1701, exhibited to court, 4 July 1732, proved 19 July 1751
(Norfolk Co., VA, Will Book 1, . 229a)
In the Name of God Amen I William Ballands of Currituck Precinct in Albramarl County in the Province of North Carolina being very Sick/and Weak of body yet having my perfect Sences and Remembrance / thanks be to God for it do maek this my last Will and Testament in / Manner and form following & making Void all Other Wills or [ ] / I formerly made by these presents first I commit my Soul into the Protection of Jesus Christ hoping and believing that he by his Meretorious / Death and Passion hath Purchased Eternall Salvation for the same & / my body to the Earth to be buried after a christian Manner at the Dis = / cretion of m Executrix hereafter Mentioned And as to my Worldly / Goods / dispose of in Manner and form following I Constitute Ordain/ and make my Loving Wife Mary Ballands my whole & Sole Executrix / of all my Goods and chattells she Paying all my Debts and legacys According to the Tenour of this my Will and of my said Estate first / I Give unto my Son Samuel, Eight Hundred Acres of Land with my / my [sic] main Dwelling Plantation upon it unto him the said SAMUEL / and the Heirs of his Body Lawfully begotten for ever.
I give unto my Daughter MARY One Hundred and fifty Acres of Land Joining unto / the said Eight Hundred And at that End Near the Tract Ponds unto / her the said MARY and to heirs of her body Lawfully begotten forever.
I Give unto my Son William my Plantation at the Swamp and one / half of the Land belonging unto it to him the said WILLIAM and the / Heirs of his Body lawfully Begotten forever and the other half of the / said Tract of Land I Give unto my Son RICHARD and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten.
My Desire is that the said Tract of Land be / Divided between WILLIAM and RICHARD by a Br[anc]h Calld The Stirrup Branch
I Give to my Daughter LURETHA One hald of my Land / which JOSEPH CH Surveyed for me to her the said LURETHA an]d to / the H[eirs] of her Body Lawfully begotten for ever. ANd the [torn] / of the said Tract of Land I Give unto my Daughter CATHERINE & / unto the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten forever and further / my Will and Desire is that if any of my Children do Die with out / Such Isaac as is Aforementioned that then the Estate that { less / his or her inheritance of Land
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Deceased or the Eldest without Lawfully / Begotten of hir or her Body Surviving And as for the Rest of my Goods / and Chattles I Give unto my Loving Wife MARY BALLANDS during / her life and so Long as she Remaineth a Widow and also the / Whole [ ] and Profitt of my Now Dwelling Plantation and
(p.230)
[ ] And
I give unto my said Wife during her Life or so long as / she [remaineth] a Widow And at the Expiration of the term of / her [W]idowhood my Desire is that all my Moveable estate / be Equally Divided Amongst all my Children Only I Give unto my / Daughter [ ] and two Year old Heffer more than her Equal Share / And further it is my Desire that if my Children [ ] if they / do come of Age or be Capable of [ ] ing for them selves they shall / not have Power to Disturb of Claim any Part of my Estate / Nither Real nor Personal during the Term of their Mothers life or/ Widow hood But they may Seat by her Upon the Several Devises / of Land belonging to them.
And further it is my Desire that my / Wife shall have L [ ] of all my Whole Estate Immediately / after my Decease And it is my desire that my Children may / have Possession of their Equal Shares of my Whole Estate be it / real and Personal According to their Several Devises Immedi=/=ately After their Mothers deceas or term of her widowhood It is my Desire that if my Children Survive their Mother That / then the Eldest of them take care of the rest of them and what/ belongs to them and to have the Increase of their Cattle for / Maint [ain]ing of them until they come of Age It is my Desire / that M [RICH]ARD BRIAN M. WiLLIAMS ALLEN and WILLIAM /BATEMAN shall see this my Testament Equally fulfilled amongst / my [Child]ren According to the Tenour Above Mentioned and t[hat] / the [ ] Intent and meaning of this. Within mentioned Will/ I have [torn] 25th of November / 1700
Signed Sealed & Delivered WILLIAM BALLANCE
ANDREW MAKE FASHON
JOHN I WARD
WILLIAM BAITEMAN
page 10 Record not being [ ] found therefore it is Ordered to be / Recorded And was Accordingly Recorded in the Records of Currotuck B y J Martyn Cl Cur
Norfolk At a Court held the 19th day of July 1751
County
WILLIAM BALLANDS Will dated the 25th day of November 1700 / was this day Produced in Court by Mary Creedle and Prayed that the / Same might be Record It is therefore Ordered that the BLank record / that said Will as fas as he Can possibly Read it the Same being Much defaced and torn to Pieces
Sam Boush Cl Cur
pg 74 – 75 Henry Etheridge Currituck, will dated 14 Mar 1742/3 will proved 5 July 1743
In the name of God amen I Henary Etheredge of Coratuick County being very/Sick and weak of body but of perfect Sence and Memry thinks be to god for it but/ now knowing that is ordained for all men once to die doe make this my last Will / and testament In Maner and form as followeth feirst I Give my soul to almight God / who gave it me and my body to the Earth to be buried at the discretion of my Exectors / heare after mendhened and my worly goods I despose of in manner and form as folloeth.
Itham I give and bequeath unto my Son SAM ETHEREDGE one young mair which he is now / pressed of only the first Coult She brings to be a yar ould to be fore my Son WILLIAM ETHEREDGE / but all the Rest of her in Crease to him the said SAM and his heairs for Ever /one ads one ooger and one draying knife
Ithem I Give and bequeath unto my Son RICHARD ETHEREDGE /one hefer with all her increase with 3 Chesels one band Sawe
Ithom I Give and bequeath unto / my Son WILLIAM ETHERIDGE one hefer belongin to Stump with all her in Crease to him and his heairs / for Ever with two Ewes and one lam and one great broad ax
Ithem I give and bequeath unto my Son /JOHN ETHEREDGE one young mair with all her Increase to him and his heairs for Ever with one heifer and lam / and one Goat and one Sow and Eight pigs
Ithem I give and bequeath unto my Son HENARY ETHEREDGE / two Cows and one yearling with all thear increase to him and his heairs for Ever with one Ewe lam / two Sows and a leven Pigs 2 puter basons 2 Glase botels and one Small Iron pot
Item I give unto my daughter ANN ETHEREDGE one Iron pot one puter bason
Item I Give and bequeath / unto my daughter LEDGE ETHEREDGE three Sheep one puter bason
Item I Give and bequeath unto my / doughter MARY ETHREDGE tow Ewes with all there Increase with one Sow and one puter bason and / all the Rest of my Estate with in and with out on menchened I Give and bequeath unto my / well beloved wife SUSEY ETHEREDGE and her heairs for Ever and doe Constitute make / and order her to be my hole and sole Exectrese of this my last will and testament / Revokeing all other will by me made as witness my hand and seaill this forteynth day of march ano domany 1742/3 Sined Seailled and delivered [in] presents of [his]
Henary + Etheredge (Seal) mark
John jb Balance
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William w Makefashon
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Moses Linton
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North Carolina
Currotuck County
At a Court Begun Opend and held att The Court House In the COunty / afore Said on Tuesday The fifth Day of July Anno d 1743
These May Certifie That I JOHN BALANCE William Makefashon and / Moses Linton Thre of The subscribing Evidences To the With In / Will Came into Open Court and Maid oath on the holy Evangelist That they were present and Saw HENRY ETHRIDGE Sing Seal,/ publish and Declare The within To be and Contain, his Last Will and / Testament. Then also appeared LUSEY ETHRIDGE Execurix To the with in Will and Took the Oath appointed by law for The Qualification of Exc
Ordered That Honorable Nathaniel Rice Secretary have Notice / That Letters Testmentory may issue There on
Dated at the Clerks office The 13 Day of July anno Dom 1743
Test John Lurry Clerk Court
page 75-77 John Etheridge: Currituck, will dated 3 Apr 1739, will proved July 1744
page 78-79 Marmaduke Etheridge
page 79 – 81 Richard Etheridge
page 82-83 Solomon Etheridge
page 83 Luke Ethredge
pg 179 #111 George Powers (Moses Ballance)
Index page with other Etheridges
John A. Brayton
GR 929.3 N8cur
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