Northampton-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....West, Anthony October 12, 1651
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Source: Northampton County Virginia Records
Written: October 12, 1651
Recorded: May 25, 1652

Anthony West died in Northampton County, where his will was probated on May 
25, 1652.(1)  In his brief will he stated that:

In the name of God, Amen, this 12 October, 1651.  I Anthony West of Virginia 
beinge of sounde minde & memorye (praysed bee Almightie god for it). Doe make 
& ordayne this my last will & Testamt (as followeth):

First & principallie I comend my soule into ye hands of Almightie god my 
Creator, assuredly hopeinge to be saved by the prtious blood and death of my 
Savior Jesus Christ; my body I comitt to ye Earth from whence it came to be 
burried (as it shall please god to appointe and to urhinge), & dispossinge of 
my worldly Estate (as the Lord in mercye hath blessed me wthall):

My will and desire is that my Sonne Jn° West bee my full & whole Executor of 
this my last will & Testamt, and that my wife & Daughter Barloe have their 
thirds out of my estate (all things in their Kinde) And that my Sonne Jn° doe 
inioje ye rest; And that his mother have the mannagaridge of it (as longe as 
she keepeth herselfe a widdowe, But (if she shoulde marrye:) then my desire is 
that my Sonn Jn° shall inioje his Estate (if it bee before hee come to age), 
Alsoe I desire that noe Adm'trator nor Admessr. shall have any thinge to doe 
wth my Estate. Nor apprysmt (till they come to share it). In Witnesth of ye 
truth I have hereunto Sett my hande the daye & yeare aboveth.

The "Daughter Barloe" named in the will of Anthony West was Kathryn (West) 
Barlowe, widow of Ralph Barlowe. They were the parents of a son, Ralph Bennony 
Barlowe, who was given a gift of a calf by John West, the only brother of 
Kathryn Barlowe. On May 16, 1653, Mrs. Anne West confirmed this gift as "the 
same as given unto ye Orphant by Mr John West, my desire is that if it please 
God to take my Grandchild out of this Mortall Life before he attayne to ye age 
of sixteen yeares, that then ye sd calfe return to my daughter Barloe"(2)


Additional Comments:
(1) Northampton County records: Deeds, Wills, &c, No. 4 (1651-1654), page 23.  
(2) Northampton records, 1651-1654 — Book 4, page 136.

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