Names Included: Enoch Ward Elzabeth, wife Son, not named Elesabeth Ward, daughter Zilphe Ward, daughter Richard Ward, brother Benjamin Ward,brother Edward Marcy, witness Christian (?), witness Charles Edwards, witness NEGROS some unnamed and number not included Will Judah, girl Buster--to be swapped away for a negro woman The will of Enoch Ward, July 23, 1762 as transcribed by Frances Henderson on April 18, 1999 from a copy secured at the NC Archives on Oct. 25, 1986. Attempt was made to include spelling, capitalization, and punctuation as found in the Archives copy. Many of the abbreviated words had superscripts. Words in parentheses and italicized indicate words scratched out, etc. Notes in brackets indicate editorial explanations and/or additions. Items in parentheses, but not italicized indicate unreadable words, or words/letters that may be incorrect. The word for "daughters" is usually "da(?)ters" due to an inability to transcribe the missing letter or letters. This was a relatively easy will to read with only a few letters obliterated by the folds of the paper. Most of them were obvious. In The Name of God Amen. I Enoch Ward of the County of Onslow and province of North Carolina planter Being in perfect mind and Memory Thanks be to God for it = Therefore colling to Mind the mortalety of my Body it Being appointed once for all men to Die I Doe hereby make and ordain This my Last Will and Testament that is to Say principaly and a Bove all when it Shall pleas God to Take me out of this (word scratched out) World by Death I Doe Commit and Recommend my Sole into The hands of God that gave it hoping through the merits And Death and pation [passion] of my Savour Jesus Christ to obtain pardin for all my Sins and to Inhearit Everlasting life and my Bodey I Do Commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried in a Christian like manner at the Discrestion of my Executors heare After named not doubting to Re[c?]ive [letter in fold] it again by the mighty power of god at the general Resurection and as Touching Such Worly Estate as it hath pleased god to Bless me with in this life To prevent Such in Conveniences as might othere wise arise after My deceas I give and Dispose of the Same in the Folloing Manner and form that is to Say _____________ [filled out to the end of the line] Imprimes. My will is that Shuch Worly Debts as I Jusly owe To all and Every parson or parsons Whome So Ever = Shall Be Well and Freely paid out of my Estate by my Executors her After named _________________________________ [filled out the line] Item I Lend to my Beloved Wife Elsabeth Duering her Widohood My plantation over New River and five Cows and Calves and the wosh [?] of Negro Will Two Years/and all the Goods and Negros I had with her I Give to her again and after Her Death I Give to my Son [not named] Item I give to my Son [a blank space is left here] after his mothers Widohood The afmt'd [used superscript] plantation over New River to him And his heir and assigns for Ever and a negro Garl Coled Judah And I Give to my Two Daghters Elesabeth and Zilphe My land and plantation on the Sound and a negro man Coled Buster [? not sure - looks like an "i" included] which I Desire to be Swopt [swapped] away for a [First page ends here] Negro woman and the Land to be Sold by Executors here after mentioned if Opertunety presents and the Money To be aplide to there Use and I Likewise Give to My Tow Da(?)ters afors'd my negro boy Coled will after The two Years is Expired (word scratched out) all the Rest of my Estate Not before Menchnd I order to be Sold (words scratched out) And after my Just Debts are paid the Remainder to Be Equilly Divided between my Three Children with all The Debts Due to me and my Desier is that if my Son Should Die before he Coms to age that the Afor Menen'd plantation be Eaquilly Devided betwen My Two Da(?)ters [then a line was drawn to fill out the space to the end of the line and written above it in smaller letters, made to fit, are these words] and I Desire my Work horses to be left on the plantation Lasly - I Doe hear by Make Concitute and Ordain my Well Beloved Brothers Richard and Benjamin Wards Executors to this my Last Will and Testtament and by These presents Utterly Renounce Disanul and make Void all former and other wills and Testaments at aney Time by me hereto for made and hold good and Valued this and no other to be my Last will and Testament in Testamony wheir of I the sd Enoch Ward have unto Sett my hand and fixt my Seal This 23 Day of July one Thousand Seven hunded and Sixty Two Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declaired by me The sd Enoch Ward as my last will And Testament in presence_______________ of us the Subcribers [signature] Enoch Ward [drawn seal] Edward Marcy Christian (?) Charles Edwards