Will for Ivey Brown

Transcribed and Submitted by: Julie

    In the name of God Amen I Ivey Brown of the parish

 of Portsmouth and County of Norfolk being very weak and

 sick in body but of perfect mind and memory - thanks be

 given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my

 body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once

 to die do make 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 almighty God that

 gave it me and my body I commend to the Earth to be

buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of

my executors nothing doubting but at the general

resurrection I shall recieve the same again by the

mighty power of God and as touching such wordly estate

where with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I

give divise and dispose of the same in the following

manner and form, first I give and bequeath unto my

beloved wife Pembrock Brown the use of my land and

movable goods during her life or widowhood and at her

death to be sold the movable estate and to be equally

divided amongst all my children Them I give and bequeath

 unto my son Bartlett Brown my land with the houses and

orchards there on and if he should die without heirs of

his body to fall to his brother Nathan Brown but if both

should die the same to be equally divided amongst the

surviving children I also give my son Bartlett Brown one

horse the choice of my horses to him and his heirs also

one of my guns the choice of them and the other one I

give to my son Nathan Brown to them and their heirs also

 my boat I give to Bartlett I appoint consititute and

ordain my beloved wife Pembrock Brown and my son

Bartlett Brown the sole executors of this my last will

 and testament all and singular my lands

[undecipherable] and tenements by them freely to be

[undecipherable] and enjoyed and I do hereby utterly

disallow revoke and dissannul all and every former

testaments wills lagacies and bequests and executors by

me any wise before named willed and bequeathed ratifying

 and comfirming this my last will and testament in

writing where I have hereunto set my hand and seal this

seventeenth day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred

and ninety two/

his

Ivey X Brown

   Mark

Signed Sealed and rponounced before us

his

Abel X Brown

   Mark

His

Solo. X

   Mark

Jno Pollick

At a court held for Norfolk County the 21st Day of

January 1793 This last will and testametn of Ivey Brown

and John Bollick witnesses therunto and ordered to be

 recorded Pembrock Brown one of the executors therein

 named having taken the oath and given bond and security

according to law certificate for obtaining a probate was

 granted her in due form

Teste Wm Wilson Jr.

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