It is believed (and reads as such) that this is an addendum, or follow-up, to a prior will.
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IN THE NAME OF GOD (amen) I William Hatcher being in perfect
memory but now stricken in years do make my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following. In promis I give and
bequeath my spirit to Almighty God who gave it to me whensoever it
shall please him to call me out of this sinful world and my body to
the ground. Item: I give unto Thomas Burton, Jr. the plantation
between the land of Mr. Henry Lound and the land of Gilbert Elam
to wit: two hundred and twentysix acres, his choice of all my horses
or mares, one heifer called blackchops, a young ewe, and a years
schooling and clothes, till he reaches the age of seventeen years, to
the confirmation of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this two and twentieth day of February, 1677.
Signed and sealed in the presence of: John Pleasants, Henry Gee
Memorandum before the signing and sealing hereof, I do bequeath
unto the above mentioned Thomas Burton Jr. the second choice of
all my furniture thereunto belonging. Will Hatcher
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