Jacob HARRIS^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1701 - 1762  (61 years)

• Name	Jacob HARRIS  [5]
  Birth	1701	Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634   [5]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LX7P-2VZ
  unknown	1701	Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634   [5, 6]
  	Alt. Birth
  Death	1762	Southampton County, Virginia Formed 1749 From Isle Of Wight, Nansemond Counties   [5, 6]
  unknown	1787	Beaufort County, North Carolina   [5]
  	Will Written
  Reference Number	43535
  _UID	304E574F229346E6B7F1FA7A34102388106D
  Person ID	I29289	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward HARRIS, Sr.,   b. 1663, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 25 Mar 1734, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth TURNER,   b. 1665, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 27 Apr 1733, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1685	Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634   [5]
  	Reference Number:137628 [5]
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	Abt 1723  [5]
  	Reference Number:148006 [5]
  Family ID	F13874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Marriage	Abt 1725	Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634   [5]
  	Reference Number:70230 [5]
  Family ID	F13875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  ++++++++++++++++++ Jacobs father, Edward, left him 190 acres of land locatedon the flatt swamp on Meherrin River. On todays map that area lies on the line between Greensville and Southampton Counties in Virginia. Jacobs will was probated in 1762 in Southampton County. It was signed by Mary HARRIS and Amos HARRISTHE WILL OF JACOB HARRIS, SON OF EDWARD HARRIS------- nc IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. JUNE THE EIGHTEEN DAY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDERD AND EIGHTY SEVEN I JACOBHARRIS OF THE COUNTY OF BEAUFORT PLANTER BEING SICK AND WEAK IN BODY BUT PERECT MIND AND MEMORY, THANK BE TO GOD FOR IT, CALLING TO MIND THE MORTALY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN TO DIE. I DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT THAT IS TO SAY PRINSABALY AND FIRST OF ALL I GAVEAND DESIRE MY SOLE IN TO THE HANDS OF GOD THAT GAVE IT AND FOR MY BODY I RECOMMEND IT TO THE EARTH TO BURIED. I GAVE AND BEQUEATH IN MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING THAT IS TO SAY AFTER ALL MY JUST DEBTS IS PAID I GAVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY WELL BELOVED SON WILLIAM HARRIS AND HIS ARES FOR EVER THE MAINLY PLANTATION & LAND I NOW LIVE ON AFTER THE DEATH PF HIS MOTHER, AND I GAVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY WELL BELOVED SON JOSEPH HARRIS ONE YOUNG HORSE AND ONE GUN AND CHIST AND ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE. AND I GAVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY WELL BELOVED DAUGHTER LUCRECY HARRIS ONE COW KIND, ONE CHIST, ONE CHERE, ONE BED, AND FURNITURE. I GAVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY WELL BELOVED DAUGHTER NAncY MARTIN ONE COW KIND. I GAVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY WELL BELOVED WIFE JUDAH LUCRECY HARRIS ALL THE REST OF MY ESTATE DURING HER NATURALLIFE AND AFTER HER DEATH THEN TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY SIX CHILDREN WILLIAM HARRIS, JAMES HARRIS,NAncY MARTIN, MARY WISE, JOSEPH HARRIS, LUCRECY HARRIS AND I DO LEAVE AND APPOINT MY SON WILLIAM HARRIS AND JAMES HARRIS EXECUTOR TO THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVEHEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THE DATE ABOVE MENTIONED, SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE presence OF US. HIS JACOB X HARRIS [SEAL], MARK JOSIAS JONES, SAMUEL SPARROW, JUR. nc, BEAUFORT COUNTY. I, GEO. A PAUL, CLRK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUTY AND STATE AFORESAID, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BEA FULL TRUE AND PERFECT COPY OF THE WILL OF JACOB HARRIS, AS THE SAME IS TAKENFROM AND COPARED WITH THE RECORD OF MY OFFICE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, GEO. A. PAUL, CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, [SEAL] STATE OF North Carolina, SET MY HAND AND OFFICAL SEAL. DONE IN OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, North Carolina ,THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JULY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1914. (SIGNED) GEO. A PAUL.,CLERK SUPERIOR COURT. ++++++++++++++++++ Please send any corrections or additions to Jesse M. Lawrence Jr. <jmljr@flash.net> This data is updatedcontinuously, so please revisit to make sure you have latest information. This file represents my entire data base, I do not have any other information! Please use the reference number so I can get to the correct person in my data base. NOTE: Please use this data with the knowledge that you must do your own research to validate data. It contains theories and facts from many sources and is only a starting point for your own research. [5]

  
  

• Sources

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