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Jacob HARRIS

Jacob HARRIS[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1701 - 1762  (61 years)

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  • Name Jacob HARRIS  [5
    Born 1701  Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LX7P-2VZ 
    unknown 1701  Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Alt. Birth 
    Died 1762  Southampton County, Virginia Formed 1749 From Isle Of Wight, Nansemond Counties Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    unknown 1787  Beaufort County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1734, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth TURNER,   b. 1665, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1733, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1685  Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Reference Number:137628 [5]
    Family ID F813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    Married Abt 1725  Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Reference Number:70230 [5]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F13875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.
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      Please send any corrections or additions to Jesse M. Lawrence Jr.
      <[email protected]> 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 
    1. [S427] Source, Blanche Adams Chapman 1 _MEDI Book.

    2. [S1079] Scott Swanson9/19/97,Department of History,Butler University,600 Sunset Avenue,Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485.

    3. [S428] http://hometown.aol.com/vafdking/index.htmhttp://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vafdking1/index.htm 1 _MEDI Gedcom File, (http://hometown.aol.com/vafdking/index.htmhttp://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vafdking1/index.htm 1 _MEDI Gedcom File).

    4. [S429] GEDCOM File : ~AT6343.ged.

    5. [S22] Myrlene Jack.

    6. [S430] 125 TERRYBROOK CT,VALLEJO CA 94591-4249 , (707) 643 4677http://hometown.aol.com/rphs44/page2/LeeHome.htm 1 _MEDI Book, (125 TERRYBROOK CT,VALLEJO CA 94591-4249 , (707) 643 4677http://hometown.aol.com/rphs44/page2/LeeHome.htm 1 _MEDI Book).