{"id":1844,"date":"2012-08-03T18:55:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T22:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2022-02-24T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:08:12","slug":"rachel-jordan-white-jones-1797-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/rachel-jordan-white-jones-1797-will\/","title":{"rendered":"RACHEL JORDAN WHITE JONES (1797 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will of <\/span><\/p>\n

RACHEL JORDAN WHITE JONES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1797<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen, I Rachel Jones<\/strong> of the county of Perquimans and state of North\u00a0Carolina, being at this time sick and weak of body but of sound and perfect mind and\u00a0memory and being desirous of settleing and disposing of my Temporal Estate, do make\u00a0and ordain this pressent wrighting for to be my last will and testament Revoking and\u00a0making void all former wills by me heretofore made<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all I do order that all my Just Debts be paid by my Excutrix hereafter made\u00a0the same to be Raissd out of my Estate which I shall leave at my Decease<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my grandchildren , the children of my son,\u00a0Silas White<\/strong>,\u00a0Deceased, one womans saddle, one large Iron pot to be equally divided among them to\u00a0them and their heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my grandchildren, the children of my daughter, Abigail\u00a0Winslow<\/strong>, dec, two silver Dollars to be equally divided amongst them, to them and their\u00a0heirs forever<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my grandchildren the children of my son John White<\/strong>, Dec, one\u00a0feather bed and furniture, one pine chest to be equally divided anongst them to them\u00a0and their heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter, Lydia Griffin<\/strong>, one heifer and one Sesin of wheat\u00a0to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my grandaughter,\u00a0Elizabeth White<\/strong>, the daughter of my son JORDAN\u00a0White<\/strong>, one book —history to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give and Bequeath unto my grandson John White<\/strong>, the son of my son, John White<\/strong>, one\u00a0church Bible, One pewter dish and one pewter bason to him and his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I leave unto my Daughter-in-law, Christian White<\/strong>, the widow of my son Benjamin White<\/strong>,\u00a0Decs., the use of one feather bed and furniture, one walnut table , one case of bottle\u00a0and all the residual or Remainder part of my Estate of whatsoever nature or kind during\u00a0her natural lifetime and at her death I give and Bequeath the same unto her two children,\u00a0Senah White<\/strong> and Daniel White<\/strong>, My grandchildren unto them and their heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly I do nominate and appoint my daughter-in-law Christian White<\/strong>, Executrix to this\u00a0my last will and testament, desiring her to see this same fully Executed and performed<\/span><\/p>\n

In witness where of –<\/span><\/p>\n

The said Rachel Jones<\/strong> has hereunto set my hand and seal<\/span><\/p>\n

This 15th day of July 1797<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Signed and Sealed in the presence of us<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Jones<\/strong> (Seal) her mark<\/span><\/p>\n

Benj Perry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Philip Perry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

__________________________________<\/p>\n

Perquimans County} November Term at Hertford 1797<\/span><\/p>\n

The within will was exhibited unto open court and proved by the Oath of Benjamin Perry<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and Evidence this is at the same time appraised Christian White<\/strong>, Quallified as Executrix\u00a0<\/span>agreeable to same.\u00a0 Recorded this the 20h day of December 1797<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

test M. H.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Will of RACHEL JORDAN WHITE JONES 1797 In the name of God Amen, I Rachel Jones of the county of Perquimans and state of North\u00a0Carolina, being at this time sick and weak of body but of sound and perfect mind and\u00a0memory and being desirous of settleing and disposing of my Temporal Estate, do make\u00a0and ordain … Continue reading “RACHEL JORDAN WHITE JONES (1797 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":[6945,6174,6950,6961,12229,30830],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-will-and-estate-records","tag-griffin","tag-jones","tag-jordan","tag-perry","tag-white","tag-winslow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","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=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9917,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions\/9917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}