Person:Thomas Mac Gehee (1)

Will of Thomas Mac Gehee

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS MACK GEHEE

In the name of God Amen. I, Thomas Mack Gehee, of St. John's Parish. King William County, being sick and weak, but in perfect mind and memory, do call to mind the uncertainty of this life and here make my last wull and testament.

First, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my merciful Redeemer, hoping though his mercy to obtain an everlasting crown of glory, my body to be decently buried, and all my just and principal debts to be paid.

I bequeath as here followeth:

Item 1st. I give and bequeath to my son, William Mack Gehee, ten shillings to buy him a mourning ring, being in full of his portion.

Item 2nd. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Anna Butler, ten shillings to buy her a mourning ring, being in full of her portion.

Item 3rd. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law, John Lipscomb, and my daughter Dinah, his wife, twenty shillings to but them mourning rings, being in full of their portion.

Item 4th. I give and bequeath to my son, Abraham Mack Gehee, ninety-six acres of land, being in part of the dividend of land I now live on, with the houses, orchards and appurtenances belonging thereunto, to him and his heirs forever.

Item 5th. I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Mack Gehee, one negro man named Bristol, to him and heirs forever; also one feather bed furniture, and one large chest.

And it is my further will and testament that my two sons, Jacob and Samuel, and my daughter, Sarah, come of age, that my said son, Abraham, do pay them five pounds each.

Item 6th. I give and bequeath to my son Edward Mack Gehee, fifty acres of land, of the same dividend of land I now live on, belonging to my said plantation, also one negro man named Peter, to him and his heirs forever, on his paying to my sons, Samuel and Jacob, and my daughter, Sarah, when they arrive at age twenty-one years, five pounds each. I also give and bequeath to my son, Edward Mack Gehee, one feather bed and furniture and chest which was his mother's.

Item 7th. I give and bequeath to my son, Samuel Mack Gehee, fifty acres of land, being part of the same dividend of land I now live on, also one feather bed and furniture, ans one large chest, to him and his heirs forever. I likewise give and bequeath to my son, Samuel, my riding nare, saddle and bridle.

Item 8th. I give and bequeath to my son, Jacob Mack Gehee, fity acres of land, one large chest, to him and his heirs forever. My further will and desire is that my son Jacob, shall live with my son, Abraham, and when he arrives at the age of eighteen to have a share in the crop with him in case my said son, Jacob, works with him.

My further will and desire is that my said land, so given, to be divided among my children, to be laid out crosswise, beginning at Neckatewanna Bridge up to the head line to the corner, and down the back line until it includes Abraham's portion of ninety-six acres, and so the list of my sons' parts to be laid out in this course until they each have their complement.

Item 9th. I give and bequeath to may daughter, Sarah, one feather bed and furniture, one chest of drawers, and one sealskin trunk. And it is my further desire that after my decease my said daughter, Sarah, be paid by my executors five pounds in current money or goods from a store, that is to say, the first year after my decease, fifty shillings, and the following fifty shillings more. And I give and bequeath unto my said daughter, Sarah, her mother's horse, saddle and bridle.

Item 10th. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Dickson, one bed filled with feathers, a pair of blankets, my desk and all th

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