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Cubbage / Cubbedge / Cubbadge Georgia Colonial Will

Cubbage / Cubbedge / Cubbadge Georgia Colonial Will

Posted: 8 Apr 2014 6:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cubbage, Cubbadge, Cubbedge
Anyone want to take a crack at transcribing a will for George Cubbedge / Cubbage / Cubbadge?
I have gotten a few lines and there are a good many words I can not make out.

Here is what I've gotten so far...

In the Name of God Amen
I George Cubbadge of the Colony of Georgia
being ____ the Abundant Mercy and good
ness of God, I being in perfect Health and
understanding and Memory, do constitute this
my last Will and Testament, and desire it may
be Received by all as such ___________ Most humbly
bequeath my Soul to God my Maker ________
his most Gracious Acceptance of it through the
all ________ Merits, and __________ of my _______
Compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave
himself to be an ottonement[sic] for my sins, and is
able to save __ the _______ all that come unto
God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make
______ for them, and who ____ will not
reject me of returning [?] _________ ______ when
I come to him for Mercy on this Hope and ______

As you can see - there are quite a few places I'm having trouble with. If you have the time and if you are curious as to what the rest of the will says, I have attached the will.

http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us:2011/cdm/ref/collection/cw/id/755 <--- this should be a link to the will.

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Re: Cubbage / Cubbedge / Cubbadge Georgia Colonial Will

Posted: 11 Jan 2015 4:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Karoline - here is my transcription of the will, but a few notes are in order first:

Note 1: In primis: Latin for "primarily" or "above all" or "first and foremost."
Note 2: Dear': Abbreviation for "Dearly."
Note 3. Item: Used to start a new thought in the will or to indicate that disposal of a new item will now be discussed.
Note 4. Wife': The apostrophe indicates possessive. The "s" was typically omitted, but it is to be read as "wife's."
Note 5: His Mark: Used to indicate the person signed with an "x."

My transcription has been broken into paragraph for easier reading. In the 1700s paper was at a premium, so writers tended to use run-on sentences and omit paragraphs:

In the Name of God Amen I George Cubbadge of the Colony of Georgia being in the Abundant Mercy and goodness of God, I being in perfect Health and understanding and Memory, do constitute this my last Will and Testament, and desire it may be Received by all as such in primis Most humbly bequeath my Soul to God my Maker beseeching his most Gracious Acceptance of it through the all sufficient Merits, and meditation of my most Compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself to be an Atonement for my sins, and is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intersession for them, and who I trust will not reject me of returning penitent sinner, when
I come to him for Mercy in this Hope and confidence I render up my Soul with Comfort, humbly besheeching (beseeching) the most blessed Trinity one God most holy made Merciful and Gracious to prepair me for the Time of my Dissolution, and then to take me to himself into that Peace and rest, and Incomparable Felicity which he has prepared for all that love and fear his Holy Name. Amen. Blessed be God, In primis I give my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken in full assurance of its Resurrection from whence at the Last Day, as for my Burial I desire it may be Decent, without pomp or State at the Discretion of my Dear' Beloved wife Elizabeth Cubbadge, and my Executer my Sone John Cubbadge who I doubt not, will manage it will requisite Prudence. As to my worldly Estate, I will and positively order that all my Debts be paid.

Item. I give to my beloved Wife for Term of Life this Hous (house) wherein I now dwell with all the furniture and lands and tenements that lay about it. Likewise, five Neagors [Negroes] named as Follows, Munday, [Jimbo/Limbo?], Debberer (Deborah), Jemey and Grace and if the Neagor Wench Debborer should have any more Children they are to be at my Wife's Disposal.

Item, and after Her Death the five Neagors before mentioned to be divided between my two grandsons George and John Cubbage.

Item, after my Beloved wife's Death The House, Tenements and Land containing Five Hundred Acres Cald (called) by the Name of Linkhorn, to be left to my Grandsone George Cubbadge and Heirs and Assigns forever.

Item, I leave to My Sone, John Cubbadge, three Neagor men named as follows, [Drymis?], Cato & Tom. Likewise, I leave him Twenty Head of Cattel and Ten head of Hors Kind (horse kind, or 10 horses).

Whereas I own this to be my Last Will and Testament whereof I set my Hand and Seal Before [these?/three?] Witnesses, this Eighth Day of December in the year of Our Lord God one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight in the Thirty First Year of His Majesty King George [the Secdh] (the Second's) reign.

Witnesses
Joseph J. Hutton

His
George Cubbage
Mark

Samuel Lewis, Jr.
Philip Sutton

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Mr. Cubbadge
Will dated Dec 8

Georgia
By his Excellency Henry Ellis Esquire, Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's said Province and Ordinary of same, Personally appeared Jos. Hutton and Philip Sutton, being two of the subscribing witnesses to the within Last Will and Testament of George Cubbadge, late of the Province aforesaid [?] deceased and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God made Oath that they were personally present and did see the Testator sign seal publish and declare same to be and contain his Last Will and Testament and that he was of sound and disposing mind and memory to be best of their knowledge and Belief and that they with Samuel Lewis [ditto marks to be read as "to be best of his knowledge and Belief] signed their names as witnesses to the last Will at the request and in the presence of the testator and in each other's presence.

Given under my hand this 29th day of January 1759.
(signed) Henry Ellis


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