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Worcester County Wills JW 4 Part I 1769 - 1774 Donated material Submitted: April 2006 |
F:207 John Shockley 21 September 1773 To son Thomas Coventon Shockley - land on the west side of divisional fence To son Jonathan Shockley - dwelling plantation. Also negro man Frank To daughters ___ Shockley and Amialla Shockley - Jonathan's part if he dies without heir and if my wife is with child, then the child should share in land To son Elijah Shockley - one shilling and no more To daughter Mary Smith - one shilling and no more To daughter Ann Parker - one shilling and no more To daughter Elisabeth Shockley - one shilling and no more To daughter Sarah Killiam - one shilling and no more To son John Shockley - one shilling and no more Executor: wife Caturn Shockley and son Thomas Witness: Samuel Davis, John Richardson, Levin Ruark 15 October 1773 Then came |
F:211 Joseph Smith 20 June 1773 To daughters Nelly, Molley, Sarah - all lands. Also negro woman Nan and her children Ezaek and Leah. Also negro boy Joshua, negro girl Hannah. Also the whole of Thomas Batson's bond for 50 pounds To wife Sarah - enjoyment of lands for life, negro girl Silve Executor: wife Witness: Hampton Hopkins, John Cobb, Joshua Mitchell 20 July 1773 Then came |
F:218 Parker Selby 20 February 1773 To wife Mary - movable estate and use of plantation and mill for widowhood To son Samuel Selby - dwelling plantation Roberson Inheritance and the mill containing about 550 acres. Also negro boy Abraham and girl Amey To son David Selby - plantation whereon Delves Long lives called Selby and Selby's Double Survey containing 217 acres and also 167 acres whereon Johnson Massey lives called Little Worth and also 50 acres of land bought of Thomas Willet called Willit's Addition and Willet's Outlet and also 20 acres of marsh bought of Thomas Willet called Paremors Double Purchase. Also negro boy Abraham son of Diner and girl called Nell To son John Selby - land at Hopkin's Good Hope 100 acres, Timber Quarter 250 acres. Also negro boy James and girl Easter To daughter Sarrah Atkinson - negroes Diniel and Tammer To daughter Mary Selby - plantation whereon William Pepper now lives containing 149 acres. Also negro girl Rachel To daughter Leah Selby - negro girls Diner and Margere To daughter Ann Selby - negro girl Roda and child Sarah To son Parker Selby - use of all land given to son John until John is eighteen and the sum of 400 pounds. Also lease of Tezards Island. Also negro woman Rachel who was bought of my brother James Selby after my mother's decease To six youngest children Mary, Leah, Ann, John, David, and Samuel Selby - estate not before given Executor: wife Mary with the assistance of Henry Johnson, George Hayward, and my brother John Selby Witness: Samuel Davis, Benjamin Stockley, Jehu Jenkinson 8 June 1773 Then came Samuel Davis and Benjamin Stockley. Jehu Jenkinson deceased by this date |
F:219 Benjamin Vinson 28 April 1773 To son Ebenezer Vinson - 100 acres which bond formerly belonged to George Thompson deceased and all the land taken up by Thomas Caldwell and 50 acres taken out of tract Privilege lying near Cannon's mill To son George Vinson - bond for 203 acres of Privilege To son Solomon Vinson - 50 acres of Nubald Lot To son Benjamin Vinson - dwelling plantation with 20 acres of land called Red Oak Ridge and another tract containing 30 acres and called Piney Ridge To daughter Anne Vinson - negro girl Venos, 5, small dish, 3 plates, new side saddle, young horse called Buck and free liberty of dwelling house for single life To daughter Pricey Vinson - negro girl Hannah, bed and furniture, mare and side saddle and free liberty of dwelling house for single life To son Nubal Vinson - bed and furniture, cow called Brindle To son Elisha Vinson - cow called Browney, yoke of oxen called Buck and Lyon, two coat vests, pair of leather breeches To son Eli Vinson - negro Matt, new writing desk, bed and furniture To sons Solomon, George, Elijah Vinson and daughter Mary Vinson - negro boy Abraham To son Ebennez Vinson - cow called Pidy Executor: son George Vinson who shall also have the care of sons Ebennezer and Eli until they are twenty Witness: Isaac Jones, Lowder Hearne, Ebenezer Whelley 8 June 1773 Then came |
F:222 Charles Watson 31 March 1773 To wife Elizabeth Watson - negro woman Rachel for life time To daughter Ufamy Watson - negro man Caleb, girl Marget, boy Stephen, large iron pot, large cupboard, oval table, case of bottles To son John Watson - negro boy Jonathan, girl Nelley To wife and children Ufamy and Jehu Watson - rest of personal estate Witness: friend Fisher Walton Witness: William Aydelotte, David Dixon, Thomas Hancock 13 August 1773 Then came |
F:231 Esther Downs 21 April 1768 To Sarah Downs - negro girl Lusey To sister Mary Martin - 6 pounds in cash To sister in law Betty Downs and her children - remainder of estate Witness: James Martin, Mary Martin 25 November 1774 Then came |
F:231 Littleton Dennis 10 February 1774 To eldest son James Dennis - tract Fittsborough and mills on Pitts Creek and also the marshes on Pitts Creek from the easternmost side of the point whereon Jesse Brittingham now lives to begin where the creek turns near the high land and up the creek to Levin Dickerson's land. This containing 100 acres. Negroes Joe and his wife Betty; Little Joe, Haray, Draper, How and her children, Daniel, Abraham, Ned, Munday To son Henry Dennis - remainder of land ___ Point bought of Benjamin Hayward and part of Pitts Borough beginning at the line of the land whereon John Mills now lives and from thence across to the easternmost corner of Abraham Lamberson's land . Also 1⁄2 of the cypress swamp purchased of Levi Brittingham to begin next to the Old Meeting House Landing and up the river to include half by a line drawn from the river to the high land. Also the plantation purchased of Jesse and Lamuel Purnell on the Sea Side. Also a part of the mills at the head of the Wicomoco. Also negroes Pater, Bridget and her youngest children, and also Moses, Joshua, Will, Levin, Hector, and Isaac. Also all my law books. Also land purchased of Levin Porter adjoining the lands adjoining the lands of Solomon Townsend and William Allen To son Littleton Dennis - all lands, marshes, and cypress swamps in Somerset County. Negroes Landon, George, Daniel, Major, Dido, Duggy, Tite, Little Leah, Doctor, and Jaque To son John Dennis - dwelling lands. Negroes Jack, Betty and Betty's child Sam, Rose, Elijah, Ephraim, Alice, Adam, Sambo, Tamer, Cede, and Rachell To daughter Elizabeth Dennis - negroes Big Leah, Hannah, and Bob To daughter Sarah Dennis - negroes Tom, Ebb, and Sinah To wife - horses and carriages, use of household furniture, silver plate and china That sons shall have creatures that are on the plantations and all the lumber and utensils for chopping that Executor: wife Susanna Dennis and friend and relation Samuel Handy to be guardian to all my children with full power to bind them to some lawful calling or profession such as my said children may choose. Also that friend John Teackle to assist in the administration of estate with the aid of friends William Allen and George Corbin Witness: James Houston, Joseph Houston, Thomas Tyler "whereas I entered into a partnership with Josiah Polk and Gillis Polk in the building of a saw mill and grist mill at the head of Wicomico River and not having any settlement to know the profits ... the settlement ... be so made ... to the best advantage to my son Henry Witness: Abraham Gibbs, Isaac Outten, John Merril Junior 8 June 1774 Then came |
F:238 Mary Fassitt widow of John Fassitt the Elder 1774 That negroes Sackor and Easter be free to choose their master among my children To grandson Elijah son of James Fassitt - negro fellow Tom To son Elijah - negro boy Isaac and pair of hand irons and hand mill To son John Fassitt - all lumber, ploughs, harrows, hoes, one grindstone and all poultry To daughter Elizabeth Tingle - large iron kettle, one book by John Wiltson To daughter Sarah Colyer - use of negro woman Comfort. Also horse and riding chair and the first choice of my apparel from shoes to cap and my Psalm Book To granddaughter Mary Collier daughter of Sarah - negro Comfort after her mother's death To Lambert Collier - negro girl Comfort if Mary Collier dies without heir To youngest daughter Mary - silver spoon marked M.R. To granddaughter Mary, daughter of son John Fassitt - negro boy George, one of my best bed and furniture, two new dishes, 6 pewter plates, table, spinning wheel, looking glass, silver spoon marked W.F. , loom, table cloth To grandson John, son of son John Fassitt - Mary's part if Mary dies without heir To grandson Thomas Simpson Fassitt - silver spoon marked W.F. To granddaughter the daughter of my deceased son William Fassitt - 15 pounds at age sixteen and silver spoon marked W.F. To granddaughter Elizabeth Tingle - silver spoon Executor: John Fassett and son in law Kendal Collier and that they see me decently buried Witness: John Parker, William Bowin, John Rackliff 15 November 1775 Then came William Bowin, John Rackliff. John Parker dead by this date |
F:240 William Fooks 17 March 1774 To son Jesse Fooks - 50 acres being part of a tract called Long Acre and part of tract called Fooks Cost. Also a bond of Stephen Buckanis of 22 pounds To wife Mary Fookes - remainder of Long Acre and remainder of Fookes Coste, 100acres of Foote Neck To youngest Benjamin Fookes - above land after wife's death. Also negro boy Dover and negro girl Ester To Joseph Fookes - right and title to track Long Acre taken up by John Roach To son William Fookes - tract called Sommer Paster and tract called Bacon Quarter. Also negro woman Hager To son Daniel Fookes - tract called Little Worth and negro girl Dinah when he is twenty-one To grandsons John Lingo and William Lingo - 10 pounds each when they are of age To daughter Tebitha Ennes - 20 pounds to daughter Abigil Ennes - 20 pounds Executor: brother Daniel Fookes Witness: Samuel Davis, Adam Christopher, Thomas Fookes 15 April 1774 Then came |
F:250 Joseph Morris 7 December 1773 To son Icak Morris - tract Ellick's Hool To son Stephen Morris -tract ___ Humor To daughter Ann Morris - negro girl Ester To son John Morris - grist mill and land not given. Also negro girl Leda To Edy William Morris wife - negro man Perras, woman Dinah Executor: wife and William Morris Witness: Joseph Robinson, Joshua Morris, William Goslee 28 January 1774 Then came Joseph Robinson, Joshua Morris, William Goslee who "declare upon oath ... that the said Joseph Morris departed this life sometime in December last." Widow elects to take her thirds |
F:251 Mary Martin 27 January 1774 To son James Martin - negro girl Levinah, boy Tom, boy Sampson To son George Martin - negro woman Jenny, boy Toney To son Thomas Martin - blacksmith tools To daughter Mary Schoolfield - calf, sow and pigs To daughter Margaret Irving - cow and calf To daughter Elizabeth Handy - cow and calf To daughter Jermah Ayres - 25 pounds To daughter Elizabeth Harris wife of Benton Harris - debt owed Executor: sons James and George Witness: William Merril, Dolly Merril, Henry Johnson 18 February |
F:256 George Parker Senior, Gentleman 6 December 1767 To son John Parker - tract called W___ (Wickenoughs Neck ?) except that part conveyed to son Schoolfield To wife Elizabeth - use of land for life To son Ely Parker - tract Woolfs Den lying in Sussex County containing 140 acres To son Samuel Parker - tract called Parker's Chance containing 150 acres. Also negro boy George To seven youngest children - rest of movable estate Executor: wife Elizabeth and son John Witness: James Noble Senior, Joshua Sturgis Junior, Sarah Noble, Elijah Laws Junior, Elijah Laws 16 September 1774 |
F:257 Thomas Purnell 9 September 1774 To son Melby - plantation now in the possession of my uncle Azarel. Also 8 acres of branch and timber next to the causeway being part of tract now live on. This at the age of eighteen To daughter Mary - negro girl Seb To wife Rhoda - rest of estate To friend William Holland - land taken up in partnership of my father with the said Holland Executor: wife Witness: Schoolfield Parker, Thomas Duncan, Delilah Brittingham 9 December 17 74 Then came |
F:260 James Round 24 November 1765 To son Samuel Hopkins Round - tracts in Sinepuxent Neck called Wellbuck containing 450 acres and Tompkins Meadow and part of tracts Neighborhood containing 70 acres and containing 44 acres To son James Round - part of dwelling tract at Tuxburry Branch beginning at the first bounder until it comes to the county road then to where the signpost stood near Guns Shop and then running with the courses of my brother John Rounds deed until it intersects with the line of tract Jacobus Addition and from thence to the last cart bridge which I made across a branch going to Solomon Davis and then until it intersects with a tract called Silver Street. Also tract called Mill Angle containing 25 acres together with the mill house and mill stone. Also large copper still with the worm, tub, and cap To daughter Martha Caldwell - lot of ground at The Trap with the house. Also negroes Priz, Lozor, Jules To son John Whittington Round - above land if James dies without heir. Also 50 acres of land in Sinepuxent Neck at the head of the tract devised to son Samuel being part of the vacant land which I took up and paid caution money in virtue of a special warrant granted Edmond Crapper Senior (deceased). Also 500 acres on the Indian River being part of tract Lady's Delight To son Hampton Round - the mill if James dies without heir To daughter Hannah Round - negroes Ruth and Hagar when she is sixteen To daughter Sarah Round - negroes Sal and Robin To wife Rhoda - negro girl Young Dinah and negro Orson. Also riding chair and chair horse and she may possess any one of the plantations for her lifetime To friend John Rackliff - part of tract Conclusion as in deed from Savory Wing To brother Edward Round - 50 acres at the back of brother John Round's Executor: wife and that sons be bound out to trades at the direction of friend John Henry and son-in-law W. Samuel Caldwell Witness: Samuel Piles, Eli Campbell, Nathanial Murray 13 May 1774 Then came Samuel Piles of the City of Philadelphia who is the only surviving witness and he authorizes Benjamin Chew, James Tilghman and Thomas Bond to take probate of the will |
F:271 William Sharpe 29 June 1774 To son William Sharpe - dwelling plantation and also 20 acres out of a tract called Elbornme To son Peter Sharpe - remainder of called Elbornme To grandson John, son of James Sharpe - the land where his father now lives in Sussex County in Angela Neck To son Thomas Sharpe - negro boy Sambo To son Joshua Sharpe - negro girl Ester To son Jacob and grandson John Truitt Sharpe, son of John Sharpe deceased - Woodmans Stocley's bond for 132 pounds To daughter Ann Sharpe - bed and furniture, cow and calf and 10 pounds To daughter Comfort Sharpe - bed and furniture, cow and calf and 10 pounds To sons Peter, Thomas, Jacob, and Joshua Sharpe and grandson John Truitt Sharpe and daughters Mary Messick, Ann and Comfort - remainder of estate among them, my wife Elizabeth's part and son James Sharpe excepted To son James Sharpe - one shilling Executor: son William Witness: Benjamin Phillips, Thomas Kellam, William Thompson 18 July 1774 Then came |
F:275 Solomon Townsend 11 February 1774 To brother William Townsend's son Charles Townsend - land out of tract Coventry that my brother William Townsend devised to me on the south side of Mount Hope Branch To wife and son Solomon - remainder of Coventry and also tract Townsend's Security. Wife to maintain and educate my four youngest children. Son Solomon is to pay to son my Denwood Townsend the sum of 50 pounds To son James Townsend - 142 acres of Dumfrees To Roland Beavens son of Roland Beavens - 142 acres of Dumfrees provided he pay son James for the surveying To son William Townsend - 100 acres of tract New Year's Gift To son Elias Townsend - tract of land called Standfast To daughter Elisha? - negro girl Leah, bed and furniture To wife - negroes Adam, Tony, Tamer to assist her in the bring up of the four youngest children and also 1⁄2 of remainder of estate. Also two mares and yoke of oxen To children William, Solomon, James, Elias Townsend, and Mary Beavens wife of James Beavens and Prisilla Brittingham - remainder of estate To son Zadock Townsend - negro boy Norway and 30 pounds To son Lemuel Townsend - negro girl Phillis and 15 pounds. Also still, worm, and tub To son Denwood Townsend - 30 pounds and negro boy Bob Executor: sons William and Solomon Witness: William Allen, Nehemiah Tilghman, Moses Carey 22 March 1774 Then came |
F:279 John Waples 23 June 1769 To son Elihu Waples - dwelling tract called Morris Purchase containing 150 acres. Also negro boy Jacob To son John Waples - tract purchased of Able Nottingham containing 240 acres. Also negro boy Belfast To daughter Prisala Waples - land purchased of William Johnson containing 70 acres and land purchased of John Hana formerly belonging to Elihu Hugs known as Fery Point containing 24 acres To son Elihu Waples and daughter Prisala Waples - tract that my father Paul Waples gave me by deed of gift bordering on the Indian River To daughter Prisala Waples - negro boy Sambo Executor: wife Mary and brother William Waples Witness: Daniel Smith, Mary Robinson, Peter Waples 2 February 1774 Then came Mary Lockwood, late Robinson and Peter Waples. Daniel Smith dead by this date |
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