Joell, William
W5:167-169 (reel 706)
will dated __ March 1714
proved 10 March 1715/16

In the name of God, Amen, the _ day of March in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and fourteen I William Joell, of Pembrook Tribe in the Somer Islands als Bermuda, mariner, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say first and principally I committ and comend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping for mercy pardon of all my sins and to inheritt eternal life in and through and for the sake of my blessed saviour the Lord Jesus Christ my body I committ to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and dispose thereof as followeth. I will that all my just debts and funerall expenses be paid and discharged.

Item. I give to my well beloved wife Susannah Joell my now dwelling house and share of land which I purchased of Thomas Eve and Ben Wood and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging during her widowhood except my stone house first betwixt my house and another Mrs Bridget Joell during her life then to my son William Joell. I also give to my said wife my negro woman Hannah during her life and the ___ her disposall. I also give to my said wife one full third of my personall estate of what nature kind or degree but if my wife should marry then only all my __ and a third of all the rest of my estate and the house and land beforementioned to my son William Joell and heirs lawfully begotten male or female my other share of land I purchased of Charles Morgan I give equally to be divided between my two sons Thomas Joell and John Joell and their heirs male or female lawfully begotten for ever, and my land in Virginia being three hundred and fifty acres more or less lying at Broad Creek I give to my son Richard Joell and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body male or female. And the rest of my personall estate not before given I will shall be equally divided among all my children viz:r William, Richard, Thomas, John, Bradford(?or Stafford), Benjamin, Susannah, Elizabeth, and Solomon except to my daughter Susannah my eastermost chamber during time she remains unmarried and thereof forever and my sons to whom no land is given each of them a negro as they shall choose. My executors I appoint is my well beloved wife Susannah Joell, John Trimingham Esq'r, Sam.l Sherlock Esq'r, Joseph Hutchings and my son William Joell in testimony hereof I have set my hand and seale the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and devised by the aboves'd Will.m Joell as his will and testament in presence of us.
Nathaniel Astwood
Benj:a Burton
Joseph Stowe

Know ye all men by these presents that I William Joell with ____ do order and direct and it is my will that one hundred pounds out of my personall estate before any division be made be allowed to my wife bringing up of my younger children. In testimony that although this part of my last will and testament I have herewith set my hand and seale the fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourteen.

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Nathan'l Astwood
Benj:a Burton
Joseph Stowe

Bermuda
By his Excy Benj:a Bennett ESq'r Gov'r and Ordinary

These are to certify that this 15th day of March 1715/16 personally appeared before me the Governor and Ordinary aforesaid Nathaniel Astwood and Joseph Stowe both of these islands and severally made oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they respectively saw the within and above named Wm Joell sign seal and acknowledge the within and above written instruments to be his last will and testament and that at the same time he the testator was of sound and perfect mind and memory. In testimony whereof I have hereunot set my hand the day and year above menconed.

Bermuda
Be it recorded that on the fifteenth day of march 1715/16 personally appeared before me the Governor and Ordinary above menconed John Trimingham Esq'r, Samuel Sherlock Esq'r, and Joseph Hutchings shipwright executors named in the within written will and renounced the said executorship.

recorded from the orig. will codicil at date of renunciations and etc.