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Following the death of David Hambleton, Richard Richardson (husband of Ann Hambleton) filed chancery suit against Sarah Hambleton as the administratrix of the estate of David Hambleton who was in possession of the estate and had failed to distribute the property to the heirs at law. The court records identify all of the children of David and Sarah Hambleton. The summons to Sarah Hambleton reads as follows:
"The Common Wealth of Virginia To the Sheriff of Louisa County Greeting we command you that you Summon Sarah Hambleton Administratix of David Hambleton decd, & Duke Hambleton an Infant of this David Hambleton decd by Sarah Hambleton his mother & Special guardian. To appear before our Justices of our Court of afsd County in Chancery at the Court House on the Second Monday in this month to answer a bill in Chancery exhibited Against them by Richard Richardson & Anna his wife, David Sherrard & Rebecca his wife, John Harris & Jane his wife, Susana Hambleton, Sarah Hambleton, Jr., Elizabeth Hambleton, David Hambleton & Mourning Hambleton Infants of Tender years by Richard Richardson their next Friend and this they shall in no wise Omit under the penalty of L100 each and have the there this writ Witness John Nelson Clerk of our said court this fourth day of June 1778 in the Second Year of the Common Wealth"
Sarah Hambleton died by 9 Dec. 1816 when her will dated 1 Jan. 1816 was probated. There was subsequently a lawsuit over her slave Biny or Bing, whom she purcahsed from David Hambleton (her son) and John Harris (son-in-law) in 1790. The case is styled Johnson vs. Childs & Darby (1842). Her will and the deed appear verbatim in the court records. From the chancery court records, many of the children and grandchildren of Sarah and David Hambleton can be identified. These records also confirm that Anne Hambleton is the wife of Richard Richardson.
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