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| 551 | Millicent appears to be a young unwed mother who became very ill and died. The Will of Milicent was dated 24 April 1786 Recorded May Ct. 1786. She was still under 21 (born after 1758) herself as she had a guardian, Thomas Viverette, who was her stepfather. In her will she names Thomas to be her executor and guardian for her daughter Martha. I believe this Martha to be the ?Patsy? named in the will of Thomas Viverette, dated 1791.. She is possibly one of the females listed in 1790 with Thomas and Elizabeth, the mother of Millicent. (It of course is possible that Millicent married a Dew and he either left her or died.) In The Name of God Amen This twenty fourth Day of April in the year our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six. I Milicent Dew the Daughter of Abraham Dew Disceast, of Nash County in the State of North Carolina. Being very sick in body but of perfect mind and memory at this time, thanks be to God for the same, And Calling to mind the mortality of the Body and knowing that it is appointed for all ? to die, I Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament. that is to Say first and principally of all, I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it to me and for my Body I Recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and Dessent maner at the Desscretion of my Executors here after mentioned not doubting but at the Resurrection I shall Receive the Same again by the mighty power of God, and as ? such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life, I give and dispose of the Same in Manner and form following, that is to say Item I give and Bequeath to my loving Daughter, Martha Dew all my estate that fell to me by my father Abraham Dew Diseast and also one cow and calf and her Increase to her and her heirs for ever. Item I give and Bequeath to my loving Brother William Dew one Striped cotton gound to him and his heir, forever Item I give & Bequeath to my loving Sister Salley Rodgers three white linning caps two pair of wooling stockings and one pair of cotton stockings to her and her heirs for ever Item I give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Martha Dew all the Remainder of my wearing apperel to her and her heirs forever, and I do desire that Thomas Vivrett my present guardian at this time, Whom I make sole Executor of this my last will and Testament may take care of my Daughter Martha And to be appointed guardian for her; In witness Whereof I have here unto set my hand and and fixed my Seal the Day and year above written. Signed Milicent (her mark) Dew Signed Sealed published And declared in the presents of us. Jesse Pitman Peter (his mark) Vanlandenham Edgecombe County May Court 1786 The within will was produced in court and proved by the oath of Jesse Pitman. The Excors were at the same time qualified and the will ordered to be recorded Test Edward Hall Martha Dew, orphan of Millicent Dew. Bond 1799 by William Dew, gdn. Nash County February Court 1806: Henry Hines & Dempsey Barnes are appd to Audit and settle the a________between William Dew, guardian of Patsy Dew & Levi Underwood. | Dew, Millicent “Millie” (I2902)
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| 552 | Milton and Ann Page appear in poriton of North Carolina now in Polk Co. in the 1850 census. Childrens named obtained from the 1850 census. Milton and Ann moved to Spartanburg, SC by 1870. | Page, Milton (I917)
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| 553 | Mixed Probate Records, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Book 27, 1863-1864 | Lyon, William (I8964)
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| 554 | Moved to North Carolina in1801. Will of Richard Bennett probated during November term of Iredell County Court. | Bennett, Richard (I451)
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| 555 | Moved to Overton Co., TN. A Thomas Cannon from Caswell Co. also moved to Overton Co. | Kennon, Sally (I1712)
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| 556 | Mumford Bennett married Nancy Lumpkin. A marriage bond was issued to them on 17 Feb. 1821 in Caswell Co., NC. (NC Marriage Bond #000014013). Ludwell Worsham was the bondsman. Ludwell Worsham married Nancy Bennett, sister of Mumford Bennett. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. | Bennett, Mumford (I693)
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| 557 | N.C. Deed Book A, page 602: Anne Middlebrooks for love to son Isaac, 195 acres on the south side of Hogan's Creek. August 31, 1782. Witness - Abram Perkins. Isaac Middlebrook of Caswell County, North Carolina, served as a private and his widow received a land grant in 1827 for his Revolutionary War service. Isaac ye son of Thos Middlebrook born Janry ye 12th 1727/28. Chamberlayne, C. G.., The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter’s parish, new kent and james City Counties, virginia, 1684-1786, Library Board, Richmon Va., 1937, p. 482 | Middlebrook, Isaac (I2157)
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| 558 | N.C. Marriage bond # 000053131. Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. | Taylor, Eliza (I3094)
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| 559 | Named as executor in Will of Thomas Dodson dated Aug. 12, 1779. Will grants negro girl Levina to George. | Dodson, George (I250)
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| 560 | Named as grandson in will of William Neale dated 6 Dec. 1787 probated 21 July 1788. Hugh Reynolds was security for executor. Deeds & Wills 11, pg. 162-63. | Reynolds, Joseph (I1395)
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| 561 | Named in will of her grandmother Susannah Gilleland Hill. | Lyon, Susannah (I3606)
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| 562 | Named in will of John Stone | Metcalfe, John (I1629)
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| 563 | Named in will of John Stone | Metcalfe, Elizabeth (I1628)
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| 564 | Named in will of John Stone | Metcalfe, Mary (I1627)
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| 565 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, James P. (I1587)
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| 566 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, Apphia (I1586)
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| 567 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, Anna (I1585)
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| 568 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, Sarah L. (I1584)
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| 569 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, Mary (I1582)
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| 570 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. | Vass, Elizabeth (I1561)
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| 571 | Named in will of Phillip Vass. Convicted of murder in 1831 and died in penetentiary in 1832. Philip E. Vass published his last will and testament on 8 August 1831, providing for the freedom of Jacob and Mary and “allotted slaves” Sam, Meriwether, Patsey (or Patty), and Matilda. Vass died the next year, but the executor of his estate failed to comply with Vass’s desire to send the slaves to North Carolina because free people of color were denied entry into that state. The executor held the group as slaves for eight years. Finally, Jacob, Mray, and the others brought a suit in forma pauperis in the Circuit Superior Court of Halifax County, Virginia, for their freedom. They were successful. North Carolina, however, denied them entry. Patty Daniel asked to remain in Virginia with her husband, but that request was also denied. The former Vass slaves moved to Ohio. On the eve of the Civil War, Meriwether returned to Halifax County, Virginia. A nephew and niece of Philip Vass claimed that he had “forfeited his claims to freedom” by returning to the South. Being in “indigent circumstances and lawful heirs of Philip Vass,” they asked that he become their slave. Copy of Records of the County Court, Halifax County, Virginia, George B. Ewing and wife vs. Isaac Medley Sr. et al., November 1832, in Petition of Jacob et al. to the North Carolina Legislature, 20 December 1844, Records of the General Assembly, Session Records, Senate Committee Reports, November 1844 – January 1845, box 4, NCDAH; Petition of Patty Daniel to the Virginia General Assembly, 14 December 1842, Legislative Petitions, Halifax County, VSA; Petition of Philip Vass and Emily B. Haden to the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates, 1860, Legislative Petitions, Halifax County, VSA. For relevant statutes, see petition 129 below. (Source: Schweninger, Loren. The Southern Debate Over Slavery, Volume One, Petitions to Southern Legistatures 1778 – 1864. Champaign, Illinois. University of Illinois Press. 2001.) See, Petiton of Jacob et al. to the North Carolina General Assembly, 20 December 1844, Records of the General Assembly, Session Records, NCDAH; Report of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances, 26 December 1844, with Senate Committee Reports, November 1844-January 1845, box 4, NCDAH. Rejected.1 PAR #11284401. | Vass, Phillip E. (I1564)
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| 572 | Naming patterns sugest that Barnett Cole is likely the son of Tunis Cole of Pittsylvania Co., VA. He married Priscilla Ferguson in Pittsylvania Co. on 12 Jue 1794. She is the daughter of Nathaniel Ferguson, sho gave his consent. Nathan Cunningham was the surety. Catherine Lindsay Knor, Marriage Bonds and Minister’s Returns of Pittsylvania County, VA, 1767-1805, Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC 2002, p. 17. | Cole, Barnett (I3920)
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| 573 | Nancy Arnold is buried at Bush Arbor Baptist Church. | Arnold, Nancy (I2439)
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| 574 | Nancy Dew is tentatively identifed as the daughter of John Dew who died in Edgecombe Co. by 1812. Another John Dew lived in Halifax Co but is being ruled out based on his will. It seems unlikely that John Dew of Halifax is the father of Nancy. The name of Nancy’s parents are not known. She is possibly related to Elizabeth (Pare) Dew, who is named in her father’s will. Bethel Pare’s will also names Mary Harrison, wife of Jesse Harrison, and Winney Harrison, wife of Elisha Harrison. Jesse Harrison and Elisha Harrison are believed to be brothers of Gideon Harrison. Nancy Dew married Henry Harrsion in Halifax Co., NC on 8 Jan. 1821. John Pare was the bondsman. Nancy presumably died before 1850, when Henry appears in the census with his second wife Eliza. For future research, it is noted that James Dew and Allen Dew appear in the 1820 Halifax Co. census. JOHN DEW Petition (Sept., 1814) for a division of land, statinq the decd. Died intestate possessed of the following lands: (1) three tracts in Edgecombe Co. Totaling 1750 acres, (2) 350 acres in Nash Co. On Homony Swamp and (3) 650 acres in Cumberland Co., on the Cape Fear. Heirs were: (1) John Barnes and Polly his wife, (2) William Ellis and Teresa his wife (3) Willie Roundtree and Martha his wife (4) John Dew, (5) Jonathan Dew, (6) Larie Dew (7) David Dew, (8) Elizabeth Dew (9) Nancy Dew, (10) Obedience Dew, (11) Duncan Dew, and (12) Sally Dew. DEW, JOHN September 5, 1740. November Court, 1744. Sons: JOHN ("all my horses and mairs that run on the South side of the Meharin River"), JOSEPH (land lying on the East side of the "Rode from Cornell hills ferry and also land on Buckhorse swamp"), SPENSER ("plantation whereon I now live"), WILLIAM, MORVEN. Daughter: PATIENCE. Wife and Executrix: SUSANNAH. Executor: JOSEPH DEW (son). Witnesses: EDWARD MOSELEY, ALES MOSELEY, CONSTANT DEW. Clerk of the Court: RT. FORSTER. (Northampton County.) (Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 98 & 99) | Dew, Nancy (I2369)
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| 575 | Nancy Farmer married first Jonathan Dew of Nash Co. AFter the death of her first husband, she remarried to Dempsey Harrison. On September 13, 1853, the inventory of Nancy Harrison was taken in Nash County by administrator Larry D. Farmer. | Farmer, Nancy (I2858)
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| 576 | Nancy Froneberger was born in NC on 25 Mar. 1861. Death Certificate of Nancy M. Hallman, No. 56. The names of her parents not stated on death certificate. She was merried to David Hallman, who was still living at the time of her death. During her lifetime, she was a housewife. She died 27 Feb. 1935 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC. The 1870 U.S. Census in Cleveland Co., NC lists a nine year old Nancy Froneberger in the household of William & Catherine Froneberger. Given that the age and location matches other known information, this is likely the same person. Also, nancy’s sister Ellen married Zachariah Taylor Hallman, brother of David Plonk Hallman. Therefore, it appears that two of the Froneberger sisters marreid Hallman brothers. 1870 U.S. Census, Cleveland Co., NC, Roll M593_1131, p. 160A 212/216 William Froneberger 52 M Farmer Catherine 45 F Keeping house Barbary 19 F Elizabeth 18 F Magaret 16 F Jospeh 13 M Ellin 10 F Nancy 9 F Frances 7 F Carry 4 F | Froneberger, Nancy Missouri (I1143)
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| 577 | Nancy Harrison is buried at Tom’s Creek Baptist Church in Davidson Co. | Harrison, Nancy (I2391)
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| 578 | Nancy Harrison is listed in the 1830 census in Camden Co., North Carolina. Her household includes 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 60-70. 1830 U.S. Census, Camden Co., North Carolina, SEries M19, Roll 119, p. 352. | Nancy (I4338)
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| 579 | Nancy Harrison was born about 1833 and married Ezekial Hulin 2 September 1852. They moved to Lamar Co. TX. Nancy Harrison Hulin died 28 April 1904. Her life is memorialized on her tombstone. | Harrison, Nancy Louisa (I2372)
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| 580 | Nancy L. Scott is living in the household of her father Allen Scott in the 1850 census. She is reported to be 17 years old. 1850 Caswell Co., North Carolina Census, Roll M432_623, p. 185. | Scott, Nancy L. (I3047)
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| 581 | Nancy remarried to Joseph Bracken following the death of her husband Benjamin. The children of Nancy are named in the will of her brother Joseph Henderson dated 8 Jan. 1837. Caswell Co. Will Book N, p. 43 (Kendall, p. 131). | Henderson, Nancy (I2949)
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| 582 | Nancy Saunders was born about 1840 in Caswell Co. and died 10 December 1931 in Caswell Co. Nancy Saunders never married and lived in Caswell Co. her entire life. She is buried at the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptisit Church Cemetery in Caswell Co. | Saunders, Nancy (I1379)
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| 583 | Nathan Carlton and his wife Rebecca appear in the 1850 census in Halifax Co., VA. Nathan is 50 and Rebecca is 48. Others in the household include Frances, 25, Robert, 17, Landis, 14, Thomas N., Eliza J., 11, and Rebecca R., 8. On 28 Oct. 1845, Nathan Carlton sold his interst in the estate of Jesse Posey & children. Halifax Co. Deed Book 51, p. 37. | Carlton, Nathan (I2349)
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| 584 | Nathan Riley died in 1827 in Davidson Co., North Carolina. Davisdon Co. Will Book 1, p. 87. (Mars ID 5200.32.654) Henry Sheets, Elders Carroll and Riley, The Dispatch, Lexington, NC, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1904 | Riley, Nathan (I3391)
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| 585 | Nathan Riley died in 1828 leaving a will naming his daughter Betsy Harrison. | Riley, Elizabeth (I2389)
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| 586 | NC Death Certificate # 78 | Hubbard, Minnie (I2942)
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| 587 | Never married | Yates, Stover L. (I1211)
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| 588 | Newton Mayhew appears in the 1850 census in the household of his presumed father William Mayhew. 1850 U.S. Census, Iredell Co., North Carolina, Roll M432_633, p. 103B. He married Martha. C. Sherrill on 7 June 1851 in Catawba Co., North Carolina. Martha’s last name is not known. He apparently died before the 1860 census was taken. In that census, Margaret C. Mayhew and her children are living in the household of William Mayhew. | Mayhew, Newton Jasper (I4357)
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| 589 | Nicolas Perkins was born about 1647 and died about 1712. He married Sarah Childers and lived his entire life in Henrico Co. Nicolas Perkins married Sarah Childers, the sister of Philemon Childers. In 1674, at the age of about 27, Nicolas Perkins patented 537 acres of land in Henrico Co. Land Patents Book 6, 1666-1679, p. 530. On January 31, 1680, Nicolas Perkins deeded the upper half containing 268 1/2 acres of this 537 acre tract to hsi brother-in-law Philemon Childers. The deed indicates that Philemon Childres paid for one-half of the land that was patented and the deed was to confirm to Philemon childers his one-half share of the land. This deed was witnessed by George Lynn and Hugh Davis and was recorded April 1, 1681, Henrico Co. Records 1677-1692, p. 161. Nicolas Perkins reatined the other half of the land. On June 1, 1694, Nicolas Perkins purchased for 1500 pounds of tobacco 100 acres of land on the north side of James River beginning at Cole's Run from John Davis, son of John Davis of Longfield. The deed was witnessed by James Cocke and William Cocke. Henrico Records 1688-1697, p. 488. He subsequently deeded this land to his son Constantine in 1703. Henrico Records 1697-1704, p. 249. On May 1, 1700, Nicolas Perkins purchased Robert Burton and Mary his wife, for 300 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres of land in Henrico. on north side of James River adjoining the land of Richard Cox. The deed was witnessed by Arthur Moseley, Robert Burton and Charles Evans. Henrico Co. Records 1697-1704, p. 180. Along with John Pledge and John Redford, Nicolas Perkins was named "overseer" in the will of John Cannon who named his wife executrix, Feb 1, 1696. Henrico Co. Records 1688-1697, p. 677. On 1 Sept. 1709, Nicolas Perkins purchased from John Pledge, for 25 pounds, a tract of 100 acres on the upper side of Four Mile Creek adjoining John Cannon and his own land. Dorothy, wife of John Pledge, relinquished her dower right. The deed was witnessed by William Frogmorton, Nowell Burton, and John Pleasants. Henrico Co. Records 1706-1709, p. 181. Nicolas Perkins made a will in Henrico Co. Henrico Co. Wills, 1710-1714, p. 184. Will of Nicolas Perkins In the name of God amen. I NICHOLAS PERKINS being sick and weak of body but of a sound mind and perfect sense and understanding thanks be to Almighty God for the same, therefore have thought fit to make ordain and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form following-- First I give and bequeath my soul unto the Mercifull hands of allmighty God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently buried according to discretion of my Executor hereafter Mentioned and as for the Worldly goods as it hath pleased allmighty God to bestow upon I have thought fit to bestow them as followeth. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Phill Perkins all that my land between the Springey Branch and Abraham Childers line, to him and his heirs forever, and my will is that he the sd Phill:Perkins do pay unto my granddaughter Eliz:Perkins daughter of my son Nicho:Perkins decd: five pounds of currt Mony of Virga in Consideration of part of the sd land being Designed for her father whereon he once dwelth before his decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Perkins the plantation whereon I now live to him and his heirs forever allsoe one fether bed and furniture two breeding sows one iron pot on gun one chest two puter dishes. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Abram Perkins that plantation weh I bought of Jno Pledge by estimation one hundred acres allsoe that pece of Land I have Lying between the sd plantation I bought of Jno Pledge and springey brainch by Estimation fifty acres by the s....other wet tracts I give and bequeath unto him and his he...one fether bed and furniture two breeding sows one Iron pot one (gun one chest and) two puter dishes. Item I give and bequeath unto my (daughter Sarah Perkins) one fether bed and furniture allsoe two puter dishes. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eliz: Perkins one fether bed and furniture allso two puter dishes. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Ladd wife of Amos Ladd two Ewes one brass Kettle gt about 10 gall: after my Wives decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Constantine Perkins five shillings in curt money of Virga. My will and pleasure is that all my cattle be Equally divided between my Wife my two sons Richd and Abraham and my daughter Eliza and my will is that Each of my children shall have their shear when they arrive to Lawful age or the day of Marrage of my daughter of what Cattle shall be then Livering. All the rest of my personall Estate I give and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife whom I make ordaine constitute and appoint my whole and sole Executor of this my Last will and testamt hereby revoking and disanulling all former will or testaments of any kind or Nature whatsoever In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this 13th day June Ano Dom: 1711 his Signed Sealed and Acknowledged as his last NICHOLAS N PERKINS will in presence of: mark Joseph Pleasants, Tho: Childers Abra: Childers, Jr. At a Court held at Varina for the County of Henrico the 2d day of Febry 1712--SARAH PERKINS presented this will upon Oath and Same being proved by the Witness thereto it is admitted to record. Test. William Randolph C. Clur | Perkins, Nicolas (I2754)
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| 590 | Northumberland County Virginia Apprenticehips 1650-1750 Compiled by W. Preston Haynie 17 February 1719/20-Cuthbert Bennit Orphant of Cuthbert Bennit decd is by this Court bound apprentice to Merredith Mahain (the said orphan being tenn years old next September) the said Mahain is to find the said orphan) sufficient Diet, Lodging and Cloathing according to law and to learn him the trade of a Cooper and to read & write Charles Craven haveing entered into bond with the said Mahain in th sum of Five thousand pounds of Tobbacco each for performance of Covenants. OB 1719-29, 1. | Bennett, Cuthbert (I1499)
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| 591 | Northumberland County Virginia Apprenticehips 1650-1750 Compiled by W. Preston Haynie 17 September 1718-Edwd Bennett & Grace Bennett Orphts of Cuthbert Bennett decd the sd Edwd fifteen years old last July is hereby bound an apprentice to Tho Toulson in all such lawfull Services & employmts as the sd Tho Toulson shall imply him untill he shall attain to ye age of One & Twenty years, he the sd Toulson his Heirs or Assigns in Consideration thereof during the said term Sending him Sufficient food & Payment & causing him to Read, write & taught a trade according to law & that ye girl be bound to ye said Toulson until] she arrives to ye age of Eighteen he causing the sd Grace to read, Sew & doe other household work, for the due performance whereof & that the Said Edwd Shall be taught the trade of a Shoemaker the said Tho Toulson & Wm Toulson doe hereby oblige themselves their Heirs He Jointly & Severally in the penall Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds of Tobo. to be paid to ye justices of this County for the time being for the use of the said orpht in case of the said Tho Toulsons not complying wth the Act of Assembly in that case made& provided. OB 1713-19, 291. | Bennett, Grace (I1498)
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| 592 | Northumberland County Virginia Apprenticehips 1650-1750 Compiled by W. Preston Haynie 17 September 1718-Edwd Bennett & Grace Bennett Orphts of Cuthbert Bennett decd the sd Edwd fifteen years old last July is hereby bound an apprentice to Tho Toulson in all such lawfull Services & employmts as the sd Tho Toulson shall imply him untill he shall attain to ye age of One & Twenty years, he the sd Toulson his Heirs or Assigns in Consideration thereof during the said term Sending him Sufficient food & Payment & causing him to Read, write & taught a trade according to law & that ye girl be bound to ye said Toulson until] she arrives to ye age of Eighteen he causing the sd Grace to read, Sew & doe other household work, for the due performance whereof & that the Said Edwd Shall be taught the trade of a Shoemaker the said Tho Toulson & Wm Toulson doe hereby oblige themselves their Heirs He Jointly & Severally in the penall Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds of Tobo. to be paid to ye justices of this County for the time being for the use of the said orpht in case of the said Tho Toulsons not complying wth the Act of Assembly in that case made& provided. OB 1713-19, 291. | Bennett, Edward (I1497)
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| 593 | Northumberland County Virginia Apprenticehips 1650-1750 Compiled by W. Preston Haynie 17 September 1718-Edwd Bennett & Grace Bennett Orphts of Cuthbert Bennett decd the sd Edwd fifteen years old last July is hereby bound an apprentice to Tho Toulson in all such lawfull Services & employmts as the sd Tho Toulson shall imply him untill he shall attain to ye age of One & Twenty years, he the sd Toulson his Heirs or Assigns in Consideration thereof during the said term Sending him Sufficient food & Payment & causing him to Read, write & taught a trade according to law & that ye girl be bound to ye said Toulson until] she arrives to ye age of Eighteen he causing the sd Grace to read, Sew & doe other household work, for the due performance whereof & that the Said Edwd Shall be taught the trade of a Shoemaker the said Tho Toulson & Wm Toulson doe hereby oblige themselves their Heirs He Jointly & Severally in the penall Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds of Tobo. to be paid to ye justices of this County for the time being for the use of the said orpht in case of the said Tho Toulsons not complying wth the Act of Assembly in that case made& provided. OB 1713-19, 291. 17 February 1719/20-Cuthbert Bennit Orphant of Cuthbert Bennit decd is by this Court bound apprentice to Merredith Mahain (the said orphan being tenn years old next September) the said Mahain is to find the said orphan) sufficient Diet, Lodging and Cloathing according to law and to learn him the trade of a Cooper and to read & write Charles Craven haveing entered into bond with the said Mahain in th sum of Five thousand pounds of Tobbacco each for performance of Covenants. OB 1719-29, 1. 20 June 1722-Lovely Bennit Orphant of Cuthbert Bennit decd being Six years old the second day of next January is bound apprentice to John Norman till he attains the age of twenty one years to serve the sd Norman in all such lawfull employments as he shall have occasion, he finding the said Orphant Sufficient Diet, apparel, washing and lodging & to teach him to read and write and the trade of a Cooper. John Rogers came into Court and with the said Norman acknowledged himself Indebted Joyntly and Severally with the said Norman in the Penalty of Five thousand pounds Tobbacco each to be paid to the Justices in behalf of the Orphant in Case the said Norman should be any ways Deficient in the premises. OB 1719-29, 75. 21 February 1721 /22-Grace and Edward Orphts of Cuthbert Bennit [Bennett] being by the Court bound to Thomas Toulson, William Toulson being his Security, Thomas Wornum at the said Williams Request came into Court and with ye said Thomas Toulson entered into a Recognizance of five thousand pounds of Tobbo penalty for performance of the said Toulsons trust in behalf of each orphan. OB 1719-29, 61. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bennett, Cuthbert (I1496)
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| 594 | Notes on Boyd v. Cook. Cook is the executor of Philip Vass’s will. Philip Vass’s daughter, Mary, married Alexander Boyd who is the plantiff in this case. The will was written in 1816. Philip Vass was blind from at least 1809. He must have died after 1824 or 1825 according to some of the evidence presented. When Philip Vass wrote his will he constructed it in such a way that his assets were held in trust for two of his daughters, Mary Boyd and Elizabeth Shepard. Each daughter was to receive income from the trust. Philip believed that Mary would never have children and did not want his estate distributed to the Boyds after Mary’s death. So, after Mary’s death the trust would be returned to the estate to be distributed to the other heirs. Elizabeth’s case was a little different. Philip considered John S. Shapard a drunkard and did not want him to have access to the money. After Elizabeth’s death, the assests in the trust were to be distributed to her children directly, bypassing John S. Shapard. Family history is not always pretty. Other heirs of Philip Vass received their portions in a more straight forward manner. Besides revealing a little bit of the family life, the case is a wealth of genealogical information. Philip’s will is included. One of the witnesses is the brother of Philip’s wife proving that she is a Webb. Notes on Vass v. The Commonwealth. In this case Philip Vass had been convicted of the murder of Henry Polly, an overseer on his plantation, and sentenced to ten years in prison. This is an appeal of his conviction which he lost. In the first case, Philip Vass named a son in his will, Philip E. Vass. It is apparently this son who freed his slaves in his will which resulted in the famous case of the Vass slaves. Philip E. Vass is apparently the same person convicted of murder in 1831. Will of Philip Vass Halifax County, Virginia “In the name of God amen. I Philip Vass of Halifax county, do make this my last will and testament, in manner and form as followeth, viz: It is my desire, that all my debts be first paid. If any of my children should die without an heir or will, their estate hereafter devised or given shall return again to my estate, to be divided as shall be hereafter directed. If any of the legatees shall attempt to break this will, or shall enter a suit in law against the legatees, or any one of them, shall forfeit his or their estate hereafter given to them; the forfeited estate returned back to my estate, to be divided as shall be hereafter directed. I give unto my daughter Mary Boyd, negro girl Lydia and her increase, to dispose of as she pleaseth: also I lend unto A. M. B. Rachel and her increase; which negro and increase shall not be sold for no debt or debts of Alexander Boyd or his wife Mary Boyd, in no case whatever; the aforesaid negro Rachel and her increase is not to be removed out of the county of Halifax, without the consent of a majority of the legatees concerned: in either of these two cases a breach be made, a sale or removal, negro Rachel and her increase is forfeited, and return immediately into my estate, to be divided as shall hereafter be directed. Negro Rachel and her increase is lent unto Alexander Boyd and Mary Boyd his wife during their lives, with the above exceptions; and at their death, to return into my estate, and to be divided as shall be hereafter directed. I give unto my son James, negro Amy and her child Leatha and their increase, to him and his heirs forever. I give unto my daughter Sarah L. Vass, three negroes Lucinda, Harriet her daughter, and Amanda Melvina, with their increase, to her and her heirs forever. I give unto my daughter Anna Vass, three negroes, Easter, Eliza and Caroline, with their increase, to her and her heirs forever. I give unto my daughter Apphia Vass, three negroes Martha, Ealle and Maria Louisa, with their increase, to her and her heirs forever. I give unto my son Philip E. Vass, Mary and her brother Jacob, with her increase, to him and his heirs forever. I give unto equal payments, security taken on the land for the payment thereof; the one fourth of the sale of this land to be put out at interest, which interest is to support my daughter Elizabeth Shepperd, and her children with schooling &c. and the principal at her death, to be equally divided between her children, and their heirs forever. It is also my desire, that my western land be sold, when there the indian right is extinguished, and my land surveyed, it be sold at with four equal annual payments, security taken on the land for the payment thereof: this land may be sold sooner than above mentioned, if it is thought best by the legatees. The money arising from the sale of the western land, three fourths of the money arising from the sale of the land whereon I now live, with all the remainder of my estate not already given, to be equally divided by commissioners appointed by court, between my children James P. Vass, Sarah L. Vass, Anna Vass, Apphia Vass and Philip E. Vass, and their heirs forever. I appoint my beloved friend Jarrett W. Cook my executor to this will who is to receive a reasonable sum out of my estate for his services. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of December 1816. Witness, Anderson Powell, PhilipVass, seal.” Moses Shearan. (Source: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Boyd v Cook, 3 Leigh 32) Item from Virginia Gazetter, 23 Aug. 1776 - PISCATAWAY, Essex, 21 Aug 1776 The subscriber has for sale a schooner, a little upwards of three years old, that carries 1500 bushels, with two anchors and cables, good standing rigging and foresail. She is a handsome vessel, and a prime sailer. Any person in want of such a vessel may have her for 200 [pounds]. She has been lately examined, and calked over. The person who buys her may also be supplied with some small cordage and ?sails if wanting, on reasonable terms: PHILIP VASS. Vass Forum, No. 386, Post by Mike Marshall dated Dec. 27, 2001. | Vass, Phillip (I1562)
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| 595 | November 14, 1797 Sarah Smith and Abraham Deboe, Bondsman: Hezekiah Barber Fat: William Smith, Bride's kin Sary Smith, Groom's kin Philip Deboe Eleanor Smith married Phillip Deboe 17 June 1799. Elizabeth Smith married Hezekiah Barber 18 Jan. 1793. | Smith, Sarah (I1180)
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| 596 | November Term 1827 In the name of God amen. I Elizabeth Allred being in low state of health, but of sound mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament. First, I give and bequest to Samuel Allred one walnut chest, one pair dressers. Secondly, I give to Elizabeth Duncan a pewter dish and pewter bason. Thirdly, I give to Sarah Elliott one stand of curtains. Fourthly, I give to WM. Allred, Sr. one pewter tankard. Fifthly, I give and bequest to Thomas Allred, son of Eli Allred a certain track of land lying on the waters of Sandy Creek, adjoining Samuel Trogdan, containing one hundred and forty acres. Sixthly, I give to John Diffee one sheep. [This is Moses Diffee’s son] Seventhly, I give to Elizabeth Laughlin one sheep. [This is Moses Diffee’s daughter] The balance of my estate to be sold and an equal division made between my living brother and sisters, and where any of my brothers or sisters are deceased, their children to have on share, with those living, except John Diffee, Sr. and Elizabeth Laughlin [they already got theirs], and I appoint Elisha Coffen executor. Oct. 27th Day of 1827 Attest William Swafford James Odell Elizabeth Allred The execution of this will of Elizabeth Allred was proven in open court by William Swafford and James Odell. | Diffie, Elizabeth (I3555)
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| 597 | Obedience Cox was the daugther of Richard Cox and Mary Trent. She married Philemaon Perkins, on whose estate she was granted administration on 15 May 1769. Goochland Co. Order Book 11, p. 309. She died in Goochland Co and left a will dated 6 Sept. 1770, which was proved 15 April 1771. Goochland Co. Deed Book 10, p. 122. John Fredrick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/25, Vol I., (Baltimore, 2004), pp. 736. | Cox, Obedience (I2142)
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| 598 | Of Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co. | Berryman, Frances (I4264)
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| 599 | On 1 Jan. 1731 John Walters made a deed of gift to Benjmain Cannon and his daughter Susannah, wife of Benjamin Cannon, of 100 acres in Henrico Co. on White Oak Swamp adjacent the land on which he lived. On 29 Jan. 1731, a similar conveyance was made to James Connaway (Conway) and his daughter Anne wife of James Connaway. Both deeds were witnessed by Charles Cannon and Abraham Childers. Both deeds were recorded on 7 Feb. 1731. Henrico Co. VA Wills and Deeds, 1725-1737, p. 335 On 9 April 1749, Mary Walters, widow of John Walters, conveyed to Benjamin Cannon and Susannah her interest in land devised to her for life by her husband in a will dated 30 Sept. 1734. Henrico Co. VA Deeds, 1737-1750, p. 100. Benjmain Cannon of Albemarle Co. and Susannah then conveyed to Richard Cottrel of Henrico a plantation with all land in Henrico Co. devised by John Walters to his son John after the death of his wife. The land was on the south side of East branch. Because John Walters Jr. died without issue and Mary surrendered her life estate, the plantation descended to Benjamin Cannon and Susanna Cannon in right of the wife, and to James Conway and Anne his wife in right of the wife, co-heirs and sisters of John Walters, Jr. Benjamin Cannon and Susannah sold their 1/2 part of the land to Cottrel. Henrico Co. VA Deeds, 1737-1750, p. 101. | Cannon, Benjamin (I1776)
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| 600 | On 1 June 1695, Sarah Woodson received a deed of gift from her father Robert Mosby for her life, then to her son John. | Woodson, Sarah (I1804)
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