Will, NC, Northampton, William Bryan 1770

In the name of God, Amen.

I WILLIAM BRYAN of Northampton County & province of North Carolina, being at
present very sick and weak of body, but sound in mind & memory, thanks be to
God therefore, call to mind the mortality of my body, do constitute & ordain
this my last will & testament in manner & form following that is to say:

First & principally I commit my soul into the hands of almighty God, hoping
to have free & full pardon for all my sins & to inherit everlasting life. As
for my body, I commit to the ground from whence it was taken, to be buried in
a Christian like decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter
named. As touching all such temporal estates as it hath pleased the almighty
God to bestow upon me, I give & dispose thereof as followeth.

First of all I would that all my real debts and funeral charges be paid &
discharged.

Item. I give the use of the plantation whereon I live with two hundred and
sixty acres of land to my loving wife JANE BRYAN during her natural life, and
after her decease.

I give & bequeath the same to my beloved son WILLIAM BRYAN and his heirs.

Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter BARBARA MITCHENER the plantation
whereon she now lives with sixty acres of land, to her & her heirs.

All the rest of my estate, goods and chattels within doors and without, I
give to be equally divided between my wife and son WILLIAM & my two daughters
MARTHA & ABIGAIL and I constitute & appoint my brother ARTHUR BRYAN and my
loving wife JANE BRYAN my whole & sole executor & executrix of this my last
will & testament, revoking, disannulling & making void all other wills
heretofore made by me.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of May
1770.

WILLIAM BRYAN {seal, his mark W}

Signed, sealed, declared, published & pronounced in the presence of us who
subscribe as witnesses.

JOHN WADE
JAMES BRYANT


[MARTHA BRYAN, ABIGAIL BRYAN]




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                     Will, NC, Northampton, William Bryan 1770

Northampton County

December Court 1770

This will of WILLIAM BRYAN, deceased, was proved by the oath of JOHN WADE &
JAMES BRYANT & JANE BRYAN qualified as executors. Ordered to be certified &
recorded.

Test WILLIE JONES, CC




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