Norfolk County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Russell, Richard July 24, 1667 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Fran Chancellor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003841 November 21, 2014, 2:38 pm Source: Brief Abstract Of Lower Norfolk County And Norfolk County Wills 1637-1710 Written: July 24, 1667 Recorded: December 16, 1667 Richard Russell, of ye Westerne branch of Elizabeth River, in ye County of Lower Norfolk, in Vir- ginia . . . Book E f 29. dated 24 July 1667. proved 16 Dec. 1667. . . . will in hands of Francis Sayer Void & Null . . . . . . unto Franes Sayer . . . . . . unto Richard Yates . . . . . . unto Jeane King late wife unto Martin Hammon . . . and her children . . . . . . unto Honnor Mariatre . . . . . . unto Edward Mariatre . . . . . . unto John Porter, Junr. six books his eldest child one Cowe . . . . . . my Son William Russell . . . tobacco . . . if my son be living & come or send for ye same . . . . . . my wife & John Porter, the elder my Exors . . . my friend John Overseer . . . . . . unto Katheren Green . . . . . . unto Jno. Forbes . . . . . . unto Jno. Whitfield . . . . . . unto Sarah Dyer . . . . . . unto Wm. Green his first Child . . . & his wife . . . . . . & her mother . . . . . . unto James Johnson . . . & his wife . . . . . . unto Ann Godby . . . . . unto Jno. Abott . . . . . . Richard Lawrence . . . . . . "And for the other pte of my Estate, I give & be- queath one pte of itt unto Six of the poorest mens Chil- dren in Eliz. River, to pay for there schooling to read & after these six are entered, then if six more comes, I give a pye. allsoe to enter them in like manner & this I leave to ye descretion of my Exors. & further from time to time at is will reach & it will prove" . . . . . .unto John Greene & Jno. Porter ye Elder . . . witnesses: Frances Thelaball. John Forbes Richard Russell. proved by: Jno. Green, Aged 58 or there about. Additional Comments: A Facsimile Reprint Originally published in 1914 by The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolk/wills/russell90nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb