Norfolk County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Yates, Richard November 22, 1678 ************************************************ 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 11, 2014, 4:05 pm Source: Brief Abstract Of Lower Norfolk County And Norfolk County Wills 1637-1710 Written: November 22, 1678 Recorded: May 21, 1679 Richard Yates of Eliz. River in ye County of Lower Norfolk in Virga Shipwrite . . . Booke 4 f. 50. dated 22 Nov. 1678 proved 21 May 1679. . . . unto my loving wife Jane Yates all my Estate . . . during her natural life Excepting one gun now in the pos- session of my Ssone In Law Jno. Whitten . . . Like- wise one gun that was my Sonne Richard Yates Late dec I give unto my unto my grandson Richard Etheridge . . . . . . and for my three daughters (viz) Jane, Elizabeth & Mary Yates . . . . . . my grandson Jno Whidon . . . . . . my grand daughter Jane Whidon . . . . . . my two grand daughters (viz) Eliz. Etheridge and Mary Leake . . . my daughter faith yates, the youngest . . . . . . my land in deepe Creek now in ye possession and occupation of francis Leak and marneduck Etheridge . . . equal division . . . unto ye sd. Leak and ye sd. Etheridge (my Sonnes in Law) during their and my daughters their wifes Life . . . then to discent to next lyer of ye bodyes of my Said daughters Elizabeth and Mary their wives . . . witnesses: Jno. Edwards Edward Etheridge Richard Yates & Seale Additional Comments: (duplication of words as written) 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/yates79nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb