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Subject: Will of William Murphey, 23 Jan 1736, Edgecombe Co. NC
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:29:42 -0600

[Will of William Murphey, 23 Jan 1736, Edgecombe Co. NC]
[transcribed by Mark A. Murphy, 25 Jan 2006]

[cover]
Assembly May Court 1787
The within named will was proved by the oaths of John Pope & William Goodwin
Subscribing
Evidences & affidavit Lelld Jurat[?]
Thos. Hearny[?] Dclk

[page 1]
In the name of God Amen, The twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord
one
Thousand seven hundred thirty & six, I William Murphey of Edgecombe in ye
province
of North Carolina, being sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind & memory,
thanks
be given to God, Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament.

Principally & first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave
it, hoping
through it merits douth[?] & paSsion of my Saviour Jesus Christ I have for
pardon of
forgiveneSs of all my sins, & to [bekonith?] everlasting Life; and my body I
commit to ye
earth to be directly interred at ye discretion of my Executors here after named;
and as
touching my worldly Estate I give & dispose of & same in ye following manner &
form:

First, I will, that all those debts & duties as I do owe in right or conscience
to any person
or persons shall be wole & truly contented & paid.

Item, I give & bequeath unto My Daughter, Mary Murphey one hundred acres of Land
Lying
on ye South side of Gooch swamp, call'd Busby's Cabbin, one negro woman called
Maria,
one bed or bolstar & three Cows & calfs, to her & her heirs for ever.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my Daughter, Martha Murphey my Plantation on ye
South side
of Gooch swamp containing Two hundred & forty acres, on negro Girl called Jude &
her
increase, one bed & furtiture, & three Cows & calves, & one sorrole mare branded
with
three shoes to her & her heirs for ever.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Esther Murphey one negro Girl called
BeSs &
her increase; one bed & furniture; & three cows & calfs, to her & her heirs for
ever.

Item, I give & bequeath my Mulatto Girl called Patience to be equally divided
between my
two daughters Martha Murphey & Esther Murphey or ye survivor of them.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my kinsman William Hurst the hundred Acres of Land
adjoining to Euleon Pollack's survey, formerly Land of for William Opice; to him
and his
heirs for ever.

Item, I give & bequeath unto Joseph Bradshaw Two hundred acres of Land Lying on
ye
South side of Gooch swamp as mentioned by Patent, To himi & his heirs for ever.

Item, I will that my Dearly beloved Wife Ann Murphey shall have ye sole use of
my negroes,
Jillak, Dick, Hannah & Tony and all other my personal Estate of whatsoever kind,
during
her naturall Life and abode upon my plantation where I now Live, and after her
demise
to be equally Divided between such of Children as shall then be alive.

Item, I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Esther Murphey & her heirs for ever my
Plantation where I now Live, sending unto my Loving wife Ann Murphey ye benefit
&
sole use thereof during her Life.

Hereby nominating & appointing My Loving Wife Ann Murphey, and my friends John
Edwards & Isaac Ricks, my Only Executors of this my Last Will & Testament. In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale ye day & year above
written.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared by ye said William Murphey as
his Last Will & Testament in presence of us ye subscribers.

Wm MurpheyTest. John Pope jurt
Wm Goodwin, jurt
John -signum I- Strickland

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