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{242} also I Give and Bequeath each of the Four Children, one Negro each of them namely I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Rebecca one Negro woman called Rachel, also I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Jonathan one Negro = =ueath unto my beloved daughter Edey one Negro man Called Cesar also I Give and bequeath unto my beloved^SonMatthew one Negro man Called Providence also I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Katherine Crouch wife of Samuel Crouch one Negro woman Called Flora, my Will and desire is that my Executor Pay my beloved wife Sarah Wilson the sum of Fifty Pounds specie in Leiu of her Part of the Negroes belonging to my Estate also her side Saddle and Bridle which Saddle and Bridle to be paid to her as a legacy Exclusive of her Part of my Estate, Also I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Rebecca one Bay horse Called Tom to be paid to her by my Executor hereafter to be mentioned when she Arrives to the Age of Sixteen years of Age also I. I give and Bequeath unto my Son Jonathan one Roan Mare Called Fly to be paid to him by my Executor when he shall arrive to Eigteen years of Age. I also I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved son Jonathan my Plantation in Kent County Occupied at this time by Joseph Middleton and Known by the name of Beckworth and laid out for One hundred and Fifty Acres more or less to him the said Jonathan and his heires, but in case the said Jonathan should die before he Arrives to age or without lawfull Issue then in that case I Give and devise the Plantation afs,d unto my Beloved Son Mathew and his heirs. my Will and desire is that after my Funeral charges and my Just debts is Paid by my Executor that the Remainder of my Estate after the legacies is taken out be Equally divided between my Children Katherine Crouch wife of Samuel Crouch, and Jonathan and Rebecca, and Edey and lastly Mathew to be paid to them when they Shall |
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