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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5641, Date of Import: Jan 19, 1999]
THE WILL OF JAMES WEBB
In the Name of God Amen. The thirtyeth day of Nov- ember
Seaventeen hundred & sixteen. I James Webb of Southfarn-
ham Parish in the County of Essex being sick and weak in
body but of sound & perfect memory and understanding praise
be given to God for the same & knowing the uncertainty of
this life on earth and being desirous to settle things in order
do make this my last will & Testamt. in manner & form fol-
lowing, that is to say. First & principally I comend my soul
to Almighty God my Creator assuredly believing that I shall
receive full pardon & free remission of my sins and be saved
by the precious Death & merrits of my blessed Saviour &
Redeemer Christ Jesus & my body to the earth from whence
it was taken to be buryed in such decent & Christian manner
as to my Exrs. hereafter named shall be thought meet &
convenient, and as touching such worldly estate as the Lord
in mercy hath lent me my will & meaning is the same shall
be enjoyed & bestowed as hereafter by this my will is
expressed.
And first I do revoke renounce frustrate and make
void all wills by me formerly made and declare and appoint
this to be my last will & testament. ITEM I lend unto my loving
wife Sarah during her naturale life my negro man called Jack
my negro woman Bess and my negro girl Sukey and after
her decease to be equally divided amongst my surviving
children & their heirs forever. ITEM I give & bequeath unto
my son John the plantation whereon I now live and all the
land belonging to me that lies on the lower side of the main
road, to him & the heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten
forever and for want of such issue to my son James and the
heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever. ITEM I give &
bequeath unto my sd. son John my horse called Fire wth. my
saddle holsters sword & pistolls. ITEM I give and bequeath
unto my son James the remaining part of my lands lying
above the road to him & the heirs of his body lawfully to
be begotten forever and for want of such issue then to my sd
son John & the heirs of his body forever. ITEM I give &
bequeath unto my sd son John three negroes called Poll,
Dick, and Ealse to him and the heirs of his body lawfully
to be begotten & for want of such issue to be equally divided
between the rest of my surviving children and their heirs
forever. ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sd son James
three negroes called Minto, Sam & Sarah to him and the
heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten & for want of such
issue to be equally divided between the rest of my surviving
children & their heirs forever, and also one iron grey horse
three years old next spring comonly called Dragon. ITEM
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Catherine three negros
called Charles, Billie & Winnie and the heirs on her body
lawfully to be begotten & for want of such issue then the sd.
three negroes to be equally divided between the rest of my
surviving children & their heirs forever. ITEM I give & bequeath
unto my daughter Mercy three negroes called Peter Harvy
& Jemmy & ye heirs on her body lawfully to be begotten &
for want of such issue the the sd. three negroes to be equally
divided between the rest of my surviving children & their heirs
forever. And farther it is my will & desire that if it shall so
happen that any of my aforesaid negros shall dye before my
sd. son James shall arrive to the age of eighteen years that
then the increase of the aforesaid negroes by me before given
& bequeathed shall within the compass of the aforesaid time
make good that loss to the party so loseing and also it is my
will & desire that the increase of my negroes shall be equally
divided between my four children the losses by dying till my
sd. son James shall arrive at the age of eighteen years as
aforesd. first being made good to the party so loseing any of
their aforesd. negroes