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Samuel Rust, was said to be the oldest but was 2nd to the youngest son of William and Ann Rust, , became a very wealthy man and his will, dated 16 Aug 1715, disposes of several thousands of acres of land, plus many personal assets. He was a tobacco inspector, surveyor, appraiser, and prominent in various other county affaris. Samuel Rust married Martha Garner, daughter of John Garner and Susannah Keene. Susannah Keene's father, Thomas Keene, had been one of the Kent Islanders before moving to Northumberland County. John Garner is the immigrant ancestor of Vice President John Nance Garner, 1868-1967, called "Cactus Jack"; and Lieutenant General Jay Garner, first Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq. Samuel and Martha Rust were members of the Yeocomico Church, built, 1706, which is still standing, in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County.
WILL of SAMUEL RUST, 16 Aug 1717; 26 Mar 1718
In the naMe of God amen this sixteenth day of August AD 1715. I Samuel R ust of the county of Westmoreland & Colony of Virginia being in perfect & s ound in memory proaise be given to God for the same do make ordain and a ppoint this my last will & testament in manner & form following. First I c omend my soul to almighty God who gave it in full assurance of the resu rreccon to eternal life through our blessed saviour Jesus Christ in who se meritts only I trust to be saved and my body to the earth to be buri ed in such decent manner as my excutors hereafter named shall think con veninent and as touching such wordly estate as it hath pleased the said t o give me my will & meaning is the same shall be imployed as hereafter b y this my will is expressed. Item. I give & bequeath unto MR. PATRICK S PENCE for & during his natural life the plantaion where he now lives ad joining to the land of MR. JAMES COLEMAN as the lane between them now s tands and the inmost line in the woods next the said Colemans & on that s ide of the runn next MR. THOMAS BONAMS & COLEMANS ... he not making any . .. on the said land nor selling or making use of any timber save for th e use of the said Plantacon and further my will is that if MR. PATRICK S PENCE thinks fit the dewlling house gave him by his father in law CAPT. G EORGE ESKRIDGE may stand as it now does on the other side of the said r unn and that he have land adjoing to the said house for necessary house s & gardening. Item. I give & bequeath to my son PETER RUST after the d ecease of MR. PARTICK SPENCE the plantacon whereon the said PATRICK now l ives with land adjoining as is hereafter expressed to him and his heirs f orever but in case he my said son PETER died before he arrive to the ag e of twenty one years or without issue that then my will is that the sa id plantacon & land fall & descend to my son MATTHEW RUST & his heirs f orever. I also give to my son PETER RUST two negroe boys named Jack & B illy but in case he my said son PETER dies before he arrive to the age o f twenty one or have issue as abovesaid my will is the said negres Jack & B illy descent to my two sons JOHN & MATTHEW RUST & further my will is th at at the change of my exect. my said son PETER RUST be constantly kept a t school from ten to twelve years of age out of the profits of my estat e he have a feather bed bolster rugg blanketts & sheets in case he my s aid son PETER RUST lives to the age of twenty one years or day of his m arriage. Item I give & bequeath to my son MATTHEW RUST the moyety of t hat tract of land on which MR. PATRICK SPENCE now lives the whole conta ining three hundred (300) acres to be equally divided between as to qua ntity & quality between him my said son MATTHEW & PETER RUST to him & h is heirs forever I aslo give to my said son MATTHEW one feather bed bol ster rugg blanketts & pair of sheets, one iron pot containing about fiv e gallons one new deder pail & piggon a roan stone hors one cow & calf a s ow & piggs & three two year old hoggs & three thousand (3000) pounds of t obacco to be piad him by my exec. out of the profitts of my mill and a l arg chest comonly called MATTHEW'S chest. Item I give unto my son GEORG E RUST all that neck of land (up to the old hors road) where in WILLIAM A LLEN & HENRY SELF now lives to him & his heirs forever and further my w ill is that WILLIAM ALLEN shall not be turned of the plantacon whereon h e now lives for & during the term of seven years from the date of these p resents nor the said HENRY SELF for & during the term of five years pro vided he the said ALLEN & SELF duly pay their rents which rents my will i s my exec. shall be accountable for to my said son GEORGE when he shall a rrive to the age of twenty one or married also I give to my said son GE ORGE a feather bed bolster rugg pair of blanketts & pair of sheets a c ow & calf & three thousand (3000) pounds of tobacco to be paid him by m y exec. out of the profits of my mill when he sahll arrive to the age o f seventeen years and further my will is that he have a chest commonly c alled GEORGES and two years schooling at the charge of my exec. Item I g ive & bequeath to my son JOHN RUST the plantacon now in his possesson t ogether with all my land adjoining to it being in the pattent of EARLES f or a thousand acres (1000) to him & his heirs forever also one feather b ed being a new one with rugg blanketts & pair of sheets and iron pott a bout four gal. a grying pan now at my mill a cow & calf a cedar pail & p iggon a sow & piggs & three two year old hoggs & three thousand (3000) p ounds of tobacco to be paid him by my exec. out of the profits of my mi ll and a chest comonly called JOHN chest. Item I give & bequeath to my s on WM RUST the plantacon whereon he now lives and all that neck of land b etween his house Y my mill and fifteen acres on the point next adjoinin g to the mill to him and his heirs forever also I give to my said son W ILLIAM a suite of wearing apparell with hat & cane and further my will i s that my said son WILLIAM have out of the profits of my mill all such c orn & wheat as he shall have occasion for for the use of his own family a s also a bill now in his possession payable to me from WILLIAM JONES fo r twenty seven hundred (2700) pounds of tobacco. Item I give and beque ath to my son JEREMIAH RUST two hundred (200) acres of land commonly ca lled POTTERS NECK now in the possession of WILLIAM KNOTT together with t hat fifteen (15) ares adjoining to my mill formerly reserved to him & h is heirs forever also a feather bed bolster rugg pair of blanketts pair o f sheets two cows & calves a gray hors called Webster a negro man named A dam an iron pott about six or seven gal. a larg new grying pan I furthe r give & bequeath to my said son JEREMIAH RUST that neck of land (be it m ore or less) commonly called the WHITE MARSH NECK to him & his heirs fo rever and in case he my said son JEREMIAH die without heirs then to my s on PETER RUST & his heirs forever. Item I give to my duagher ANN HARRI SON one negro girl named Moll & five thousand (5000) pounds of tobacco t o be paid her by my exec. out of the profitts of my mill aos one large b rass kettle. Item I give to my daughter HANNAH RUST one negro girl cal led Sarah one feather be with bolster quilt rugg, blankets & sheets one b rass kettle about twnety gallons & five thousand (5000) pounds of tobac co to be paid her by my exec. out of the profits of my mill at the age o f sixteen or day of marriage. Item I give to my son BENJAMIN RUST one g ray mare one cow & calf & a chest commonly called BENS chest and furthe r my will is that he be kept at shcool from the first of October until F ebruary next & that he have his full share of the crop now making and t he benefit of his labour hereafter during the time he lives with his br other JEREMIAH and that my exec. give him one feather bed rugg blankets & s heets out of the profits of my estate. Item I give to my loving wife M ARTHA RUST the plantacon whereon we now live for & during her natural l ife and after her decease to my son BENJAMIN RUST to him & his heirs fo rever and further my will is in case my son BENJAMIN RUST desires to se ttle himself during the life of his mother that he have liberty to buil d & settle on the further side of the said land. I further give to my l oving wife MARTHA a still worm(?) & tubb all my casque two cows & calve s four sheep the feather bed & furniture on which we now lay one negro w oman named Betty a larg brass kettle an iron pot about six gallons and a n iron pott about three gal. with hooks to them one black hors named Lu ke a large chest truncks & boxes commonly called hers to have & enjoy a ll the above said promises for & during her natural life & after her de cease my will is that the above promises fall & descend & be equally di vided between my sons JEREMIAH RUST & BENJAMIN RUST save the negro woma n Betty which my will is together with her increase if any to be divide d between my sons to whom no negroes is given. I further give to my lo ving wife MARTHA one third part of the profits of my mill for & during h er natural life & after her decease my will is it fall & descend to my s on JEREMIAH RUST. Item my will is that the heirs of JOHN CLEMENTS have t hat parcell of land called RICH NECK & that parcell of land called MIDD LETONS NECK them & their heirs forever and further my will is that thre e or five men vallue MIDDLETONS NECK & ny WHITE MARSH NECK and in case t hey shall judge that MIDDLETONS NECK is not of equall value with the WH ITE MARSH NECK that then the said three or five men shall lay of as muc h land in the WHITE MARSH NECK that part that is adjoining to MIDDLETON S NECK and further my will & desire is that all my personal estate of w hat nature or kind soever not already bequeathed be equally divided bet ween my loving wife MARTHA RUST & my son JEREMIAH RUST who I do hereby n ominate & appoint joynt exec. of this my last will & testament and furt her my will & desire is that in case my son JEREMIAH RUST dies without i ssue that then my mill descend equally to JOHN & BENJAMIN RUST to them & t heir heirs forever. In wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & s eal in presence of SAMUEL RUST (seal JOS. CARR, SHARAH NETHERTON, HENR Y NETHERTON.
At a court held for the said county the 26th day of March 1718 The last w ill & testament of Samuel Rust decd was presented into court by MARTHA R UST & JEREMIAH RUST his exec. who made oath thereto & being proved by t he oath of JOSEPH CARR one of the wittnesses thereto is admitted to rec ord and upon the mocon of the said exec. and their performing what is u sual in such cases certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate t hereof in due form.
Teste.
Recorded April 1817
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