Person:Martin Nalle (3)

Will

Martin Nalle's Will

In the name of God Amen the ninth day of April I Martin Nall of the County of Essex and Parish of south farnham being very sick and weak but in Perfect sence and memory Praise be given to the Almighty God for the same knowing the uncertainty of the Life on Earth do make and appoint this to be my last will and Testament revoking all other wills by me formerly made and do make and appoint this to be my last will and Testament In manner and form following that is to say first and principally I commend my Soul to God my Creator and Redeemer hoping that I shall be saved by the Precious death and merrits of Christ and my body to be decently buried as my Execr. hereafter named shall think fitt and for my worldly Estate as the Lord in his mercy bestowed on me my will is that it shall be bestowed as This is my will is Exprest Item I give to my beloved wife Mary Nall a negro man named Bristoll during her natural Life Item I give to my beloved son John Naul ten acres of my Land and the Remainer part of my Land I give to my beloved son Martin Naul to them and their heirs for ever. Item I give all the remainer part of my Estate real and personall to be equally Divided among my Eight Children only my wife to have an Equal part of the Personal Estate for her Life and the Eight head of Cattle I lent to my John and my daughter Winnifret tobe in part of their portion and I do appoint my beloved wife and my cousin Thomas Burke and Thomas Dillard my whole and sole Execrs. of this my last will and Testament.

(Signed) Martin Naul (seal)

Test

Ame Nall

John Bates

George Dillard

At a court held for Essex County on the 18th day of September 1728 The within last will of Martin Nall deced was proved by the oath of Mary Nalle Executrix therein named.

[Source: Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, Pg. 273-273a]

Information on Martin Nalle

Martin Nalle

b: 1670 in England

m: Abt. 1702 in Prob. Essex Co., Virginia

d: Bef. 20 Aug 1728 in Essex Co., Virginia

Wife:

Mary Jane Aldin

b: Bef. 21 Aug 1681 in Middlesex Co., Virginia

d: 1734 in Essex Co., Virginia

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/i/Howard-R-Paige-Manteca/PDFBOOK1.pdf

1. ↑ Family Search.
2.   Dolphin, Sally Nall, and Charles Fuller Nall. Nall families of America : including Nalle, Naul, Nalls. (West Palm Beach)
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   Martin Nalle and Mary (Aldin) Nalle were buried on their Essex Co., Va., property. When the land was sold by their son, John Nalle, he reserved the burial plot: "Excepting a piece of forty foot square for a burying place where Martin Nalle and Mary his wife lies buried."