Essex County Virgina Records 1717 -1722 pages 128-59

Will of John Bourne of the County of Essex and Parish of St. Mary's, being very sick and week in body, dated 23 Oct. 1720.

My loving wife Eliza Bourne executrix.

To my son John Bourne the plantation I now live on and all the land adjoining to it (that is meaning all the land I hold) but in case my son John dies without issue to my son Andrew Bourne, and if dies without issue to my son Robt. Bourne, but if he dies without issue to my son Francis Bourne and if he dies without issue to my son Henry Bourne and in case they all dye without heir to be equally divided between my two daughters Christian and Sarah Bourne.

To my loving wife Eliza Bourne, Negro Jack.
To my son Robt. Bourne, Negro Frank, but if he dies without issue to my son Andrew Bourne.
To my son John Bourne, Negro Jenny, but if Jenny bears a child or children, the first to my daughter Christain bourne, the next to my daughter Sarah, the next to my son Francis Bourne, the next to my son Henry Bourne.
To my wife Eliza Bourne a feather bed, bolster and pillows and rug, one blanket, a pair of sheets.
To my daughter Christain Bourne a feather bed, bolster and pillows and rug, one blanket, and a pair of sheets.
To my daughter Sarah Bourne a feather bed, bolster and pillows and rug, one blanket, and a pair of sheets.
To my daughter Christian Bourne my skew bald mare and the colt that is now with her.
To my daughter Sarah Bourne my raw noze mare and the mare colt that in now with her.
To my son John Bourne a bay mare with a small starr in her forehead branded with IR (note the R was upside down)
To my son Robert Bourne a bay mare which is now in John Foxes pasture (branded with 3)
To my son Andrew Bourne a young horse branded with a cross.
To my son Francis Bourne a gray mare colt now running with my old mare.
To my son son Henry Bourne a young black mare colt with some white in her face.
All the rest of my estate to my loving wife Eliza Bourne.
My children shall not make any demand or enjoy these legacies givin them till they attain the age of twenty one years or day of marriage.
John Bourne
Wit: Edwd, Price, *Richard Johnson*, Robert (R) Bourne.20 June 1721. Presented in Court by Eliza Bourne, executrix. Proved by Edward Price and Richard Johnson* son/o Henry Johnson/Mary Taliaferro