Will of Daniel Neale
Transcribed by Grant Pinnix
Westmoreland Co., VA
Will of Daniel Neale
19dec1713
In the name
of God amen I Daniel Neale of the County of Westmoreland and Parish of Cople in
Virginia, Gentl: being sick in body but whole in mind and of full & perfect
memory land & praise be unto allmighty God doe make & ordaine this my
last will & testament in manner and form following that is to say first and
foremost revoking all former wills & Testaments by me made written or
unwritten and this only to be taken deemed & esteemed to be my last will
& Testament in manner & form following first & principally I commend
my soul unto the hands of the allmighty God my Maker & redeemer &
blessed Saviour - Jesus Christ - in sure and certain hope it shall be reunited
to my body at the generall day and glorifyed and my body to be decently buryed
in the earth from whence it came at the discretion of my executrix hereafter
named and for such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bestow on me farr
beyond my desert I will & dispose of in manner & form following. First
and foremost my will is that all my just debts be duly paid by my executrix,
ITEM, I give and bequeath unto my daughter HANNAH NEALE one negroe girl
called MOLLY, to be delivered to her at the day of her marriage,
ITEM, I
give and bequeath unto my son PRESLY NEALE one negroe girl called BETTY to be
delivered to him at the age of twenty one years,
ITEM, I give and
bequeath unto my son DANIEL NEALE one negroe woman cald BLACK HANNAH to be
delivered to him at the age of twenty one years.
ITEM, I give and
bequeath unto my son CHRISTOPHER NEALE one negroe girl calld NANNY to be
delivered to him when he attaine to the age of twenty one years.
ITEM,
my will & pleasure is that my two negro men JACK & DICK remaine &
continue that is to say the use & benefitt of them to be wholy to my deare
& loving wife URSULA NEALE and after her decease Negro Dick to descend to my
son RODHAM & Jack to my son Christopher.
ITEM, I give & bequeath
unto my daughter FRANCES NEALE one negroe to be paid out of the increase of the
before exprest negroe woman if it should doe happen that any of them brings
children and if it soe happens that none of the said negroe women bring children
that lives. Then I give and bequeath to my said daughter Frances three thousand
pounds of Tobacco to be paid her in the lieu thereof and the second living child
born of the aforesaid negroe woman I give & bequeath unto my son Rodham
Neale,
ITEM, I give & bequeath unto my son Presly Neale all my land
on which I now live to him & his heirs for ever, and all the remainder part
of my estate to be equally divided my lov: wife & children all to have
equall share thereof.
ITEM, it is my desire that all my children stay
& remaine with their mother untill they be of age or be marryed unless they
goe away by their mothers consent.
ITEM, I appoint my deare & loving
wife Ursula Neale to be my whole & sole Exectx of this my last will &
Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & fixed my seale
this nineteenth day of December anno Dm: one thousand seven hundred &
thirteen,
/s/ Daniel Neale (seale)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in the presence of us
RICHARD (his mark) BELL
Elizabeth (her mark)
COLSTON
THOMAS THOMPSON
_____________
Westmoreland Co., VA
Book 5, p.
271
Inventory of the estate of Daniel Neale
15mar1713 (1714)
A true and
perfect Inventory of all and singular the estate of Daniel Neale decd that hath
been brought before us the subscribers have valued & appraised the same by
virtue & in obedience to an order of the above said County Court dated the
24th day of February 1713 being first duly sworn thereto by HENRY ASHBOW Gentt:
one of her Majesties Justices of the peace for this County Viz...
[[[editor's note: a long list of personal items and livestock divided into
sections of the house including the Hall, the Parlour, the Parlour Chamber, the
Kitchen, and other sections not named. Signing off on the inventory were
GERRARD HUTT, THOMAS THOMPSON, RICHARD DOZIER.]]]
Another inventory
taken
31mar1714 and recorded
9apr1714
/s/ Thomas SORRELL*** Officer