WILL OF PETER AVENT In the name of God Amen I PETER AVENT of Northampton County in the state of North Carolina being of sound memory thanks be to the Almighty God for the same; Do make & ordain this my last will & testament in, manner & form following, first I recommend my soul to almighty God hoping through the (?) of my blessed Savior he will vouch safe to receive it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor, & he is after mentioned & as for what (?) Estates it hath pleased God to bestow on me I dispose of in manner & form following (Vizt.) Item I give & bequeath unto my son Wm Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my son Isham Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my son Joseph Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my son John Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Avent five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Eliza Baker, five shillings sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Lucy (Truelove ?) one Negro man named (Jas?) to her & her heirs forever Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Mourning Avent one Negro girl named (?) to her & her heirs forever Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Rebecca Avent one Negro boy named (?) to her & her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my wife's daughter Lucretia Tomlinson one feather bed & furniture Item I give and bequeath to my wife Molly Avent three hundred pounds Virginia money her (account?) I made her at marriage I also leave my wife all the remainder of my Estate during her life &at her (death?) to be equally divided between my two youngest daughters to them & their heirs forever. I do hereby name & appoint Wm Avent & Lucas Tomlinson to be my Execs. of this my last will & testament In (?) Whereof I have here onto set my hand & affixed my seal this thirteen day of May one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine. Peter Avent & a seal Sealed & delivered in presence of Henry Mason Simon Harris Wm.(Louis?) Northampton County, Sept Court 1779.