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- !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: "Lewis of Warner Hall" page 42..her will
The Will is copied directly as was written with spelling errors
"In the name of God, Amen: the 10th day of ffebruary in the year of o'rLord
God one Thousand six hundred eighty and five I Elizabeth Reade of Yorkparish
in the County of York being weak in body, but of good and p'fect memory,Thanks
be to Almighty God, Calling to Remembrance the uncertain Estate of this
transitory life, And that all fflesh must yielde unto Death, when it shall
please God to Call, Doe make constitute ordaine and declare This my lastWill
and Testament In manner and form following Revoking and Anulling by these
presents, All and any Testament or Testaments, Will and Wills heretoforemade
by me and declared either be word or writing, and this is to be taken formy
last Will, and Testament and none other, and first being penitent andsorry
from the bottom of my heart for any sins past, most humbly desireing for
forgiveness for the same, I give and commit my soule unto Almighty God my
Saviour and Redemer in whom and by the meritts of Jesus Christ, I trustand
believe assuredly to be saved, and that my soule with my body att theGenerall
Day of Resurrection shall rise again with Joye, and through the meritts of
Christ's Death and passion inheritt the Kingdom of heaven prepared for his
Elect, and my body to be decently buryed where and in such place as mysonn
Robert Reade shall appoint,
"And for the settling my Temporall Estate, such goods, Cattle,Chattells and
debts as it hath pleased God farr above my deserts to bestown upon me, Idoe
order give and dispose of in manner and forme ffollowing, that is to say,that
all my Debts, and dues that I owe in Right or conscience to any manner ofp'son
or p'sons whatsoever, be truly paid in convenient time after my Decease,by my
Executor hereafter named.
"Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my sonn Robert Reade, one Negro mannamed
Peter and Brigitt his wife, and one mollotta boy named Dick, one negrowoman
named Tony, one ffrench Nickolice Morell, and one woman servant namedMary Jane
Tisso, the Said negroes I give unto my said son Robert with theirincrease.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Ffrancis Reade, one Negro mannamed
Sandy one negro woman named Bess, one negro boy names Peter with their
increase.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Benjamine Reade one negro namedWill
and Jane his wife with their increase.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Reade one negro man namedJeffry
Nimino his wife with her child, a Boy named Tom, and one negro boy namedWill
also one negro man named Jack my said son Thomas Reade Shipping Tobaccofor
England until he hath paid the full summ of twenty five pounds unto myExecutor
after named, provided itt be not paid before my decease, the saidnegroes, I
give unto my said sonn Thomas with their increase.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Chisman one negroWoman
named Kate, one negro woman named Pegg with her child a Mollatta Girlenamed
Dina with their Increase.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Elizabeth Chisman onenegro
Girle named Hannah with her increase.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Benjamin the ffeather bed I lyeon
with the furniture belonging to itt three pairs of sheets three silverspoons
three peuter Dishes and one Iron pott.
"Itm. I give and bequeath toe my somm Thomas good ffeather and furniture
three pairs of Sheets, three silver spoons three peuter Dishes and oneIron
pott.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Elizabeth Chisman and MaryReade
all my wearing Apparill to be Equally Divided between them.
"Itm. I give and bequeath to my sonn Benjamin one young mare of three or
fouer years old.
"Itm. I give and bequeath to my sonn Thomas one yung mare of three orfouer
years old.
"Itm. I give unto my son Benjamin two cows of ffouer years old and oneheafer
with his pportion of the stock of Cattle which belonged unto his BrotherGeorge
Reade Dec'd according to ye Division already made.
"Itm. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mildred Warner the mourningRing I
usually ware.
"Itm. My Will and desire is that all such servants Cattle and othermovables
as shall belonge unto my sonns Benjamin and Thomas Read as beforementioned
Remaine and be in the care and custody of my sonn Robert Reade until mysaid
sonns Benjamin and Thomas come to the age of one and twenty years,allowing my
said two sonns such neccessaries apparell as they shall have occasion for
Duerring there nonage to be allowed out of the pp'itss of their fforemenconed
Servants Labors, also my will and desire is that my sonn Robert Readewhen my
sonns Benjamin and Thomas doee come to age and Reaceive their Estates,that
then they have allowed toeach of them by said sonn Robert, Cornsufficient for
year's provision for them selves and servants and all their servants
sufficiently cloathed.
"Itm. M Will and desire is that if itt should please God to take tohimself
either of my two youngest sonns Benjamin or Thomas before they come tothe full
age of one and twenty years, That then the Survivor to Injoye and posses
whatsoever is given and bequeathed to him that is Deceased, but if ittShould
please God that both my said youngest sonns shuld Dye before they cum toAge as
aforesaid that then my sonns Robert and ffrancis Reade doe posses andinjoye
whatsoever is given and bequeathed unto my two Sonns Benjamin and Thomasto be
equally Divided between them.
"Itm. It is my will and Desire and I doe hereby give and bequeath untomy son
Robert Reade all my Stock of Cattle sheep, horses, hoggs, goods Chattles,
Debts, bills mdse and accounts whatsoever is may or shall be or belong tome
nott being already bequeathed to any p'son before expressed. In this mylast
Will and Testament, nominating appointing and declaring my well belovedSonn
Robert Read the Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
"It is my Will and desire that my well beloved Sonn Mr. Thomas Chisman,Mr.
Edward Noss and Mr. Thomas Barbar be overseers to See that this my lastWill
and Testament be Carefully and Truly pperformed.
"Signed and Sealed in the presence of David Condon Tho. PerimanCharles
(his X mark) A. Allen
"Elizabeth Reade (X) Seale
"Jan'ury the 24th 1686-7
"Prov'd then in open Court by the oaths of the Wittnesses and a probattis
granted to the Executor therein named and is Recorded.
"Test
"I. Sedgwicke D________"
Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.
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1625 - 1686 (61 years)