SPRUILL FAMILY WILLS
JOHN SPRUILL, Sr.
March 12, 1759
In the name of God Amen The twelfth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine I John SPRUILL Senr
of Scupperlong in calling to remembrance the Mortality of My Body and knowing
that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and 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 and my body I recommend
to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion
of my Executors nothing doubting but all the general resurection 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 dismise and dispose of the same in
the following manner and form:
Imprimus: I give to my well beloved son John SPRUILL one
Negro man called MINGO to him and his heirs for ever
ITEM I give unto my well beloved sone Even SPRUILL one Negro or Melatto man named ABRAM to him and his heirs for ever
ITEM I give to my well beloved wife Mary SPRUILL the
use and ocapation of my whole estate during her widowhood and when my children
comes of age to make an equel devision in the estate and let them when
they come of age have there part according to the descression of my executors
and in case the Negro woman named PATIENCE should have any children
let my three daughters
Elizabeth SPRUILL, Jemima SPRUILL, and Debroah SPRUILL to
have each of them one of the increase if any and the other part of the
said Negro woman to my two sons John SPRUILL and Evin SPRUILL
and in case the aforesaid Negro woman hath no children then I give her
to my son Even SPRUILL to him and his heirs for ever.
I also appoint my well beloved wife Mary SPRUILL my Executrix
and with her my two Brothers Joseph SPRUILL and James LONG my
Executors ofthis my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow
revoke and disanull all and every other testaments wills legacys and bequeaths
and executors by me any ways before named willed and bequeathed rattifying
and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness
where of I have hereunto
let my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Signed seals published pronounced and declared by the said John SPRUILL
Senr as his last will and testament in the presence of the subscribers
JOHN SPRUILL
NEHEMIAH SPRUILL
JACOB BLOUNT
JOANNA BLUNT (sic)