| Title | Will of Joseph Green | |
| Short Title | Will of Joseph Green | |
| Author | Joseph Green | |
| Source ID | S627 | |
| Text | Joseph Green of Tryon County and province of North Carolina Planter Being Sick and In the name of God amen the twentieth Day of September one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy one I, weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God. Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body & that it is appointed for all men 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 Recommend my Soul into the Hands of 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 Not Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same Again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching Such Worldly Estate herewith it Has Pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in I the following manner & form? First I Give and bequeath to Mary my Dearly Beloved wife the sum of One Hundred Pounds to be Raised And levied out of My Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto William Green my Dearly and Well beloved Son the Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate likewise I Give and Bequeath Unto Anne Green my Dearly and well beloved Daughter the Sum of One Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto Abraham Green my Dearly and well beloved Son the sum of one Hundred Pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto Isaac Green my dearly and Well beloved Son the sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto Mary Green my Deerly and well Beloved Daughter the sum of one Hundred Pounds to be Raised And levied out of my Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto my Deerly well beloved son Jacob Green the Sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate likewise I Give and bequeath unto Joseph Green my Deerly and well beloved son the Sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate I likewise Will that Abraham Isaac Jacob Mary & Joseph be sent to School and learnt to Read and Write a good Commendable Hand and to Cypher so far as the Rule of three and that to be paid out of my Whole Estate I likewise Will and bequeat that my Whole Estate be Valued and that the sums above mentioned be paid out of lands and tenaments and Negroes and other Moveable Effects and that the Remainder part be Equally Divided among them all. likewise I Constitute make and ordain my well beloved wife Mary Green and my Well beloved brother in law James McEntire my only Executors of this my last Will and testament and I Do hereby Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul All and Every other for Wills and testaments and legacies and bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before this time Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no Other to be my last Will and testament in Witness Whereof I Have Hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and year first above Written Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the sd .Joseph Green as His last Will and testament in ye presence of us the Subscribers Viz Joseph Green (His mark) Henry Reynolds (His mark) Alaxander Meander Robt McAfee Jurrate | |
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