Will of John Boring

Contributed by John Boring In the name of God Amen, I John Boring of the County of Orange and province of North Carolina. Tho weak of Body but of sound mind and memory thanks be to God for the same. Calling to mind my mortality that it is appointed for all men once to die and after death the Judgement , therefore I must and order this my Last Will and Testament which is in manner as follows and first of all I order that all my just debts be paid and Secondly I order to my well beloved wife Elizabeth I order her living on this Plantation during her Widowhood, also one third part of all my movables. I likewise order three Daughters to wit Rebecca, Nicy & Mary to have all other of my world Estate equally & truly divided among them and if any of them, my Three Daughters should die before they come of age, I order that the one part be equally divided to the others. And I appoint my Loving wife Elizabeth Boren and James Boren to be my Executors in whose fidelity I greatly confide and I do relay and fill and confirming this and this only to be my last Will and Testament in witness Whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal this twenty sixth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Five. Signed Sealed published in the presence of John Borin (Seal) James Currie, James Borin, Ann Grean. North Carolina Orange County May Inquirer Court 1775; The Execution of the within Will was duly proved in open Court by the oath of James Borin one of the Subscribing Witnesses there to and Ordered to be Recorded. Test. T. Nash.