His will:
"I give and bequeath unto son Leven Powell twenty shillings sterling only ... unto my daughter Frances Elliot twenty shillings only ... unto my daughter Margaret Bristoe twenty shillings sterling only ... unto my son William Powell fifty acres of land adjoining the land I before gave him deed for to be laid off as follows ... unto my son Peyton Powell the plantation he now has under lease from me ... also one thousand acres of land and marsh lying on the Delaware bay being bound by the bay and the sea ... unto my daughter Sarah Powell eighty acres of land to be laid out ... also a cow and a half bedroom furniture ... two pewter basons two dishes ... ... I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Sarah Powell the daughter of Leven Powell all my track (sic) of land laying in Loudoun County on Little River ... I lend my loving wife Elinor Powell all my estate both real and personal during her natural or widowhood she commiting no waste & at her death I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Powell the whole of that I before lent my wife Elinor Powell except what I have before given & after all my just debts is paid to her the s. Elizabeth Powell ... though if she should die without lawfully issue then to her brother William Powell ... I do hereby apoint my loving wife Elinor Powell my son Leven Powell my son William Powell my whole & sole executors of this my last will & testament. Given under my hand & seal this 24th of Feb. 1787."
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