Winifred SPEIGHT^[1]

Abt 1755 - Abt 1840  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Winifred SPEIGHT
  Birth	Abt 1755	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LZF4-FXY
  _UID	10A1B08FE34E4387BD60F83DE2747FF3050B
  Death	Abt 1840	Wake County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I5379	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	William SPEIGHT,   b. 1715, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1 May 1774, Swift Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Abigail SCARTH,   b. 1710, Woodkirk, West Ardsley, Yorkshire, England, d. 17 Jan 1781, Wake County, North Carolina (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1740-1744	Johnston County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F12723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jesse JONES,   b. Abt 1750, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 May 1775	Johnston County (Now Wake Co.), North Carolina
  Family ID	F2696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  WINEFRED (SPEIGHT) JONES 6 May 1840 REC 24-493, File 727 Clerk of the Superior Court Wake County, North Carolina In the name of God, Amen, I Winefred Jones of the State of North Carolina & County of Wake Plantay (?) being poorly in body but of a sound and disposing memory & mind do make and ordain this last Will and Testament at the same time utterly revoking all others or former wills made by me declaring this to be my last Will and Testament in manner & form as follows: Viz: First I give to Dellilah Laseter or the serving (sic) [surviving] heirs of her body fifty cents. 2nd I give to Mary Utley (Daughter of Allen Utley) one brindled cow and calf in payment for waiting on me, while in low state of health. Thirdly, I give and bequeath to the rest of my children or their heirs an equal Share of the remainder of my property after paying my Funeral expenses and all my just debts, that is to say I wish my property to be sold on a credit of twelve months, and the money arising from the sale thereof with what money I have coming to me, and what I have in hand at my decease to be equally divided between the rest of my children though some of them be dead, I wish their heirs to have what would be a living ones part. I here name my childrens names the Dead as well as the Living, that is to say Abigail, Rebecca, Laban, Alvin, Josiah, Delpha, Bethany, Chrischany, Mary, Zilpha and Charity. At the same time I do appoint William Betts, Augustin Turner and Augustin Jones executors to this my last [Will] and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and forty. her Signed seald in presence of us. Winefred X Jones (Seal) Alsey Holland. Barnabas Jones mark May Term 1841. The foregoing last Will and Testament of Winifred Jones was exhibited in open Court & offered for probate and the due execution thereof was proven by the Oath of Alsey Holland a subscribing [witness] thereto, therefore it is ordered to be Recorded. A Williams C C. NOTE: Word in brackets [ ] are inserted by transcriber as words apparently left out by clerk. Parents: William SPEIGHT Sr. and Abigail .

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] compiled by James H Carney, Jim Carney.