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A Tenuous Connection Lemuel Taylor is as far back that I can be document in a clear line. In Henry Taylor 2's will, a son "Lamb" is indicated as one of the heirs,. Family lore has accepted Lamb as the same person as Lemuel. Although I know of no other connection to any of the listed siblings in the will, without any other evidence I have accepted this as one further step back. Please let me know if there is any proof or disproof of this theory. Transcript of the will: "In the name of God, amend, Henry Taylor of the State of North Carolina & County of Robeson being sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory ——Beloved of God, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and that is in appropriate for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in following manner and form vis ————First I give and bequeath to my beloved son Henry Taylor one hundred and fifty acres lying on the Long Branch in the Burnt Islands including his Improvements together with two cows and two yearlings freely by him for his satisfaction and enjoyment I give and bequeath to my beloved son Lamb Taylor one hundred 34 acres of land lying on the Long Branch in the Burnt Islands including his Improvements and one hundred and fifty acres including the Bony place together with two Cows and three yearlings and one calf freely by him to be profited and enjoyed ——I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Nancy Gibbons one hundred and fifty acres of land 100 ____ ____ the Carter place and so is taken from the Bony place in all 150 acres together with two Cows and calves, one two year old heifer and one yearling freely by him to be profited and enjoyed ——I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Jennett and my daughter Lucia all and singularly of the remainder of my stock, consisting of Cattle, Shoats and hogs, one mare and one two year old horse together with two hundred acres of land lying on the East side of Pates swamp including the plantation where I now live with all household and kitchen furniture with all my Farming utensils of every description, my still and stocks of Bxxxx freely by them to be xxxxx and after the decease of my wife the whole to revert to my daughter Lucia forever to be profited and Enjoyed forever —————I do hereby make and ordain my beloved son Lamb Taylor my Executor and my beloved wife Jennet ________ to this my last Will and Testament and I do hearby utterly dissallow by _xxxx any disannul all former Testament Wills or bequeaths by me before named wills or bequeaths, ratifying and confirming they and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this 12th day of March in the year of our Lord One-Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty eight On the bottom right the document is marked with a strong x between "Henry "and "Taylor." his Henry x Taylor mark On the bottom left are written: Signed sealed published pronounced by his hand Henry Taylor as his last Will and Testament the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have here onto subscribed our names ——— Mary C Campbell x Will x Bodiford Jr. Across the bottom, sideways as across the fold: Will Henry Taylor Robeson County May twelve 1828 Then was this will produced in Court & proven by the hand of Mary Camp = bell & ordered to be recorded Nell Buie Clk xxxxxxx in Will Book A of Robeson County Page 335 pursuant To an order of court May twelve, 1838 Illegible Signature |
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