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- Samuel Johnston's Will.
Onslow County , ss.
In The Name Of God Amen, This is the last Will and Testam't of Saml. Johnston , of Onslow County , in the Province aforesaid.
Imprs., after paying my lawful Debts both in Great Britain and here, I give and bequeath to my Son, Samuel and John , Six thousand, five hundred Acres of land lying on the NorthEast of Capefear River , contained in four Patents.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Jean , Penelope , Isobell , Ann , Hannah , all my lands on Tuckahoe , and Two hundred Acres on Beaver Creek including the Mouth thereof, both in Craven County , and all my lands on the Branches of New River , in Short all my real Estate except what is given away above.
Item, I Give and bequeath unto my said Daughters Jean , penelope , Isobel , Ann and Hannah , all my Personal Estate, my Nigers to be Divided among them in Manner following, (Vizt.) one Wench Named bigless and her increase to my Daughter Jean , I mean Dinah and Lydia bess her two Children; to Penelope , little Bess and Susannah ; to Isobel Inda and Sall ; to Ann , Juno and peter ; to my Daughter Hannah , Sapho and her Daughter Cary and Black Hannah . The Negro Men to be divided amongst my Daughters, Vizt., Fordune , Frank , Cato , Lewis and Dundree , My Stock of Horses, Black Cattle and Hoggs, Houshold Goods, Plantation Tools, and every other thing belonging to my Personal Estate as if they were herein Particularly Mentioned, to be divided amongst my Daughters; and in Case any of them Should be called of by Death, that their portion Shall go to the Surviver or Survivers of my Daughters. It is my Will that my hands may be kept at work on my plantation for payment of my Debts so far, or be hired out, at the Discretion of my Executors after mentioned, and it is my desire that my Daughters should Stay wth. Mrs. Pheebee Warburton as long as She lives and is willing to keep them, or till they are Married.
lastly, I declare this to be my last Will and Testament, Making Void all former Wills, and I hereby appoint John Starkey, Esquire , my Exr.
In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal before Cary Godbe , William Williams and John Melton , Subscribing Evidences, this 13th. Day of November , in the Year of Our Lord, one thousand, Seven hundred and fifty Six Years, and in the 30th. Year of our Sovereign Lord the King, his reign. Saml. Johnston . (Seal) Cary Godbe . Wm. Williams . Jno. Milton .
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Wills and Inventories [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: compiled by J. Bryan Grimes. North Carolina Wills and Inventories: Copied From Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories in the Office of the Secretary of State. Raleigh, NC: 1912.
Samuel Johnston's Will.
At a Court begun and held at the Court Hous on New River , the first Tuesday in Janry. being the 3d. Day, in and for the County of Onslow , Before John Starkey, Esquire , & the rest of the Justices, the within Will was proved by the Oath of John Milton , and John Starkey the Exor. therein Named, Qualified by takeing the Usual Oath.
Ordered that he have Letters Testamentary
North Carolina Wills and Inventories
Willm. Cray, C. C.
Recorded in Will Book 8, page 133.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Wills and Inventories [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: compiled by J. Bryan Grimes. North Carolina Wills and Inventories: Copied From Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories in the Office of the Secretary of State. Raleigh, NC: 1912.
"Samuel Johnston Sr. settled in Onslow County in 1736. He had married in Dundee, Scotland. He was Surveyor General of North Carolina. They had two children: Samuel Johnston Jr., and Hannah Johnston. Hannah married Judge James Iredell."
Source Information: Moore, Claude. "The Johnston Family Connection, Our Heritage", Wayne County, North Carolina Heritage Series. USGenweb Archives. March 31, 2005. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wayne/heritage/johnston2.txt
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1702 - Abt 1756 (54 years)
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