{"id":7979,"date":"2010-09-01T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2022-02-24T07:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T12:59:55","slug":"john-hollowell-1784-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/john-hollowell-1784-will\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN HOLLOWELL (1784 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

JOHN HOLLOWELL<\/span><\/strong>
\n26 July 1778<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Name of God Amen I John Hollowell<\/strong> of the County of Perquimons and <\/span>province of north Carolina am Sickley and weak of boddy butt of Sound and <\/span>perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almity God for the Same and Caling to <\/span>mind the unseartanty of this transetory Life and the Sartanty of Death do <\/span>Constitute and ordain this to be My last Will and testement in maner and form <\/span>as folloeth.<\/span><\/p>\n

And first~ I Give my Soul to God Who Gave it me and Boddy to the Earth to be <\/span>Desantly Buried by Executors herafter names and what worly Estate it has been <\/span>pleas God to Bless me with in this world I Give and Despose of itt in maner <\/span>and form as folleth.<\/span><\/p>\n

And first~ I Give unto my Son William Hollowell<\/strong> two Hundred pounds currant <\/span>money of this province which he has already Received I Likwis Give to my Son <\/span>William<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture and two stools and one oval table three <\/span>head of Cattle fore Sheep one Long Gun and my Croscut Saw ane one hors Coult <\/span>that he has had in his poseson and two puter Dishes and two puter Basons with <\/span>all other things that he my said Son has in his posseson to him my Said Son <\/span>and his heirs for Ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secodly~ I Give my Son Henry Hollowell<\/strong> my plantation where on I Now Dwell and <\/span>all my Land that I hould in this wourld to him my Said Son and his heirs for <\/span>Ever only it is my will that my wife Should not be Desturbed in the plantation <\/span>nor any part of the Land During hur natrel Life but if She should marrey then <\/span>to have but one third part of my plantation I Likwise Give unto my Said Son <\/span>Henry<\/strong> one feather Bead and furniture and my hand mill and my Small Gun and two <\/span>puter dishes and two puter basons I Likwise Give unto my Said Son Henry<\/strong> three <\/span>Head of Cattle Such as his brother has had and four Sheep and one pott and <\/span>huke and my hansaw and all my Cuppers tools and one half Dozen spoons and one <\/span>Skillet and one oval table I Likwise Give my Said Son Henry<\/strong> one Hors Coult <\/span>Named Derrik and one Cheast Caled my Cheast and two sows and pigs to him my <\/span>son and his heirs for Ever it is my will he have all that I have Given him at <\/span>the age of twenty one years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirdly~ I Give to my Dauter Elizabeth Perry<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture <\/span>and two Cows and Calves with all other things that I have Given Hur that shee <\/span>has had in posison with them to Her my Sd Dauter and hur Heirs for Ever and no <\/span>more for She has had hur Shear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foerthly~ I Give to my Dauter Sarah Riddick<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture <\/span>and two Cows and Calves with all other thing that I have Given Hur that shee <\/span>has had in poseson with them to Hur my Sd Dauter and hur Heirs for Ever and it <\/span>is my will that my Said Dauter have on Cow and Calf more because Thee has bad <\/span>Luck with hur Cattle and that must be Hur Shear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiftly~ I Give unto my Dauter Mary Riddick<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture and <\/span>two Cows and Calves with all other things that She has had in poseson Given <\/span>Her by me to Hur my Sd Dauter and hur Heirs for Ever and that is hur Shear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sixtly~ I Give unto my Dauter Christian White<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture <\/span>and two Cows and Calves with all other things that Thee has in poseson Give <\/span>hur by me to hur my Sd Dauter and hur Heirs for Ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sevently~ I Give to my Dauter Ann Evins<\/strong> one feather bead and furniture and <\/span>two Cows and Calves with all other things that Thee has had in poseson Given <\/span>hur my Sd Dauter and hur Heirs for Ever and that is hur Shear all but as much <\/span>money as will purches hur a sute of Clouse Equal with the Clouse that hur <\/span>Sisters had befor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eightly~ I Give to my Loving wife Christian Hollowell<\/strong> one feather Bead and <\/span>for it being the bead that She and I has on and my young mare Caled Lou my <\/span>womans Saddle and bridel and one mans Saddle to hur my Loving wife and hur <\/span>heirs for Ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I Likewise Give my Dauter Christian White<\/strong> my flocks Staple to hur my Said <\/span>Dauter and her heirs for Ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ninethly~ it is my will and desier that all my Just Debts and funeral <\/span>Expences be paid and Discharged out of my Estate by my Executor and after all <\/span>my Debts and Charges is sattesfied and paid then all the Rest of my Estate <\/span>that is to be found that is not by me Given away I Lend to my loving wife <\/span>during hur natural Life and after hur Death to be Equely Divided between my <\/span>two sons William Hollowell<\/strong> and Henry Hollowell<\/strong> who I nominate and apoint to be <\/span>my hole and Soul Executurs to See this my Last will and testament fulfiled and <\/span>properly as witness my hand and Seal this 26 of July 1778 anno Domuni.<\/span><\/p>\n

This will under Lined in one place be fore asigned:<\/span><\/p>\n

John Hollowell<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Testies: John Twine<\/strong>, Caleb Winslow<\/strong>, Uriah Hudson<\/strong>.<\/span>
\n(Proved January Court 1784, Book 3, p. 273).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Will of JOHN HOLLOWELL 26 July 1778 In the Name of God Amen I John Hollowell of the County of Perquimons and province of north Carolina am Sickley and weak of boddy butt of Sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almity God for the Same and Caling to mind the unseartanty of … Continue reading “JOHN HOLLOWELL (1784 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":[7064,31980,15838,31983,6961,15810,31982,12229,30830],"class_list":["post-7979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-will-and-estate-records","tag-evans","tag-evins","tag-hollowell","tag-hudson","tag-perry","tag-riddick","tag-twine","tag-white","tag-winslow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7979","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=7979"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9911,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7979\/revisions\/9911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}