In the name of God amen, I Samuell Churchell being sick and
weak in body
But of perfect memory praise be to God for the same and knowing
of
uncertainty of this life on earth do make this my last will and
testament to save my soul to Almighty God who gave it assured
by believing to receive full
pardon and free remission of all my sins through his death and
passion of our Savior
Christ Jesus and my body to ye earth from whenever it was taken
to be buried
after a decent manner. As to my equal and executors hereafter
named shall
think meet the convient as touching such wordly estates as the
Lord in his
mercy has bestowed upon me. My will an meaning is the same to
bestow as
hereafter my will doth express. Item: I give and bequeath to
my son Samuell
Churchwell and his heirs forever my land in the woods by the house
of the
Churchwell's. Item: I give unto my son Joseph Churchell my now
dwelling
to him and His heirs forever all the land there unto belonging,
also a gun, a 3 year
Old horse, a chest with 2 pewter dishes and 2 plates and a wood
bed and rug
and 2 blankets. Item: I give unto my daughter Sarah Churchell
one feather
bed, rug, blanket, and one bay mare branded with SC and 2 pewter
dishes, a
bason, 2 plates. Item: the first colt the said mare brings to
my daughter
Lydia Churchell with 2 pewter dishes 2 plates, an iron pot, feather
bed, rug
And blanket to my said daughter Lydia. And after my debt is paid
my stock
Of cattle is to be divided equally between my son Joseph, Sarah,
and Lydia.
These my said three children to be my whole an sole executers
of this my
Last will and testament as witness my hand and seale of day and
year above.
Samuell Churchell
Signed and declared in the present of us
Elizabeth (x) Woodridge
Charles A. Dezniett (Dermett)
Annie (A.D.) Dezniett (Dermett)
James Czean (Kean)
Feb. 17, 1702, this will was proved in Northumberland County, Virginia