Will, NC, Wake, John Rench 1774 THIS INDENTURE Made the 28th day of July 1763 between JOHN RENCH of the province of North Carolina Planter of the one Part and REBECCA JONES of the County & Province aforesaid (Widow & Relict of PHILLIP [PHILIP] JONES deceased. (Spinster) of the other part. WITNESSETH That the said JOHN RENCH for and in consideration of his intermarriage to and with the said REBECCA JONES as the same is by the Parties aforesaid freely & Clearly & Absolutely & Voluntarily agreed in a short space of time the said Marriage Rites to Celebrate and Solemnize according to the Canonical Rules of the Church of England (if the laws of God permits thereto which of performed according to the true meaning hereof Then the consideration is hereby acknowledged to the con’t and satisfaction of the said JOHN RENCH for which he the said JOHN RENCH for himself his Heirs, Exrs, & admrs. doth promise covenant & agree to and with the said REBECCA JONES that he the said JOHN RENCH his heirs Exrs & admrs. shall well & truly pay & deliver to ETHELDRED JONES, JESSE JONES, RUSSELL JONES, LEAH JONES, RACHEL JONES, & REBECCA JONES Jnr., to each & every one of as soon as they arrive to Lawfull age to receive it or on their Marriage day Particularly & Severally Two Cows & Calves if the said JOHN RENCH hath them that he can immediately spare & if not two Pounds Virginia Money or Two Pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence proclamation money lieu of each and every Cow & Calf herein failed off or defaulted & also one Horse or Mare to each and every of them being the Children of the said REBECCA JONES by the above said PHILLIP & further the said JOHN RENCH doth Covenant & Promise & agree to and with the said REBECCA JONES that if She should chance to Survive him in this Temporal life that Arrival of all or any Dower more than is hereafter Express or limited that is to say, She shall have the Sole Occupation & Possession for & during her natural life & no longer the Plantation Whereon he lives & 226 acres of land thereto annexed. including the lower Part of the said RENCH’s land with all the Rights & privileges of Tenant in Dower & further after the death of the said RENCH if the said REBECCA should chance to Survive him that after the above Premises to the said REBECCA JONES' Children are paid Comply'd & fulfilled & also some reservations hereafter to be expressed to JOHN RENCH junr. son and Heir apparent to the above said JOHN RENCH together with a reserve of the said RENCH’s estate Real & personal is equal Money or half the said RENCH’s land he now holds one equal Money or half the said RENCH’s estate Real & personal is to revert and descens (?) to the said REBECCA JONES her heirs and assigns forever by the name of REBECCA RENCH now the aforesaid reservation to the said JOHN RENCH Junr. is that the said JOHN RENCH may against his arrival of age or Marriage make a plantation in the upper end his said land on that part before excluded from the said Plantation & may also give him One feather Bed & furniture, one Iron Pot, One years Provision, One Horse or Mare, Three Cows & Calves & two Sows & Piggs & further the said JOHN RENCH doth covenant not to sell, Will, Give or embezzle any of His Goods, Chattles or other Estate to any person or Persons whatsoever without the particular ??? leave or approbation of the said REBECCA for prevention of any fraud or Policy as may be contrived to embezzle the Estate to the prejudice of the said REBECCA & the said REBECCA doth hereby for herself & Heirs Promise to accept as other Dower but what is above Provided & reserved to her. JOHN RENCH REBECCA JONES In Witness RICHARD ACOCK JESSE LANE Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Wake, John Rench 1774 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **