Will of William Cox

Essex County, Virginia Will Book 9, pages 291-295.

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In the name of god amen I William Cox of the County of Essex and Parish of Southfarnham being of Sound & perfect Sence and memory but not knowing the hour of death do make & ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following First I recommend my Soul into the Hands of god that gave it and my body
to the earth to be decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named and Touching Such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased god to bless me with in this Life I give and dispose of as followeth

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Imprimis  I give and bequeath forty foot Square of my Land to be laid of at the Usual Place for a Buriing place never to be sold nor disposed of for any other use but to remain so forever,  Item I lend to my son Wm.  Cox and Margret his wife that part of my Land he now lives on during their Natural lives to be bounded by the road that Leadeth from John Pickets old field to Samuel Allens and the path that was formerly Called Harpers path at a Marked white oak and after the decease of my said son Wm. Cox and Margret his wife I then give and bequeath the said Land with all the Appurtenances thereof unto my Grand son Ambrose Cox Son of the said Wm. Cox to him and his heirs Lawfully begotten of his body and for want of Such Heirs the said Land to go to my Grand son Ayress Typus Cox to him and his Heirs Lawfully begotten of his body with all the Appurtenances thereof  Item I lend to my son Henry Cox and his wife Ann During their Natural lives all the remainder of my Lands and after their decease I give & bequeath the said Lands with all the appurtenances thereof to my Grand son John Cox son of Henry Cox to him and his Heirs Lawfully begotten of his body and for want of Such heirs the said land to go to my Grand son Wm. Cox son of Henry Cox to him and his heirs Lawfully begotten of his body furthermore the negro Girl Margery which I have lent to my son Mathew Cox deceased and now in the possession of Richard Hodges and Mary the wife of the said Mathew Cox decd. the said Negro Girl Margery and all her Increase and three Head of Cattle I Lent my Son Mathew Cox deceased which was a Cow a Heifer & a Young Stear the said Cattle & the said Negro Girl Margery and all her Increase I give and bequeath unto my five Grand Children John Elizabeth Amey Clare and William Cox Children of Henry Cox to them and their Heirs Lawfull begotten of their bodys to be Equally Devided between them.  Also my bed and
 

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Furnuture which I lie on and one Young Heifer & one Buckeneer Gunn a Great Chist Two Small Iron Pots & pot hooks & one Iron pot Rack & a large frying pan and one Horse Bell I give to my Grand son John Cox son of Henry Cox  Item I give and bequeath my Horse with Bridle and Saddle to my Son ^ son (sic) ^ Henry Cox  If it pleases god that I die Suddenly my son Henry Cox Shall Sell my Cattle which is four Stears a Barron Cow and a yearling to the best Advantage for ready money  Item my will is that all the Cash that I shall have by me or in my house and all that I shall have due to me by Bond or Accounts and the money that my Cattle sells for Shall be Equally devided between my son Henry Cox ^  and my son in Law James Pryor.  Item I lend to my Daughter ^ Sarah Bowcock during her Natural Life five Negros & all their Increase Vizt. Jack (?) Sarah Judy Jeffery and Ben and after my Decease and my Daughter Sarah Bowcock decease  Item I give and bequeath the said Negros and all their Increase to my ^  Grand ^ Daughter Jeney Bowcock to her and her heirs Lawfully begotten of her body and if she dies without heirs Lawfully begottten of her body Then the said Negros and all their Increase to go to my Two Grand Sons James & Anthony Bowcock to them and their heirs Lawfully begotten of their bodys to be
Equally devided between them and if either of them dies without heir Lawfully begotten of their body then the said Negros and their Increase to go to the Longest liver if the said Brothers  Item I lend unto my Daughter Frances Gatewood and my son in Law John Gatewood during their Natural lives four Negroes Vizt. Jenny Nell Lydia and Murear and their Increase and after the decease of the said John Gatewood and his wife Frances the said Negros and their Increase to be equally devided
between the five Children of the said John Gatewood Vizt. Cathrine

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John Phillip Chaney and Mathew Gatewood to them and their heirs Lawfully begotten of their bodys  Item I Lend unto my Daughter Pryor and my son In law James Pryor one Negro Girl Named Murear & her Increase during their Natural Lives and after their decease the said Negro Girl Murear and her Increase to be Equally Devided between the four Children of the said James Pryor and Mary his wife Vizt. Mildred Caty Croxton & Frankey To them and their heirs Lawfully Begotten of their
bodys  Item I give to my Daughter Mary Pryor one large Skillet one pint pot one Larg Mugg and Tankard and a Small Bason  Item I give to my Grandson John Gatewood one Small Chist  Item I give to my Grand son Philip Gatewood one two Gallon Jugg  Item I give to my Grand son Chaney Gatewood one Two Gallon Jugg  Item I give to my Grand son Martha (sic) Cox son of Mathew Cox decd. five Shillings Cash  Item I give to my son Henry Cox all my Waring Cloaths  Item my will is that all the Houshold goods and Stocks which I have lent to my Children Shall and may remain in their possession after my death without Molestation of any one Excepting what I lent my son Mathew Cox decd.  Item I do Constitute and Appint my son Henry Cox my whole and sole Executor of this my last will & Testament  In witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Twenty first day of April one Thousand Seven Hundred fifty and three

Signed Sealed                                    his
in Presence of                          William   C   Cox    Seal
Samuel Allen                                     mark
Edmund Ball
        his
Marthew  X  Allen
        mark
Wm Allen

At a Court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 19th day of
        March Anno Dom. 1754
This last will and Testament of Wm. Cox deceased was this day presented
into

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Court by Henry Cox the Executor therein Named who made oath thereto & the same being also proved by the oaths of Samuel Allen Marthew Allen and Wm. Allen three of the witnesses hereto and thereupon the same is Admitted to record and on the motion of the said Executor and his performing what ^ the ^ Laws in such Cases require a Certificate is granted him for Obtaining a Probate hereof in due form
                                     Test
                                         John Lee  CCCur

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