USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-comercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.
Transcribed from a Photostat of the original by Carol Phillips, Cphillips420@comcast.net
********
In the Name of God Amen. The thirty first day of January in the year
of our Lord Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty Seven; I John Marks Senior,
of Loundon County in the State of Virginia Yeoman. being in a common State
of health and of Sound and perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the
mortality of my body, that it is appointed for all men once to die, do
make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner;
that is to Say, principally and first of all, I Recommend my Soul to God
who gave it; and my body to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian like
decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors, whom I Shall hereafter
appoint, and as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith God hath been pleased
to bless me, I give, devise, and dispose of the above in the following
manner and form. First, I give and bequeath to Uriah my Dearly beloved
wife all my movable estate, (Implement of Husbandry excepted,) after my
lawful Debts and funeral Charges are paid, together with full privilege
and right to live on the place I now live, During her widowhood, and to
enjoy the whole or any part of the House, Cellar and garden as she pleases,
I also bequeath to my said wife one third part of the produce of my plantation
or any profit arising therefrom, without cost or charge to her, and a right
to keep one Horse and two Cows, if her see cause, together with firewood,
brought to her door cut ready for her use. Whom I appoint my Executrix
of this my Will. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Elisha Marks
all and Singular of my wearing apparel, Whom I appoint Executor of this
my Will. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Mary, married
to Thomas Humphreys, the sum of five pounds Virginia Currency, to be paid
as I Shall hereafter direct. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter
Martha married to William Howell the Sum of twenty five pounds Virginia
Currency, to be paid as I shall hereafter direct. Also I give and bequeath
to my beloved daughter Uriah, married to Jenkin Williams the Sum of twenty
five pounds Virginia Currency, to be paid as I Shall hereafter direct.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son John Marks the plantation and
Tract of land he now lives on, to him his Heirs and Assigns forever, he
my said Son John Marks paying the Sum of twenty five pounds Virginia Currency
to my daughter Martha married to William Howell, and I order my said son
John to pay the Sum of thirty Shillings yearly and ever year to my wife
upon her demand during her widowhood. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved
Son Thomas Marks the plantation and Tract of land he now lives on, to him
his Heirs and Assigns forever, he my said Son Thomas Marks paying the Sum
of twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to my Daughter Uriah, married to
Jenkin Williams, and I order my said Son Thomas to pay the Sum of thirty
Shillings to my wife yearly and every year upon her demand during her widowhood.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Abel Marks the plantation and
Tract of land I now live upon to him his heirs and Assigns forever or during
the Lease from her granting her the Rights, privileges and profits bequeathed
to her above Mentioned, but if it prove Inconvenient for my Son Abel to
live on the place with my wife, She is hereby Empowered to let it to another
person, but at her Decease as above the plantation and tract of land to
be the property of him my Son Abel to whom also I give and bequeath all
and singular of my Implements of Husbandry, he paying the Sum of five pounds
Virginia Currency to my Daughter Mary as above bequeathed. And I do hereby
utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and other bequeathments, Wills,
Testaments, or legacies, by me heretofore me Willed or bequeathed, Ratifying
Confirming this and no other, to my last Will and Testament. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written.
John Marks
Signed Sealed Published pronounced and declared by the Said John Marks as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers
his John x Thatcher mark
Philip Thomas x
David Thomas x