Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Stevenson, John, 1726 

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Will of John Stevenson 
Isle of Wight County, Virginia Will Book 3, 1726-1734, pp. 16-17. 
Devised November 23, 1726, 
Proven February 27, 1726/27. 

In the Name of God Amen, I John Stevenson of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight 
County being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to 
almighty God for it and calling to mind the certainty of Death and the 
uncertainty on the Time when do make this my last will and Testament in manner 
and form following, first and principally, I count my Soul to God my Creator 
and redeemer and have through the merits and death of my ever blessed Saviour 
of all my kind and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the 
discretion of my Executor hereafter named. 

First and principally, I do give and bequeath unto my Son John Stevenson one 
heiffer of about two years old. 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto son Abraham Stevenson one loose coat. 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto son Thomas Stevenson one old flocks(?) bed 
and with one small rug and one sheet and bolster and one tenant saw(?). 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto my son Charles Stevenson value of 20 
shillings. 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto my son George Stevenson one pair of leather 
gloves. 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Stevenson one feather bed 
and bedstead, one rug, and all other furniture thereunto belonging and one 
pine chest and one small pine box and one iron pot of about three gallons and 
pot hooks and three pewter dishes and two pewter plates and one young cow and 
calf by her side and two heiffers of about two years old and three young ewes. 

Item. I do give unto my son William Stevenson all my lands to him and his 
heirs and half of my cattle being equally divided after legatees paid and 
other half of my cattle to my loving wife being equally divided between my son 
William and my wife. 

Item. I do also desire that my son William Stevenson shall have full 
possession of the said Cattle by the tenth of May next. 

Item. I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Stevenson three 
sows and pigs and all the rest and residue of my estate when all my just debts 
and legatees are paid. 

I do appoint my wife to be my full and lawful Extrix. of this my last will and 
Testament disanulling and revoking all wills and testaments by me made as 
witness my hand this 23rd day of November 1726. 

John (I) Stevenson 

wit. Thomas Flowers 
Abraham Baggitt 

Proven February 27, 1726 [1726/27] by Elizabeth Stevenson. 


Notes: 

John married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles EDWARDS. 


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