In the Name of God Amen I John Barfoot the Younger of Great Brington in the 
County of Northampton Husbandman being sick and weak of Body but of a 
disposing Mind and Memory praise be given to Almighty God for the same do make 
and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and fform following (that is to 
say) ffirst and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my 
Creator hoping through the Merits Death and Passion of my Blessed Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon of all my sins and to Inherit 
Everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the 
Discreation of my Executrix hereafter named and as touching the Disposition of all 
such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased the Lord to bestow upon me I give and 
dispose as followeth

ffirst I will that my Debts and ffuneral Charges shall be paid and Discharged

Item I give and bequeath to my Dear and well beloved Daughter Sarah Barfoot the 
sume of Seven Pounds to be paid her on her day of Marriage or when she shall 
accomplish the age of one and twenty Years

And whereas my Dear and well beloved wife Elizabeth Barfoot is now Great with 
Child I do hereby will and bequeath If she brings forth a Son that he shall have the 
Sume of ten pounds when He shall accomplish the age of one and twenty years But 
if it be a Daughter that she brings forth I give and bequeath to her the sume of seven 
Pounds to be paid her on the day of Marriage or when she shall accomplish the age 
of one and twenty years

All the rest and residue of my personal Estate Goods and Chattells Whatsoever and 
Wheresoever I give to my Dear Wife Elizabeth Barfoot and do hereby make her full 
and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal the nineteenth day of July in the twelfth year of the 
Reign of Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain ffrance and 
Ireland king defender of the ffaith and in the Year of our Lord God One Thousand 
seven hundred thirty and eight

John Barfoot X his Mark

Mary Fenner
John Church
Tho: Checkley

Proved: 25 November 1738
Northamptonshire Record Office