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William CRISP
Will dated 14 Feb. 1783
Martin Co., NC
North Carolina ) In the name of God amen I William Crisp of the
Martin County ) sd. province and County being under the
Afflicting of God but of A perfect and Sound mind and Memory
thanks be To god for the same and Calling to mind the Mortallity
of my Body and that it is Appointed for all men once to die Do make
Ordain Constitute and Appoint this to be my Last Will & Testament
in the following Form and Manner. First I Recommend my Soul
into the hands of god who gave it and my Body to the Earth to be
Buried in A Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executors
and as touching those Worldly Goods that god has blest one with I give
and Dispose of in the following form and Manner ==========
First, I Leave unto my beloved Wife Frances Chrisp the use of all my
Estate of What kind soever During of her Widowhood and at the end
of her Widowhood I give unto my Son Jesse Chrisp the Manner plantation
Where I now live that is all the sd. plantation and Land Lying between
the Creek and the Little Branch that Runs through the sd. plantation
all the sd. Land to Susanna Prescoats Line and Samuell Chrisps
line to him and his heirs forever ==========
Item, I give my Son Samuell Chrisp the Land and plantation
Where he Now lives and is bounded as is expressly Set forth ======
Beginning at the Creek at Francis Chrisps line upper Corner Running up
the Creek to the County Line thence Along the County line and the Marked
line of the sd. Samuell Chrisp to Widow Prescoats line Down the sd. Prescoats
line to the sd. Francis Chrisp Line Along that line to the first Station to him
and his heirs forever ==========
Item, I Give unto my Benjamin Chrisp one hundred and fifty Acres of Land
Lying between the Great Branch and the horsepin Branch Beginning with the
Mouth of the Southern Little branch then running Across Northwardly to the
horsepin branch thence Down the said branch to A White Oak Corner tree
thence No. 55Wt. 60 poles thence Wt. 120 poles to A pine thence So. to the Creek
thence Across the Creek the Mouth of the Great Branch thence up sd. Branch to
the first Station to him and to his heirs forever =======
Item I give unto my Son Ezekiel Chrisp all my Land Lying on the South Side
of the Great Branch Running Along the Little Branch that goes through the
Great Plantation to the County line and to the head line to him and to his
heirs forever =======
I likewise Give unto my Sons Samuell Chrisp & Jesse Chrisp my New Entry
Land Lying between the Great branch and the horsepin Branch Joining the
Land that I gave unto Benjamin Chrisp to them and their heirs for Ever ====
Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Wilkerson Ten pounds Current Money of
this State to her and to her heirs forever =====
Item I Give unto my Daughter Ann Ross ten pounds Current Money of the
sd. State to her and to her heirs for Ever =====
Item I give unto my Daughter Sarah Edmu[i?]nson Decd. Ten pounds Current
Money of the sd. State to her and to her heirs for Ever =====
Item I give unto my Son John Chrisp twenty Shillings Current Money of the
sd. State to him and to his heirs for Ever =====
Item I give unto my Son William Chrisp ten pounds Current Money of the sd.
State to him and to his heirs forever =====
Item I give unto my Daughter Susannah Prescoat Ten pounds Current Money
of the Sd. State to her and to her heirs forever =====
Item I give unto my Daughter Martha Flake Ten pounds Current Money of the
sd. State to her and her heirs forever =====
Item I give unto my Son Bray Chrisp Ten pounds Current Money of the Sd. State
to him and to his heirs for Ever =====
Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Little Decd. Ten pounds Current
Money of the sd. State to her and to her heirs for Ever =====
Item I give unto my Son Francis Chrisp Decd. Ten pounds Current Money
of the sd. State to him and to his heirs for Ever =====
Item I give and Bequeath all my Negroes and their Increase Except old
Job and him to be Maintained and his Children and all the Rest of my
Estate that have not been Mentioned in Leguser to be Equally Divided
Among to my Last Wifes Children that is to Say Winefred Gibbs
Lida Whitfield Isabel Whitley Samuell Chrisp Benjamin Chrisp Sealey Bulluke
Jesse Chrisp Ezekiel Chrisp and A Childs part to be Divided Equally
Amongst my Daughter Elizabeth Littles Children and A Childs part
to be Divided Equally Amongst my Son Francis Chrisps Children to
them and their heirs forever =====
I Likewise Nominate and Appoint Samuel Chrisp Benjamin Chrisp
and Jesse Chrisp Executors to this my Last Will and Testament Revoaking and
Disannulling all Other Wills heretofore by me made Ratifying and Confirming
this and no Other to be my Last Will & Testament
In Witness Whereof I the sd. William Chrisp hath hereunto put my hand
& Seal this fourteenth Day of February in the year one thousand
Seven hundred and Eighty three
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared
this to be my Last Will & Testament in presence of
Test his
Edmun [Edwin?] Andrews, Jurat William C Crisp
David Taylor mark
Joseph Taylor
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This will was deciphered and recorded as found, to the best or our abilities, by Betty
(McCORMICK) St. Dizier and Gloria Odom - Oct. 1996. A copy of the handwritten
will was sent to Gloria by cousin Betty ST. DIZIER. Corrections were made in March
1997from information written by Robert M. CRISP of Fayetteville, AR [apparently he
had a clearer copy of the original will than was passed down to Gloria].
It has been determined that William CRISP [with second wife Frances (___)] is the
father of my ancestor Samuel CRISP, Sr [wife currently not clearly identified] who
has will dated 10 June 1829 in Edgecombe Co., NC and grandfather of Mary CRISP
who married James ODOM, Jr. of Pitt Co., NC and Wilson Co., TN. - From Lineage
of Gloria Odom.
