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Thomas Sutton 1699 - 1751
Below is the will of THOMAS SUTTON
who is descended from GEORGE SUTTON b:1613 Kent,
England
m SARAH TILDEN 13
March 1635/36 in Scituate MA.
They moved to NC 1668 (Perq. Co, NC).
Had son NATHANIEL b ca 1646
m DEBORAH
ASTINE.
They had son JOSEPH SUTTON b 1673
m
PARTHINIA DURANT.
They had son THOMAS SUTTON (moved to Bertie
County) Bertie County
Will from North Carolina State Archives
THOMAS SUTTON 1750
In the Name of God amen - The third day of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand Seven hundred & fifty one. I Thomas Sutton of the county of Bertie
in the Province of North Carolina being very sick & weak of Body but of
perfect mind & memory etc……do dispose of my worldly Estate in the
following manner and form
~ I give and bequeath unto my Son
Thomas Sutton Two hundred acres of Land at the West End of the Tract of
Land which I once purchased of Archibald Bell & held by a Deed from George
Bell to my self comonly known by the name of the Reedy Branch Land.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Son
William Sutton Two hundred acres of the above mentioned Tract of Land
joyning next to that which I have already given to my Son Thomas.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Son
George Sutton all the remaining part of the above mentioned Tract of Land
besides what I have already given to my Sons Thomas & William containing two
hundred & forty Acres more or less with the Plantation which is thereon to
him.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Son
Joshua Sutton the Land & Clearing which is on the upper part of the
Land whereon I now Dwell containing One hundred & fifty Acres more or less
& divided from the mannour plantation by a branch commonly called the deep
branch beginning at Henery King’s Line & running up the branch & that
prong of the branch next the mannour plantation till it comes into my line on
the other side of the Land to him.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Son
Jesper Sutton my mannour Plantation and Land containing one hundred &
Sixty Eight Acres more or less (reserving a right of Dowery in said Plantation
and unto Elizabeth my well beloved Wife during her natural life).
~ I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my well beloved Wife all that part
of my Estate which belonged to her before I marryed her to her & to her
Disposal.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Son
John Sutton One negro man named Andrew to him & to his Disposal.
~ I give & bequeath unto my Children hereafter named (viz) William,
George, Joshua, Parthenia, Mary Elizabeth, Jesper, Sarah & Judith Eight
Negros (viz) Tom, Moll, Dinah, Jane, Little Moll, Dick, Hannah & Patt, they
& their increases to be Equally divided amongst them at the Expiration of
Six Years from this Date, reserving the use & Services of said negros during
these said Six Years for the maintainance & Schoolling of my five Youngest
Children.
~ I give & bequeath all the rest of my Estate (after the satisfaction of my
Debts &c) both real & personal to be Equally divided amongst all my
Children, allowing that my Sons Thomas
& John has had each of them one good New feather Bed, Some Bed
Cloaths, Some pewter, & some pots(?) Iron & Some Cattle to be accounted
for as part of their Shares.
~ My further Will & desire is that my Executors hereafter named do
raise money at their discretion out of my Estate to discharge & pay all my
Just Debts & likewise to Defray the Charges of Entering & Surveying One
hundred Acres of Land in Tyrrell County for Job Williams whereon the said Job
Williams now dwells in consideration of the said Job Williams taking particular
care & looking after my Stock which is at that place. And that none of my
Estate be sold at Vendue, but that it be Distributed to my Wife and all my
Children according to the foregoing Legacys, and that my Children do run the
resque & Stand to the loss if there should be any in my Perishable Estate
before a division, or after division before the Youngest Children comes of age
Every One to Stand to the loss of their own part.
~ Lastly I make Constitute ordain & appoint my trusty & well
beloved friend John Hardison of Tyrrell County & Edward Rasor of Bertie to
be my whole & Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Note - The
words (after the satisfaction of my Debts &c) and the words (out of my
Estate) being Interlin'd before Sign'd.
~ Signed, Sealed, published pronounced & declared by the Testator to be his
Last Will and Testament in presence of -
Signed: Thomas Sutton
Witnesses: Peter Winants Arthur Williams; Elizabeth E. Rasor
Proved before GAB. JOHNSTON Eden House March 2, 1750
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