I William Hix of the county of Sussix in Va. being very sick
& weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given
to God calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that
it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this
my last will & testament that is to say principally & first
of all I give & recomend my soul into the hands of God that
gave it & my body I recommend to earth to be buried in decent
manner at the discretion of my exectors nothing doubting but
at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by
the mighty power of God, & as touching such wordly estate
where with it has pleased God to bless me with in this life
I give device & form; First I give to my wife during her life
the plantation where as I now live. After her death to my son
Kinchen Hix, if he dies without child then to my son Thomas Hix
according to my wife, one feather bed, & furniture together with
all my house hold & kitchen furniture only. To my daughter Mary
Hix, I give one feather bed, & furniture, also to my daughter
Elizabeth Hix, I give one feather bed & furniture, like wise to
to my son Kinchin Hix, one feather bed & furniture, likewise to
my son Thomas Hix, one feather bed & furniture, likewise to my
son James Hix, one large pot, & hand mill. After her death the
remainder part of my house hold goods & kitchen furniture to be
equally divided between Mealy, Kinchen, & Thomas Hix. Thirdly
to my daughter Mary Hix, one cow, also to my daughter Elizabeth
Hix, one cow, also to my son William Hix, one cow, likewise to
my daughter Jane Furbush Hix, one cow, & to my son Thomas Hix,
one horse called Jack with my bridle & saddle & the remaining
part of my estate to my beloved wife Mary Hix.
I likewise constitute make & ordain my son James Hix the
whole execution of this my last will and testament I do here
by utterly disallow, revoke and disnul all and every other
prior testaments and wills and exactors by me in anywise
before will and bequeath. Ratifying & confirming, this & no
other to be my last will & testament in witness where of I
have here into all my hand & seal this Eleventh day of July
in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred seventy
nine, signed sealed (William Hix) (seal) & published pronounced
& declared by the said William Hix as his last will & testament
in the presence of who in his presence & in the presence of
each other, have here into subscribed our names-Robert Hix
Clement Hix, Mary Barker.
At a court held for Sussix County the 21th day of February 1782
the last will & testament of William Hix deced was exhibited
in court by James Hix the exactors there in named proved by the
oath of Mary Barker & by the affirmation of Clement Hix & Robert
Hix, Quakers, the witnesses there to & ordered to be seconded &
on the motion of the said exactors who made oath according
to the law & with Clement Hix, Robert Hix, & Jesse Wallis his
secrutery entired into & acknowledged their bond & the
penality of ten thousand pounds conditioned by the law directa
certificates is granted him for entering probate there
of in due form.
