Notes for Hugh Brent, III

Notes for Hugh Brent, III

In the name of God Amen I Hugh Brent of St. Marys White Chappell Parish in the County of Lancaster being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect sense and memory do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth: First I commit my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried and my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, hoping to find forgiveness for all my sins. And for what wordly Estate it hath pleased God to endowe me with, I give and bequeathe in manner & form as followeth.
Item. I give unto my deare and loving wife my large looking glass.
Item. I give unto my wife Catherine Brent for negroes during her natural life yt is James, Black Betty, old Dinah & Poocher, and I also give my negro man Incom & my negro wench Judith to my said wife During her widowhood & the said negro Judith immediately after my wifes marriage to return to my daughter Elizabeth Brent with her increase.
Item. I give unto my said daughter before mentioned one negro girl named Hannah and one negro boy named Dick to her & her heirs.
Item. I give unto my daughter Catherine Brent one negro boy named Harry and one negro girl named Sarah and one wench named Frankie, to her and her heirs.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Brent one negro named Stephen and one negro girl named Dinah to her and her heirs.
Item. I give unto my daughter Judith Brent one negro man named Jack and one negro girl named Nan to her and her heirs.
Item. I leave my wife my deske and what chairs I have in my house at this time and her choice of the oval Tables. All the rest of my estate I leave to be equally divided between my wife and my children.
Item. I leave my wife and my cozzen Hugh Brent whole and sole Execor's of this my last Will and Testament as witness my hand this 14th day of June 1750. Hugh Brent
Merryman Payne, Thos. Sharpe.