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====== Will of Jacob Weston, Berkley County SC, 17 Sep 1768 ====== | ====== Will of Jacob Weston, Berkley County SC, 17 Sep 1768 ====== | ||
- | In the Name of God, Amen, I Jacob Weston, of St: Georges Parish Berkley County, in the Province of South Carolina, Planter, being infirm and very weak in Body, but of a Sound Mind and Memory do make Ordain and Ratify this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all others whatsoever, as followeth, | + | ===== Text ===== |
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+ | In the Name of God, Amen, I **Jacob Weston**, of St: Georges Parish Berkley County, in the Province of South Carolina, Planter, being infirm and very weak in Body, but of a Sound Mind and Memory do make Ordain and Ratify this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all others whatsoever, as followeth, | ||
First I Recommend my Soul to Almighty God, that gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors, in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection, | First I Recommend my Soul to Almighty God, that gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors, in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection, | ||
- | Imprimis, first of all I leave my Household furniture and Stock to be Sold and the Monies Arising therefrom to be put to use for the benefit of my two Loving Children, Rebekah Weston and Mary Weston to B '' | + | Imprimis, first of all I leave my Household furniture and Stock to be Sold and the Monies Arising therefrom to be put to use for the benefit of my two Loving Children, |
- | Item I do give and bequeath my whole Estate to be equally divided between my two Loving Children Rebekah and Mary Weston to share and share alike and each to Receive their share when they shall Arrive the age of Seventeen or at their Marriage day which ever shall first happen and if either should die before they Arrive to the Age of Seventeen Years or Married, then the Longest liver to possess and heir the whole. | + | Item I do give and bequeath my whole Estate to be equally divided between my two Loving Children |
- | Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my Loving Nephew William Norman and my Loving Friends Josiah Smith Junr: '' | + | Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my Loving Nephew |
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight '' | In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight '' | ||
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- | Jacob X Weston | + | |
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- | Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the above said Jacob Weston as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence and at the Request of the said Testator the day and year above written. | + | Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the above said **Jacob Weston** as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence and at the Request of the said Testator the day and year above written. |
- | Michael Habinsock\\ | + | **Michael Habinsock**\\ |
- | Nathaniel Orsborn\\ | + | **Nathaniel Orsborn**\\ |
- | Susanna Peyton. | + | **Susanna Peyton**. |
- | Proved before the Honble '' | + | Proved before the Honble '' |
Recorded in Will Book 1767-1771\\ | Recorded in Will Book 1767-1771\\ | ||
Recorded on Page 252 | Recorded on Page 252 | ||
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* South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0516. Wills (WPA transcripts). Series S213216, Volume 12, Pages 422-423. | * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0516. Wills (WPA transcripts). Series S213216, Volume 12, Pages 422-423. | ||
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