Colgill/Jeffreys/Haley/Talbutt Deed, 1719 - Prince George Co. VA (Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 369, Prince George Co.VA.) TO ALL to whom these presents shall come. I William Cogill of the Parish of Martin Brandon in Pr.George County, send Greetings. KNOW YE, that whereas by a certain Deed, duly seald, Delivered and Recorded in Court, in the Records of the said County, as the Act and Deed of one John Middleton of the said County, and bearing Date on the thirty first day of January in the year 1714, the said Middleton did make a gift of all and singular his Goods, Chattels, Estate and Substance, in the manner as is therein Expressed (Excepting what is therein Excepted) and in the said Deed did make a proviso in these words viz: Provided nevertheless that it shall be Lawfull for William Cogill of the County and Parrish aforesaid his Ex'rs. etc; by the consent of Elizabeth Middleton of the same Parrish and County, wife of the aforesaid John Middleton her Executors etc; at any time, by any Deed or instrument of writeing Seald and Subscribed by the said Wm.Cogill, in the presence of two Credible witnesses, to revoke, alter and make void, any part of the aforesaid Deed of Gift, and to settle the same, to the proper uses, behoofs, and in the possession of such person or persons, as the said Wm.Cogil by the consent and advice of the aforesaid Elizabeth shall think fitt. NOW KNOW ye that I the s'd. Wm.Cogil by virtue of the above proviso, and for the better settling of the aforesaid Estate by the said Deed of the said John Middleton given,do by consent and advice of the aforesaid Elizabeth Middleton, hereunto first given, revoke, alter and make void, all Gifts therein made, given and Expressed, unto Elizabeth the Daughter of James Haly, and do give and settle the same unto Thomas Jeffreys, son of Walter Jeffreys and the said Elizabeth Haley Late wife of the said Walter Jeffreys, and his heirs for ever. And do also further by the like consent & advice first had, revoke, alter, and make void, all that part of the aforesaid Estate in the manner as it is in the said Deed given, unto Sarah, the Daughter of the said Thomas Haley, and do settle and give the same, in manner following viz: That the said Sarah now wife of Peter Talbutt, shall have the use and occupation of all the rights of the said Middleton's Estate, by the said Deed given unto her for and Dureing the term of her own Life only, and that she the said Sarah shall enjoy the said use and occupation Dureing that time and no longer and after her death I settle and give the same unto William, Jane & Sarah Talbutt, the children of the aforesaid Peter Talbutt and Sarah his wife and to their heirs for ever. In Witness whereof I have by the consent and advice aforesaid hereunto set my hand and Seal this 22nd Day of October 1719. Wm.Colgill Seald w'th. red wax. Elizabeth(her marke)Middleton Seald and Delivered before us.- Robert Rogers Johanah Haley At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on the second Tuesday in November, being the tenth day of the said month, Anno Dom: 1719. The above written Deed (Seald) from William Colgill and Elizabeth Middleton to Thomas Jeffreys and others, was proved in Court by the oaths of Robert Rogers and Johanah Haley witnesses thereto, and on the motion of the said Rogers attorney of the said Colgill, the same by order of the Court is truly Recorded. Test Wm.Hamlin ClCur Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************