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ABRAHAM acres of land Albemarle County April Court arms on seal ARTHUR August Court BARROW Bath County Beaufort County BENJAMIN bequeathed Bertie County Bertie Precinct brother CALEB CHARLES Chowan County Chowan Precinct County not given Craven County Creek Currituck County DANIEL Daugh Daughters DAVID DAVIS December Court Edgecombe County EDMUND HATCH EDWARD ELIZA ELIZABETH EVANS Execu Executors February Court FRANCIS GEORGE Granddaughter Grandson HANNAH Hanover County HENRY inventory ISAAC JACOB JAMES CRAVEN JANE January Court JOHN plantation JOHNSTON JONATHAN JONES JOSEPH JOSHUA July Court June Court LIAM manner plantation March Court MARGARET MARTHA MARTIN MARY MOORE MOSES NATHANIEL nesses NEWBY Northampton County October Court Onslow County Pasquotank County Pasquotank Precinct Perquimans County Perquimans Precinct PETER plantation whereon probate Proven before GAB RACHEL RICH'D RICHARD River ROBERT SAMUEL SARAH September Court SIMON SMITH Son-in-law Sons STEPHEN SUSANNAH TAYLOR THOMAS THOS Tyrrell County Wife and Executrix WILLIAM Witnesses WYNNS
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