SPRUILL FAMILY WILLS
Godfrey Spruill
August 5, 1718
In the name of God amen I GODFREY SPRUILL living in North Carolina
in the Province of Albermarle being in health of body and sound of memory
but considering of family of mankind do make and ordain this my last will
and testament in a form following. I give and bequeath my soul unto the
hand of god that gave it me and my body to the earth from whence it was
taken to be buried in
a Christian decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named
not doubting (but ??? of our Savior Jesus Christ). I shall enjoy a joyful
resurrection and as to my temporal estate it hath pleased you to bless
me with my funeral expenses and all my just debts being paid I give and
bequeath in manner and form following that is to say first, I give and
bequeath to my son SAMUEL SPRUILL a parcel of property estimation
three hundred and fifty acres more or less bounded as followeth lying at
a Cypress near the eastern end of the ? Branch and running thence to a
tiny thicket and forming the end of the aforesaid Branch to the first outlet
and along the outer Branch southerly to Great Swamp and along the Branch
westerly to the end of the Buntings? along the said ?? mouth thereof and
along the bay easterly to the first station to him and his heirs for ever;
aforesaid land being that whereon he now lives. I give and bequeath to
my son GODFREY SPRUILL three hundred fifty acres of more or less
bounded as followeth being at a marked Cypress at the east end of the south
banks his brother Samuel's corner free and so running eastwardly to the
Clay point to a corner tree in ?? and so running from there thence southerly
to a line of marked trees to the round about branch and at round about
branch to a White Ashe next to the Great Swamp and along the Great Swamp
to his brother Samuel's line to the first station to him and his heirs
for ever and also one Negro woman named Jenny. I give to my son JOSEPH
SPRUILL that plantation whereon I now live with all the rest of the
land in the neck and also a parcel of land estimation fifty acres more
or less bounding on a Cypress branch westerly of the ??? ??? land a line
of marked trees westwardly of the aforesaid branch to a ??? ??? from thence
various courses to the first station and one Negro man named L? and one
Negro man named Dolphin with all my ??? and hogs to him and his heirs for
ever. I give and bequeath to my son-in-law CUTHBERT PHELPS and my
daughter SUSANNAH his wife a certain tract of land of estimation
three hundred acres more or less and is boundeth as followeth beginning
at marked White ??? at the Back Creek's mounth and running up the Swamp
to a branch eastward to Rich Level Land and along the branch to a line
of marked trees ??? ??? ??? and along that line of marked trees to River
??? and from there to the first station to him and his heirs for ever.
I giveto my daughter SUSANNAH a gold ring of twenty shills price.
I
give to my daughter ANNA MARGARITTA a gold ring of twenty shills
price. I give to my daughter MARY a gold ring of twenty shills price. I
give to my grandson BUTTONHEAD BOUTWELL six hundred acres of land
purchased by me as appearing upon record lying in
the fork of Pamlico River to be to him and his heirs for ever but in default
of his I give to SAMUEL and his heirs and in default to ELIZABETH
BOUTWELL and her heirs and on default of her I give to my grandson
GODFREY SPRUILL son of SAMUEL and ELIZABETH SPRUILL
to him and his heirs for ever. I nominate and appoint my son JOSEPH
SPRUILL my sole and only executor of this will and testament hereby
revoking all other wills of me heretofore made ratifying and confirming
this as my last will and testament. Witness whereof I have here to set
my hand and seal this 5 day of August 1718.
Sealed in the presence of Godfrey Spruill
James Singleton
Henry Norman
Ann Davenport
Proved in Chowan County July 29, 1719
Letter granted January 25, 1720