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Note: WILL OF WILLIAM JANNEY
LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BOOK D 1788-1793
The 12th day of the 6th Month 1787
I WILLIAM JANNEY of Louden County in the Colony of
Virginia, Yeoman, being in health of body & of sound
mind & memory but calling to mind the uncertainty of
this life and that it is appointed to all men once to die,
do make this my last Will and Testament in manner
folowing that is to say, I commit my Soul into the hands
of God who gave it & my body to the Earth to be
decently buried at the discretion of my body to the Earth
to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors
hereafter named; And in the first place I will and order
that all my Just debts & funeral expences be paid and
satisfied out of my personal Estate. Item 1 will and
bequeath unto my beloved Wife, ELIZABETH JANNEY,
the best bed & beding thereunto belonging, a milch
Cow of her own choice & to be well kept both winter &
summer with good hay & pasture; the full use, benefit
and privilidge of my Dwelling House; and Spring for
water, ground for a garden, the priviledge of the Oven,
land of Apple out of the Orchard if anyand that she
shall have one third part of my personal Estate and
it is mind and will that my Son, JESSE, provide cut and
haul to the Door suitable and sufficient fire wood for my
said Wife during her natural life, and that he also pay
her yearly & every year during her life the sum of Five
pounds Virginia currency if by her demanded
Item 1 give to my Son, STACEY, the sum of Five Shillings Sterling. Item 1 give to my Son, WILLIAM, the sum of Five Shillings Sterling Item 1 give & bequeath all the residue & remainder of my personal Estate whatseover Except my wearing
apparel, unto my four Children namely, ISAAC JANNEY,
ANNE WHITE, ELIZABETH HUGHES & LETITIA
WILDMAN to be equally divided amongst them share &
share alike Item it is my mind & will that my wearing
apparel be equally divided between my Son, ISAAC,
and my Son in Law, ABRAHAM WILDMAN,
Item 1 give and devise all my land tenement and plant- ation that I now live on unto my Son, JESSE JANNEY;
to be hold by him his heirs and assigns forever, he pay-
ing and providing for my Wife as is above expressed and
specified
Lastly I do hereby nominate & appoint my Two Sons,
STACEY JANNEY & JESSE JANNEY, Executors of
this my last Will and Testament and I do here revoke
& make void all other and former Wills or Testaments by
me heretofore made willed or bequeathed, ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my last Will and
Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal Signed sealed pronounced and declared by
the said WILLIAM JANNEY to be his Last Will &
Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers
BLACKSTONE JANNEY, WILLIAM JANNEY ELISAH JANNEY, MARY FINNIKIN At a Court held for Loudoun County September the 12th
1791 This Will was proved by the Oaths of BLACKSTON
JANNEY and ELISHA JANNEY, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded, And on the
motion of JESSE JANNEY one of the Executors therein
named who qualified according to Law, Certificate is
granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form
giving security Whereupon he together with ISRAEL
JANNEY & BENJAMIN MEAD his securities, entered
into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of Five
hundred pounds conditioned as the Law directs, and
Liberty is reserved to the other Executor to join in the
probate thereof when he shall think fit.
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