Notes |
- ===
1682-1687 Old Rappahannock Co Will Book 2; Antient Press: Page 112-113
Virginia xber the 28th 1686
IN THE NAME OF GOD Ame. I JOHN LINCOLN of Rappa County of Farnham Parish being very sick & weeke of body but of perfect memory thanks be to God for it doth make this my last Will & Testamt: revoking all other Wills Testamts, in form following
Imprs. I bequeath my Soule to Christ my Redeemer & my body to Christian buriall according to the discretion of my Executr. hereafter menconed
I doe give to my dear Wife, ELIZABETH, all what land I now am possessed of during her naturall life not to be destroyed by her & likewise a Childs part of all stock & moveables I do give all my land unto my Son, JOHN, after his Mothers decease to be quietly possessed by him & likewise one young horse named Nabb branded with J: L: on the further buttock and two Cowes & calves marked with two crops & two slitts of the neare Eare one slitt of the right Eare & under keeled on the same with their encrease not to be removed of my now dwelling plantacon
I do give to my Daughter, ELIZ:, 1 mare big wth foale named Betty wth: her encrease, not to be removed as aforemenconed & two Cowes & calves marked as afore menconed wth their encrease not to be removed of my now dwelling plantacon
I do give to my Daughter, MARGARET, one younge horse named Ball of two years old and two cows and calves of the former marke with the encrease to romaine upon the now dwelling plantacon
I do give to my Daughter, CATHERINE, one mare called Pigg with her encrease with two cows & calves with encrease not to be removed of my now dwelling plantacon
I do give to my four Children aforemenconed and to each of them one Sow & two Barrows of one yeare age
(no signature)
Us the Subscribers are able to attest that this was the reall dictate of JOHN LINCOLN sensible to the last Word writeing and likewise that he did urge to have CHARLES DODSON to be his Executr: several! times when his Wife was named
JOHN MILLS, HENRY HARTLEY
GILB: CROSWELL WM: BRASEY
HENRY HARTLEY, JOHN MILLS & GILBERT CROSWELL made Oath to all & every the abovesd Will & Attestation by them signed the hoggs only excepted
Teste WM, COLSTON Cl.
Probatr in Cur Com
Rappa 5 die Januarii 1686/7
|