Hanover-Albemarle-Louisa County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Thomson, John July 31, 1758
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Source: Copy Of Will
Written: July 31, 1758
Recorded: June 7, 1759

In the name of God Amen.  I John Thomson of the parish of Saint Paul in the 
County of Hanover being of perfect sense & memory praised be God for it do make 
this present writing to be my last will & testament in manner following that is 
to say 

Imprimis I give devise and bequeath unto my son Joseph Thomson & to the 
children of his body lawfully to be begotten forever (which children of his 
body lawfully to be begotten are to have the same equally amongst them be they 
son or daughter, or sons & daughters after the decease of the said Joseph) all 
my houses & lands with the appurtenances whatsoever that are scituate (sic) 
lying & being in the said County of Hanover, & also the following eight negroe 
slaves & their future increase to be annexed to the said lands & to be intailed 
(sic)  therewith in manner aforesaid which said eight slaves are called & named 
as followeth to wit Luckey (?), Aggey, Venus Long Luck (?)  daughter of Bess, 
Hannah, Cupid, Moore & Tom which said houses lands and appurtenances & the said 
negroe slaves thereto annexed I devise & give him my said son Joseph & to his 
children lawfully to be begotten in the manner aforesaid (save only the 
reservations thereof hereinafter mentioned) and I also devise give & bequeath 
unto him my said son Joseph & to the children of his body lawfully to be 
begotten (to be divided in manner aforesaid my land & plantation that has a 
mill thereon with the appurtenances scituate (sic) lying and being in the 
County of Louisa (smudged) to him & them forever.  

Item I lend unto my wife Kerenhappuch my manner (sic) house & plantation 
whereon I now live & about (?) eight hundred acres of land adjacent thereto & 
the appurtenances thereunto belonging during the term of her natural life time 
it being part of the lands given to my said son abovemention (sic).

Item I lend unto James Brown & his wife Mary my daughter the use of the 
plantation whereon they now live & two hundred acres of land thereto adjoining 
including the placed call Bryants & that I bought of Gabriel Hill (it being 
part of the above-mentioned lands given to my said son as aforesaid which said 
plantation & two hundred acres of land to be laid off for them which purpose to 
do that they may know the bounds thereof which said two hundred acres of land 
they the said James & Mary his wife are to occupy & possess during the natural 
life time of the said Mary & no longer.

Item I give, devise & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Thomson my tract of 
land eleven hundred thirty-five (?) acres of land in Albemarle County called 
meadow Creek with six negro slaves annexed to the same by names Rose, Sue, 
Mary, Peter Doll & Bartlet & the future increase of the said slaves, which said 
land with the appurtenances & slaves annexed thereto I devise, give & bequeath 
to the said Elizabeth & the children of her body lawfully to be begotten 
forever (which children of her body lawfully to be begotten are to share the 
same equally amongst them be they son or daughter or sons & daughters after the 
decease of the said Elizabeth) saving only that the plantation on the said land 
with one hundred acres adjacent thereto shall be reserved to the use of my 
above said wife during her natural life time.

Item I give, devise & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth a tract of two 
hundred sixty-six acres of land & appurtenances lying in Albemarle County the 
same that I purchased of Thomas Denton, which said land & appurtenances I give 
to her my said daughter Elizabeth & her heirs forever, as also I devise, give & 
bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth & her heirs forever another tract of 
four hundred acres of land & appurtenances lying in the said County of 
Albemarle and taken up by me in partnership with one Charles Lynch the patent 
for which remains at present in the Secretary’s Office to be taken out.

Item my will & desire is & I order it so that my said wife shall have the use & 
benefit of the lands & slaves herein before given unto my said son Joseph & 
daughter Elizabeth for & in their behalf until they the said Joseph & Elizabeth 
come of age or marry the use & profits of which are to be applied for & towards 
the bringing up education & maintenance of them the said Joseph & Elizabeth in 
their minority & that my said son Joseph be kept at school until he is eighteen 
years old.

Item I give, devise & bequeath unto the children of my daughter Mary the wife 
of James Brown now of her body that are born & likewise the children of her 
body that shall hereafter be born to be equally divided amongst them & their 
heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten forever one tract or parcel of land & 
appurtenances containing eleven hundred sixteen acres lying in the County of 
Albemarle on Bever (?) Creek part of the tract of land taken up by me in 
partnership with the aforesaid Charles Lynch the patent for the same remains in 
the Secretary’s Office to be taken out & also I give & bequeath to the said 
children now born & to be born of the body of the said Mary & in the same 
manner six negro slaves &  _________________ to be annexed to the said eleven 
hundred sixteen acres of land which said slaves are called & named as followeth 
to wit Lucy, a woman, her two children Tom & Peter, (Sall? Tall?), Judy & Frank 
to go & be with the said lands unto the said children now born or to be born of 
the body of the said Mary to be equally divided between them & their heirs of 
their bodies lawfully begotten forever save only that the said six negroes in 
this bequest named &the profit thereof shall be to the use of my daughter Mary 
for her support during her natural life time & after her death immediately then 
to go to her said children without the controal (sic) or hindrance of him the 
said James Brown but that my Executors shall take charge & care of the same for 
the said children.

Item My will is I order it so that my goods left in my store & what other 
personal estate I have that my said wife hath not occasion to use shall be sold 
& the money arising by such sale together with outstanding debts due to me when 
got in be put out on interest & be applied after my debts & charges are paid & 
go to the use & benefit of the legatees in the manner following that is to say 
I order & will that the same money so raise shall be divided into four parts & 
one part thereof I give unto my said son Joseph, another part thereof I give 
unto my said daughter Elizabeth, another part thereof I give to be divided 
equally amongst the children now born & to be born to the body of my daughter 
Margaret the wife of the Revd Mr. Todd & the other part thereof I give to be 
equally divided amongst the children now born & to be born of the body of my 
said daughter Mary the wife of James Brown & that my Executors take charge & 
care of the part that is for the said Mary’s children so that the same many not 
come into the hands of the said James Brown.

Item I lend unto my said wife during her natural life time all the rest of my 
estate not herein mentioned under this restriction to wit if in case she should 
marry then & in that case she is to have only such a part thereof as 
hereinafter is mentioned in case she should marry & after the decease of my 
said wife I give the same remainder & rest of my estate in this bequest 
mentioned to be equally divided into four parts & my son Joseph to have one 
part thereof my daughter Elizabeth is to have another part thereof, the 
children now born or to be born of the body of my daughter Margaret to have 
another part thereof equally amongst them & the children now born & to be born 
of the body of my daughter Mary to have the other part thereof equally divided 
amongst them & that my Executors take charge & care of what goes to the 
children of the said Mary in the same manner aforesaid & if in case my said 
wife should marry then she shall have only 12 of my negroes (not herein before 
named such of them as she shall choose & one third part of my personal estate 
(not including that part of my person estate that herein before is ordered to 
be sold & outstanding debts during the time of her natural life & the rest & 
remainder to be taken care of for the legatees in the same manner as if my wife 
had deceased.  My will is that if the profits of my said son Joseph’s part be 
not sufficient to maintain & educate him then the deficiency shall be made out 
of my personal estate.

Item my will is & I order it so that after my wife has decided what negro 
slaves not herein particular named that shall be allotted & divided amongst the 
said legatees shall be annexed to the lands herein before given them & go & 
remain with the said lands in the same manner herein before as to every legatee 
respectively.

Item my will is & I desire that the legatees herein mentioned that are under 
age may receive their portions as they come of age or marry respectively as can 
be their estimates what their parts may be my will is that my said son Joseph 
shall be put to such imployment (sic) as his genious (sic) most leads him.

Lastly I constitute, appoint & ordain my said wife Executrix Mechizedek Bram & 
William Holt Executors of this my last will & testament hereby revoking & 
making void all other wills & testaments heretofore by me made & confirming 
this & none other to be my only last will & testament.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set & affixed my hand & seal this 31st day 
of July in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand seven hundred & fifty-eight.

Sealed & published in presence of
Barttelot (?) Anderson
Roger McClelland
Robert Glass

John Thomson (Seal)

At a Court held for Hanover County on Thursday the 7th day of June 1759

This last will & testament of John Thomson decd was offered to proof by 
Kerenhappuch Thomson Executrix therein named & was proved by the oath of 
Barttelot Anderson & Roger McClelland two of the witnesses thereto & also by 
the said Executrix who took the oath of an Executor thereto & admitted to 
record.

Test William Pollard DCHC

March  18(?)
A copy(?)
Test(?)
Tho. Pollard DCHC


Additional Comments:
Some parts smudged or faded and hard to read.  On the outside page in a different 
handwriting: "The children must ______ _______ as (possessors? purchasers?) and 
______ the ________ Joseph Thomson is not (underlined) _____ tail(?)

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