The Will of John Hinton
In the name of God, Amen, June the twenty one day of 1730. I JOHN HINTON of the County of Albemarle and presinct of Chowan in North Carolina being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory blessed by Almighty God for it and calling to remembrance the uncertaine estate of this transitory Life and that all flesh must yeald unto death when it shall please God to call do make ordaine and declare this my Last will and testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first being penitent and sory from the bottom of my heart for all my sins past humbly beging pardon for the same it commit my soul to Almighty God that gave it me in sure and sertaine hope of the resurrection at the Last Day by Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in such deasent manner as shall please my executors hereafter named to appoint, and secondly making null and void by these presents all former will or wills testament or testaments by me heretofore made and declared either by word or wrighting and this to be taken for my Last will and testament and note other, and thirdly my will and pleasure is that all such debts that I owe in right or consience to any person or persons what so ever be fully contented and paid in convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named and now as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God far beyond my deserts to bestow upon me I give and dispose of the same in manner and forme following------
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Hardy Hinton my plantation by the Honey pott swamp with two hundred acres of land more or less adjoining to it beginning at a siperous stump where I formerly gott boards and running thence A Cross to Francis Pugh’s rod (road) and than A Long the rode to the head Line and then to the first station and I also give to my aforesaid son my neagro boy called guy and five cowes and five calves and foure sowes and piges all to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and also seventeen pound silver money of Vergenia and also the horse that is commonly called his horse and also my Long gun and every of the artickles above written I say to him and his heirs forever------
ITEM. I give demise and bequeath unto my well beloved son JOHN HINTON one hundred and fifty acres of Land more or less beginning at the siperous stump above mentioned and running thence down the Honey pott swamp to the white pott branch and then up the sd branch to the Head line and so Joyning upon his brothers Land before mentioned to the first station and I also give my aforesd son John Hinton my neagro boy called Mingo and five cowes and five calves and foure sowes and pigs all to and every of the above sd artickles to be delivered to him when he come s to the age of eighteen years old and also my old gun and fifteen pound silver money of Vergenia and every of the artickles above mentioned I say to him and his hears for ever ------
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my well beloved son WILLIAM HINTON all the reminder parte of my Land afore mentioned Lieing on the east side of the honey pott and white pott swamps be it one hundred and fifty acres more or less and I also give my aforesd son William Hinton my neagro girle called Joney and five cowes and five calves and four sowes and pigs and a young horse of two or three years old and my ____ed gun all and every of the artickles above written to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and also fifteen pound silver money of Vergenia all and every of the articles above mentioned I say to him and his heirs for ever ----
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son MALLACIE HINTON the plantation whereon I now live with the land belonging to it and also my neagro garle called Dinah and five cowes and five calves and four sowes and pigs and ten pound currant silver money of Vergenia all and every of the artickles above mentioned to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and then I say to him and his heirs for ever ------
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved sones Hardey, John, William and Mallachie Hinton all my tooles belonging to the carpenters coopers and shoemakers trades to be equally divided amongst the four sones before mentioned and my will and pleasure is that my sone John Hinton have a young horse age of about two or three years old and delivered to him when he received the cattle and other stoke above mentioned and then I say to him and them and their heirs for ever ------
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter ANN HINTON one feather bed with one rug one blanket and one patch (?) of corn shocks with the rest that she hath all ready received I say to her and her heirs forever ------
ITEM. I Loane my well beloved wife MARY HINTON the use of all the rest of my personall estate during the time of her widowhood and at the change of her condition either by death or marige which shall first happen to be eaqually divided between my children (to witt) Mary Judah Reachall Rose Sarah Charity Hardy John William and Mallacie Hintons and my will and pleasure is that if the change should happen by marriage that my wife shall have an eaquall parte with my children before mentioned and so I say to them and their heirs for ever ------
LASTLY, I nominate, appoint, and ordain my well beloved wife Mary Hinton and my well beloved son Hardie Hinton and my trusty and well beloved brother William Hinton to be my whole and soule executors to see this my last will and testament deuly executed according to Law and further my will and pleasure is that my well beloved brother William Hinton be an overseer and trustee over my sones before mentioned in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and fixt my seale this day and year first written ------his
John X Hinton Seal
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Signed sealed, declared and
Pronounced in the presents of us
Testes JAMES HINTON
His
Joseph x Ashley Jurat
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Tho. Rountree Jurat
CHOWAN )
PRECINCT) October Court 1732
The above will was proved in Open Court by the oaths of Joseph Asheley, Jurat, and Thomas Rountree, Evidence thereto in due form of Law.
Test. (illegible)
JOHN HINTON’S WILL. ? granted 25th April 1732. RFDL
(North Carolina Wills, Vol. XIV, p. 31, Department of Archives & History, Raleigh)