In the Name of God Amen this Eight Day of June one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven I Luke WHITE [of] the County of Currituck in the pro[v]ince of North Carolina being weak in Body But of Sound and perfet memory Thanks be to Almighty God but Calling to mind The Certainty of Death and the Mortallity of my Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for All men once to Die Doe make and ordain This my Last Will  And Testament In manner and form following ---

First of all my Will and Desiar is that all my Lawfull Debts be paid and Discharged.

Imprimis  I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Vinson WHITE one hundred and Sixty Acers of Land To him and [his] heirs for Ever it was formaly Called Absalom POINER.

Item  I Lend unto my Daughter Christan WHITE Thirty Acers of Land during her Natural life to be laid out in by the Clearing the place they Call the Beach Trees thet is Provided the s^d Christain will Live on the S^d Land.

Item  I Lend Unto my Daughter Keziah ELLES wife of Michel ELLES thirty Acers of Land to be laid out where the S^d Michel ELLES now liveth provided y^t he y^e s^d Michel ELLS with Keziah his wife Shall live on the s^d Thirty Acers of Land if not my will and Desiar is that my Daughter Christan WHITE have the Said Thirty Acers of Land whereon the S^d ELLES now Liveth during her Natural Life.

Item  I Give and Bequeath Unto my Daughter Mary TOMSON Wife of John TOMSON one Negro garle Named Cillar To her and her heirs for Ever.

Item  I Give and Bequeath Unto my son Joshua WHITE Seventy one hundred & Thirty Acers of Land it Being the Residue of the Plantation I now live on to him and his heirs for Ever As Also my will and Desier is that the S^d Vinson WHITE my Son Do help his Brother to build a Dwelling on the S^d Land Joshua WHITE.

Item  I Lend Unto my well Beloved Wife Margrett WHITE During her Natural life all the Rest of my Estate be it what kind so Ever it will and my will And Desire is that after her Deceased that my Estate be Equally Devided Between my Children Vinson WHITE Joshua WHITE Christan WHITE Mary TOMPSON or During her widowhood Then I Give and Bequeath to my Son Vinson WHITE my Negro Boy Jeffry to him and his heirs for Ever.

Item  I Give and Bequeath to my son Joshua WHITE my Negro Boy Coll to him and his heirs for Ever and further my will is thet after my wife Margreat WHITE Decse the Rest of my Estate be Equally Devided Between my Children.

Item  And Lastly I Do Appoint my Well Beloved Wife Margreat WHITE with my Two Sons Vinson WHITE and Joshua WHITE my hole and Sole Executrix and Executors of this my Last will and Testament In witness whereof I the Testator have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and  Date Abbove Writen.
    /s/ Luke WHITE        Seal

Signed sealled in Presents of Us                        N:B: before y^e I allow before the Insealling? and and assigning y^e in my Son Joshua
    William BRAY        Jurat                            WHITE gifts of Land that y^e Number of acers Is Interlined
    Joseph POYNER    Jurat
    John [his W mark] WHEATLEY

  North Carolina  }    At a Court held at the Courthouse for the said County on the third Tuesday in March Anno Dom 1758
Currituck County}

Present His Majestys Justices
    These may Certify that William BRAY & Joseph POYNER two of the subscribing Evidences to the within Will appeared in open Court and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they were Present and saw Luke WHITE the Elder sign Seal publish pronounce and declare the within to be and contain his last Will & Testament and that the said Luke WHITE was then and at that Time of sound & disposing Memory And that they also Saw John WHEATLEY the other subscribing Evidence sign his Proper Mark thereto at the Same Time.
    Then also appeared Vinson & Joshua WHITE  Executors of the within Will in open Court and took the Executors Oath in due Form of Law.
    Ordered that the Hon^ble Richard SPAIGHT Esquire Secretary of this Province have Notice thereof that Letters Testamentory may Issue thereon as the Law directs.
    Witness W^m MEARNS Clk Cur^t

[On the back of the will is written: Luke WHITE SEN^rs Last Will proved &c; Vinson & Joshua WHITE Ext^rs qualified; Recorded in the Secretary office Book N^o 10 Page 176 & 177 &c.]

[Source: North Carolina State Archives - MARS ID: 12.96.1.2447 (folder)]

This will was contributed by Kay Midgett Sheppard. No part of this document may be used for any commercial purposes. However, please feel free to copy any of this material for your own personal use and family research. If you find anything in these records that pertains to your families, it is strongly suggested that you look at the original record on your own to check for errors or possibly other additional and helpful information. Thank you!

Return to USGenWeb	Return to NCGenWeb	Return to Currituck

© 2006 Kay Midgett Sheppard