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heifers and look after then for ye Good of his daughters Item I give unto my father
Rich Stiver my gun Item I give unto Johaner Stiver the black wastcot. Item I
give to my loveing wife ye remainer of my estate [crossed out] paying my debts & to her
heirs & doe make her my hole Executrix And I doe ordain & appoint it this to
Stand & abide for & as my last will & testament & soe to be compleated In witness
whereof I ye sd John Croften have to this my present last will & testamt. sett my hand
& Seal first above written.

John [his I mark] Croslen

Signed Sealed in ye presence of us
[??tes] Jone [his mark] Bresot, Arthure Carleton.
Cotten [his mark] Cotles

Chowan present Att a court holden ye first munday in April
1694 The will was proved by the oaths of Arthure
Carleton & Jone Bresett Nathaniel Chevin Clerk

Albemarle
By the Hon.ble ye Deputy Govern. and Councell
We being certifyed that good and lawfull proofe hath been made that ye above written
is ye last Will and Testamt of John Crosland late of this County deceased and that the
Executrix therein appointed is deceased Execution of the sd Will being not done.
We doe hereby Authorise and appoint the above named Richard Stiver Adm.tor of all and
Singular the goods Chattells and Creditts of the sd John Crosland hereby impowering
him the sd Rich Stiver the same into his possession to take and thereof to dispose as
by the Will is appointed Given under our hands and Seal of the County the 12th
day of July Ano Dni. 1694
Tho. Pollock Tho Harvey
Benj. Laker Francis Tomes

Danl. Akehurst Secr.

Albemarle County in ye province of Carolina ye 10th day of September 1693
that ye last will & testmt of John Johnson of ye precinct of Pequimins of the
sd County being at this present of perfect & sound minde & memory and in reaso=
nable health of body but yet considering ye uncertainty of the time when
and ye certainty that we must and this transitory life doe therefore appoint this
my last will & testamt in maner & forme following first making void by this
all former will or wills by me made or caused to be made. My guns & all my
working tools I give to my son in law Laurence Gunsalvo It[Item] I doe alsoe give
to my sd Son in law Laurence Gunsalvo too horses ye one being a darke bay horse
branded with ye letters L:G:upon ye near Buttock & ye other horse being a light
grey branded with ye letter O. upon ye near buttock. It[Item] I doe give all ye rest of my
estate both land & chattells lying in ye sd County of Albemarle to my loveing
wife Sarah Johnson and my sd Son in law Laurence Gonsalvo to be equally devided
between them to them & to their heires for ever Item my will is that in case my a
bove sd wife Shall marry before my above sd Son in law Shall come to ye age of
twenty one yeares Then my desire is that forthwith upon her soe marrying he the sd
Laurence Gonsalvo Shall be possessed so ^(of his part of) land and all ye chattells above giv=
en to him, any thing above sd notwithstanding in case [??] my sd wife shall soe
marry as above sd then my will is [??] my son in law Lawrence Gonsalvo Shall have
my new feather bed & furniture in kinde to goe into his prt of ye remaining Cha
tells above given betwixt him ye sd Gonsalvo and my wife his mother [???] I
doe appoint my loving wife Sarah Johnson my whole & sole Executrix of this
my sd will [??] I doe appoint and by way of request desire my trusty freinds Caleb
Cullaway & James Hoy overseers of this my will to se it duly fulfilled as above
sd And to ye performance of the above [permiser?] I have hereunto sett my hand and
Seal ye day above written
John Johnson

Signed Sealed & delivered in
presens of Tho Leper
Tho Houghton
John [Porter?]

Proved in Court by the oaths of Tho Lepper
and Tho. Horton At a court holden for ye present
of Perquimons ye 9th of Aprill 1694
John Stepney Clerk
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Albemarle ss
By ye Honble ye Depty Govern & Councell
We being certifyed that Good and Carefull proofe hath been made that ye above
written

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