ratifying and Confirming this and is other to be my last Will & Testament as Witness my hand this 30th day of September & in the year of our Lord Christ 1750. Wm + Edwards (his mark) (seal) Test George Gurley junr Eliza X Edwards (her mark) (seal) John Gurley Thos X Edwards At about held for the County of Southampton the 14th February 1750- This writing was presented as the Last Will of the within named William Edwards by the Exors therein named proved by the oaths of George Gurley junr and John Gurley the Witnesses thereto and ordered to Be Recorded and on the Motion of the said Exors who made Oath according to Law Certificate was granked them for obtaining a protate thereof in due form giving Security Test R Kello [In the left margin] John Jones Will In the Name of God Amen Sohn Jones of Southampton County being weak of Body but of Perfect since & Memmory thanks be to God for the same Remembring the Imortallity of my soul & the mortallity of my Body do make this my Last will & Testament in the form & manner following my sole I resign in to the hands of the Allmighty God who gave it hopeing threw the Merriss of his well beloved son Jesus Christ to Receive full pardon for all my sins my Body I Bequeath to the Earth it came from to be Decently Buried by my Executrix hereafter named as for what Estate it has pleased God to bless me with all I give & Bequeath as followeth [In the left margin] 35/ Items give & Bequeath to my Son Simon Jones one Negro Fellow Called Andrew Item I give & Bequeath to my Son Jesse Jones one Negro Fellow Called Peter Item I give to Bequeath to my Son Joshua Jones fifteen pounds Virginia Currancy to be made out of my Estate paid to him at the age of twenty one years Item I give & Bequeath to my Son John Jones fifteen pounds Virginnia Currency to be made out of my Estate & paid him at the age of twenty one years... Item I give of Bequeath & to my Son Isham Jones one tract of Land Containing one hundred & ninety five Acres Lying on the East side of a Branch Called Buckhorn .... Item I give & Begu_ eath to my Son Brittan Jones the Plantation where_ on I now dwell with all my Land Joyning Containing two hundred acres Item Igively Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Jones one feather Bed which is Called hurn with all the furniture their unto be_ longing with three femaile Cattle now Called her own Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Martha Jones one feather Bed & forniture å three head of femaile Cattle Item I give all the Rest of my Estate be it of whatsoever kind or Quallity without or within that may be in any wise called mine unto my Loving wife Eleanor Jones after my Debts & funeral Expences are paid I do likewise Artherise & appoint my beloved wife Eleanor & my Son Simon Jones whole & sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament Given under my hand this 5 Day of October 1750. his Signed Sealed & delivered { John I Jones (seal) in the Presents of us { mark own. Chaplin Williams his Henry Dawson Simon SH Harris mark