{"id":1626,"date":"2013-10-31T13:07:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:00:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:00:15","slug":"isaac-harrington-1823-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/isaac-harrington-1823-will\/","title":{"rendered":"ISAAC HARRINGTON (1823 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT<\/span><\/p>\n

OF<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>ISAAC HARRINGTON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

October 20, 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God, Amen ! I\u00a0ISAAC HARRINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0being of sound mind but very lenn in bodily health & knowing that God has appointed all men to die blessed be his name for the same I have thought proper to leave my morlaly goods real & personal, that the Lord has been pleased to bless me with in the following manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup>. I commit my body to the earth from whence it came.<\/span><\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup>\u00a0I leave my Executer her after named full power as can be vested in an Executor to sell as best suits him six or twelve months my plantation I now live on also my house & lot in Elizabeth City on the same terms. Also my chatell property to be sold on a credit of six months, and there for my Executor to pay all my just debts & burial expences.<\/span><\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup>. I give out of the residue that my be left after paying all just debts to my five children her mentioned viz.MILES HARRINGTON,\u00a0WILLET HARRINGTON,\u00a0POLLY HARRINGTON,\u00a0CHLOE\u00a0HARRINGTON, <\/strong>&\u00a0EMMY HARRINGTON\u00a0<\/strong>one hundred & ten dollars each to be paid by my Executor as he may think they need.<\/span><\/p>\n

4th<\/sup>. I give the balance that my be left after paying the above legacies or my Executor retaining the above sumes in his hands & paying my debts to LUCY PRITCHARD<\/strong> Wife of ELISHA PRITCHARD<\/strong>, SALLY CLARKE<\/strong> Wife of HENRY CLARKE<\/strong>, SILAS HARRINGTON<\/strong> & ISAAC HARRINGTON<\/strong> to be equally divided between them four as named.<\/span><\/p>\n

5th<\/sup>. I appoint & desire ABNER WILLIAMS<\/strong> to act as my Executor to this my Last Will & Testament as witness I here unto set my hand & seal this the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0of October 1823.<\/span><\/p>\n

ISAAC HARRINGTON\u00a0<\/strong>seal<\/span><\/p>\n

His “I” mark<\/span><\/p>\n

Witness<\/span><\/p>\n

RICH\u2019D JARVIS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SARAH GRANGER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Her x mark<\/span><\/p>\n

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State of North Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n

Camden County<\/span><\/p>\n

November Term 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

This Last Will and Testament of\u00a0ISAAC HARRINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d was exhibited & proved in open Court by the oath of RICHARD JARVIS<\/strong> one of the subscribing witnesses thereto. ABNER WILLIAMS<\/strong> the Executor therein named appeared & qualified according to law. Ordered that the Will be recorded & letters Testamentary issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Test.<\/span><\/p>\n

M.S. LEWIS CLK.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Will Book C<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 27, 28<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ISAAC HARRINGTON October 20, 1823 In the name of God, Amen ! I\u00a0ISAAC HARRINGTON\u00a0being of sound mind but very lenn in bodily health & knowing that God has appointed all men to die blessed be his name for the same I have thought proper to leave my morlaly goods … Continue reading “ISAAC HARRINGTON (1823 Will)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26916],"tags":[30201,30202,30199,8052,30200,6820],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-clarke","tag-granger","tag-harrington","tag-jarvis","tag-pritchard","tag-williams"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-qe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}