Will of William Adams, glover, of Charles Town, South Carolina, made June 1, 1707, gave children, William, John, Jane and Lydia Adams, all of his estate, real and personal, after deducting all charges for their bringing up, to be equally divided between them; appointed Peter Guerard and William Elliott, executors: directed that his son, William, be bound as an apprentice until twenty-one to the said William Elliott; directed that his daughter, Jane, live with her sister, Eliza Grimball, wife of Thomas Grimball, until she should reach the age of eighteen and that she should be "brought up to her needle"; directed that his daughter, Lydia, be brought up until she reach the age of eighteen and be "put to school to learn" by Mrs. Elizabeth Wetherick and that the executors agree with Mrs. Wetherick for the same.
Witnesses: William Sadler, John Child, Timothy Bellamy, Thomas Hepworth.
Recorded July 22, 1707.
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