Will of Barnabas FAIR, 1787, Stokes County NC

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Will for Johann Bernhard "Barnabus" Fehr/Fair.

Last Will & Testament Johann Bernard "Barnabus" FEHR/FAIR.   Will dated 
1787 Aug. 2.  Wife Elizabeth to have £50 bond due to Justam KNOTT of 
Guilford & homeplace; daughter Mary Ann Fair to have £3.10 for a cow when 
she marries; son John FAIR is to have 5 shillings sterling; granddaughters 
Dorothy and Abie (daughters of John FAIR and wife Abie) are to have  £25 in 
notes from Francis BROCK; also cited sons Barnabas & Michael and daughters 
Barbara, Margrate (Margaret), Dorothy.  Executors: sons Barnabas FAIR and 
Michael FAIR.  Witness:  A. (Andrew) ROBINSON, William 
HOLBROOK.....Certification: Stokes County Court, November 1787 Term, Last 
Will and Testment proven by oath of A. ROBINSON.   (Surry Co., NC.  Will 
Abstracts, 1787, Jo White Linn, pg. 68-69).

Note 1.) Beginning of Will states "I Barnabus Fair" but signature is Johann 
Bernhard Fehr (signed in German).

Note 2.)  Johann Bernhard "Barnabus" Fehr/Fair's 1st wife was Dorothy 
Magasch.  The Elizabeth Fair cited in Johann's Will was his 2nd wife and 
widow of Phillip WAGGONER. (Surry Co., NC., "North Carolina Marriages to 
1825", by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, Precision Index 
Publishers.  Groom's name listed as Barnabus FARR).

Note 3.)  Daughter Margaret Fair married William Lowe in Surry Co., NC. 
5-21-1778 ( "A History of Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1888, by J. H. 
Spencer, 1886, Rprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN.").

Note 4.)  John Fair/Fare thought to have married Alice Endsley/Ensley in 
Surry Co., NC. abt. 1779.

Note 5.)  Michael Fair/Fare, Sr. 1st wife Elizabeth McKillip (verified in 
Will of Elizabeth's father Hugh McKillip in Stokes Co., NC., 1802 Apr. 6, 
Stokes Co., NC. Wills and Deeds, Vol II, pg. 30).  Michael Fair/Fare, Sr.'s 
2nd wife Mary Ann Guinn (verified in Will of Mary's father Almand Guinn in 
Stokes Co., NC., 1800 Sept. 13, Stokes Co., NC. Wills Vol. I).

Note 6.)  Barnabas Fair/Fare, II married Catherine Waggoner in Surry Co., 
NC. bet. 1782 - 1784.  Catherine Waggoner was daughter of Barnabas Fair, 
II's step-mother Elizabeth and her first husband Phillip Waggoner.

Note 7.)  Daughter Mary Ann Fair married William Beasley in Surry Co., NC. 
3-29-1786 ( Index to Marriage Bonds Filed In The North Carolina State 
Archives" by Catherine A. Jackson, Copyright, 1977 by North Carolina 
Division of Archives and History, pg. 2514.  Record #01-023.  Bond 
#000143351.  Bondsman: Barnabas FAIR.  Bride's name listed as Mary Ann 
Fare.  Groom's name listed as William Beazley).

Note 8.)  Daughter Dorothy Fair married David Linville.


Jan Lawson