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State of North Carolina
Albemarle County
Dated 22 March 1718
In the name of God Amen--------
I George Whidbe at Allogator in precinct of Pasquotank and of county of Albermarle being sick & weak in body but in perfect sound mind & memory do hereby constude & make this my Last Will & Testament Reboaking all former wills by me made whatsoever. First I bequeath my sole to allmighty God our heavenly father which gave it and my body to ye earth from whence it came to be buried decent & in Cristen ___ ______ and after my ____ is ____ & my funeral ................................. Bequeath in manner and form followeth.
Item - I give unto my Richard Whidbe my plantation whereon I now dwell & all my land there unto belonging which is two hundred acres to ye said Richard Whidbe that is to have & to hold forever & if my son Richard Whidbe should before he arrives to ye age of one & twenty years or after without ............................................. and that land before mentioned shall fall to my son George Whidbe & his heirs forever.
Item - I give unto my son John Whidbe one cow & calf to him and his heirs forever.
Item - I give unto my son George Whidbe half of the land which I have on _____ ______ Aligator River to ye said George Whidbe & his heirs to have & hold forever .......... I give unto my cousin Richard Whidbe both to be equally divided between them ......................................... George Whidbe & Richard Whidbe ........................
Item - I give unto my son Richard Whidbe my best bed & furniture & my best chest & gun and one iron pot and ye ____ puter dish.
Item - I give unto my son George Whidbe one large iron pot and ye largest puter bason & a pare of mill___
Item - I give unto my daughter Ruth Whidbe one large puter bason & one puter plate & one small iron pot & ye priviledge in ye house to live if priveledge of abod to lie on as long as she remaines single.
Item - I give unto my daughter Jane Garner one small puter dish & one small puter bason and as for all ye rest of my estate moveable & immoveable I give & bequeath unto my two sons George Whidbe and Richard Whidbe & do hereby ______ & constitute & appoint my true and well beloved sons George Whidbe & Richard Whidbe to be my whole & sole executors of this my Last Will & Testament where unto I have here unto sett my hand & seal this twenty second day of March Ano Dio 1718.
George (his -G- mark) Whidbe
Synd seald & delivered
in ye presence of
John Mixon, Jurato
Auther Allexander, Jurato
Elizabeth Baley
Rebeckah Marke
North Carolina
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9th Julyh 1718
Proved in open court by the oath of Jno Mixon & ____ Alexander
_______ Clk Court
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