Grace & her girl called Kevibe & their increase also one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs forever Fifthly: I give & bequeth unto my daughter Martha Pond one negro girl called Rose & her increase also one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs forever Sixthly: I give & bequeth unto my daughter Sarah Pond one negro girl called Mourning & her increase also one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs forever Seventhly: I give & bequeth unto my son Tho Pond one negro boy called George also one feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs forever Eighthly: I give & bequeth unto my son James Pond one negro boy called Charles also one feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs forever Ninthly: oI lend unto my loving wife Martha on during her natural life the plantation whereon I now live with 395 acres of land adjoining bounded as mentioned above in the first clause of my will also the use and labor of the following negros / to wit / Laurence, Polly, Rachel, Lucy & Milton & after my just debts and legacies are paid I also lend unto my wife the use of all the residue of my estate of what nature or kind soever My will & desire is that after the death of my wife my negros Rachel, Lucy, & Milly with their increase be equally divided between my two sons Tho & James or the heirs of their body but if either of my two sons Thomas or James should die under age or without issue then my desire is that the survivor of them should have the whole of the legacies herein given the other & if both of my sons should die under age or without issue then the estate given them to be equally divided amongst my surviving children or their heirs & I further desire after the death of my wife the whole of my estate not herein before given away be equally divided amongst all my children herein named or their heirs .And Lastly I do hereby constitute appoint my loving wife Executrix & my two sons Richard and John Pond whole and sole executors of the my last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand andd seal this 22 day of September 1777. Signed Sealed published .....} ................. and declared in presence of .} ...................his Edwin Gay .................................Richard X Pond (seal) Joshua Wood ......................................mark Mary James At a court held for the County of Southampton the 11th day of January 1778 This will was presented in court by John Hawkins and Richard Pond the executors named and proved by the oaths of Joshua Wood and Mary James two of the witnesses thereto And on the motion of the said executors who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon &called ...........................................Sam Kello CC ...........................................~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP from Fenton Harrison on 7/12/22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------