Selected Will Abstracts, 1699-1800 - Richmond Co., Virginia by Robert K. Headley, Jr., P. 94/95 p.538 - James BARTLETT, will; 29 Nov 1747, 7 Mar 1747/8 nephew; Mary BUCKEY; wife mary; all children [nfi.]; ex: wife and bro. Thomas BARTLETT; wits: Henry SUTTLE, Thomas BARTLETT Jr, William BARTLETT. p. 539 - George THRELKILL, Lun.Par., will; 5 Oct 1747, 7 Mar 1747/48 bro. William DAVIS of West. Co.; sis. Elizabeth DAVIS of West. Co. all money due me in the hands of Mr. William GARLAND; ex: William THRIFT and John REYNOLDS; wits: Thomas HUTCHINSON, Joseph HULL, John PURCELL. [William and Elizabeth DAVIS were the half-bro. and sis. of George THRELKILL. See MRC, p. 214.] p. 540 - Septimus TAYLOR, inv; 4 Apr 1748. [Septimus TAYLOR and his wife Bridget had the foll. chil: Sarah (b. 1733), Anne (b. 1735), Charles (b. 1737), Kathrine (b. 1740), John (b. 1742), and Septimus (b. 1745). NFPR, pp. 182, 183.] p. 541 - John DOZIER, inv; 4 Apr 1748. [John DOZIER was probably a son of the immigrant, Leonard DOZIER. He mar. (1) Sarah WILSON and (2) Susannah (JACOBUS) DAVIS, wid. of Robert DAVIS, by May 1740. He had at least two chil., William (b. 1723/24) and John (b. 1732). MRC, p.59; NFPR, p. 53; DB 10, p.6.] p. 542 - Edmund NORTHEN, inv; 4 Apr 1748. p. 544 - James BARTLETT, inv; 4 Apr. 1748 p. 545 - George THRELKILL, inv; 4 Apr. 1748 - George TAYLOR, Lun.Par., will; 16 Feb 1747/8, 4 Apr 1748 George Taylor MEGGE the plant. where I now live; Elizabeth MEGGE (sis. of George Taylor MEGGE); Mary MEGGE to live on the plant. with her chil. if she and George T. MEGGE can agree, and, if not, she is to have one bed and furniture and to leave the plant; sis. Catharine BRUCE and her husband should have the first 30 ac. of land I bought of Thomas TAYLOR during their life, and at their death, to return to George T. MEGGE; Thomas TAYLOR; ex: George T. MEGGE and fr. William BARBER; wits: John RAINES, Joshua SINGLETON, Thomas TAYLOR. p. 546 - William GREENWAY, inv; 22 Jun 1748. p. 547 - The Hon. John TAYLOE Esq., inv; 19 Aug 1748. p. 553 - John McKENNY, inv; 19 Aug 1748. p. 554 - George TAYLOR, inv; 19 Aug 1748. - Elizabeth DOZIER, inv; 19 Aug 1748. p. 555 - Robert DAVIS, inv; 19 Aug 1748. p. 556 - Joseph BROOKS, inv; 19 Aug 1748. - Simon SALLARD, inv; 19 Aug 1748. p. 558 - Elizabeth DOZIER, Lun.Par., will; 7 May 1748, 4 Jul 1748 chil. James, John, Leonard, Mary JONES, Elizabeth THORNTON, Sarah JETER, Peggy BAKER, and Susannah BRAGG; grdau. Elizabeth DOGGETT; ex: sons Leonard and James; wits: Robert HALL, Richard LAWSON. [Elizabeth DOZIER, the dau. of John INGO, was the wid. of (1) Thomas ASCOUGH and (2) Leonard DOZIER. MRC, p. 59.] - Robert DAVIS, will; 6 Mar 1746, 4 Jul 1748 land to be eq. div. between sis. Elizabeth HAMMOND and Winifred JARRETT; Liddy STEEL (dau. of Elizabeth STEEL); part of est. received from father-in-law John DOZIER to be eq. div. between two sis; John HAMMOND (at whose house DAVIS has been sick); ex: John HAMMOND; wits: William GARLAND, Catharine STEEL. [John DOZIER was the second husband of Susannah (JACOBUS) DAVIS and the step-father of Robert DAVIS. MRC, p.51.] p. 559 - John McKENNEY, Lun.Par., will; 25 Apr. 1748, 5 Jul 1748 John NASH, Anne NASH, Mary NASH, Joseph NASH; John and Mary [CORROLAS]; dau. Rebecca 2000 lbs. of tobacco which John ANDERSON owes me; I set Charles TOOL free [on the] 25th day of Dec next; I give him a pair of shoes and stockings and two shirts, a country cloth waistcoat, an upper cloth waistcoat, and one hat provided he demands no other freedom dues; remainder of est. to be eq. div. between two daus. Elizabeth and Rebecca after William NASH's children's est. be paid off; ex: John LANDMAN and Jeremiah BROWN; wits: Margaret SMITH, James LANDMAN, mary [CURLIS]. - BARTLETT's f.inv; 31 Oct 1748. p. 560 - Joseph RUSSELL the Younger, will; 15 Aug. 1748, 3 Oct 1748 I give and bequeath to my dear father, of the Province of Maryland, my lands and all household furniture; sis. Mary; mother; bros. William, Solomon, and Daniel; Mrs. Mary GARLAND; sis. Lydia [BUSH]; ex: fr. John GARLAND; no wits; prov. by John McDONALD and John WHITEHILL; John McDONALD, aged 50 years and upward ... deposeth that upon a Sunday in August he had discovered that Joseph RUSSELL the Youngest, who is since dead, was going to fight a duel with one Capt. [EWART] and that he informed Col. TAYLOE, with whom the said RUSSELL some lived, of it, who thereupon gave the said RUSSELL some writing to keep him employed and ordered him not to go to the appointment, that the day following, the said RUSSELL told him he had made his will in order to fight the duel but the Col. had stopped that; then the said RUSSELL produced the will he said he had made and read it to this deponent and this deponent saith by the words read to him in the will produced ... that it was the same which the said RUSSELL had before read to him and that he has sworn at times since seen and heard the said RUSSELL read the said will to himself and others in that GARLAND mentioned in the will was always his intimate friend and that if he had ten times as much he should not begrudge to leave it to him and further this deponent saith not; 20 Sep 1748 Submitted by by Gudrun Fritzges **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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