R E C O R D S

Document Type
Description
Year
WILL
Deborah Borden Hendry
1796

Will of Deborah Borden Hendry

Frederick Co.,VA. , will book #6, pgs. 469-472

"In the name of God amen, I Deborah Hendry of this county of Frederick, and state of Virginia, being aged and weak in body but of perfect mind and mimory thanks bee to god, calling to mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following, I recommend my soul unto the hand of the almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buryed in decent manner at the descretion of my executors, and with respect to such worldly estate wherewith god hath been pleased to bless me in this life. I give and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

Itum it is my will and deseir that the tract of land containing two hundred acres whereon I now live should be sold at the highest price that can be got for it and when and when the executors is paid for their trouble of selling the two hundred acres the remainder of the money is to be equally divid as followeth Viz. three parts of the money equally divided between my three sons Viz. William Hendry Abraham Hendry and Isaac Hendry and the fourth part that should have been my deceased sons George Hendrys right to be equally divided between my four daughters Viz. Betty Borden, Rebecah Duncan, Nancy Worley and Mary Umfries agreeable to the last will and testament made by my husband George Hendry decast

Itum it is my will and desire that my burying ground or grave yard should not be sold but to be cept for a burying place for me and my heirs forever and that the same quantity of land contained in my grae yeard be taken off of my one hundred acre tract ajoining to before mentioned two hundred acres~

Itum it is my will and desier that the remainder of my one hundred acres after the bigness of my grave yard is taken of should be sold that is to say the well the well the buildings and plantations thereunto belonging for the highest price that can be got for it in silver money.

Itum, it is my will and desier that my son William Hendry shouold have five pounds starling out of the money that the remainder of myone hundred acre doth foth and the remainder of the money excepting what pays the executors for the selling of the remainder of my one hunddred acres I give and bequeath to my two sons Viz. Abraham Hendry and Isaac Hendry and my two grand daughters Elizabeth Worley and Mary Worley to be equally divided between them.

Whereas a certain Thomas Campbell jaler in Winchester Frederick County when my husband was in jail took the advantage of his necessity and he not being in his proper sences he signed a deed for the conveyance of three hundred and sixty acres of land which land I give and bequeath all my right titled and claim that my husband gave me unto my two daughters Viz. Nancy Worley and Mary Umfres and my grand daughters Mary An Hendry to be equally divided between them and their heirs and assigns forever,

Itum it is my will and desier that my two duaghters Viz. Betty Burden Rebeccah Dunkin should have but five shilling a piece and of my estate they both being very disobedient children

Itum it is my will and desir that Nancy Worley should have my saddle, Item it is my will and desier that Mary Umfries should have my best gound, and all the rest of my waring aperrel is to be divided between Nancy Worley and her two daughters Elizabeth Worley and Mary Worley, whereas I impowered my brother Joseph Borden to sue for a part of my fathers moveable estate which I had not received, for which he the said Joseph Borden is to have one half for his cost and trouble and the other half I give and bequeath to my two sons Viz: Abraham Hendry and Isaac Hendry.

Itum it is my will desier that all my just debts and funral charges except selling the land be paid out of my moveable estate and the remainder of my moveable estate I give and bequeath to my two sons Viz. Abraham Hendry and Isaac Hendry. I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint William Davis and Thomas Berey executors of this my last will and testament revoking all others by me heretofore made in testimony whereof I have (unreadable word) to set my hand and seal this 24th day of September 1796.

Deborah Hendry (her seal) Witnesses John Elkins (his mark) John Hathaway Charles Forguson

This will has been transcribed without any changes made to the spelling. It is ver batim. RM

Page 472-same book. "At a court continued and held for Frederick County the second day of July, 1799. This last will and testament of Deborah Hendry de was proved by the oath of John Elkins and Charles Forguson two of the wirnesses-thereto and ordered to be recorded. Then as Berey one of the executors therein named, in open court refused to take upon himself the Burden of the execution thereof which is ordered to be certified.

J.A. Keith CFC Clerk of Frederick County



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