2 pair of cotton cards, one basket & parcel of spun cotton, 3 pair cotton needles, 1 teether, 3 pillow cases, 1 razor, 2 Axes, 1 Pr steelyards, 3 iron pots, two frying pans, one ditto skillet, one meal sifter, 1 Pr cart wheel, one grind stone, 2 trays and water pail, four Baskets and quantity of cotton, one bag of cotton, parcel wool, one basket of spun wool, 4 cow hides, one Goad, 2 ploughs & hoes, 2 Bells 1 collar and harness, 1 collar & tralls, 2 baskets & spun cotton, 1 spinning wheel& basket, 1 table cloth, 1 indian pan, 2 pr cards & piece of linen, 1 Horse, 1 Cock, 8 Turkeys, 1 case of knives & forks, 1 hand saw, 1 drawing knife, 1 axze, 3 Augers, 5 bottles, 4 Gourds & fat, 1 pewter pot, 1 tray, 1 piggin, 1 wooden Cann 1 Hammer, 1 Gimblet, 9 chairs, 1 Pr fire tongs & shovel, 1 pint pot, some dried Apples, one prayer book, 1 bible, 1 Funnel, 1 salt seller, 2 tables, 4 stools, 1 meal bag, 2 mens saddles, 1 Briddle, 1 Meal Gun, 1 Mortar, 1 loom & Gear, 2 Tubs, 1 Hogshead of Tobacco,& parcel, 9 cyder casks, 1 Barrell of Bran, 1 Sifter & Gourd of Salt, 2 Snuff bottles & parcl wool, 1 Spinning wheel, quantity of lumber, 1 pair compasses, 1 parcel hard ware, gold gourds with lumber, 1 riddle full of lumber, 6 Vials, 1 Sithe & lumber, 1 quilting and garder frame, 1 meal bag, broken pots, 1 piggin, parcel of Beef, 1 tray & Soap grease, 2 frails & old lumber, 1 mouse trap, 1 bottle & 2 Salt Gums, 1 cyder cask, 1 Barrell & some wheat, 2 old Guns & Lumber, 5 Gourds & some shot, 6 yrd cloth, 7 candles, 1 pr horse Shlegms? & hard ware, 1 tin bucket & old lumber, 18 Geese, 3 yds Virginia cloth, 2 powdering? tubs, 1 Gimblet, 1 Book, 1 parcel of Potatoes, 1 cyder cask, some tobacco & paper money, 2 shoats & balance of lumber & caah in the house three pounds. taken by John Reese adm. @At a court held for the county of Southampton the 10th day of February 1785. This Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Reese decd. was this day returned & ordered to be recorded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Benj Britts's Will In the name of GOD Amen I Benjamin Britt of the County of Southampton being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make & ordain this my last will and testament as followeth. Imprimis After recommending my soul to God that gave it & my body to the Earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named Item I give & bequeath unto my son Britain Britt all the lands the south side of Tarropin [sic] swamp & all other things he has in possession besides to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Matthew Britt the plantation whereon whereon he now lives and all other things he has in possession & my shoemakers tools and every knife to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Britt the Sum of Five pounds & all other things he has in possession to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my son Gordon Britt twenty five pounds Sp??? one feather bed & all other things he has in possession to him and his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sally Stephenson wife of Edmund Stephenson five shillings & all other things she has in possession to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Coging wife of John Coging five shillings & all other things she has in possession to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Holland Britt, one Bed & furniture one chest to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Joseph Britt the plantation whereon I now live the north side of Taropin [sic] swamp & my still & all the appurtenances thereto belonging & my personal Estate that is not given away of what nature or kind or wheresoever it be found taking of his providing he takes care of his mother then to him & his heirs for ever. Lastly. I do appoint my Son Joseph Britt to be my whole & sole Ex'or of this my last will & testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal this fourteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty three Sign'd, seal'd & } acknowledged in } Benjamin Britt §Seal§ presence of } Arthur Allen James Allen her Anne x Allen mark At a Court held for the county of So.ton the 10th day of March 1785. This will was presented in court by Jos. Britt the Executor therein named & proved by the the oaths of Arthur Allen & James Allen two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law a certificate is granted him for obtain- ing a Probat thereof in due form giving Security. Whereupon &c.