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- Will of John Ingram, 1762/63 - Brunswick Co. VA
Brunswick Co., VA, Will Book IV, pp. 376-79
In the name of God Amen, I, John INGRAM of the Parish of Meherrin and County of Brunswick, being of sound mind & memory Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die do make and Ordain this my Last will & Testament In manner following, Imprimis I, recommend my Soul to all mighty God who gave it me and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like manner, at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named & as for what worldly Goods God Hath been pleased to Bestow upon me I, give and Bequeath after my Just debts are duly paid in manner & form Following
Item I, give to my Loving Wife Hannah INGRAM four Negroe Fellows Viz.. Dick, Phill, Daniel and Davy also one Negro woman named Judith with all Stock and Household Goods as she shall have Occasion of During her Life or Widowhood & after her Discease to be Equally Divided, among my Children.
Item I, Give and Bequeath unto my Son Samuel INGRAM, one Negroe Boy named Moses, with w hat other Estate of mine he has Got in his hands, to him and his Heirs forever.
Item I, did formerly give to my Son John INGRAM, in his life time one Negroe Boy named Tom, and as my said Son is deceased my will is that the said Boy be Disposed of according to the will of my said Son John, also I, give to my grandson Jeremiah INGRAM Son of my said Son John Deceased five Pounds Current money to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate for the Education of my said Grandson.
Item I, give and Bequeath unto my Son James INGRAM Fifty Acres of Land, Lying on the North side of Meherrin Joining to the Land of my Son George with one Hundred Acres of Land, being part of the Tract
I now live on which has been Acknowledged to him to him and his Heirs forever.
Item I, give and Bequeath unto my Son George INGRAM, one Hundred and Seventy Seven Acres of Land, Lying on the north side of Meherrin River being part of the Land I Bought of Daniel TAYLOR To him & his Heirs forever.
Item I, give and Bequeath to my Son Jesse INGRAM, three Hundred Acres of Land Lying in Granvil County in North Carolina which I Bought of John ZACHARE also one Negroe man named Charles & Half the Stock what is on the said Land at my Discease to him and his Heirs forever.
Item I, give and Bequeath to my Son Joshua INGRAM three Hundred Acres of Land in Lunenburg County part of the said Six Hundred Acres, I, bought of John SMITH to him and his Heirs forever.
Item I, give and Bequeath to my Son Richard INGRAM, three Hundred Acres of Land in Lunenburg County being the other part of the said Six Hundred Acres I, bought of SMITH To him and his Heirs forever.
Item I, give and Bequeath To my Son Benjamin INGRAM Three Hundred and fifty Acres of Land Lying in Lunenburg County Joining BATESes and HOUSEs lines which I, purchased of Henry BATES and Wm DAVIS to him and his Heirs forever also Fifteen pounds Current money to be paid out of my Estate after my Decease to make his Land Equal with the others.
Item I, give and Bequeath unto my Son Joseph INGRAM after the Discease of my dear Wife Hannah INGRAM the manner Plantation whereon I, now live with fifty Acres of Land, on the north side of Meherrin River, being Part of the said Land I, bought of Daniel TAYLOR, when he shall Come to the age of Twenty one Years To him and his Heirs forever.
Item My will and desire is that after my discease that all my Personal Estate be Equally Divided among my Children hereafter named Viz.t James INGRAM, George INGRAM, Joshua INGRAM, Richard INGRAM, Benjamin INGRAM, Joseph INGRAM, and also my two Daughters Elizabeth VAUGHAN, and Tabitha GEE, To have an Equal Part of my Personal Estate after my discease, including what they have already Received from which my Desire is that the following Negroes Viz.t Nan a Woman, Negroe man George, Negroe Man Frank, Negroe man Jim, Negroe boy Johnne, Negroe Boy George, Negroe boy Hall, Negroe Girl Letty Negroe Boy Peter, Negroe Girl Cate and Negroe girl Patti after my Discease, be Equally Divided amongst them, and I, do appoint my Loving Wife Hannah INGRAM Executrix and my Two Sons James INGRAM and George INGRAM Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I, have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this third day of March one Thousand seven Hundred and Sixty two.
John INGRAM
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged, & Delivered
By the said John INGRAM, as his Last
Will and Testament, In Presence of...
Teste Wm LINDSEY
Elizabeth ROBINSON
John TIPPITT
At a Court held for Brunswick County the 28th day of November 1763, this will was presented in court by Hannah INGRAM and James INGRAM, Two of the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law, and the same was proved by the oaths of Wm LINDSEY, Elizabeth ROBINSON and John TIPPITT the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded, & on the motion of the said Executors, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, they having given bond and Security as the Law directs and Liberty Granted George INGRAM the other Executor therein named to Qualify as such when he thinks proper.
Teste John ROBINSON C.C.
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Abt 1685 - 1763 (78 years)
