Imprs. I do bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through his Mercy and the
Merrits of Jesus Christ to obtaine forgiveness for all my Sins, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed without Gunns
or much drinke, and for my Worldly Estate I dispose of as followeth
Item I give and bequeath to my Sonn Isaack George all that part or parcell of land I now hold & Enjoy,
from the mouth of the Castle Creeke, running up the Creeke to the Spring
Comonly Called the quarter Spring, being neare
his dwelling house, and from thence Running Westerly to the Extent of my
Land, including all my land on the North Side
of the sd:
Castle Creeke and Runn to my sd Sonn, Isaack George and his heires of his Body Lawfully begotten for Ever,
with all housing Orchards and Appurtenances thereunto appertayning or belonging provided that My loving wife have full liberty
and priviledge to make use of any land at or upon the quarter now intended to be planted by me Either with Corne or
Tobacco
for two Cropps after the finishing of this Cropp
Item I give and bequeath to My Sonn Isaack George my horse Ja??y with My Plush Saddle and Bridle with
all My wearing apparel, both linnen, Woollen or Elce with my Rapier and new Spanish leather belt and a long Gunn, and alsoe
one new feather bed.
Item I give to my Grand Childe John George one Negro Woman called Dido to be deld: to my Sonn, Isaack
George for the Child's use two Yeares after the finishing of this present
Cropp, and also one Young Mare, with the whole
increase both Male & female of the sd. Negroe and Mare to the proper use and Benefit of my sd. Grand Childe and his heires
for Ever, and my Will is that Said Grand Childe after he is Six Yeares Old be brought up to Reading Writting with my wife,
at her
Charge, and to her best Conveniency, Soe farr as Writeing and Accounts may here be taught.
Item I give to my
two Daughters Rebecca and Sarah to Each of them forty Shillings a piece to be paid them in Money or Goods within Six Months
after My decease.
Item I give to my Grand Children, John and Joyce Lewis to Each of them a heifor of two Yeares old, and
to the Children of Philip Pardoe one heifor of two Yeares old to Runn in a joynt Stock betwixt them and the Survivors of them,
to be paid to my Said Grand Children's use in 1680
Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Peddingtons two Children she had by my Sonn Morgan Lewis a Cow and a
Cow Calfe to
Runn in a joynt Stock betwixt them, or the Survivor of them, and to be paid to thm. in Anno 1681
Item I give my Kinswoman Mary Baugh Twenty Shillings to buy her a Ring.
Item I give and bequeath to my Loving wife Ann George all the Remainder of my whole Estate Viz. my Land
I now live upon, lying upon the South Side of the Castle Creeke and
Quarter Spring with all houses fences Orchards and
appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, with all the Rest of my Lands Goods Chattells
Moneys or
Tobaccoes or whatsoever Elce it be, herein not bequeathed, being properly Mine in Virginia or England to my
Said loving
Wife Ann George and her heires for Ever, and I do hereby Nominate and appoint my Loving wife to be my whole
and Sole Execrx.
of this my Last Will & Testamt. Revoking all former Wills by me made, desiring all my just debts may
be fully paid
and I do hereby request my friends Majr. James Powell and Thom. Taberer to See this my Last Will and Testament fully performed
and I do hereby give my sd.
friends as a Legacy twenty Shillings a piece, as a token of my Love, Confirming this my Last
Will and Testament with my
hand & Seale this 2d Day of August Anno Dominy 1678
John George Seale
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in presence
of
Robert Parke
Thom. Taberer
Edw. Bechinor
George Branch
Proved by the Oaths of Mr. Ro: Parke, Mr.
Edward Bechinor
and Capt. George Branch in Open Cort held for the Isle of
Wight County the 9th day of January 1678
and Ordered to be
Recorded. Test:
Jno. Bromfield Ctr. Cur.
