Person:Jacob Shipman (3)

Will of Jacob Shipman

In The Name of God Amen I Jacob Shipman of Rutherford County in North Carolina being low in state of bodily health but of sound mind and memory considering the frailty of Nature and uncertainty of this present life Do make this as my last will and testament. First and above all things: My soul I give unto God that gave it and my body I commit to the Dust from whence it came to be buried with a Decent Christian burial and as for my worldly Estate with which the Lord has been pleased to bless me I give and bequeth in the following manner viz. I give all my Estate Real and personal to Sarah my beloved wife dureing her life to Raise and educate the Children at her discretion and after her Death to be equally Devided among the Children as follows to John Shipman my son, give five shillings and to Elizabeth Burleson my Daughter five Shillings and to Edward Shipman and Abraham Shipman and Daniel Shipman and Isaac Shipman and Jacob Shipman and Simon Shipman and James Shipman and Matthew Shipman my sons five Shillings each to be paid to them when they arrive to the age of Twenty one years or when they Marry and it is my will and Desire that at the Decease of Sarah my beloved wife that what Remains of my estate Real and personal be Equally Devided among all (all) my sons____mentioned and if what I have already given to John Shipman my son and Elizabeth Burleson my Daughter shall not be Judged Equal Share with the Rest that it be Made unto them out of the Estate and I Do heretto Make Ordain Constitute and appoint Sarah my beloved wife exceutrix and Edward Shipman My Brother Executor of this My last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Ninth Day of ___Anno Dom one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety four. Jacob Shipman (his mark) Seal

Signed and Sealed in the Presence of ______Riggs, Alexander Davis______, Simon Kuykendall

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