Craven County, NC - Will of Ann Depitt Hand Bryan, 1769 ~~~~~~~~~~ Will of Ann Depitt Hand Bryan Daughter of John Depitt, widow of Peter Hand and widow of Edward Bryan North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh June 7, 2004; Name Bryan Ann, County 028, Date 1769, Recorded Copy Orig. Only, Original AR North Carolina Craven County } In the Name of God Amen I Ann Bryan of the County & province aforesaid Widow being mindful of my mortality and knowing that it is appointed for all flesh once to Dye Doe make this my Last will and Testament concerning the real and personal Estate whereof I am any Waise Seized or possessed or which I have power to dispose of as followeth First My Bequeath and Desire is that my Executors hereafter to be named pay and Discharge all my just Debts and pay my funeral Charges Imprimise I Give and leave to my son John Bryan six Negroes Viz. Negro man called Will one Negro man called Jack one Negro man called Frank one Negro man called Jim one Negro boy called Luash[?] one Negro boy called London and all ye stock of cattle sheep horses Hoggs to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give & leave to my Daughter Mary Castelo my best feather Bed & Furniture and one pound six shillings & eight pence to buy her a Ring. Item I give and leave to my Son John Bryan in trust for his children one Negro woman called Dinah and one Negro girl called Moll and all their future increase from this time forward and my will & desire is that the said Negroes shall not be immediately divided but that when my Grandson Edward Bryan the son of my son John Bryan shall arrive to the age of twenty one years that then the said Negroes and their increase be equally divided between all the surviving children of my son John and my grand son Edward shall have and receive his or one equal share or part of the said Negroes & in the same manner they shall be divided when each of my grand children the children of my son John Bryan shall arrive to the age of twenty one years & my will & my desire that when either of my said grand children shall have received his or her share or part of the said Negroes that they shall not have any share or right to them and my slaves or there future increase Item I give & leave to my Daughter Penelepy same in Trust for her Children one Negro Woman Frankey one Negro girl Sylla and one Negro girl Frankey and my will & Desire is that the said Negroes which I Leave to my Daughter Peneley same in Trust be not immediately divided but that they be divided amongst all my grand children the children of my sd Daughter Penelepy Lane in the same manner as I have in this will Divided Sundry Negroes to be Divided between the children of my son John Bryan. Item I give & leave to my son John Bryan & my Daughter Penelepy Lane all the remainder of my Estate which is not mentioned in this Will to be equally Divided amongst them and I do Nominate and appoint my Son John Bryan any my trusty Friend William Bryan to be my whole and sole executors of This my last will & Testament in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix my seal this Twenty fourth Day of October in the year of our Lord 1760 Signed Sealed & published in the presence of her Wm Bryan Ann (x) Bryan Seal Lewis Bryan mark Tobias Freeman December _____ Superior Court 1769 Present his Majesty’s Justices The within last Will and Testament of Anne Bryan Decd. was duly Proved by the Oaths of Wm Bryan, Lewis Bryan & Jos Freeman the Subscribing Evidences thereto at the same time John and William Bryan Executors therein name qualified as such agreeable to Law Ordered that Mr. Secretary have Notice there that letters Testamentary upon thereon accordingly Test Chris. Heath Ct.C Transcription by Jean Mayo Hirsch ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jean Mayo Hirsch - jhirsch4890@sbcglobal.net ______________________________________________________________________