Albemarle County - In the name of God, the Father, Sonne, & holy Ghost
I
Peter
Fourre of the county aforesaid being now in perfect sense & memory,
though ( ? ) & sick in my body; considering the certainty of Death & not nowing
the time & hour thereof have made appointed & declared this my last will &
Testament this
6th
of Agust 1697 as follows~
In primis I Recommend & give my soul unot the mercifull
hands of my lord & Saviour Jesus Christ & appoint my body to be decently
inserred at the Discretion of my Exeor: after named firmly believing & hoping
the resurrection & ( ? ) of my body said through this merit of our lord & Saviour & of my worldy &
temporal estate whom god hath given me, I will &
dispose as follows---
I give & bequeath unto my loving wife my lands & living, &
all I am possess with all, during her life time-----& after her Decease I give & bequeath my plantation & land
& what belong to it unto my sonne
John
Fourre & for the movables within & without the door that shall be lef
after my wife’s decease to be divided as followeth---
I give unto my
Daughter
Nichole one Sheling
I give unto my
Daughter
Margerite one Sheling------
I give unto my
Daughter
Mary one heffer of about three years old
If John Fourre my Sonne, should die without heirs that my
plantation & land belongin to it should fall unto my
Daughter
Esther Fourre
Lastly I will & appoint
Catherine
Fourre my beloved wife above named my Executrix of this my last Will and
Testament
Witness my hand & Seal this
6th
of Agust 1697
Signed Sealed & Declared
in presence of his
Pierre Fourre [signed as Pierre]
Anthony [AM] Marckum
Francis
Delamare
If it be the lord’s will that my wife & I should dye before
that my Daughter Ester be of age I will that she should on the other hand
Live & Stay with her
godmother
Mrs. Elizabeth
Hune that she be of age & that also she should look
after whatsoever should belong to my Said Daugther Esther,------
We have heard Pierre
Fourre speak the words of this 9th
article & desired Franc: Delamar to write it in his will the
15 of Sept. 1697.
Francis
Delamare
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