In the name of God, Amen, I Thomas Dunscomb of Bermuda being of sound and perfect minde and memory praise bee therefore given to Allmighty God doo make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and forme following:
That is to say: first and principally I commend my soule into the hands of Allmighty God hopeing through the meritts of Christ my Saviour to have full and free pardon of all my sinns and to (whorif?) everlasting life. And my body I wish to bee buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. An as to the disposal of all such ? estate? as it hath pleased Allmighty God to bestow on mee I give and bequeath thereof as followeth.
Firstly I will that my debts and funerall charges shall be paied and discharged.
Item I give unto my daughter Hannah Richardson the present wife of John Richardson and to her heires for ever a Negroe girl called Sue or Susanna. Alsoo I give to my daughter Rebecca Richardson the present wife of Joseph Richardson and her heires for ever the Negroe man called Black Jo: Alsoo I give to my daughter Mary Ballinger the present wife of John Ballinger and her heyres forever a Negroe girl called Moll or Mary. As for the rest of my servants by name Jo a Negroe boy, Christopher a Negroe boy, Jack a Negroe man now? out? of the land on a voyage, and Nann a Negroe woman I give and bequeath to the use and service of my wife Ann Dunscomb during her naturall life, and that my said wife shall if she should require have liberty to sell any the Negroes aforesaid for her ? provided my sonn Thomas Dunscomb afor after my ? ? of Jack or Nannas aforesaid. And if Jack dyes on the voyage then if any of the other Negroe by him shall not be sold but shall remaine in possession and service of my said wife till her naturall life ends. And then bee resigned? to the use and service of my said sonn Thomas as aforesaid and his heires forever. And I will that after the decease of my said wife the aforesaid servants bequeathed to her use during her life or which? thereof remaine shall bee equally disposed among my sonn and daughters aforesaid and theire heires. And my goods and possessions? that? I leave to the use of my said wife Ann Dunscomb during life and to be equally divided among my sonn and daughters aforesaid after her decease
Item: I will that if Jack the Negro Man aforesaid makes a voyage the proffits thereof shall bee to my said wife during her life and equally distributed as aforesaid after her decease.
Item. I give (according to the forever right) a share of land belonging to mee lyeing on thee Northside by Solloman Bullwards to my sonn Thomas Dunscombe and his heyres forever. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my loving and well beloved wife and sonn Ann and Thomas Dunscombe the full and sole executor and executrix of this my last will and testament. And I will that my said sonn Thomas Dunscomb shall bee repaied whatsoever charge hee is about my burial or the like for me or my said wife as aforesaid. And I desire that my body may be buried by my owne relatives? in Spanish Poynt Churchyard. And I doo hereby revoke disannull and make void all wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said Thomas Dunscomb to this my last will and testament contayned in one sheete of paper writtne on both sides have ? ? side thereof ? my hand and do make this fourteenth day of Aprill in the fourth yeare of rayne of James the (Sovereign?) King of England, Scotland, Ffrance and Ireland defender of the ffaithe __ ___ 1688.
Thomas Dunscombe
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Edward Johnstone
Sammuell ___
Horatio Wood