| In the Name of God Amen I John Owens being sick and weak in
body thanks be to God for it. I thought fit to mack this my last will
and testament in manor and form as foboth Imprimis I gave and bequeath
my Soul to God my macker and to is onely Son Jesus Christ hoping through
the merite of is person to Eternal Life whom he Shall Soe fitt to tack
me to is master purpose (?) of --- (?) to be carried among the Saints
and Angles there to Remain in unity, pease and friendship for ever____
After all my Just Debts are paid and funerl Expenses are Satisfied I
make Consento and appoint my Dearly beloved wife to be ye hole and Sole
Executor of this my Last Will and Testament.
Item, I gave and bequeath all my Estate within and without to my wife
During her life or Widohood and afterwards to be Equly Divided amonch
thenm all my Children and my Desier is that my Estate Shall not be soule
but to be Equaly Divided amonch them. Witness my hand this 27 Day of
Januray 1750 and Seal.
John X Owens, Wax Seal
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| Solomon Cherry |
| William X Taylor |
| Abraham Meslor |
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| From: "Collection Of Unrecorded Wills
Norfolk County, Virginia 1711 - 1800" by Elizabeth B. Wingo |
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| 1752 -- Will Bk I, p 240. Will of William Lewelling,
dated 28 Jan 1751 and proved 16 Apr 1752. Wife Frances
Lewelling, grandson William Manning, children John,
Sarah, Franke, Annas, Abbe, Chloe, and Lydia.
Witness Richard Bunting, John Owens, and Daniel
Culpepper. |
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