Will of Thomas Bolton, made January 10, 1696, and proved before Governor Archdale May 14, 1696, gave "friende" Phoebe Codner £10 as an acknowledgment of her tenderness and care to his late wife and himself during their sickness; gave the Congregation of Friends in Carolina £10 to be used for repairing the fence of the burying place and for "building a little house to shelter people from bad weather, on occasion"; gave his negro man, Titus, his freedom at the expiration of two years after testator's death, or as soon as his executors should see fit within five years; gave one tenth of his estate, after all debts were paid, to charitable uses (to be divided equally between the Congregation of Friends in London and the Congregation of Friends in Charles Town); gave the remainder of his estate to his two daughters, Rebecca and Ann Bolton, to be equally divided between them, and in case of the death of both of them their estate was to go to his brother, Randolph Bolton, of London; gave friends, Joseph Blake and James Stanyarne, £10 each, and appointed them his executors.
Witnesses: William Bailey, Phoebe Codner, John Beamer. "Vera Copa Chas. Odingsells, Dept: Secrty."
Recorded by Henry Wigington, D.S., March 25, 1698.
Letters of administration, with the will annexed, were granted by Governor Archdale to Landgrave Joseph Blake and James Stanyarne, May 14, 1696.
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