PACE, Richard III-[287]

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NAME GIVN Richard III
NAME SURN Pace
Pace Network home pageLast Will and Testament of Richard Pace of Bertie PrecNOTE CONC inct, NC.
Abstracted 3/2000 from photocopy of original by Fred and Sheila LoNOTE CONC tterhos
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------In The Name of God Amen; The Thirteenth day of March 1736. I RicNOTE CONC hard Pace
of Bertie Prect. in the Province of North Carolina being of sound &NOTE CONC
perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Do make & ordain this myLasNOTE CONC t Will & Testament. Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul
into the hNOTE CONC ands of God that gave it, hoping through the merits death &
passion of my SavNOTE CONC iour Jesus Christ to have free pardon & forgiveness of
all my sins, and my boNOTE CONC dy I commit to the earth to be decently interred
and as touching my Worldly ENOTE CONC state I dispose of the same in the following
manner & form; That is to SayFirst I will that all those Debts & duties as I do owe in right orconscienceNOTE CONC to any person or persons shall be truly confirmed (?) & paid
by my ExecutorsNOTE CONC however named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son William Pace that PlantatNOTE CONC ion with one
hundred and ninety acres of Land thereto belonging, where he nowNOTE CONC lives,
to him & his heirs for ever.Item.I give and bequeath unto my Son TNOTE CONC homas Pace & his heirs for ever the
Plantation where I now live with three huNOTE CONC ndred twenty acres of land
thereto belonging, reserving unto my Dearly beloveNOTE CONC d wife Rebecah Pace the
sole use & benefit thereof during her natural life.Item. I give unto my Son Richard Pace five shillings silver money.Item. I gNOTE CONC ive unto my Daughters, Ann (?), Rebecah Bradford, Amy Green,
Francis Green, TNOTE CONC abitha Moore, Mary Johnson, Sarah House, each of them,
five shillings silverNOTE CONC money.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Thomas Pace my Plantation on RoanoNOTE CONC ak
river with Two hundred & ninety acres of Land thereto belonging. also tenhead of cattle, one feather bed & furniture, four pewter dishes, fivepewteNOTE CONC r plates, two pewter basons, two iron pots,
one skilet, one frying
pan, to hiNOTE CONC m & his heirs for ever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebecah PNOTE CONC ace all the
remainder of my Estate of whatsover kind to be by her quietly posNOTE CONC sessed
during Life, and after her decease to be equally Divided between my SoNOTE CONC ns
William Pace and Thomas Pace for the use & advantage of them & theirheiNOTE CONC rs for ever;
Item. I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Loving Sons, William PacNOTE CONC e &
Thomas Pace my only Executors of my Will Ratifying & Confirming this tobe my Last Will & Testament. For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhaNOTE CONC nd and afixed my seal the day & year above w
ritten.
Signed, sealed, publishedNOTE CONC , pronounced & declared by the said
Richard Pace to be his last Will and TestNOTE CONC ament in the presence
of us the Subscribers; Richard_Pace(SNOTE CONC eal)
J. Edwards William Boone Benjamin Dukes juratsBertie PrecinctNOTE CONC February Court 1738
The aforementioned will of Richard Pace was duly provedNOTE CONC in open court by
the oaths of John Edwards Esq. William Boone and Benjamin DuNOTE CONC kes Only
subscribing witnesses thereof and William Pace and Thomas Pace ExecuNOTE CONC tors
therein named took the Executors Oath by law required.TEST (undecipheNOTE CONC rable name)
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Pace Network home page
Last Will and Testament of Richard Pace of Bertie Prec inct, NC.
Abstracted 3/2000 from photocopy of original by Fred and Sheila Lo tterhos
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In The Name of God Amen; The Thirteenth day of March 1736. I Ric hard Pace
of Bertie Prect. in the Province of North Carolina being of sound &
perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Do make & ordain this my
Las t Will & Testament. Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul
into the h ands of God that gave it, hoping through the merits death &
passion of my Sav iour Jesus Christ to have free pardon & forgiveness of
all my sins, and my bo dy I commit to the earth to be decently interred
and as touching my Worldly E state I dispose of the same in the following
manner & form; That is to Say
First I will that all those Debts & duties as I do owe in right or
conscience to any person or persons shall be truly confirmed (?) & paid
by my Executors however named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son William Pace that Plantat ion with one
hundred and ninety acres of Land thereto belonging, where he now lives,
to him & his heirs for ever.
Item.I give and bequeath unto my Son T homas Pace & his heirs for ever the
Plantation where I now live with three hu ndred twenty acres of land
thereto belonging, reserving unto my Dearly belove d wife Rebecah Pace the
sole use & benefit thereof during her natural life.
Item. I give unto my Son Richard Pace five shillings silver money.
Item. I g ive unto my Daughters, Ann (?), Rebecah Bradford, Amy Green,
Francis Green, T abitha Moore, Mary Johnson, Sarah House, each of them,
five shillings silver money.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Thomas Pace my Plantation on Roano ak
river with Two hundred & ninety acres of Land thereto belonging. also ten
head of cattle, one feather bed & furniture, four pewter dishes, five
pewte r plates, two pewter basons, two iron pots, one skilet, one frying
pan, to hi m & his heirs for ever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebecah P ace all the
remainder of my Estate of whatsover kind to be by her quietly pos sessed
during Life, and after her decease to be equally Divided between my So ns
William Pace and Thomas Pace for the use & advantage of them & their
hei rs for ever;
Item. I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Loving Sons, William Pac e &
Thomas Pace my only Executors of my Will Ratifying & Confirming this to
be my Last Will & Testament. For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
ha nd and afixed my seal the day & year above written.
Signed, sealed, published , pronounced & declared by the said
Richard Pace to be his last Will and Test ament in the presence
of us the Subscribers; Richard_Pace
(S eal)
J. Edwards William Boone Benjamin Dukes jurats
Bertie Precinct February Court 1738
The aforementioned will of Richard Pace was duly proved in open court by
the oaths of John Edwards Esq. William Boone and Benjamin Du kes Only
subscribing witnesses thereof and William Pace and Thomas Pace Execu tors
therein named took the Executors Oath by law required.
TEST (undeciphe rable name)
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Pace Network home page
Last Will and Testament of Richard Pace of Bertie Prec inct, NC.
Abstracted 3/2000 from photocopy of original by Fred and Sheila Lo tterhos
--------------------------------------------------------------------- -----
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In The Name of God Amen; The Thirteenth day of March 1736. I Ric hard Pace
of Bertie Prect. in the Province of North Carolina being of sound &
perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Do make & ordain this my
Las t Will & Testament. Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul
into the h ands of God that gave it, hoping through the merits death &
passion of my Sav iour Jesus Christ to have free pardon & forgiveness of
all my sins, and my bo dy I commit to the earth to be decently interred
and as touching my Worldly E state I dispose of the same in the following
manner & form; That is to Say
First I will that all those Debts & duties as I do owe in right or
conscience to any person or persons shall be truly confirmed (?) & paid
by my Executors however named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son William Pace that Plantat ion with one
hundred and ninety acres of Land thereto belonging, where he now lives,
to him & his heirs for ever.
Item.I give and bequeath unto my Son T homas Pace & his heirs for ever the
Plantation where I now live with three hu ndred twenty acres of land
thereto belonging, reserving unto my Dearly belove d wife Rebecah Pace the
sole use & benefit thereof during her natural life.
Item. I give unto my Son Richard Pace five shillings silver money.
Item. I g ive unto my Daughters, Ann (?), Rebecah Bradford, Amy Green,
Francis Green, T abitha Moore, Mary Johnson, Sarah House, each of them,
five shillings silver money.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Thomas Pace my Plantation on Roano ak
river with Two hundred & ninety acres of Land thereto belonging. also ten
head of cattle, one feather bed & furniture, four pewter dishes, five
pewte r plates, two pewter basons, two iron pots, one skilet, one frying
pan, to hi m & his heirs for ever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebecah P ace all the
remainder of my Estate of whatsover kind to be by her quietly pos sessed
during Life, and after her decease to be equally Divided between my So ns
William Pace and Thomas Pace for the use & advantage of them & their
hei rs for ever;
Item. I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Loving Sons, William Pac e &
Thomas Pace my only Executors of my Will Ratifying & Confirming this to
be my Last Will & Testament. For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
ha nd and afixed my seal the day & year above written.
Signed, sealed, published , pronounced & declared by the said
Richard Pace to be his last Will and Test ament in the presence
of us the Subscribers; Richard_Pace
(S eal)
J. Edwards William Boone Benjamin Dukes jurats
Bertie Precinct February Court 1738
The aforementioned will of Richard Pace was duly proved in open court by
the oaths of John Edwards Esq. William Boone and Benjamin Du kes Only
subscribing witnesses thereof and William Pace and Thomas Pace Execu tors
therein named took the Executors Oath by law required.
TEST (undeciphe rable name)
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NAME GIVN Richard III
NAME SURN Pace
Pace Network home pageLast Will and Testament of Richard Pace of Bertie PrecNOTE CONC inct, NC.
Abstracted 3/2000 from photocopy of original by Fred and Sheila LoNOTE CONC tterhos
---------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE CONC -----
------In The Name of God Amen; The Thirteenth day of March 1736. I RicNOTE CONC hard Pace
of Bertie Prect. in the Province of North Carolina being of sound &NOTE CONC
perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Do make & ordain this myLasNOTE CONC t Will & Testament. Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul
into the hNOTE CONC ands of God that gave it, hoping through the merits death &
passion of my SavNOTE CONC iour Jesus Christ to have free pardon & forgiveness of
all my sins, and my boNOTE CONC dy I commit to the earth to be decently interred
and as touching my Worldly ENOTE CONC state I dispose of the same in the following
manner & form; That is to SayFirst I will that all those Debts & duties as I do owe in right orconscienceNOTE CONC to any person or persons shall be truly confirmed (?) & paid
by my ExecutorsNOTE CONC however named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son William Pace that PlantatNOTE CONC ion with one
hundred and ninety acres of Land thereto belonging, where he nowNOTE CONC lives,
to him & his heirs for ever.Item.I give and bequeath unto my Son TNOTE CONC homas Pace & his heirs for ever the
Plantation where I now live with three huNOTE CONC ndred twenty acres of land
thereto belonging, reserving unto my Dearly beloveNOTE CONC d wife Rebecah Pace the
sole use & benefit thereof during her natural life.Item. I give unto my Son Richard Pace five shillings silver money.Item. I gNOTE CONC ive unto my Daughters, Ann (?), Rebecah Bradford, Amy Green,
Francis Green, TNOTE CONC abitha Moore, Mary Johnson, Sarah House, each of them,
five shillings silverNOTE CONC money.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Thomas Pace my Plantation on RoanoNOTE CONC ak
river with Two hundred & ninety acres of Land thereto belonging. also tenhead of cattle, one feather bed & furniture, four pewter dishes, fivepewteNOTE CONC r plates, two pewter basons, two iron pots,
one skilet, one frying
pan, to hiNOTE CONC m & his heirs for ever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebecah PNOTE CONC ace all the
remainder of my Estate of whatsover kind to be by her quietly posNOTE CONC sessed
during Life, and after her decease to be equally Divided between my SoNOTE CONC ns
William Pace and Thomas Pace for the use & advantage of them & theirheiNOTE CONC rs for ever;
Item. I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Loving Sons, William PacNOTE CONC e &
Thomas Pace my only Executors of my Will Ratifying & Confirming this tobe my Last Will & Testament. For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhaNOTE CONC nd and afixed my seal the day & year above w
ritten.
Signed, sealed, publishedNOTE CONC , pronounced & declared by the said
Richard Pace to be his last Will and TestNOTE CONC ament in the presence
of us the Subscribers; Richard_Pace(SNOTE CONC eal)
J. Edwards William Boone Benjamin Dukes juratsBertie PrecinctNOTE CONC February Court 1738
The aforementioned will of Richard Pace was duly provedNOTE CONC in open court by
the oaths of John Edwards Esq. William Boone and Benjamin DuNOTE CONC kes Only
subscribing witnesses thereof and William Pace and Thomas Pace ExecuNOTE CONC tors
therein named took the Executors Oath by law required.TEST (undecipheNOTE CONC rable name)
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Richard married Rebecca POYTHRESS-[288] [MRIN:134], daughter of Francis POYTHRESS-[381] and Rebecca COGAN\COGGIN-[382], in 1690 in Jamestown, VA. (Rebecca POYTHRESS-[288] was born in 1672 in Charles, VA and died after 1736 in Bertie, NC.)