The Swains of
Northeastern NC Chart
1746 In the name of God Amen the twenty eight of June one thousand seven hundred forty six: I Jeremiah SWAIN of Scupperlong planter being in good health and perfect sense & memory thanks be given to God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent and Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner I give to Mary SWAIN my dearly beloved wife whoome I constitute make and ordain my whole and sole executorix two horses I give to my well beloved son John SWAIN the plantation whereon I now live with two cows and calves & a heipher with a mare & colt and one three year old horse to be delivered to him at the age of sixteen years In case his mother should marry them and their increase to him & his heirs I give to my well beloved daughter Mary SWAIN one hundred and seventy five acres of land with two cows & calves and a young mare & one case of bottles to her & her heirs I give to my loving brother James SWAIN one hundred and seventy five acres of land I likewise give to my dearly beloved wife Mary SWAIN all my movable estate she likewise bringing up my children for the same and paying my funeral charges and all other lawfull debts and demands and I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke all and every other former testament will le(gacy) and bequeaths and executors by me in any other named willed and bequeths ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will & testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written Witness Present JERH. SWAIN John SWAIN William (X) TARKINGTON Mary (X) WEST Tyrrell Co. Sep Court 1747 will was proven by the oath of John SWAIN and the within named executrix Mrs. Mary SWAIN appeared and took the oath of an executrix according to law. Tyrrell Co. NC Estate JEREMIAH SWAIN 1758 9 Jun 1758 Guardian bond for Mary SWAIN with security Wm. MACKEY & James SWAIN. Guardian to Mary SWAIN, dau. of Jeremiah, dec'd. ----------------------------------- 1. Jeremiah Swain, b
circa 1758
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