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236 NoETH Caeolina Wills.
JOHN HECKLEFEILD'S WILL.
In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Hecklefeild, of the
Precinct of Pequimmons, in the County of Albemarle, in the
Province of North Carolina, Gent., being sick & weak of Body,
but of sound mind & memory (Blessed be God for the Same)
& Knowing ye Certainty of Death, to hereby make, Ordain,
Constitute & Appoint this to be my last Will & Testament, hereby
revoking & making void all former Wills by me made, & this only
to stand & be of force in Law. First & principally I recommend
my Soul to God that gave it, hoping and Assuredly trusting in
& thro' the Meritts of my Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesas Christ,
to obtain full & free pardon of all my Sins; My Body I committ
to the Ground to be decently interr'd at the discretion of my
Executors hereafter mentioned, according to the manner I
buried my last Wife. As for w't worldly Goods it hath pleas'd
God to bestow on me in this Life, I give, devise & bequeath the
Same in manner & forme following:
Imprim. I give to the Hon'ble Charles Eden, Esqr., Gov-ernor,
my Mourning Ring w'th a Death's Head & y'e Christall
Item. I give to Mr. Edm'd Gale, ye Diamond Rign I for-merly
us'd to wear, being all Diamonds.
Item. I give to Mr. George Durant one Mourning Ring,
value thirty Shillings.
Item. I sett at perfect freedom from all Slavery to be claimed
by my Heirs, Executors, &c., my Negro Woman Jane, for
her diligent care had of me in my Sickness.
All the Rest, Residue & Remainder of my Estate W'tsoever
& wheresoever to be found I give & bequeath to my Son,
Hecklefeild, & I further Nominate, make, constitute & appoint
Mr. Edmond Gale & Mr. George Durant, Executors of this
'my last Will & Testam't, & Guardians to my sd. Son, John
Hecklefeild, that they my afors'd Executors shall have the
Tuition & Education of my sd. Son until he arrive at the age
of Twenty & one years after the best thought manner this
Country will admitt.
What Negroes he hath Capable of it, I desire they may be
hired yearly to Good paymasters for the better Support of my
Sd. Son. And I further desire, that watsoever of his Estate
will not be thought Serviceable to him when he shall come of
Age, may be disposed of for good pay & converted into Young
Negro Women for his use.
But if my sd. Son do die before he be of the Age of Twenty
& one years w'ch (by Gods blessing) will be in the year one
thousand, Seven Hundred & Thirty seven, then w't Estate I
have by this Will given to him, I give & bequeath as follows,
viz: the one half p't thereof to my Sister in Law, Mrs. Mary
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