Item: My five children hereafter mentioned having receive their part of my estate already Henry Warren Joseph Warren Sarah Smith Faith Dupree Mary Day Item: I give and bequeath to my son Michael Warren the land & plantation to him & his heirs forever whereon I now live and one half of my personal estate after the payment of my debts and legacies & one Negro call Harry and immediately after the death of my wife I give my son Michael two negroes Daniel & Lucy to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Drewry one calld Milly to her and her heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson Will Day son of Thos Day the sum of ten pounds current money of Virginia to be paid him by my Executor at age twenty one years Lastly: do appoint my wife Executrix and my son Michael Warren Executor of this my last will and testament My desire is further that my estate be not appraised In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affix'd my seal the 15 day of August 1775 Signed Sealed Delivered } the words to him this ???? ????? in the presence of } before assign'd John Barrow Richard Fowler his her Jesse + Warren (seal) Edith X Kennebrew mark mark At a Court held for the county of Southampton on 12 day of Feby 1776 This Will was presented in Court by Faith Warren & Michael Warren the Executors therein named and prov'd by the oaths of Joh Barrow & Edith Kennebrew two of the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded And on the motion of the Executors who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon 7C Sam Kello ---------------------------------------- In the left margin: John Beal Will In the Name of God Amen I John Beal of the parish of St Lukes Parish and county of Southampton County being sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing Mind & memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same do constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in form & manner & following towit I give and bequeath unto my son Drewry and his heirs forever part of the tract of land whereon I now live to be land of by a line of marked trees beginning at a pond in the dividing line between me and Howell Whitington near the Bech tree and running across my land to a pine in the bend of the ??ivy slash being a corner tree in the D Browns land & then roun But the various courses of the lower old lines to the beginning which land I estimate two hundred acres more or less also 1 Gun called his also one feather bed & furniture ~ I give and bequeath unto my son Burwell Beale and his heirs forever all the residue of my land that I am now possessed of also one feather bed and furniture I give and bequeath to my son John what gold & silver I have ?? me & what it lacks of one hundred pounds to be do you be made out of my personal estate also one feather bed & furniture. I leave the use of my plantation to my wife Liddia during her life or widowhood also one horse bridle and saddle one feather bed and furniture also 3 iron pots & frying pan also her choice of 2 cows and calves also the whole of my pewter also one thousand pounds of pork for her families Use and 20 barrels of corn for the same purpose also her choice of six head of sheep also 2 sows and piggs also her loom and Gier & her riding saddle also one large chest also a plough & Geir also a wheel of cards also two axes & new weeding hoes Also the rest of my estate my desire is that it be sold and equally divided between my three sons Drewry Burwell and John Lastly I do appoint my friend Joseph Johnson Executor and my wife Liddia Executrix of this my last will and testament In wittness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 13 day of September 1777 Sign'd Seal'd publishd & John Beal (seal) declared as for my last will and testament in the presence of us Geo. Gurley his Thos. + Edwards mark his Jacob + Brasswell mark At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 12 day of Feby 1798 This Will was presented in Court by Joseph Warren the executor therein named & proved by the oaths of George Gurley & Thomas Edwards the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And On the Motion of the said Executor who made Oath according to Law Certificate was granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon &c, Sam Kello CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (gostp.ddns.net) from Fenton Harrison on 2/13/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item: My five children hereafter mentioned having receive their part of my estate already Henry Warren Joseph Warren Sarah Smith Faith Dupree Mary Day Item: I give and bequeath to my son Michael Warren the land & plantation to him & his heirs forever whereon I now live and one half of my personal estate after the payment of my debts and legacies & one Negro call Harry and immediately after the death of my wife I give my son Michael two negroes Daniel & Lucy to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Drewry one calld Milly to her and her heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson Will Day son of Thos Day the sum of ten pounds current money of Virginia to be paid him by my Executor at age twenty one years Lastly: do appoint my wife Executrix and my son Michael Warren Executor of this my last will and testament My desire is further that my estate be not appraised In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affix'd my seal the 15 day of August 1775 Signed Sealed Delivered } the words to him this ???? ????? in the presence of } before assign'd John Barrow Richard Fowler his her Jesse + Warren (seal) Edith X Kennebrew mark mark At a Court held for the county of Southampton on 12 day of Feby 1776 This Will was presented in Court by Faith Warren & Michael Warren the Executors therein named and prov'd by the oaths of Joh Barrow & Edith Kennebrew two of the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded And on the motion of the Executors who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon 7C Sam Kello ---------------------------------------- In the left margin: John Beal Will In the Name of God Amen I John Beal of the parish of St Lukes Parish and county of Southampton County being sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing Mind & memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same do constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in form & manner & following towit I give and bequeath unto my son Drewry and his heirs forever part of the tract of land whereon I now live to be land of by a line of marked trees beginning at a pond in the dividing line between me and Howell Whitington near the Bech tree and running across my land to a pine in the bend of the ??ivy slash being a corner tree in the D Browns land & then roun But the various courses of the lower old lines to the beginning which land I estimate two hundred acres more or less also 1 Gun called his also one feather bed & furniture ~ I give and bequeath unto my son Burwell Beale and his heirs forever all the residue of my land that I am now possessed of also one feather bed and furniture I give and bequeath to my son John what gold & silver I have ?? me & what it lacks of one hundred pounds to be do you be made out of my personal estate also one feather bed & furniture. I leave the use of my plantation to my wife Liddia during her life or widowhood also one horse bridle and saddle one feather bed and furniture also 3 iron pots & frying pan also her choice of 2 cows and calves also the whole of my pewter also one thousand pounds of pork for her families Use and 20 barrels of corn for the same purpose also her choice of six head of sheep also 2 sows and piggs also her loom and Gier & her riding saddle also one large chest also a plough & Geir also a wheel of cards also two axes & new weeding hoes Also the rest of my estate my desire is that it be sold and equally divided between my three sons Drewry Burwell and John Lastly I do appoint my friend Joseph Johnson Executor and my wife Liddia Executrix of this my last will and testament In wittness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 13 day of September 1777 Sign'd Seal'd publishd & John Beal (seal) declared as for my last will and testament in the presence of us Geo. Gurley his Thos. + Edwards mark his Jacob + Brasswell mark At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 12 day of Feby 1798 This Will was presented in Court by Joseph Warren the executor therein named & proved by the oaths of George Gurley & Thomas Edwards the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And On the Motion of the said Executor who made Oath according to Law Certificate was granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon &c, Sam Kello CC