will-Dennis Lindsey-Transcription
Transcription of the will of Dennis Lindsey:
In the Name of god Amen I Dennis Linsey of granville County in ye Province of north Carolina being through ye abundant
Mercy and goodness of god tho weak in Body yet of Sound and Perfect understanding and memory Do constitute this my
Last Will and Testament and Desier it may be Received by all as such
Imprimis I most humbly bequeath my Soul to god my maker Beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it [through?] ye all
Sufficiant merits and mediation of my most Compaſsionate Redeemer Jesus Christ to Prepare me for ye time of my Dissolution
and Rest which he has Prepared for all that Love and fear his Holy Name Amen
Imprimis I give and Bequeath unto my son William Linsey My horse bridle and saddle and my wareing Cloths and my Rifel gun
and nine year old hogs and ten Shots
Item I give and bequeath to my son Benjn Linsey Two hundred acres of Land more or leſs it being ye plantation I now Live
on and two Sows and Pigs
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Linsey one bed and furniture and one Iorn Pot and two Sheep one yowe &
one weather the Remainder Pairt of my household goods to be Equaley Devided between my Daughter Mary and my Daughter
Winney
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Two Sheep one Ram and one yow and five barrils of Indiorn Corn
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Catern five Shillings Starling
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Margit all my working Tules on ye Plantation
Item I give and Bequeath to my grandson Dennis Phillups one young cow and Calf and ye Remainer of ye cattell to be Equaley
divided between Mary and Winney
Item I Desier that Robt Phillups should have the cear of my Daughter Mary and her Estate tell she arive to the ye age of
sixteen years or marryed
And I Desier that Ephrim Clanton Should have ye cear of my son Benjn and my Daughter Winney and there Estats if ye sd
Clanton would Larne my son Benjn the carpenders traid if not I Desier my son Wm Linsey William Linsey to have ye care of
Benjn Linsey and his Estate Tell he arrives to ye age of Eighteen years and I Desier that my Daughter Winney may be free
and in Joye Her Estate at ye age of sixteen years or marryed
I alsso Desier that Robt Phillups Should have ye use of ye Plantation tell Benjn Linsey arives to ye age of Eighteen years
I alsso will that my sons in Law Robt Phillups Ephrim Clanton and Rodger Thornton Be Executors of This my last Will and
Testament and Trustees for my children In witneſs whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand and seal this third Day of August
in ye year of our Lord 1762
Signed and Sealed in The presents of us Dennis Linsey (mark) Seal
John Robuck (mark)
James Robuck (mark)
Aaron Fussell
NB This will Enterlined before asigned in the words two sheep one yowe and one weather.
Granville County Augt Court 1762
This will was proved by the Oath of all the Subscribing Witneſses thereto and on Motion it was Ordered to be Recorded Test Danl Weldon
The fact that the will was proved in Granville County court in August 1762 means that Dennis Lindsey died sometime during
that month after having made his will on the 3rd. I have been unable to find any mention in Granville County court minutes
of the date on which the will was returned to court, and no estate file appears to be extant.
In the Name of god Amen I Dennis Linsey of granville County in ye Province of north Carolina being through ye abundant
Mercy and goodness of god tho weak in Body yet of Sound and Perfect understanding and memory Do constitute this my
Last Will and Testament and Desier it may be Received by all as such
Imprimis I most humbly bequeath my Soul to god my maker Beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it [through?] ye all
Sufficiant merits and mediation of my most Compaſsionate Redeemer Jesus Christ to Prepare me for ye time of my Dissolution
and Rest which he has Prepared for all that Love and fear his Holy Name Amen
Imprimis I give and Bequeath unto my son William Linsey My horse bridle and saddle and my wareing Cloths and my Rifel gun
and nine year old hogs and ten Shots
Item I give and bequeath to my son Benjn Linsey Two hundred acres of Land more or leſs it being ye plantation I now Live
on and two Sows and Pigs
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Linsey one bed and furniture and one Iorn Pot and two Sheep one yowe &
one weather the Remainder Pairt of my household goods to be Equaley Devided between my Daughter Mary and my Daughter
Winney
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Two Sheep one Ram and one yow and five barrils of Indiorn Corn
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Catern five Shillings Starling
Item I give and Bequeath to my daughter Margit all my working Tules on ye Plantation
Item I give and Bequeath to my grandson Dennis Phillups one young cow and Calf and ye Remainer of ye cattell to be Equaley
divided between Mary and Winney
Item I Desier that Robt Phillups should have the cear of my Daughter Mary and her Estate tell she arive to the ye age of
sixteen years or marryed
And I Desier that Ephrim Clanton Should have ye cear of my son Benjn and my Daughter Winney and there Estats if ye sd
Clanton would Larne my son Benjn the carpenders traid if not I Desier my son Wm Linsey William Linsey to have ye care of
Benjn Linsey and his Estate Tell he arrives to ye age of Eighteen years and I Desier that my Daughter Winney may be free
and in Joye Her Estate at ye age of sixteen years or marryed
I alsso Desier that Robt Phillups Should have ye use of ye Plantation tell Benjn Linsey arives to ye age of Eighteen years
I alsso will that my sons in Law Robt Phillups Ephrim Clanton and Rodger Thornton Be Executors of This my last Will and
Testament and Trustees for my children In witneſs whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand and seal this third Day of August
in ye year of our Lord 1762
Signed and Sealed in The presents of us Dennis Linsey (mark) Seal
John Robuck (mark)
James Robuck (mark)
Aaron Fussell
NB This will Enterlined before asigned in the words two sheep one yowe and one weather.
Granville County Augt Court 1762
This will was proved by the Oath of all the Subscribing Witneſses thereto and on Motion it was Ordered to be Recorded Test Danl Weldon
The fact that the will was proved in Granville County court in August 1762 means that Dennis Lindsey died sometime during
that month after having made his will on the 3rd. I have been unable to find any mention in Granville County court minutes
of the date on which the will was returned to court, and no estate file appears to be extant.