Trying to Transcribe - Will of Jael Parker - Pt 1

A few days ago I posted the will of John Parker, my 5^th gt-grandfather. This is the will of his wife, who of course was my 5^th gt-grandmother. Most of the Quaker records for her use the spelling Jael, while this recorded deed uses Jail. “If it sounds the same, it is the same” is a quote I heard at a national genealogical conference, so I believe that Jael and Jail are just different spellings for the same name. I was really glad she named my 4^th gt-grandmother, Peninah/Penninah Nicholson in her will.

The will I am transcribing here appears to be from the recorded wills of Perquimans County North Carolina. I found it both on familysearch.org and on Ancestry.com. This section was from Volume E, page 405.

State of N^o Carolina } I Jail Parker, being weak in body

Perq. County } but of a sound disposing memory

& considering the uncertainty of life & Death do make this my

last will & testament as follows Viz ) 1^st my will is that

all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid out of my

estate. Item. I give & bequeath unto my son John Parker one

cow & calf, the largest iron pot & hooks to him & his heirs

for ever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sarah

Lacey one feather bed & furniture the smallest one, one pair

flat irons, One yoke & ox ring & Staple to her & her heirs

forever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Bundy

ten shillings, to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath

unto my son Seth Parker, one ox chain to him & his heirs

forever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Penniah

Nicholson all the remaining part of my estate to her & her

heirs forever. I do hereby constitute & appoint

Trying to Transcribe - Will of John Parker - Pt 2

On this section of the will of John Parker my 5th gt-grandfather, you can see that it was dated the 4^th day of the 10^th month 1800, which would be 4 Oct 1800. I found it a little amusing that most of the family trees I found on-line at Ancestry.com give his death date as 10 Apr 1800. That would make him dying almost 6 months before he wrote his will. Then it was not probated until February of 1803. I suspect his death really occurred early in 1803.

In this section he names his 5 children, including my ancestor, Peninah Nicholson.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Parker and her Heirs &

assigns for every, Fifty acres of Land, joining the part which I have by deed

given to my Grandson Nathan Bundy, but if she should decease without

lawful Heirs and before she lawfully conveys or disposes of said Land, then

I give the said Land unto my Grandson Noah Parker son of my Son

John Parker to him his heirs & assigns for ever.---

Item I give to my said Wife & her disposal, my Mare with a Bridle, side

Saddle & Mans Saddle, one Yoke of Oxen with the Yoke, ring and Staple

Cart & Ox Chain, two ploughs, two Axes, four hoes, one feather bed & furniture,

two Ewes & Lambs, two Cows & Calves, One Chest, one Linen Wheel, one Woolen

Wheel, one Iron pot with hooks & Iron port tramel, one pair flat irons,

one box Iron, Two Pewter Basons, one Dish & 6 pewter plates; also I give

her one years provision, aslo my largest looking glass & six of my best chairs, viz

green ones.

Item. I give to my son John Parker one cow & calf & one feather bed and

furniture.----

Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Parker one cow & calf & one feather

bed & furniture.

Item. I give to my Son Seth Parker one cow & calf & one feather bed

and furniture, and it is my Will that he have sufficient schooling.

Item. I give all the remainder of my Estate unto my said Wife and my

five children, viz; John Parker, Ruth Bundy, Peninnah Nicholson, Sarah

Parker and Seth Parker, to be equally divided amongst them.. and it is

my will that it be divided by such men as my Executors shall elect

for that purpose, appraising the articles & dividing them without any sale.

Lastly I hereby nominate, constitute & appoint my Son, John Parker

and my Son in law Samuel Bundy to be Executors of this my last

Will, Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will &

Testament.---In Witness whereof I the said John Parker Sen^r have

hereunto set my hand & Seal this 4^th day of the 10^th month 1800....

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced                              his

& declared by the said John Parker to be                    John / Parker {seal}

his last will & Testament in presence                                 mark

of us, Silas Haskit

William Haskit (Aff)

John Pool                                                              Samuel Bundy - qualified

Trying to Transcribe - Will of John Parker - Pt 1

Yesterday I posted about Peninah (Parker) Nicholson. This is the first section of the will of her father, John Parker, my 5^th gt-grandfather.

I found two copies of his will on-line. It appears that the image on familysearch.org is from the recorded wills in Perquimans County North Carolina. The other image I found was on Ancestry.com which was marked as original wills. When I compared them I found no substantial differences. I am using the Ancestry image here.

It seemed interesting to me how John specified who would get his “Still.”

State of N^o Carolina }

Perquimans County } I John Parker Sen^r of the place

aforesaid, being of Sound & disposing mind and

memory do make & ordain these presents to be & containing my last

Will & testament in the following manner & form, Viz ------

First, It is my will that all the Just debts which may be owing from

me at the time of my decease, & all the necessary expenses be well & truly

paid out of my Estate in due time --- Whereas by Deeds of

gift bearing even date with these presents, I have made conveyances of

Lands to my Grandsons Nathan Bundy & John Nicholson, respectively

under several provisos, therefore I hereby confirm them, as it is my

Will that the said gifts to them shall be good, agreeable to my Intent

of meaning expressed in the said Deeds. ----

Item. I Give and bequeath to my son Seth Parker & His Heirs & assigns

for ever, my manor plantation whereon I dwell with all the buildings

& Improvements thereon & Woodland adjoining, with the Woodland

on the Easterly side of the fork Swamp joining and all my land lying

in the woods about Pine Glade; and in case he should Decease without

lawful years & before he lawfully disposes of or conveys the said lands,

then I give the said Lands unto my grandson Nathan Parker, son of

my son John Parker, to him his heirs & assigns for ever; Reserving

nevertheless unto my beloved Wife Jail Parker the use of all the said

Plantation, Lands buildings & Improvements until my said Son

Seth shall arrive to the age of twenty Years & and after that for my said

Wife to have the use of one half my plantation which part she shall choose

and one half of my buildings thereon & privilege of the woodland, the planta-

tion to be divided by my path or road straight from my Still house out to

the public road, to her during her natural life.

Item. I leave the use of my Still, Apple Mill, Cider Troughs, flat forms & other

cider utensils & all my Liquor Casks unto my said wife until my said

Son comes to the age of Twenty Years, and then I give them all to my

said son Seth, only for my said Wife to have the privilege of the Still &

as many of the Casks & other utensils as may be necessary for her own

Liquor, during her natural life; and if my said Son Seth should decease

in minority & without lawful ______ I give the said Still to my Grandson

John Nicholson above named..------- ---------- -------------- --------------.