SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Drewry Parker, 13 Jun 1783 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Wills: Drewry Parker, Southampton Co, VA (1789) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Drury Parker of Southampton County and St. Lukes Parish being sincesses? and many thanks be to almighty God for the same do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament and do dispose of my estate. Item: I give and bequeath to my wife Milly Parker two feather beds and furniture and iron pott, one frying pan, four pewter dishes and six pewter plates and chest, one long trunk, four chears, three cows and calves, three sows and piggs, six horses and saddle, three ewes and lambs, one linen wheel, one woolen wheel, also I leave the labour of my negro man Jame and my negro woman Agge to her during her natural life and then at her death to be sold and divided amongst her children begotten by me. I also give my wife Milly Parker two thousand pound of porks and forty barrels of corn. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Howell Parker one negro man named Tom to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give & bequeath to my son Richard Parker one negro boy named Harry to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Parker one negro girl named Rachel and one feather (bed) and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Parker the plantation I purchased of Benjamin Cooper with all the land lying on the south side of Myrrick's path belonging thereto, also I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Parker one negro woman named Doll to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Edwin Parker the plantation I now live on with all the land lying on the north side of Myrick's cart path there belonging thereto. I also give and bequeath to my son Edwin Parker one negro boy named Lewis to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Frederick Parker one negro boy named Nat; also one feather bed and furniture. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Luicy Parker one negro girl named Beck and one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Patty Parker one negro girl named Judith to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Nanny Parker one negro girl named Liddia to her and to her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath daughter Tampey Parker one negro named Fanny to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Judith Parker one negro girl named Penny to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsey Parker one negro girl named Chearey to her & her heirs forever; also I give the labour of my negro man Archer to my wife during her natural life and then to be sold and the money to be divided as aforesaid and the negroes belonging to me not mentioned to be equally divided amongst my next? oldest children and the remainder of my estate to be sold and equally divided amongst my younger children and my will and desire is that her children and their negroes continue with her while they come to age and marry except there Mother marry then to her admeet? for the use of the children. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Polly Parker one negro boy named Lem to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to son Matthew Parker one negro named Page, one negro girl named Janey to him and his heirs forever. I do likewise constitute make ordain brother Richard Parker and Jeremiah Drew and Randolph Newsum my whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS hereof I have set my hand and seal this 13th day of June 1783. Drewry Parker At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of February 1789. This Will was presented in Court by Randolph Newsum, the Executor therein named (Richard Parker thereto refusing) and the said Will having been proved to the satisfaction of the Court to be wholy in the handwriting of the Testator is ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, pages 299-301 Note: Spelling is as shown on original. Paragraphing added by transcriber. for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the document. The word (bed) in the 5th paragraph was added by the transcriber who believes it was inadvertently omitted. Drewry's name was spelled Drury and Drewry, both times by the writer of the Will himself. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________