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1730-1735 Essex County, Virginia Will Book 5; [Antient Press]; Page 146-148)
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I WILLIAM MOUNTAGUE SENR. of South ffarnham Parish in Essex County being very weak but in perfect memory thanks be to Godfor it have thought of it to make this my last will and Testament revoking and making void all other wills by me heretofore made first & principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping for Salvation through the meritts of my blessed saviour &Redeemer Christ Jesus: and as to my Temporall Estate after the due payment of all my just debts Legacies & funeral Expences I dispose thereof in manner and form as followeth.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my beloved Son WILLIAM MOUNTAGUE five hundred acres of land in MIDDLESEX COUNTY at the place called MOUNTAGUE ISLAND to him & his heirs.
Item I lend unto my beloved Son William Mountague my plantation whereon I now live & the thereto adjoyning during his natural life and after his decease I give it to my Grandson WILLIAM MOUNTAGUE he being the Eldest Son of my Son William Mountague to him and his heirs forever lawfully begotten and in case he should die without such heir lawfully begotten then my will is that the sd land shall return to my Son William Mountague to him & to his disposal.
Item I give & bequeath to my Son William Mountague one negro man called Sam, one negro man called Will, one negro man called Degoe; one negro man called Peter; one negro woman called Jenny.
Item I give to my Grandson William Mountague four hundred acres of land which I have at the Dragon to him & his heirs lawfully begotten and in case he should die without such heir lawfully begotten then my will is that the sd land shall return to my Son William Mountague to him and to his disposal!.
Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson William Mountague one negro girl called Nanny, one negro boy called Jemmy, one negro boy called Sampson, one negro boy called Harry, one negro boy called George with all the Stock belonging to the plantation and in case my Grandson William Mountague should die without heirs lawfully begotten then the sd Negroes to return to my Son William Mountague to dispose of them as he shall think fit.
Item I give to my Grandson THOMAS MOUNTAGUE one hundred acres of land being more or less adjoyning to my land which I have on the Dragon lying on the Lower side of the tract of land which belongeth to my Son William Mountague next to the main road to him and his heirs lawfully begotten and for want of such heirs to return to my Son William Mountague & to his disposal.
Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson Thomas Mountague one negro girl called Frank; one negro girl called Clorinda, one negro girl called Lucy, one negro girl called Hannah, one negro boy called Mintus.
Item I give and bequeath to my Son William Mountague one negro woman called Judy & my desire is that the increase of the two negro women which I have given to my Son William Mountague should be equally divided between my two aforesd Grand Children William & Thomas Mountague as before mentioned.
Item I leave to my beloved Son William Mountague all the stock which is on the plantation whereon I now live and all the Tobacco & Corn that I have on all my plantations & one boat.
Item I give to my beloved Son one feather bed and new suit of curtins Valliens head cloth & Waster & a new
Quilt.
Item I give to my Grandson William Mountague two feather beds, one Rugg a pr of Blankets a pr of sheets two pillows curtains & Vallians with all my pewther & iron pots & potracks.
Item I give to my Grandson Thomas Mountague one feather bed one rugg one blankitt & on pr of sheets.
Item I give to my beloved Son William Mountague all the remainder of my houshold furniture And Furthermore I constitute and appoint my beloved Son William Mountague whole & sole Executor of this my last Will &Testament for the true performance thereof. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this Thirty first day of March one thousand seven hundred thirty & three. William Mountague Senor
In presence of JOHN VASS, MARYM GOODWIN, RICE JONES, FRANCIS MITER
At a Court held for Essex County at Tappa. on ye ninth day of June Annoq. Dom MDCCEEKIII The above written last Will and Testament of William Mountague Senr. decd was presented in Court by William Mountague the Execr, therein named who made oath thereto and being also in due form proved by the oaths of John Vass, Rice Jones and Francis Taylor three of the witnesses thereto was admitted to record.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1728 - 