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Note: Last Will and Testament of Thomas Hollowell, Senior of Lower Norfolk Co. Being sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory I do makethis my last will and testament following: 1stly I do bequeath both mySoul to God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be buried and myworldly goods as followeth: 2ndly I do give unto my sonne Henry Hollowellall the Land hee now Liveth on and that hee has Cleared and builte uponand all along to the Weather Edge of the thickett next to his Clearedground and called ye Great Thicket and soe along to the corner of theSwampe and soe along ye Swampe side to the head of the land taking in theChinckepin Ridge and the Thickett and all of which land I doo give untomy sonne Henry Hollowell and to his heirs of his body begotten foreverand indefaulte of such heirs then the land to go to the next Brother.3rdly I doo give unto my loving wife Alce Hollowell my plantation I nowliveth on and all the rest of my land that I have not given away for mysaid wife to enjoy and make youse of dureing hurr naturall life and afterhurr decease I doo give the said land unto my two Sonnes Edmond Hollowelland John Hollowell to them and to the heirs of their body begottenforever and to be equally divided between my two sonnes Edmond and Johnwith all houses, orchards and fences that I have shall be ye said landand my sonne Edmond to have ye furst choyce and in defaulte of such heirsthen ye land to go to ye next brother of the youngest sonne. 4thly I doogive unto my sonn Thomas one cow. 5thly All that is left of my estate ofwhatsoever nature I do give unto my loving wife Alce Hollowell and afterhurr decease of what is then left to be divided equally by two naiborsamong my five sonns and three daughters named to say: Henry, Joseph,Benjamin, Edmond, and John and my daughters Sarah Howard and Elizabethand Alce and if aney do so decease before such division then to bedividedamong them that are heare named and to be then living. Lastly I doappoint my wife Executrix and my sonne Henry executor of this my lastwill in witness heareof I have set my hand and seale this 23rd day ofMarch 1686. Thomas Hollowell (Seal). Witnesses: Robert Bowers, HenryBowles, Thos. Hodgis. Proved in Court by all the Endorcers 17th May 1687, Lower Norfolk Co.,VA, Deed Book 5, p. 22a
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