Will of Alice Alexander 1676

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Will of Alice Alexander pg. 1

The tenth day of the eleventh month called January in the yeare of our lord 1676 I Alice
Alexander relative of Thonas Lockyear and executor to his last will & testament deceas being
Of sicke body but of good and perfect memory thanks be for Almighty God and calling to
Remeberance the uncertyn estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield
Onto death when it shall please Fod to call I do make consitute ordayne and declare this my
Last will & testament in manners & forme followinge revoaking and admitting by these
Present all and every testament and testaments will and wills heretofore by one made and
Declared either by verse or writtinge and this to be taken only for my last will and testament
None other, and forsaking of my temporall estate and such houses lands stables goods
Chattles is it hath pleased God to bestowe upon mee I doe order give and dispose the farms in
Manner and forme following that is to say ffirst I will that all those debts & duty as I give
in rights or convienience to my manner of p son or p sons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented
and paid by my executor hereafter named, him I give and bequeth onto Jane Alexander my
bricke house p psn with the yard on the backside and all the apptenos there
unto belonging, but of she shall dye without a child then to her father my husband the
same I give unto Nickolas Alexander by name, of she hath a child to her and her child
for ever, Him I give and bequeth onto my well beloved husband all the rest of my houses
and lands in Port Royall in the island aforesaid with all my goods Chattles of what kind
and use to him and his heirs forever, Nickolas Alexander by name, Him I give and bequeth onto
the body of friends one hundred pounds sterling to be paid within twelve months
after my decease, Him I give and bequeth unto my first cozin in Suffolke in England
fifty pounds sterling or any one one of them that demand that jane first to be paid within

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six months lawfully demanded, him I give and bequeth unto Edward Moulder for him
and his heirs ever my five hundred and forty acres of land in the Cabeuttas in St.
Elizabeth parrish which my former husband Thomas Lockyear pattened in his name
Him squire and bequeth onto Mary Galloway five pounds sterling Him I give and bequeth
Onto my two little Negroes by name blacke Betty and Grace theur freedom all the tyme of
Their being to my one yeare old each and that they may be well accounted in apparel
And five pounds sterling to Betty and three pounds sterling to Grace att the opinion of the aged
And that they shall live with Jane Alexander until that tyme expired and in case of
Janes decease that then with her father Nickolas Alexander and in case of both their death
To the boddy of friends to care for them, And my will is that they shall be kept in household
employment and in nochardshipp all the tyme of their being under twenty years of age,
Him I give and bequeth unti Anne Gaudy whatsoever she stands indebted unto me him
Squire unto James Pinnucke of Lignoea whatsoever she oweth me, him I squire and bequeth
Unto Samuel Johnson the son of Ralph Johnson tenne pounds sterling to be paid within
Six months after my decease, Him squire & bequeth onto John Casturight twenty pounds
Sterling to be paid him all goeing off this island to accommodate him in his voyages & travels
Give and bequeth unto Mary Lockyear the sister of Thomas Lockyear my former husband
Twenty pounds sterling, and to be sent her to London if she is living, Lastly I define
& appoint my dear & loving husband Nickolas Alexander to be my sole executor of this
My last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and
Fixed my seale the day and yeare first above mencioned    Alice Alexander
Signed sealed & defined in the prescencee of Andrew Hirington, William Wyeth,
I Nickolas Alexander husband write the aforesaid Alice doe confirme& condiscon that
all the within and above particulars which is mencioned in her will and by those present
bind myself my heirs exec & cadon to confirm the same in every respect and from the
wittnesse my hand and seale this sixteenth day of the third month called May Anos 1677
Test Mon Wyeth Andrew Hington        Nickolas Alexander
Hims E & that on the seventeenth day of may Anos Don 1677 William Wyatt & Andre Hington
Appeared before me and both being duly sworne made oath that they were present when Alice
Alexander / being of sound and perfect memory , signed & sealed the above written Will and
Published and declare the same to be her last will & testament and that Capt Nickolas
Alexander did signe & seale the above writing confirmcon in their presence signe before me
Recorded the 17th day of May, 1677         Vaughn