Thomas
Waties
In the name of God
Amen, I, THOMAS WATIES of the parish of Prince George in Craven County
South Carolina being of sound mind & memory do therefore make and
appoint this my last Will and Testament.
Imprimus
My soul I surrender into the hands of Almighty God, my body I
recommend to the earth and my temporal estate I will & dispose of as
follows.
I will and direct that all my just debts be paid & discharged
as soon as conveniently may be by the executors hereafter named of this
my last Will and Testament, and in order thereto, I hereby authorize
& impower my said executors to sell the whole or any part or parcel
of my estate real & personal.
I also will & bequeath
unto my beloved wife ANN, to my beloved sons, WILLIAM, THOMAS & JOHN
and to my beloved daughter ANN, the residue & remainder of my estate
real & personal to be divided between them in equal shares and
proportions in manner & form following that is to say, one fifth
part to my beloved wife for her use and benefit during her natural life,
and after her death to be equally divided between my children WILLIAM,
THOMAS, JOHN and ANN or the survivor of them, one other one fifth part
of my said estate real & personal, I bequeath to my son WILLIAM for
his & his heirs for ever, to be paid him at the age of twenty-one
years, one other fifth part I bequeath to my son THOMAS for him &
his heirs for ever to be paid him at the age of twenty-one years, one
other fifth part to my son JOHN for him & his heirs for ever to be
paid him at the age of twenty-one years, and one other fifth part to my
daughter ANN for her & her heirs for ever to be paid her at the age
of twenty-one years or day of marriage, which shall first happen.
And in case any or either of them my said sons WILLIAM, THOMAS
& JOHN shall die before they arrive to the age of twenty-one years,
or in case my daughter ANN shall die before she arrive at the age of
twenty-one years or marriage, then it is my will & intention that
their shares or proportions of my estate shall be equally divided
amongst the surviving of them my aforesaid children, WILLIAM, THOMAS,
JOHN, and ANN, and I do declare this to be my last Will and Testament,
and I do revoke & disallow all other Wills or Testaments heretofore
made by me and lastly I do nominate, constitute & appoint my beloved
wife ANN WATIES to be executrix and my beloved brothers-in-law WILLIAM
ALSTON SENIOR, JOSEPH ALSTON and JOHN ALSTON executors of this my last
Will and Testament, In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand &
seal this twenty-sixth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Sixty-two.
THOMAS WATIES (LS)
Signed & sealed by
Thomas Waties
as his last Will &
Testament in presence
of us:
Alexr. McDouall
Robt. Pawley
G.G. Powell
Proved by virtue of a
Dedimus before G.G. Powell this first day of December Anno Dom. 1762 and
at the same time qualified Joseph & John Alston
Recorded in Will Book
1760-1767
Recorded on page 226
