From: Ruth and Sam Sparacio, "Deed & Will Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1662-1666" (Antient Press, 2002), pages 4-5.

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p. IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen. The Last Will and Testamt. of MARY BROUGHTON,
93 Widdow, the Relict of THOMAS BROUGHTON deced., being of p:fect mind & memory
doe dispose of my worldly Estate as followeth after the bequeathing of my Soule
to my Maker from whence I had it & my body to be buried as I have given order to my
Executor, WILLIAM ( ) him I have appointed Executor & to my ( ) Sonnes, DANIELL &
GEORGE COURTNELL ( ) steers of this my last ( ) I bequeath to my Esecutor ( ) to his
heires for ever the Land ( ) lived at the writeing & ensealing ( ) three hundred acres
of Land with ( ) on by ANTHONY LYNTON, with all ( ) priviledges in as ample manner
as I ( ) them; I likewise give to my sd.Exr. ( ) upon when I was sick with all its ( )
with a paire of sheets & the ( ) RAYNERs. ( ) Daughter, SUSANNA GARDNER, all my
( ) except two pettecoats, I likewise ( ) with a kettle that holdeth twelve ( )ozen
napkins with a table cloth ( ) and JOHN GARDNER a Steere of Foyer ( ) my Grand Child,
their Daughter I ( ) two yeares of age with ye increase for ever;
Item. I give to my Sonne, MATHEW KEENE, one halfe of my land at YEACOMOCO to him &
his heires for ever, the whole tract being Eight hundred & seaventy acres; the other
halfe I give to my loveing Freind, THOMAS DANIELL, provided my Sonne, MATHEW, may
have his first choice; I give likewise to my Sonne, MATHEW KEENE, a bed & bolster with
a rugg & blanket as likewise a Chest that stands in the Shed at the end of my Lodgeinge
roome; for my other household stuffe I give to be equally devided among my three
Sonnes, WILLIAM, THOMAS & MATHEW KEENE equally to be shared & not any part nor
p:cell to be made away or sold; I give likewise my hoggs to runn on in stock for provision
for them & when eyther of my Sonnes depart from the other, my desire is that at
their seperating that my Executor will give to eyther of my Sonnes, THOMAS & MATHEW,
one breeding Sowe; As for my Cattle, my desire is that after my debts be satisfied that
they may be shared betweene my Sonnes, THOMAS & MATHEW, onely to my Sonne,
MATHEW, I give two Cowes more then to THOMAS, And I give to WILLIAM MOUSELEY my
God Child one Cove Calfe & likewise another to ELIZABETH PERRY & one to my Servant,
ROBERT BRIERIE, wch: legacies I desire my Executor to satisfy. As for my Freind,
THOMAS DANIELL, my desire is that hee live upon my nowe dwelling plantacon foyer
years after my decease & to see that my Sonnes, THOMAS & MATHEW, may be educated in
learning & for the reall p:formance hereof I leave my Servants for their maintenance
and for ye sure p:formance of the abovemenconed I sett my hand & wale this second
day of January in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty & two
Signed sealed & delivered in the pr:sence of
	JOHN TINGEY		MARY BROUGHTON, the marke of ye Seale
	JOS: HORSLEY
10th Feb: 1662. This Last Will & Testament was acknowledged in Northumberland
County Court by the ( ) HORSLEY & recorded