Richard Braswell and Joyce

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Joyce Unknown, Braswell, Cavenah, Drake

Richard Braswell and Joyce unknown Braswell, Cavenah, Drake

Ancestor Lineage

Valentine Braswell 1682-1761 + Jane Pope

Henry Braswell Sr. 1710- + Unknown (Brantley?)

Richard Braswell 1730-1761 + Joyce ( -1761+)

a. Valentine Jacob Braswell

b. Richard William Braswell

c. Mary Braswell

d. Tabitha Braswell

https://sites.google.com/site/braswellgenealogy/0000---descendant-outline

Richard Braswell Braswell-628, son of Henry Braswell Braswell-1564 married Joyce unknown.

Family

Brother: Henry

Wife: Joyce

1. Valentine Jacob Bracewell
2. Richard William Bracewell
3. Mary Bracewell
4. Tabitha Bracewell

Last Will & Testament of Richard Braswell husband of Joyce

"In the Name of God amen, I Richard Bracewell of the County of Orange, in North Carolina being of perfect mind & memory, but calling in to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life, do make & ordain, this my last will & testament in manor & form following:

First and principally I commend my soul unto the hands of almighty God, who give it & my body to the Earth to be entered in a decent Christian manner in (?) (?) hope of its resurection to eternal life, the morals & meditation of Jesus Christ my Savior & redeamor and my worldly estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give, devise & bequeath as follows VIZ!

My will & devise, is that all of my just debts formal charges be first paid & fully satisfied.

Item:I give & bequeath to my loving son Valentine Jacob Bracewell three hundred & twenty acres of land lying on the North Side of Haw River at the lower part of tract of land I bought Hector Mackniel, to him his heirs & assignees forever.

Item:I give & bequeath to my loving son Richard William Bracewell, the residues of that tract of land I bought of Hector Mackniel which is three hundred & twenty acres, to him his heirs & assignees forever----after my loving wife decease, but my will & devise is that she should have (?) and (?) during her natural life.

Item:My Will & Devise is that if either of these SONS by mentioned DYES WITHOUT ISSUE that his part should fall to his other brother, and if BOTH DYE WITHOUT ISSUE I devise that the whole tract should be equally divided between my two daughters Mary Bracewell and Tabitha Bracewell & my loving wife Joyce Bracewell, to them their heirs & assignees forever.

Item:I give & Bequeath to my loving wife Joyce Bracewell all and every part of my movable estate, during her natural life, & after her decease will & devise is that is should be equally divided between my four children, Valentine Jacob Braswell, Richard William Braswell, Mary Bracewell and Tabitha Bracewell to them their heirs & assignees forever---- and I do hereby constitute & appoint my loving friend Hector Mackneil & my loving wife Joyce Braswell & my loving brother Henry Bracewell executor of this my last will & testament, revoking and disclaiming all former will or wills by me hereto forever made allowing this & no other, to be my last will & testament as witness my hand & seal this twelth day of JUNE one thousand and seven hundred and sixty one.

Signed sealed and acknowledged in the presence of--- Thomas Tucker (?) Records Henry Brace (page torn)

Richard BraswellSEAL^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Will Book A page 16 Orange County NC