670 Somerset County Court Proceedings, 1665 1668.





      Liber B No.i It I glue unto my wellbeloved Daughter Elyzabeth Barnebe she
               hase one Cowe Called white face & Calf e given by her Godfather
               Coil:  Will: Kindall & all her Increase alsoe two Cowes Chance &
               Primrose & one two yearling heifer & all their Increase alsoe one
          [p. 67]     Feather bed whereon I lie with furniture theneunto belonging And
               in case my wife shoulid want Clothing she shall Cutt the Curtaines
               also I giue alsoe one gneate Copper kettle & one of the small Iron
               potts & alsoe the old Mare Called Jenny & hen Increase alsoe two pew
               ter Dishes & one bason & my will is tht my Daughter Elyzabeth
               shoulid haue my bible
                It: I giue unto my wellbeloved Daughter Rebecca Barnebe two
               Lowes Called browne & L)umpline & one two yeare old heifer with
               two yearelings that fell this yeane alsoe one young Mare being two
               yeare olld that Feather bed tht sandeth in the Middle roome & furni
               ture theneunto belonging & alsoe one Copper kettle & one Iron pott
               My will & Desire is In case tht my wife shoulld be in want two make
               sale of any horse flesh that the chilldnen hath here mencioned & alsoe
               to make use of all things tht is in the house for the Chilldrens good
               & godly ediflcacons to dispose Likewise of any Cattle; In case that
               my wife doth Marry my desire is tht the said Man shall putt in secur
               ity for the Chilidrens Cattle & other goods here specified in case
               the said husband shoulld refuse to take charge of the Cattle & other
               goods as abouesaid that then the overseeres are to Let & dispose of
               them to their best knowledge & most advantage for the Chilldren
               when they come to age & in Case my wife doth leaue the plantacon
               before the Chilldren be of age to left itt out there shall be but 3 hands
               to plant on it & to make an orchard of 200 trees the one halfe winter
               fruite the other summer Leaving sufficiente fencing on it & aboute itt
               & a house twenty flue foote in Length & i8 foote wide
                My will & desire is making my sonne of age at 16 yeares olld &
               my two daughters at 15 years of age the Longest liver is to posses all
               & in case that God shoulld Call both wife & Chilldren before the Chill
               dren Comes of age My desire is tht John Whitthed Junr dwelling in
               Northampton County in the Limitts of virga is Lawfully to inioy all
                My Desire is to haue mr Hugh Yeo & Charles Hall to be my over
               seers to see this my last will & testamt pformed Desiring them for
               the allmightyes sake to assist her & her Chilldren upon occasion that
               they or her shall stand in want of their assistance in, as Wittnes my
               hand & scale this 26th JanrY in the yeare of 0r Lord & saviour one thou
               sand six hundred sixty flue James Barnebee
               Teste Patrick Fleminge
                   Rout Lewen           Recorded this 28 May 1667

                mr Charles Ballard is securitie to see the true pformance of the
               will & & testamt of James Barnebe deceased
          mT Randall Revell    e
                  are th appraisers of th estate
               Allexander Draper