Thomas L. BRANSON
(February 18, 1670/71 - October 11, 1744)

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Will of Thomas L. BRANSON

In the name of God, Amen. I Thomas Branson of Springfield in the county of Burlington and ... the province of West Jersey being sick and weak of body but of perfect and de....ing mind and memory calling to mind the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following Viz.

Principally and first of all to the lord my Soul I do ... and to this Earth my body I do commit ... inter'd at the discretion of my Execs herein after named in ... of their ... of Elizabeth my wife and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I do give do... and bequeath thereof as followeth:

... I will that all my just debts owing to any person or persons be well and truly ... and paid out of my Estate and after the charges of my funeral by my Exs

Item to Elizabeth my wife I do give and bequeath the sum of five pound proclamation money yearly and every year she shall ... my widow to be pd her by my Execs after named.
Item to my sons David Branson, Joseph Branson, Jonathan Branson, Lionel Branson, William Branson, Day Branson, and my Daughter Sarah Owen I do give and bequeath the sum of one shilling proclamation money Each to be pd to them by my Execs after named.
Item to the children of Zachariah Robins and Mary his wife which are now living being my grand children I do give and bequeath the sum of twenty shilling proclamation mony such to be pd to them by my Execs as they severally arrive to the age of one and twenty years
Item to the children of William Rogers and Elizabeth his wife which are now living being my grand children I do give and bequeath the sum of twenty shillings each excepting one of them viz. Abigail Rogers to whom I do give and bequeath the sum of five pounds ... to be paid to them my said grand children by my Execs as they do severally arrive at the age of one and twenty years
... of the children ... Zachariah Robins and Mary his wife divided between ... of William Rogers and Elizabeth his wife under the ...
Item to my two sons Thomas Branson and John Branson whom I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint whole sale and joint Execs of this my last will and testament I do give d... and bequeath all the ... whatsoever and wheresoever heirs and assigns forever to be between them equally divided.
Item to my grandson Thomas Branson son of John Branson I do give and bequeath that tract of land of mine lying on Shenandoah River in Virginia, which I laid out for Thomas Alexander and One ... Scotch Robin ... at two hundred acres ... more or less to ... my said grand son his heirs and assigns for ever. This paragraph was written before signing and sealing.
By Thomas Branson, James Antram, James Maclatche, John Osmond

Be it remembered that on the twenty-first day of November in the year of our Lord 1744 personally came before me George Murray duly authorized to prove wills James Antram and James Maclatche two of the witnesses in the within will ment'd who being of the people called Quakers did solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that they were present and saw Thomas Branson the Testator within named sign and seal the within Testament and heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof the said Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge, .... and that at the same time John Osmund the other witness within named was present and signed his name as a witness as also did each of those Affirmants as Witnesses thereof in presence of the said Testator. Affirmed before me Geo. Murray
James Antram (mark), James Maclatche, John Branson before the same George Murray signs the next entry.

Sources:
Ancestors of Ronald Owen Branson
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/a/Ronald-Owen-Branson-Indiana/GENE1-0022.html

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