{"id":1736,"date":"2012-08-03T04:05:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T08:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2022-02-24T07:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:05:16","slug":"nathaniel-albertson-1752-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/nathaniel-albertson-1752-will\/","title":{"rendered":"NATHANIEL ALBERTSON (1752 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0NATHANIEL ALBERTSON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

will dated 4 December 1751<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Proved in January Court, 1752, Perquimans County<\/span><\/p>\n

N. Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n

Perquimans County Pc.) Know all men by these presents that I Nathaniel Albertson<\/strong>, Farmer of the place aforesaid being very sick & weak of body but of sound disposing mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor, and calling to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain these presents to\u00a0 contain my Last will & Testament in manner & form following<\/span><\/p>\n

(Viz) Principally & first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, & my body to the Earth to be buried in a Decent & Christion manner at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named: And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to belss me in this life, I give & dispose of the same as follows,<\/span><\/p>\n

First I will that all my just debts be\u00a0 Defrayd & paid in convenient time after my Decease by\u00a0my Executors hereafter named<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. \u00a0I give to my Son Joshua Albertson<\/strong> all of my Land\u00a0 from Long Branch down to the Creek Swamp and so down to the branch at the upper end of my Mannor Plantation & so out to the back line to him & his heirs for ever, also one feather bed & Furniture on which I lie, also the one third part of all my stock of cattle & hogs to him & his disposial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. \u00a0I give to my Son William Albertson<\/strong> my Mannor Plantation I now Dwell on with all the Land from the aforementioned Branch at the upper end of sd. Plantation, running with a direct course with the Branch from the Creek Swamp to the back line & thence down to the line of that Land that was former by his Grandfather Samuel Nicholsons<\/em>, to him and his heirs for ever, Only my will & desire is that my Daughter Hannah Albertson<\/strong> have the liberty of\u00a0 the use of my non Dwelling Houses as long as she shall remain unmarried\u00a0 Also I give to him the one third part of all my stock of cattle and hogs to him & his Disposal Also one Negrow woman named Joan with what issue she may here after happen to have to him & his heirs lawfully begotten of his body them failing then to return to the Heirs of my body; Also I give to my Grandsons\u00a0 Benjamin <\/strong>& Chalkley Albertson<\/strong>, Sons of William one young Negrow boy named Abraham, to them & the heirs of their bodies them failing then to return to the Heirs of my Body<\/span><\/p>\n

Item, \u00a0I give one Negrow girl named Rose she and her increase to my Son Joshua<\/strong> & Daughter Hannah Albertson<\/strong> to be equally divided betixt them But if it should so happen that my Sd. Daughter Hannah <\/strong>should Depart this life without heirs of her body Lawfully begotten\u00a0 then my will and intent is that the Sd. Negrow and her increase shall return to my Sd. Son Joshua<\/strong> & his Heirs<\/span><\/p>\n

Item\u00a0 \u00a0Give to my Said Daughter Hannah Albertson<\/strong> one third part of all my sheep, Also one featherbed & furniture also one chest to her & her disposal<\/span><\/p>\n

Item, \u00a0I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Newby<\/strong> one Barrell of Pork\u00a0\u00a0 to her & her disposal<\/span><\/p>\n

Item \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I give to my Son Aaron Albertson<\/strong> one hundred weight of fresh Pork and also the one third part of all my stock of hogs & Cattle to him & his disposal—<\/span><\/p>\n

Item\u00a0 \u00a0I give to my Daughter Lydda Trueblood\u00a0<\/strong> one third of all my sheep to her & her heirs<\/span><\/p>\n

Item\u00a0 \u00a0I give all the rest of my personal estate to my Son William Albertson<\/strong> to him & his heirs for Ever<\/span><\/p>\n

Item, \u00a0Also I constitute and appoint my three sons, Viz. Aaron<\/strong>, Joshua<\/strong>, & William Albertson<\/strong> Executors of this my Last will and Testament Hereby disallowing & Disanulling all & every other former will\u00a0 or Will Legucie, Bequests & Executors before this time by me named willed & Bequeathed— Ratifieing & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament— This fourth Day of the tenth month commonly called \u00a0December 1751<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathaniel Albertson \u00a0<\/span><\/strong> (his N<\/strong> mark)<\/span><\/p>\n

Signed Sealed Published <\/span>Pronounced & Declared <\/span>by\u00a0 the said\u00a0 Nathaniel <\/strong><\/span>Albertson<\/strong>\u00a0 to be\u00a0 his last\u00a0<\/span>will and Testament in the\u00a0<\/span>presence of<\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua Perisho<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

James Henby<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Morris \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

__________________________________<\/p>\n

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

Perquimans County January Court anno Dom 1752<\/span><\/p>\n

Present His Majestys Justices<\/span><\/p>\n

Then was the within will proved in Open Court by the affirmation of James Henby<\/strong> and evidence thereto in due form of law and at the\u00a0 same time Aaron Albertson<\/strong> and William Albertson<\/strong> Executors to the within will was duly qualified by taking the affirmation by law to be taken by Exec. Ordered that the ???? or his said Deputy of said province have notice that ???? Testamentory issue thereon as the law directs<\/span><\/p>\n

Test\u00a0 Edmund Hatch<\/span><\/p>\n

__________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0NATHANIEL ALBERTSON will dated 4 December 1751 \u00a0Proved in January Court, 1752, Perquimans County N. Carolina Perquimans County Pc.) Know all men by these presents that I Nathaniel Albertson, Farmer of the place aforesaid being very sick & weak of body but of sound disposing mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor, and … Continue reading “NATHANIEL ALBERTSON (1752 Will)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17703],"tags":[29500,24814,32022,7089,29828,30831,32047,29531],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-will-and-estate-records","tag-albertson","tag-hatch","tag-henby","tag-morris","tag-newby","tag-nicholson","tag-perisho","tag-trueblood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9875,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions\/9875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}