Glasgow Papers - Will of James Glasgow husband of Mary

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, The Seventeenth day of October, and the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy five, I, James Glasgow, of Gilder's Creek and Craven County, Planter, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say,

Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it, And for my body I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christain like decent manner at the discretion of my executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I divise and dispose of the same in manner and form following , that is to say,

In the first place, I give and bequeath to Mary, my well and dearly beloved wife, the third of all my goods, chattels, and moveables at her own free will and disposial. And, further, I allow her the house and fifty acres of land formerly possessed by James Cannon, during her widowhood, and then to dispose of it to whatever one of the children she thinks deserves it best.

Also I give to my dearly beloved son, Robert Glasgow, one hundred acres of land with the house I now live in.

Also I give to my well beloved son, John Glasgow, fifty acres of land and I also allow all the remainder of my goods, chattels, and moveables to be justly, truly, and equally divided between all my dear children, to-wit, Robert, John, Archabald, Wilson, Margaret, and Rachael Glasgow, and I allow that my wife, Mary, and Robert and John be just in bringing up my small children out of the profit of the lands according to their proportion.

And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, and legases, reguisets and executors by me in any wise before this time named, willed, and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In Witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written, and I do appoint and depute my dearly beloved wife, Mary, my chief executor of this my last will and testament.

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said James Glasgow as his last will and testament in the presents of us, the subscribers, that is to say ---

From papers of Robert Glasgow who researched
this Glasgow line from the late 1950's till his death in 1993

	(signed) JAMES GLASGOW (SEAL)
James Finley her Thomas Dugan Ann X Finley Mark	Will Book "A", page 194; proved July 13, 1793 Vol. 1, Wills, page 89