In the Name of God Amen  I James Stevens of Wokeing in the 
County of Surry Mercer being but of indifferent health but of sound 
and perfect mind memory and understanding praised be Almighty 
God for the same doe make publish and declare this to be my last 
Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) first 
and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God 
hoping through the meritts death and passion of my only saviour and 
Redeemer Jesus Christ to have full remission for all my sins my Body I 
commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my 
Executrix hereafter named  And as touching such worldly Estate 
wherewith Almighty God has bestowed on me I give and dispose 
thereof as follows  Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife 
Sarah the sum of four hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great 
Britain to be paid in the first place out of my personall Estate  Item I 
give and bequeath unto my Son James Stevens the sum of Six 
hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto 
him when he shall attain to his Age of one and twenty years  Item I 
give and bequeath unto my daughters Sarah and Mary the severall 
sums of Two hundred and fifty pounds apiece of lawfull money of 
Great Britain to be paid unto them when they severally attain their 
severall Age of one and twenty years or day of Marriage which shall 
first happen the three within Legacies last mentioned my Will and 
Meaning is shall within Six Months after my decease be paid into the 
hands of my loving friends Owen Porter and Joseph Roake and by 
them placed out at Interest in the best manner they can And the 
Interest thereof to be paid unto my loving Wife Sarah towards the 
Educating and bringing up of my said Children so long as she will 
suffer them to live with her untill they severally become intitled to 
their severall Legacies as aforesaid and in case my said Children 
James Sarah and Mary shall all happen to dye before they become 
intitled to their said Legacies that then their Legacies shall be 
disposed of  as follows (viz.t)  To the Son of my Brother Thomas 
Stevens the sum of one hundred pounds and the residue to be 
equally divided between  the Children of my Brothers in Law Owen 
Porter and Nathaniell Atfield and if my said Brother Thomas's son 
shall dye before he attains to one and twenty years of Age that then 
the one hundred pounds given to him shall in manner aforesaid be 
divided between the Children of my said Brothers Owen Porter and 
Nathaniell Atfield  And I doe hereby charge my Executrix hereafter 
named to pay the Legacies given to my Children as aforesaid into the 
hands of the said Owen Porter and Joseph Roake in manner as 
aforesaid  Item I doe nominate and desire my said loving friends 
Owen Porter and Joseph Roake to be Trustees and Overseers of this 
my last Will to see the same duly performed  Item I doe nominate 
constitute ordain and appoint my said loving Wife Sarah sole 
Executrix of this my last Will and Testament to whom after my Debts 
and Legacies paid and Funeral Expenses discharged I give and 
bequeath all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattles and personall 
Estate whatsoever  And I doe hereby declare this to be my last Will 
and Testament revoking all former Wills by me made  In Witness 
whereof I the said James Stevens have to this my last Will and 
Testament set my hand and Seal the Seventh day of Aprill in the 
Tenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Ann of Great 
Brittain &r and in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred 
and Eleven.  James Stevens 
Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said James Stevens to 
be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have 
subscribed our Names in the presence of the said Testator  John 
Climps  John Bedford  Hen: Pawley 

Probatum fuit ... Nono die Mensis Julii Anno Domini Millesimo 
Septingentesimo Undecimo