Last Will and Testament of Christopher HUSTON of New Castle County, Delaware Recorded in a Volume of Miscellaneous Records, and pages 184-185 of Wills, Volume 1, at Wilmington, Delaware. (With notes and questions) Submitted by Robert Beverly Sep 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December the 6th 1726 Mill Creek Hundred In New Castle County The last will and testament of Christopher HUSTON I leave my soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried where my friends think fitt. I Bequeath and leave to my wife the little house which is now a shope to Dwell in and one third part of all my movables Excepting one horse out of the whole which I leave to my son Samuell. I Leave to my son Robert two pounds ten shillings. I Bequeath to my son Samuel the plantation and the horse before excepted with the plow and Takling and to enter to possess next March. I apoint and order that Samuel shall pay to his sisters the sums of fifteen pounds current money of this government that is to say Jean Four pounds to Martha five pounds and to Ann Six pounds all to be paid within four years after the Date here of in Every year of the four one fourth part of the sd fifteen pounds I leave to my son-in-law Hugh LINN Ten Shillings which is owing to me of John PORTER baker. I do appoint and order that Samuell my son Shall maintain and keep one cow Summer and Winter for the use of his mother enduring her life time and shall give to his mother yearly six Bushell of wheat and Ry. I do leave my son Samuell to pay to his Brother Robert the above sd two pounds ten shillings. I do Leave to my grandchildren Christopher and James HUSTON a bond which I have of Charles SIMONS of three pounds. I do Leave my wife and my son Samuell to be my executors of this my last will and testament being in the perfect use of my Reason as witness my hand and seal the Day and year above written. Signed and sealed in the presence of William McDOWELL Hugh CLARK Probated January 6, 1726/7. Christopher HUSTON (seal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I invite you to respond to any of the following notes and questions: --Robert Beverly robertbeverley@verizon.net I. I strongly suspect that Ann HUSTON, Christopher's daughter mentioned in his will, is the same one who married John WALKER (1705-ca.1788), son of John WALKER of Wigton, Scotland, and Katherine RUTHERFORD. If you have any evidence for or against this, please inform me. A. For information on the family of John WALKER and Ann HOUSTON, see WHITE, Emma Siggins, 1902, _Genealogy and Descendents of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland._ II. Who was Christopher HUSTON? A. Who were his parents? (I have seen a Robert HUSTON listed as his father -- need evidence.) III. Who was Christopher HUSTON's wife? (See IV. A. 1. below) IV. Samuel HOUSTON was a farmer of E. Nottingham Twp., Chester County, PA.   His will, dated Sep. 19, 1739 and probated May 27, 1741 lists wife Esther, mother Martha, with his personal estate later going to Robert, Christopher and James HOUSTON, Anne WALKER, Margaret LINN, Jennett LINN, and Martha LINN, "the plantation called Phillips Bottom and Philips Hill with the improvements be returned to Christopher and James HOUSTON free of charges they paying to Robt HOUSTON and others above named £10 each." A. It is apparent that this Samuel is the son of Christopher HUSTON. If so, then: 1. The name of Christopher HUSTON's wife was Martha _______. 2. It is also apparent that the four women listed, i.e. Anne, Margaret, Jennett, Martha, are his sisters, and further that Margaret was the wife of Hugh LINN. a. Which LINN men did Jennett/Jane and Martha marry? B. What are the relationships of Robert, Christopher & James HOUSTON to Samuel HOUSTON?    I suspect: 1. Robert, brother 2. Christopher, nephew; son of brother Robert 3. James, nephew; son of brother Robert a. See item VI below. V. "Hugh LINN born c 1705 is said to have been a sea captain. He came to Cold Water Creek in Rowan in 1770 from Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co., DE. His wife was Mary daughter of Christopher HUSTON. Hugh LINN is named as son-in-law in the 6 Dec 1726 will of Christopher HUSTON of Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE. Hugh LINN had a son Robert LINN, a daughter Susannah, and a son-in-law Thomas IRWIN who were named in his 1785 will as well as a granddaughter Mary CHAMBERS. The will is recorded in Rowan County Will Book C:183."--_The Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina_, 1991, Vol. 1, p. 437. VI. Will of James HOUSTON, Rowan Co., NC Will Book C, p. 220; 2 Aug. 1776, pr. 1782. Father, Robert. Oldest bro. Samuel to have my interest in the tract where he lives. Brother Robert to have the clothes I left and Robert Edmondstands. Brother Christopher. Brother Samuel's children: James, Peter (oldest son), Martha (eldest dau., to have horse bought from William Sharp now in the care of Patrick Porter). Brother Robert's two sons, not named, to have the land bought from John Lowry. Brother Christopher to have my negro boy James. [The will breaks off here, mid-sentence, mid-page.]