Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Barber, Joseph June 12, 1802
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume D, pages 83-84
Written: June 12, 1802
Recorded: Nov 1802
Testator: Joseph Barber
In the Name of God ~ Amen ~ I Joseph Barber of
the County of Orange in the State of North Carolina ~ being
weak in Body but of sound and perfect Mind and Memory ~~
(thanks be to God for the Same) ~ do make and publish ~ this my
last Will and testament ~ in Manner and Form following
~~~ Viz ~~~
First I give devise and bequeath to my beloved Wife Margary
Barber during her natural Life, or State of Widowhood all my
real and personal Estate of which I die possessed provided
that as my two Children, David & Elizabeth Barber, comes
successively to mature Age by Law directed they are to draw,
and be possessed of their equal Part of said real & personal Estate
that is the Mother and ye Children are to be equal Sharers,
till which period ye Children are to be supported & schooled,
by Virtue of said of Estate provided out of said Property
I reserve, the sum of ten Dollars as afare Donation, to be trans=
mitted to my said wife (ye Time of sd Transmission, left to her own
Jurisdiction) to my Step Daughter Sarah Moore, who is in ye
Western Territory And if my said beloved Wife shou'd depart
this Life before the Children comes to Age the sd Children, are to be
equal Sharers of ye Whole Estate And if one of ye Children
should die its Share, is to fall into ye Possession of ye other
Also it is to be observed that all my lawfull Debts are first
to be satisfied & paid out of sd Estate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I make and Appoint my beloved Wife ye said Margary
Barber & my Brother Matthew Barber Joint Executrix
& Executor of this my last Will and Testament desiring,
and enjoining it on my sd Brother to take upon him the Charges
& Trouble, to see these my Intentions, Meanings, &c punctu=
-ally without ye least Deviation (further than Necessity demands)
faithfully & punctually performed & executed in every
Part
[page 2]
Part ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lastly I do hereby revoke and
disannull all former and other will or Wills by me
made and declare this only to be my last Will and
Testament ~~~~~~~~
In Witness whereof ~~ I ye sd Joseph Barber have hereunto
set my Hand and affixed my Seal this twelfth Day
of June in ye Year of Our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred
and two
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Signed sealed published Joseph
and declared by ye said (seal)
Joseph Barber ye Testator Barber
as his last Will and Testament
in ye presence of us who have
subscribed our Names as Witnesses
thereto in the Presents & at ye
Request of ye said Testator
---Test.---
James Boyle
Jean Barber Exr qualif
sone[?]
W F Thompson
[Will Book Volume D, page 83]
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Barber of the County
of Orange in the State of North Carolina being weak in Body but
of sound & perfect mind & memory, thanks be to God, for the Same do
make and publish this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following
Viz First I give devise & bequeath to my beloved Wife Margary Barber during
her natural Life or State of Widowhood all my real & personal Estate of which
I die possessed provided that as my two Children David & Elizabeth Barber
comes successively to mature Age by law directed they are to draw
& be possessed of their Equal part of Said real & personal Estate that is
the mother and ye Children are to be equal Sheares [Sharers] till which period ye
Children are to be supported & Schooled, by Virtue of said of Estate provided
out of Said property I reserve the Sum of ten dollars as afore donation to be
transmit[t]ed to my Said Wife ye Time of said Transmission left to her own
Jurisdiction. To my Step daughter Sarah Moore who is in ye Western Territo
ry ~~ And if [my] said beloved Wife should depart this life before the Children
comes to Age the sd. Children are to be equal Sharers of ye Whole Estate &
And[sic] if one of ye Children should die its Share, is to fall into ye ["hands" x-out]
possession of ye other ~~ Also it is to be observed that all my Lawfull Debts are first
to be satisfied & paid out of said Estate ~~~~~ I make & appoint my beloved
Wife ye said Margary Barber & my Brother Mathew Barber Joint Execu-
trix & Executor of this my last Will and Testament desiring & enjoyning it
on my said Brother to take upon him the Charge & trouble to see these my in
tentions meanings, &c punctually without ye least deviation further than necessity
demands faithfully & punctually performed & Executed in Every part ~~~~~
Lastly I do hereby revoke & disanull all former & other Will or Wills by
me made & declare this only, to be my last Will & Testament ~~~~~~~
In Witness Whereof I have ye sd. Joseph Barber have hereunto Set my hand
& affixed my Seal this twelfth day of June in ye year of our Lord one Thousand
eight Hundred and two ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Signed sealed published and declared by
ye said Joseph Barber the Testator as his last Will
& Testament in ye presence of us who have subscrib'd our Name
as Witnesses thereto in the presence & at ye request of sd. Testator
[Will Book Volume D, page 84]
Test ~~~~ }
Jas. Boyle }
Jean Barber } Joseph Barber (seal)
W. F. Thompson }
Orange County November Term 1802
The execution of the forgoing last Will & Testament of Joseph Barber decd. was duly
proved in open Court by the oaths of Jas. Byle and Jean Barber two of the subscr-
ibing Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded ~~~ At the Same time the Exrs. there-
in named qualified accordingly ~~~~~
Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume D, pages 83-84
Recorded Nov 1802
No estate papers found.
Extremely precise, written in calligraphy..
Spellings for the most part quite modern.
Uses letter thorn, but for the word "the" only, rendered here as "ye".
There are several written "the", and it isn't used elsewhere for the same sound, such as the word "this", etc.