In the Name of God Amen, ys. Ninth Day of November, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand, Seven hundred & Forty Four. I, Bingman Weeks, of Cartwright County, in North Carolina, being very sick & weak of Body, but of Perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto almighty God for it, & Knowing it is appointed for all Men Once to Die, Do make & Ordain this to be my last Will & Testament, that is to say; First of all I give my Sold into the Hands of God that gave it; & for my Body, I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shal receive the same again by the mighty Power of God that gave it; And as for Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with, I give & Dispose of the same in the Manner & form following.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my two Sons, Isaac Weeks & Jabas Weeks, the Tract of Land that I now dwell on with the Marsh thereunto belonging, to be Equally divided between them and their Heirs & Assigns for Ever. That is to say, my Son Jabas to have that Part of the Land that the Plantation & Houses is on, and Isaac to have the other Part with half the Marsh.
Item, I give to my Son, Theoflis Weaks, on Shilling, Sterling.
Item, I give unto my Son, Archelas, One Shilling, Sterling.
Item, I give to my Son, Bingmam, One Shilling Sterling.
Item, I give to my Daughter, Lidde Witton, One Shilling Sterling.
Item, I give to my Dafter, Mary Williams, One Shilling, Sterling.
Item, I give to my Dafter, Christian Weake, One Shilling Sterling.
Item, I give to my Dafter, Thankful Hicks, One Shilling Sterling.
Item, my Will & Desire is for my Wife to have the Plantation in her Lifetime.
I give to my Dafter, Elizabeth Weake, one Shilling Sterling.
Item, my Will & Desire is that my two Sons, Isaac & Jabas, do Each of them pay unto my Grand Son Edward Weaks, the Sum of Ten Pounds, current Money of Carolina, & upon Failure thereof to be Dispossessed of the Land before given.
Item, I give unto my well beloved Wife, Mary Weake, Two Beds & Furniture, Two Cows & , and all other Houshold Goods & all the Remaining Part of my Estate that is not yet given During her Widowhood, She paying all my Lawful Debts. I also Depute and apoint my sd. Wife to be my whole & sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, Ratifying and alowing this & no other to be my last Will and Testament. Disanulling all other Will formarly by me made.
In Testimony hereunto I have Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
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Bingman B Weaks (Seal)
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Signed, Sealed in the Presence of us,
Jehosaphat Holland.
Francis Burns.
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Thos. T Person.
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Carteret County, North Carolina.June Court, 1745.
These may certify that Thomas Person, One of the Evidences to the Within Will, in open Court made Oath that he Saw Benjamin Weeks, Decd., Sign & Seal the same; and that he also saw Jehosaphat Holland & Francis Burns, Evidence the same, And Mary Weekes, Widow, hath taken the Oath of an Executrix, and by the Court admitted to Record. Dated at the Court House the 6th. Day of June, Anno Domini, 1745.
Tess. Geor. Read, Clk. Cur.
