In the name of God Amen  I Charles Rogers of Wokeing in 
the County of Surry Yeoman being in perfect health and of 
sound mind memory and understanding thanks be to God for the 
same but calling to mind the Certainty of death and the 
uncertainty of the time thereof  Doe hereby make and declare 
this my last Will and Testam.t hereby revoaking all former or 
other wills by me made in manner and form following (that is to 
say)  First and principally I Commend my Soule into the hands 
of Almighty God my Creator hopeing to be saved through the 
Merritts and Intercession of his only son our Savior and 
Redeemer my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently 
interred at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter and as 
touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow 
upon me I dispose thereof as followeth  Whereas I have 
surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the mannor of 
Wokeing All that my Copyhold messuage or Tenem.t and Inn & 
the Lands thereunto belonging bearing the signe of the Red 
Lyon Inn in Wokeing and now in my own occupacon to such 
uses Intents and purposes and to such person and persons and 
for such Estate and Estates as I the said Charles Rogers sh.d by 
my last will and testament in writeing to be by me Signed and 
Sealed in the prsence of three or more Credible Witnesses limitt 
direct and appoint Now I doe hereby Give and devise the said 
copyhold messuage and Lands unto my loveing Wife Jane 
Rogers dureing her naturall life (in case she continues a widow) 
and from and after her decease or marriage w.ch shall first 
happen I give and devise the said copyhold messuage and Lands 
unto my son John Rogers and his heires and ass.s for ever  Item 
I give and devise unto my sd loveing wife Jane for and dureing 
her naturall life in case she continues a widow all those Freehold 
Lands and Meadow ground lyeing in Thorpe in the said County 
of Surry in the occupacon of John Starke or his ass.s and from 
and after the decease or marriage which shall first happen I give 
and devise the said Freehold Land and prmises aforesaid w.th 
their and every of their appurts unto my Eldest son Charles 
Rogers and his heires and ass.s for ever upon the Condicon 
hereafter menconed  Whereas my said wife Jane is now ensient 
wth Child Now I give and bequeath unto the said Child if borne 
alive be it either Son or Daughter out of my Freehold Estates in 
Thorpe the sume of Fifty pounds to be paid by my Son Charles 
att his or her age of one and Twenty yeares or day of Marriage 
w.ch shall first happen but if my said Child be it either Son or 
Daughter shall be born dead or dye before he or she attains his 
or her age of Twenty one yeares or day of marriage then the said 
Legacy hereby given to him or her be void & I give the same to 
my said Son John his Exec.rs and Admin.rs  Item I give and 
bequeath unto my wife the use of all my household goods both 
within Doors and without so long as she shall continue 
unmarried but if she shall marry then the said household goods 
to be appraised and sold for the use of all my Children as shall 
then be living share and share alike by my Trustees and Exec.rs 
hereafter named and my will is that my said wife shall att her 
own Costs and Charges dureing her widowhood mainteyne and 
educate and bring up my Children out of the Rents and profitts 
of the Estate I have hereby given her but if she marryes then my 
will is that my Trustees from and after her marriage shall have 
all the Rents and profitts of my Estate dureing the minority of 
my Children for the bringing them up and mainteyning them in 
Cloathes and Schooling and other necessary Charges  And I Doe 
hereby nominate and appoint my loveing Friends Nathaniell 
Sturt gent and William Harvest of Wokeing Brewer Trustees 
of this my will desireing them to see the same performed truly 
according to the Intent hereof  And I hereby appoint my loveing 
wife Jane Rogers Sole Executrix of this my Will desireing her to 
take care of my Children but if shee marryes dureing their 
minorityes then I desire my Trustees to take them from her and 
she nor her Husband to have nothing to Doe w.th them.  In 
Witnesse whereof I have this Seventeenth day of September 
1718 to this my last will conteyning three sheets of paper sett 
my hand and Seal to each sheet. in ye first sheet mentioned   
The marke + of Charles Rogers
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Charles 
Rogers to be his last will & Testament in the prsence of us 
Subscribed our names in his prsence 
Nath: Atfeild   Thomas Martyn   George Shorter   Rob.t Perrott

Memorand that this Thirtieth day of January in the Yeare of our 
Lord One Thousand Seaven hundred Twenty & Two I Charles 
Rogers being in sound minde & understanding doe declare this 
to bee a Codicill & to be added & made part of my above said 
last Will & testam.t as followeth  Whereas I have given by my 
said last will unto my youngest Son John Rogers my Coppyhold 
house & lands & Inn beareing the Signe of ye Red Lyon Inn in 
Wokeing after my wifes decease & his heires  And whereas I 
have since ye making of my said will mortgaged  my Coppyhold 
messuage & lands in Wokeing for ye sume of Fiffty pounds w.ch 
must bee repaid by my son John Now in consideration of ye said 
Fiffty pounds & to make it good to my son John & in 
consideration my wife will enjoy ye same for her life I doe 
hereby give & bequeath unto my said son John ye sume of One 
hundred pounds over & above ye Fiffty pounds before given him 
by this will to be paid him by my sonne Charles Rogers out of 
my said freehold lands and meadow grounds in Thorpe 
aforesaid w.thin Twelve Months after my decease but in case I 
should discharge & pay of ye said Fiffty pounds now due on my 
said Coppyhold messuage in Wokeing then ye Legacy of ye One 
hundred pounds hereby given to my said son John by this my 
Codicill shall bee void And in that case, I give unto my said son 
John out of my said freehold lands but ye sume of fifty pounds 
over & above ye fifty pounds before given by my Will or in 
Case my said son John shall dye before the time of paym.t of 
said one hundred pounds or Fifty pounds & w.thout issue of his 
body Then ye said sevall legacyes to remaine & bee to my eldest 
sonne Charles his exec.rs & adm.rs & my freehold lands to bee 
discharged from ye same  And I doe hereby confirme all ye other 
legacyes given by mee in my said Will & ye trusts therein 
mentioned, In Witnes whereof to this my codicil w.ch I declare & 
desire to bee taken & made part of my said last Will I have 
hereunto set my hand & Seale ye day & year w.thin written.
The marke + of Charles Rogers
Signed Sealed Published and declared by ye said Charles Rogers 
to be A Codicill & part of his last will in ye prsence of us who 
subscribed our Names in the prsence of the said Charles Rogers 
John Stakford   The marke T S of Thomas Stevens   Cha Sturt

"Not proved" - oath 6 July 1725

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