my son John and his heirs forever, and I do will that in such case, my said son John shall keep Mary Haviland in manner as is before directed to my son William

Item If my son John dyes before he comes to lawful age, then all the land together with the part of the mill and all the personal Estate which I have given to my son John, I give to my son William and to his heirs forever

Item All my other Estate I give to my Dear wife, to her only use and behoof whom I do also make sole Executrix of this my last will and testament

Item I do appoint and desire that M^rBenjamin Harrison and M^rChristopher Mooring be overseers of this my last will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this 15^thof April 1693

signed & sealed in presence of 

Benj^aHarrison Jun^r 
Maximilian Mansell                                   William Simmons  seale
Thomas Sowersby
 

Proved in court by oath of Benj^aHarrison J^r       2 May 1693

Surry Co., VA Probate Records 1694-1715
(C. Avis Catalog entry #516)

 

SURRY COUNTY,  VIRGINIA PROBATE RECORDS

L.D.S.   Film # 034101

Deeds and Wills Book 5 1694-1715

Page 119

                                                                     Will of Elizabeth Simmons

    In the Name of God Amen,

    The last Will & Testament of Eliz^aSimmons of Surry County in Southwark Parish being very sick & weak in body but by the Grace of God of perfect sence & memory doth make this to be her Last Will & Testament in like maner and forme as followeth.

Impremis    I give & bequeath my soule unto the Almighty God which gave it unto me hoping through the pious merrits of my Saviour Jesus Christ that he will save it, and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Ever Loveing Friend Mr. Ge^offoster which I do make my Ex^cr& as for my worldly effects which God hath been pleased to bestow upon me, I give & bequeath after this maner and form as followeth.

Impremis    My just debts being first paid & funerall Expenses discharged I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Moring my striped[?] gowne & petticoats & my Side Saddle.

Item    I give & bequeath unto my son Wm Simons my two old negroes named Cane & Bess his wife but their labour for the keeping of Mary Haviland until my son W^mSimmons be of full age & then to be delivered unto him & all their increase since my Husband dyed.

Item    I give & bequeath unto my Daughters Eliz^aand Sarah Simmons Each of them a Bible.

Item    I give & bequeath unto Eliz^aEvins a couch bed & blanket

Item    I give & bequeath unto my two Sons Wm & Jn° Simmons all the rest of my Estate to be Equally divided betwixt them both.

Item    I give & bequeath unto my loveing Friend Mr. George ffoster my two daughters Eliz^a& Sarah Simmons whereof I do make my hole & Sole Exc^rof this my last Will & Testament: In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & Seale Sixtenth day of 8^brin 1695

Asigned and Sealed in the presence of us upon the backside

Test
Maximilian Mansell                                                                                                  Eliz^aSimons  (Seale)
Charles X Basso[?]
John X Binaham [Bynham?]


                                                            Pr. in court 2 Mar 1697

note:
8^br= October

Surry Co., VA Deeds and Wills 1738-1754

(C. Avis Catalog entry #517)

SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA PROBATE RECORDS

L.D.S. Film # 034104 - Deeds and Wills, 1738-1754, Page 833

Will of Christopher Mooring

In the name of God Amen, I Christopher Mooring, Senior, of Southwark Parish in Surry County of Perfect Sense and Memory, do make, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament and do desire it may be taken and received by all as such. I most humbly resign my Soul to God, my maker. As to my Worldly Goods, I give in manner as follows

Item    I give to my son John Mooring and his heirs -- [bottom of page illegible] -- lawfully begotten of his own Body and their Bodies forever the land bounded as follows - all the land that is in the Northwest side of Harrisons Road till it comes to Runnels Branch, so up the said Water Course to the Fork from thence along by a line of marked trees already made to Colonel Ben^aHarrisons line. I also give him the use of the Negro Girl that is at his house named Aggy during his life and then I give the said Girl to his son Johnand his heirs forever.

Item    I give to my son Christopher Mooring and his heirs forever my plantation and all the land on the Southeast side of the naked[?] swamp and up that swamp to the North corner of my old field and from thence along by a line of Marked Trees already made Beginning at a White Oak in the fork of the said Swamp running to the line of James Bradbys. I also give him the Bible that was his mothers with MS on the outside of the book. I also give him two Negro Fellows named Cain and named Henry and one feather bed.

Item    I give to my son William Mooring all the Remainder part of the Land that lays between his two Brothers John and Christopher Mooring that he is now in possession of and lives on to him and his Heirs forever. I also give him a Negro Woman named Jesbell.

Item    I give to my Daughter Mary Morris a Negro Woman named Grace and one feather bed.

Item    I give to my Daughter Jane Collier one Negro Woman named Sarah - it is the youngest, and five pounds in cash.

Item    I give to my Daughter Lucy Collier one Negro Woman named Jenny and five pounds cash.

Item    I give to my Son in Law Edward Bayley two Negroes, Kate and her child named Beck that he has.

Item    I give to my three sons, John and Christopher and William Mooring the Estate which I have in England, Lands, Livings[?] Rights, Title and Interests whatsoever that belongs to me and for it to be Equally divided among my three sons forenamed and their Heirs forever.

Item    I give to my two sons Christopher Mooring and William Mooring all the rest of my Estate, both Negroes and Personal Estate that I have not forenamed in this will to them and their Heirs forever to be equally divided between them, my sons Christopher Mooring and William Mooring.

Item    I do constitute and appoint my son Christopher Mooring to be my wholly
and soley Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I
have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Twenty Seventh[?] day of December 1751.

In Presence of                                                                                                                                                                     

Stephen [?]                                                                                                                              his

John Simmons                                                                                                               Christopher   X    Mooring

                                                        mark 

Pr. Mar court 1753

Beaufort Co., NC Wills?
(C. Avis Catalog entry #521)
 

[This transcription was found in the book "Manning and Allied Families", Elizabeth Ann Wright, 1956.  The specific book and page were not identified, only that it was probated in the March Court 1756]

In the name of God Amen the first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty six I William Little of Beaufort County in the Province of North Carolina being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recom- my soul into the Hands of the Almighty God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form    ———

Primis    I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Little one hundred acres of land adjoining to the plantation whereon he now dwells beginning at Thos Sharpe's line on Cheeks Mill Creek then up the creek to James Hearns line then along James Hearn line to his corner tree then along a contracted line to the aforesaid Thos Sharps line and so by his line to the beginning to him and his heirs forever Also I give to my son Abraham Little twelve pounds current money of Virginia to re-enter and survey the whole tract of land I bought of James Cheek and then to make a lawful title to two of his brothers hereafter mentioned to the remaining part of the said tract of land.   one brass kettle.

Item   I give and bequeath to my sons William and James the remainder of the aforementioned tract of land which I bought of James Cheek to be equally divided as they shall think proper to them and their heirs forever.  

Item   I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Little one hundred acres of the tract of land whereon I now dwell lying on the off side the dividing branch to him and his heirs forever (viz) on the south side the aforesaid branch.

Item   I give and bequeath unto my son John Little one hundred acres of land on the north side the afore mentioned Dividing Branch with this exception that my daughter Jane Mooring shall have the use and benefit of the plantation whereon she now dwells during her natural life and then returned to my son John and his heirs forever.  

Item   I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Moring the benefit of the plantation whereon she now dwells during her natural life and also one side saddle and one small pot

Item   I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Little one pot which he has already received.

Item   I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Little ten pounds current money of Virginia to be paid in silver or gold also one small gun.

Item   I give and bequeath to my loving wife Mourning Little all the rest of my world estate with which it hath been pleased God bless me among my five youngest sons (viz) Jacob, William, James, Joseph, and John Little.

And I do hereby appoint make constitute and ordain my sons Isaac Little and Jacob Little my only and sole executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disavow and revoke and disannul all and every other former will and testament by me in any ways before this time named and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

                                                      his
                                             William   x   Little
                                                     mark


Signed sealed & delivered    
in the presence of

Amos Atkinson
Mary Judkins
Jene Atkinson