| Name |
William Hudson |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Sep 1699 |
Essex County, Virginia  |
- William Hudson witnessed the will of Thomas Hines dated 16 September 1699, which was proved 10 Nov 1699. Essex County Deeds & Wills 10 (1699-1701) , pp 16-17.
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| Will |
14 Apr 1759 |
Northampton County, North Carolina |
- Will of William Hudson
14 April 1759; August Court 1761
Northampton Wills, 1741-1787, Vol. 01, pages 55-56 (images 43-44)
In the name of God amen. I William Hudson of Northampton County in the Province of North Carolina being sick & weak, tho in perfect mind & memory, do make this my last will & testament in manner & form following.
First - I give my soul to God who gave the same & my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executors; and as touching such worldly estate as God in this world has bestowed upon me I give & bequeath in manner & form following.
Item - I give & bequeath to my son Nicholas & to his heirs & assigns forever one negro wench named Hanah & a negro boy Hanah's son named James.
Item - I give & bequeath to my son Thomas & to his heirs & assigns forever one negro girl name Frank.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Taylor & to her heirs forever one negro fellow named Plymouth.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Hanah Robinson and to her heirs forever one negro wench named Nan(?).
Item - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Susanah Chappel and to her heirs forever one negro girl named Strawberry.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Yarborough and to her heirs & assigns forever one negro girl named Sarah.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Rebeca Farguson & to her heirs forever one negro boy name Isaac.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my son Wm. Hudson & to his heirs & assigns forever all the remaining part of my estate both real & personal. And I do appoint my son William Hudson my whole & sole Executor of this my last will & testament as witness my hand & seal this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1759.
Signed sealed delivered & Wm. Hudson...his seal
pronounced in the prescence of us Northampton County
Wm. W. Arant, Joseph Arant August Court 1761
The within written will of William Hudson decd was exhibited into open court & proven on the oath of Joseph Arant one of the subscribing witnesses thereto at the same time Wm. Hudson was qualified Executor thereof which in motion was ordered to be certified & recorded.
Teste J. Edwards, Clerk
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| Died |
Bef Aug 1761 |
Northampton County, North Carolina |
- Will was probated in August term 1761 in the Northumberland County Court.
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| Will proved |
Aug 1761 |
Northampton County, North Carolina |
| _UID |
815EFA9E277F455AA32FCC564F49ED2D625E |
| Person ID |
I8893 |
Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families |
| Last Modified |
8 Jan 2019 |
| Family |
Judtih Billington, b. Aft 1680, Essex County, Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Bef 10 Jul 1722 |
Essex County, Virginia |
- Proof of the marriage of William Hudson to Judith Billington is found in an Essex Co. Va. deed dated 14 July 1734 by which Griffin Dobyns of Essex Co. Va. sold to Abraham Montague 120 acres of land in the lower part of Essex Co. being one half of a dividend of 240 acres divided by Augustine Smith between Daniel Dobbins (father of the said Griffin) and William Hudson, the said land coming to them by their intermarriage with Elizabeth and Judith, daughters of John Billington of this county, deceased. Essex Co. Deed Book 20, p 159
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Essex County Virginia Deed Book 20, pp. 159-162
THIS INDENTURE made the 14th day and Fifteenth day of July 1734 Between GRIFFIN DOBBINS of the County of Essex of one part and ABRAHAM MONTAGUE of same County Witnesseth that the sd Griffin Dobbins for sum of Thirty pounds of lawfull money of Virga. hath confirmed unto ye sd Abraham Mountague his heirs forever one hundred and twenty acres of land being in the lower part of Essex County being one half of a devedent of Two hundred and forty acres divided by AUGT. SMITH Between DANIEL DOBBINS (Father to the sd Griffin Dobbins) and WM. HUDSON the sd land came to them the sd Daniel Dobbins and William Hudson by their intermariage with ELIZABETH and JUDITH Daughters of one JOHN BILLINGTON of this County decd and bounded beginning at a stake by a marked red oak by a Valley side, thence North East to the line on that side of the plott, thence to a decayed Chesnut by the fork of a branch, thence South to the beginning stake & red oak where it first begun, is now in the peaceable possession of Abraham Mountague by Indenture of Bargain & Sale and the
Statute for transferring uses into possession .
In presence of us JAMES MEDLEY, Griffin Dobyns
JAMES PRISNELL
At a Court held for Essex County at Tappa on the XVIth day of July MDCCXXXIV
Griffin Dobyns acknowledged this his Lease and Release which on the motion of the sd Abraham is recorded
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| Notes |
- Rebecca Ferguson is named in the will of her father dated 14 Apr 1759, which was probated in the August 1761 court term for the Northumberland County, North Carolina court. In the December 1789 court term, Rebecca's husband Nimrod was named in the division of the slaves of the estate of William Hudson.
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| Children |
| | 1. Rebecca Hudson, d. Yes, date unknown
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| | 2. Nicolas Hudson |
| | 3. Thomas Hudson |
| | 4. Anne Hudson, d. Yes, date unknown
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| | 5. Hannah Hudson, d. Yes, date unknown
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| | 6. Sarah Hudson, d. Yes, date unknown
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| | 7. Elizabeth Hudson, d. Yes, date unknown
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| | 8. William Hudson |
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| Last Modified |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Family ID |
F2657 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
- Bef 1761