In the name of God amen. I Anne Ellyson being sick and weak but in Sound Sense and Memory doe make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, making void and revoking all other wills by me made heretofore, after my debts and funeral expenses are paid. I give all my goods and Chattles I have in Nansemond to my Son John Ellyson (except my bed & furnature and Trunk)- I give my Son Gerrard Ellyson my Maiden Bible. Give my Son Thomas Ellyson my abovesaid bed. Give my Loving Sister Myhill all my wearing Cloathes. I give to my Loving Brother Lockey Myhill my Ring and also all the rest of my Estate being in What kindsoever or wheresoever and I do also constitute and appoint my Said Brother Exr. of this my Last Will and Testament as Witness my hand and Seal this (?) day of June in the year of our Lord 1727. (the word furniture interlined before Sin'd.)
/s/ Anne Ellyson
Wit: John Young, Samuel Young, Anne Paris, Nehimiah Nicho[l]s.
Proved: July 19, 1727.
[Sources: Bible record of Elizabeth Allison Ervin LDS Ancestral File; "Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families" by Sharon J. Doliante (by way of uncredited manuscript); "Tidewater Virginia Families" by Virginia Lee Hutchenson Davis, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.]
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