In the name of God Amen.
I Henry Bezeley of the Parish of St. Bartholomew, and County of Chatham in State of N. Carolina, being weak and sick in body but of perfect sense and memory thanks be to the Almighty God for the same.
After recommending my soul to God who gave it and my body to be decently interred in Christian like manner by my Executors hereafter mentioned I hereby testify this to be my last will and testament as followeth.
Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my son Isham Bezeley the land whereon I now live with one featherbed and furniture to him and his heirs forever-
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Bezeley 25 pounds to her and her heirs forever-
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Wineyford Bezeley Davis 25 pounds to her and her heirs forever-
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Tabitha Harwood 25 pounds to her and her heirs forever-
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Betty? Bennet 25 pounds to her and her heirs forever-
Item: I give and bequeath to Edith Wimberley one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs forever-
And for the raising of the above legacies of money I desire that my stock horses hogs and cattle may be sold at twelve months credit, if a balance remain after the legacies are paid off to be equally divided among my sons. Furthermore I desire that my son Jesse Bezeley should take my wife Mary Bezeley under his care and that she should have a comfortable maintenance her days and for a reward, to Jesse Bezeley for his trouble and expense for maintaining his mother each of my sons shall bear an equal part of the expense for her maintenance and that she shall have negroe Jenney during her life to lend on her-
Item: I constitute appoint and ordain my loving friends William Merritt, William O’Kelly and my son Henry Bezeley and my son Jesse Bezeley and my son Isham Bezeley Executors to this my last will and testament- In whereof I published and declared it so to be this 19th day of January A.D., 1795.