Speller-NC-Will-1738-1739

Last Will and Testament    Patience Speller, Bertie Precinct, NC   2-3-1738/39

...I give to my son James Swain and his heirs my Mulatto fellow Sam
...I give to my dau Patience Ray and her heirs a mulatto girl named Sary
...I give to my dau Ann Ward and her heirs a mulatto girl named Beck
...I give to my son Thomas Speller and his heirs a mulatto boy named Isaac
I likewise desire that if ye Negro wench which is ye mother of ye above mentioned children should ever bare another child that my son Richard Swains eldest dau should have it
I likewise desire that my old Negro wench Sarah should ever live among ye family of my children with whom of them she likes best where she likes best there she may stay longest but never to go out of ye family   

Note: Patience Speller was the wf of Stephen Swain.  She md Henry Speller following Stephen Swain's death in 1712/13

Contributed by: spice3@juno.com "Susan S. Buckley"
By way of: Linda Harris
	1872 Regents Park Ct
	Marietta  GA   30062
	770 578-019-05