Will of HEZEKIAH ELLIS -Dated 22 December 1726 Recorded 6 June
1727
Middlesex County, Virginia - Will Book (B) 1713-1734 (xi) index
428p
In the name of God Amen Dec. 22th 1726
I Hezekiah Ellis of the county of Middlesex In Virginia being
very Sick and of body but of perfect since and memory Praised
be Almight God for this make and ordain this my last Will and
testament in manner and form following _____First I bequeath my
Soul to Almight God that gave it hoping through the merits of
my Blessed Savior Jesus Christ I shall receive a full pardon and
_________of all my Sins and partake of a happy and Glorious resurection
and enjoy everlasting life After Death I bequeath my Body to the
Earth to be decently buried after a decent manner.
I lend to my Dear and loving wife Mary Ellis my whole Estate during
her natural Life and after her decease I give to my Son John Ellis
twenty Shillings and to my Daughter Elizabeth Ellis twenty Shillings
and to my Daughter Mary Ellis twenty Shillings and to my Daughter
Ellis Faulkner one Shilling and to keep in her possession what
she had already Lent her by me. Daughter Anne Ellis twenty Shillings
to my son William Ellis five Shillings and after my just Debts
are paid my will is that the remainder of my Estate be divided
the one half to my son Hezekiah Ellis and the other half to my
son Robert Ellis and my Daughter Sarah Ellis and I do appoint
my Loving Wife Mary Ellis my hole and Sole Exactrix of this my
Last will and testament and I do appoint my Friend Tho Machen
and John Fearn my Trustees of this same _______here of I do here
unto set my hand and seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed, Seald & Deliverd Hezekiah
Ellis (Seal)
in presents of us
his
George X Sanders
mark
her
Susannah X Curtis
mark
Thomas Folkner
NOTE:
The above document was copies from a Xerox copy of the original
as found on the microfilm at the Archives in Richmond, Va. I have
tried to use the same spelling, punctuation and capitalization
to the best of my ability - spacing is the only thing that I have
changed. The blank spaces indicate a word that I could not make
out.
Margaret SHIPP Henley
25 October 1993