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Source copy consulted: Robert Carter will, 1732 October 16, Carter Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. The text is contained in a bound volume and is a copy of a copy of the original probated in the General Court whose records were destroyed in the Richmond fire at the end of the Civil War. This copy was prepared and is attested to by Wilson Allen, Clerk of the General Court. Its source was a copy of the original made and attested to by Matthew Kemp, appointed clerk of the General Court about 1731. Given the number of duplicated words and other errors in this text, one must be sympathetic to the boredom of Allen in transcribing this long and tedious text.
The will was published first in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5(May 1898):408-428; 6(July 1898):1-32. The latest publication is Lloyd T. Smith, Jr., ed. , Robert Carter of Corotoman 1663-1732: An Analysis of His Last Will and Testament. (Irvington, VA: Foundation for Historic Christ Church, 2009.) This publication is based on a second manuscript copy of the will known as the St. Leger Landon Carter copy. Aside from the will and its codicils, the book contains some other material such as "epitaphs of John Carter and Robert Carter" which St. Leger Landon Carter had copied from the stones at Christ Church.
Robert Carter's Will and Codicils, 1726-1732, Admitted to Probate in the General Court, October 16, 1732
[Corotoman,] Lancaster County, Virginia
August 22, 1726
In the name of God Amen I Robert Carter
of Lancaster County in the colony and Dominion of
Virginia Esqr. being in a sickly declining state of Body
but of sound mind and memory (to God be the praise)
and being now in the sixty third year of my age do make
this my last will and Testament.
I resign my soul to God as into the hands of a Faithfull
Creator and my Body (when it shall please him to take
me out of this World to the earth) trusting in and through
the merits and Mediation of my ever blessed redeemer our
great and only high priest at the right hand of the Father
to have my sins pardoned and washt away and to attain
to the resurection of the Just disclaiming any righteousness
of my own and firmly believing in the ever blessed Trin-
-ity Father Son and holy Ghost placing my only hopes in
in the Satisfaction and propitiation of my dear Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ I order my body body to be laid in
the yard of Christ Church near and upon the right hand
of my Wives a decent funeral to be kept at my interment
a monument or tombstone to be sent for to be erected
Christ Church, Lancaster County; the Carter tombs are to the right of the building.
over my grave of about the value of my last wives Tombstone
with a proper Inscription at the discretion of my son John
or of my other executors in case of his Mortality and I
do dispose of that worldly estate which God hath
blessed me with in manner following.
I give unto my said son John and to the heirs male issue of
his body lawfully begotten all that tract of Land I bought
of Mr John Spicer in Essex County containing seven and twenty
hundred acres with all housing Members and appurtenances
with all the slaves and real estate thereon excepting the
slaves in this my will hereafter excepted.
I give unto my said son John and to the heirs Male issue
of his Body Lawfully to be begotten my tract of Ten thou-
sand acres of Land upon the branches of Occaquan,
upon Cedar run, Owl run & Licking run, adjoining to
the Germans, granted to Capt. George Turbervile, and by
him conveyed to me, unto him my said son John, and
to the heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such
unto my son Charles, and to the heirs male issue of his
Body, and for want of such unto my son Robert and to
the heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such
unto my own right heirs forever.
I give unto my said son John and to the heirs male issue of
of his Body Lawfully to be begotten, one moyety or half
part of all those lands I lately bought of Robert Cary
of London Merchant with their and every of their ap-
-purts lying in Richmond & Westmoreland Counties to
be equally divided as followeth. The division to begin
somewhere near the plantation of Peter Smith where
the sd. Smith lives and so to run away towards Rappa.
River in such manner so as to make pretty near equal
Quantities in each part consideration being had to
the conveniences of both parts of these lands and that
the Fork of Totees Key come in to the lower division the
lower half of this Land I given unto my said son
John and to the heirs male issue of his Body
and for want of such unto my son
Robert and to the heirs male issue of his Body and for
want of such unto my son Charles and to the heirs male
of his Body and for want of such unto my own right heirs
forever.
I give unto my said son John and to the heirs male
issue of his Body that tract of Land in King George County
that I bought of the said Cary, called the round hills being
esteemed to contained five hundred acres together with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging. All these Lands Tenements
Houses and appurtenances slaves and real estate I devise will
and bequeath unto my said son John and the heirs male issue
of his Body lawfully begotten and if my said son John dye [sic]
without issue male or his issue male dye without issue male
then my will is that these lands House Slaves and real
estate given to my said son John do go to my son Robert
and to his heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten
and if my son Robert dye without issue male or his issue
male dye without issue male then my will is that these
lands House Slaves and real estate given to my son John
do go to my son Charles and his heirs male issue of his
Body lawfully begotten and if my son Charles dye [sic] without
issue male or his issue male dye without issue male then
my will is that these Lands houses slaves, and real estate
given to my son John do go to my son Landon and his heirs male
issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if he dye [sic] without issue male
or his issue male dye without issue male that then these Lands
houses slaves and real estate given unto my said son
John do go unto my son George, and his heirs male issue of his
Body lawfully begotten and if he dye without issue male
or his issue male dye without issue male that then these lands
Houses slaves and real estate given unto my said son John do go
unto my Grandson Carter Burwell second son of my
daughter Elizabeth Nicholas and to the heirs male
male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my said Grandson
Carter Burwell do dye without issue male or his issue male
dye without issue male that then these lands, houses slaves
and real estate do go to my Grandson Robert Burwell and to
the heirs male issue of his body lawfully begotten and if my
said Grandson Robt.. Burwell do dye [sic] without issue male
or his issue male dye without issue male that then these lands
,houses, slaves and real estate given to my son John do go to
my Grandson Lewis Burwell and to the heirs male issue of
his body lawfully begotten and if my said Grandson Lewis
do dye without issue male of his body that then these Lands
houses slaves and real estate shall go to my Grandson
Mann Page the son and heir of my daughter Judith
Page and the heirs male issue of his body lawfully begotten
and if my said Grandson Mann Page dye without issue
male or his issue male dye without issue male that then
these lands, house slaves and real estate given to my
son John do go unto my said daughter Pages second
or living son if any such there be, to be baptized
Carter and to the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully
begotten and if such Second or living son of my said
daughter Judith Page do dye without issue male then
I give these lands, slaves, houses and real estate
given unto my said son John unto my own right
heirs forever
I give and bequeath unto my son Robert
and to his heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten
all my lands houses slave appurtenances and real estate what-
soever lying and being in Westmorland [sic ] County and
likewise the M ill, and lands adjoining in
Richmond County commonly called and known by the
name of Dickersons Mill also all my lands houses slaves appur-
-tenances and real estate I have upon the branches of Wicocomoco
River in Northumberland County known by the name
of Fieldings Plantation and necks containing between eighteen
hundred and two thousand acres or thereabouts likewise all
my tract of land I bought of Majr. John Holloway lying upon
Chappawamsick in Hartford county and also all my lands
lying upon the Branches of Ottaquan in the same County and
likewise the slaves tht. went from Middlesex since my
wifes death up to pewmens Emd which I have likewise before ex-
-cepted out of my gift to my said son John I give and de
-vise unto my son Robert and to the heirs male issue
of his Body lawfully begotten as also the following negroe
slaves (to wit) my negroe George the cooper and his wife
and Children The two negroes I have now bound out
as apprentices to Wm. Garland Also the Negroe Boy that
is an apprentice to George the Cooper also my negroe boy
David Tom Gumby's Brother and likewise my Cook
wench Priss her husband Old Robin and her children
all that she hath or shall have These lands houses
slaves appurtenances and real estate I do give and devise unto my
said son Robert and his heirs male issue of his Body
lawfully begotten And if my son Robert dye without
issue male then my will is that these lands houses
slave appurtenances and real estate given unto my said
son Robert do go to my son Charles and to the heirs
male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my son
Charles dye without issue male then my will is that these
lands house slave appurtenances and Real estate
given unto my son Robert do go to my son John and
the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my
son John dye without issue male then my will is that
these lands house slave appurtenances and real estate
given unto my son Robert do go to my son Landon and to the heirs
male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my said son Landon dye without issue male then my will is that these lands houses slaves appurtenances
and real estate given unto my son Robert do go to my
son George and the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully
begotten and if my said son George dye without issue male
then my will is that these lands house slave appurts,
given unto my son Robert do go to right heirs forever I give unto
my son Robert and to the heirs male issue of his Body all
that other moiety and half of the lands and appurtenances
that I bought of Robt. Cary lying in Richmond
and Westmoreland Counties being the upper Moiety of
these lands according to the division directed as afore-
-said and in case of the death of my said son Robert
without issue male then this Moiety of the lands I bought
of Mr Robert Cary to go to my son John and to his issue
male and for want of issue male of the body of my son
John to go to my son Charles & to the heirs male issue
of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such
to my son Charles [sic ] and to the heirs male issue of his
Body lawfully begotten and if my said son Landon dye [sic]
without issue male then to my son George and to the
heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if
my said son George dye without issue male then my
will is that this Moyety of these lands and appurts
given to my said son Robert do go to my right heirs forever --
I give unto my said son Robert that tract or parcel of
land I lately bought of William rust lying in Hartford
County upon the branches of Bull Run to him and
his heirs forever.
I give these lands houses slaves Appurtenances and real estate
I do give and bequeath unto my said son Robert and to his heirs
male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my son Robert
dye without issue male then my will is that (excepting the
lands I bought of Mr Cary which are settled on my son John
in remainder as aforesaid and the lands I bought of William Rust, which I have given unto my sad son Robert in Fee simple) these lands houses slaves appurtenances
real estate given unto my said son Robert do go
unto my son Charles and to the heirs male issue of his Body
lawfully begotten and if my said son Charles dye [sic] without
issue male then my will is that these lands house slaves &
real estate do go to my son John and to the heirs male issue of
his Body lawfully begotten and if my said son John dye [sic] without
issue male then my will is that these lands house and real
estate do go to my son Landon to the heirs male issue
of his Body lawfully begotten and if my said son Landen [sic ]
dye without issue male then my will is that all these
lands houses slaves and real estate do go to my son
George and to the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully be-
-gotten and if my son George dye without issue male
then it is my will that all these Lands house slaves and
real estate do go to my right heirs forever. --
I give and bequeath unto my son Charles and to all the
heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten All my lands houses
plantations and appurtenances in Lancaster and Northumber-
-land Counties which formerly belonged to Majr. William
Lister as also the plantation and lands I bought of
Mr Robert Jones commonly called old plantation
and likewise the plantation and Lands I
bought and purchased of John Sudley the Father [sic ]
and the son called Blough point plantation on where
Thos. West now lives and also I give unto said son
Charles and to the heirs male issue of his Body law-
-fully begotten all lmy lands in King George and
Spotsylvania Counties lying above the falls of
Rappahannock River and also my Great tract of
land lying upon the Branches of Potomack whereon I have three plantations now seated likewise I give
unto my said son Charles all the slaves that are upon
the said plantations Lands & settlements herein given
to him and all the slaves that shall be upon the sd.
plantations at the time of my death and I also give
unto my said son Charles my negroe Tom Gumby
and his wife & children and also my negroe Frank the
Carpenter & his wife and children & my two negroes that
are apprentices to John Hurst and my negroe boy called
Cesar I also and devise to my said son Charles and
to the heirs male issue of his body apiece of Land about
two hundred acres lying between the line of the Great
Tract I live upon and the lands that were
where the brick store stands and joining upon the Glebe
being a piece of Land on which John Bradley lived also
the lands I bought of John Wale the son of Elizabeth Waugh
the relict of William Waugh also the lands I have lately
agreed for with Simon Sallard and Blanch his wife
for the executing deeds for the same I have Sallards bond
which deeds in case of my death before exempted it is
my will shall be past to my said son Charles and the
heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten.
I give these lands plantations houses slaves appurtenances
and estate I give unto my said son Charles and the
heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten and if my son
Charles dye without issue male then my will is that
these lands plantations houses slaves and appurtenances and
estates given unto my said son Charles do go to my son Robert
& the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and if my son
Robert dye without issue male then my will is that these lands plantations
houses slaves appurts & estates given unto my son Charles do
go to my son John and the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten
And if my son John dye without issue male then my will is
that these lands plantations houses slaves appurtenances and estates
given unto my son Charles do go to my son Landon
and the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten
and if my son Landen [sic ] dye without issue male then my
will is that these Lands plantations houses slaves
appurtenances and estate given unto my son Charles do go
to my son George and the heirs male issue of his Body
lawfully begotten and if my son George dye with-
-out issue male then my will is that these lands
houses slaves appurtenances & estates given unto my son
Charles do go to my right heirs forever.
My will is that the respective stocks of Cattle horses
sheep and hoggs that are upon my several plantations,
shall go to such of my sons as the Lands are given to according
to my aforesaid will and to be and be continued as an
appurtenace to the several plantations to which they belong. --
My will is that all my lands slaves stocks of cattle & hoggs
houses plantations and appurtenances to the said lands and real
estate belonging, lying upon merchants hundred in James river
beheld [sic ] & enjoyed by my Daughter Elizabeth formerly the relict
of Nathl. Burwell Gen. decd and now the wife of Doctor George
Nicholas for and during the time of her natural life and the
profits of the sd. estate to belong to her and after her
decease my will is that these lands houses slaves appurts
stocks of Cattle & hogs do go to my Grandson Carter Burwell --
& to the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten, and for want
of such unto my Grandson Robt. Burwell, and the heirs
of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such unto my Grand-
-son Lewis Burwell & to the heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten
and if my sd. Three Grandsons should dye [sic] without issue male, Then my
will is that these lands slaves, houses, appurtenances stocks of Cattle and hogs do go to
my Grandaughter Elizabeth Burwell and to the heirs male issue of her Body, and
if all my sd. grandchildren should dye [sic] without issue male then my
Will is that these lands & estate of Merchant hundred with the
slaves and appurts do go to my son John and the heirs male issue
of his Body and for want of such unto my all sons in tail male
with the remainder over according to the disposition I have
already made of the rest of my lands slaves and real estates
in this my will, and my further will is that this estate in all
time to be called & to go by the name of Carter Grove provided
alwaies & it is my and meaning that the number of slaves
that are now upon the sd. plantation shall always be kept up
and that the mortalitys shall be still supply'd of the profits
of this estate, and that the number of Cattle and other
stocks shall always be kept up for the use and manure
of the sd. plantation to the same number they are at my demise
and that the sd. plantation be always kept in good repair and that the contin-
-gent charges of the sd. estate be born out of the profits ; --
That whereas I have bought two tracts of Land of Maj. John
Holloway lying in King & Queen County which cost me
seven hundred pounds sterling six negroes of Mr. Augus-
-tine Moore which cost me [illegible] one hundred & twenty
pounds sterling and sundry negroes in number
twelve of Mr John Pratt which cost me one hundred
and eighty pounds ten shillings which sd. two tracts of
of [sic ] Land & negroes are now in the possession of Mann Page Esqr.
and my daughter Judith Page his wife and no settlement
thereof made and having also given orders to the said Mann
Page to lay out a Debt due from him to me upon an ac-
-count amounting to one hundred and six pounds
Eighteen shillings and two pence in slaves for a
further settlement upon the aforesd. Lands I do
therefore give and devise the sd. Lands & slaves
that shall be bought with the sd. money unto my
said daughter Judith Page for and during the
Term of her natural life and the profit of the said land and
slaves and after the decease of my said daughter Judith Page
the said land & slaves do go to my Grandson Carter Page & to the
heirs male issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want
of such to my Grandson John Page and to the heirs male issue of
his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such to my
grandson Mann Page and to the the heirs male issue of his
Body lawfully begotten and if the said Three Grandsons
should dye without issue male then my will is that these
lands and slaves & appurtenances do go to my Daughter Page's
issue Female and the heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten
and in case of failure of heirs of the Body of my daughter
Judith, first by her present husband in whose posterity by my said
daughter my design is that this estate be fixt [sic] and for want of issue
by him then upon the issue of her Body by any other husband,
but if no such issue be, to take this estate according to my intent
then it is my will that this estate after the death of my said
daughter's husband Mann Page Esqr. who is to enjoy the profits of
it during his natural life these lands slaves Houses & appurtenances
do go to my son John and his heirs male and so to my other sons in
Tale male with the remainder over accordg [sic ] to the order and dis-
-position of this my will as afore said and after the entail is
spent to revert And go to my own right heirs and my will
is that this estate be called and go by the name of Carter's Dale
in all times to come provided alwaies and it is my will and
meaning that the number of slaves that are now upon the sd plan-
-tation, shall always be kept up and that the mortalitys shall be
still supplied out of the profits of this estate and the number
of Cattle and other stocks shall alwaies be kept up for the
use and manner of the sd. plantation to the same number
they are at, at my decease and that the said plantation
be always kept in good repair and that the contingent Charges
of the sd. estate be born [sic] out of the profits.
That whereas I have bought a tract of Land of Maj: Thomas
Randolph in henrico County with the appurts & stocks
thereon which cost me two hundred and fifty pounds ster-
-ling and another Tract of Lands in Surry County of Mr. Wil-
-liam Macon and [gap in text] his Wife which
cost me five hundred and sixty pounds sterling and also
Ten negroes which I bought of Mr Augustin More which cost
me Two hundred pounds sterling and three negroes more of
the said More which cost me sixty six pounds sterling all
which lands and negroes being now in the possession of Maj.
Benja. Harrison & my Daughter Anne his wife it is my will
& so I do give and bequeath all these lands & the said slaves and
stocks that now are and shall be upon the said lands of my
purchase unto my said Daughter Anne for and during
her natural life and to her second son to be christened Carter,
and to the heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such to a
third son and to a the heirs male issue of his Body and for want
of such to the eldest son of my Daughter Anne and to the
heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such issue male
of my Daughter Anne's body to her my said Daughter's heirs
female and for want of issue male & female of my said
Daughter these lands and slave to go to my son Robert and
to heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such to
my son Charles and the heirs male issue of his Body and
for want of such to my son Landon and the the heirs male issue
of his Body and for want of such to revert to my son George
and the heirs male issue of his Body and for want of such
to revert to my right heirs forever provided always & it is my
will that the number of slaves that I have now bought for the
settlement as aforesaid be made up by executors to the
number of Twenty five workers within three years after my de-
-cease provided always and it is my will & meaning that the
number of slaves that are now upon the said plantations or that shall be placed
there according to the intent of this my will shall always be kept up and that the
ortalitys shall be still supplied out of the profits of this estate
and the number of Cattle & other stocks shall always be kept up for
the use and manner of the said plantations to the same number
they are at at my decease, and the said plantations be always
kept in good repair and the contingent Charges of the
said estate be born out of the profits.
And it is my further will that if my said Daughter Anne be
living at the time of my decease there be five hundred
pounds sterling paid to her by my executors three years after my
decease And I do also given unto my said daughter Anne
forty pounds sterling to be in lieu & satisfaction for her
claim to my negro wench Martha being unwilling she
shall be parted from her husband, The said forty pounds
to be laid out in negroes to be intailed [sic] upon her my said
Daughter Anne & upon her daughter Betty.
It is my will then when my Daughter Anne's Daughter Betty
shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years or to be Married there
shall be paid to her the sume of five hundred pounds sterling
by my executors and that when my said daughter Anne's Daugh-
-ter Anne shall arrive at the age of Twenty one years or to be
married there shall be paid to her the of five hundred
pounds sterling by my executors and in case of the death of
either of my said Grandaughters the whole ten hundred pounds
to be paid to the survivor when she arrives at the age of Twen-
-ty one years or is married and if both of my sd. Grandchild-
-dren should dye before they arrive at such ages or marriage
then the said ten hundred pounds to be paid to such other son
or Daughter as shall be born of the body of my said Daughter
Anne when he or she shal [sic ] arrive at the age of twenty
one years or marriage. My will is that if my Daughter Mary shall
live to the age of twenty one years unmarried or if she should
marry before with the consent and approbation of Col: Mann Page Majr.
Benjamin Harrison my son John & her brothers Robert & Charles or the major
part of them or the survivors of them that then there be paid to her by my
extors the sume [sic] of two thousand pounds sterling to be paid in manner following (that is to say)
at three yearly equal successive payments the first payment to be made
in eight months after my said Daughter's marriage with consent
as aforesaid or her coming to the age of twenty one, And my will
is that my said Daughter Mary have a genteel maintenance
out of my estate until she arrive at such age or marriage
and that she live with her sister Page or her sister Har-
-rison as they shall agree to be best and properest for her
I also give to my said Daughter Mary thirty five pounds
sterling to be paid to my son John to be in lieu and sa-
-tisfaction for her claim to my Mulatto Girl Molly and
her child being being unwilling she should be parted
from her husband also the spinning Girl phillis
and the Girl Nanny which she already calls hers to
her the said Mary, and to the heirs of her Body and
if she dies without such heirs unto my daughter Harri-
-son, and the heirs of her Body forever. And I do order my
executors to send for, for my said Daughter Mary a gold
watch of thirty pounds price, and a pearl necklace of
twenty five pounds price when she arrives at sixteen
years of age, and it is my further will that if my said
Daughter Mary shall marry before she attains to the age
of twenty one years without the consent and approbation
of her brothers as aforesaid or the major part of the sur-
-vivors of them that in such case I do revoke & make
void all the aforesaid Legacies & then order my executors to
pay to her my said Daughter Mary the sume of Five hun-
-dred pounds sterling and no more.
My will is that if my Daughter Lucy shall live to the age of twenty one years
unmarried or if she shall marry before with the consent and approbation of
Col. Mann Page, Majr.. Benja. Harrison my son John and her brothers Robert
and Charles that then there be paid to her by my Executors the sume [sic] of eight-
-een hundred pounds sterling to be paid in manner following (that is to
say) at three yearly equal successive payments the first payment to
be made in eight months after my said daughter's marriage with consent
as aforesaid, or her coming to the age of twenty one years and my
Will is that my said Daughter Lucy have a genteel maintenance
out of my estate until she arrive at such age or marriage, and
that she live with her sister Page, or her sister Harrison as
as they shall agree to be best and properest for her, I also give
unto my said daughter Lucy, the Madagascar Girl Belinda
and her child and Nausau's Girl Bridgett, and Toby's Girl Pricilla,
to her the said Lucy, and the heirs of her Body and if she dye [sic]
without heirs of her Body unto my son Robert and the heirs of
his Body forever. And I do order my executors to send for, for my
said Daughter Lucy a gold watch of thirty pounds price,
and a pearl necklace of twenty five pounds price when she arrives
at sixteen years of age. And it is my further will that if my said
Daughter Lucy shall marry before she attains to the age
of twenty one years without the consent and approba-
-tion of her brothers as aforesaid, or the major part of the sur-
-vivors of them that in such case I revoak & make
void all the aforesaid Legacys and then order my executors to
pay to her my said Daughter Lucy the sume of five
hundred pounds sterling and no more. --
My will is that if either of my two youngest daughters
dye dye before she comes of age or is married so that she doth not
come to enjoy the Legacies designed by this said will then
my will is there be paid by my executors to each of my sur-
-viving daughters the sume of two hundred pounds sterling
and if the other of my two youngest Daughters dye [sic] before
she come to enjoy the Legacies designed her by this will
then two hundred pounds more a peice to my surviving
Daughters, and in case of the death of my surviving daugh-
-ters or either of them leaving Child or children such child or children to enjoy
the mothers part And Whereas I have in england [sic] in Mr.
Perry's & Mr. Dawkin's hands Four thousand two hundred & fifty pounds
Capitol Bank stock & in Mr. Perry's hands a bank annuity of fifteen hun-
-dred pounds and whereas I have sundry valuable debts due unto me in
Virginia upon Mortgage bonds & Interest it is my will that these Bank Stocks and this Bank
annuity shall be kept upon the same foot they now are and also two
thousand pounds of my best debts, that are now out upon mortgage Bond and
interest as aforesaid still as the money shall be paid into my extors
hands shall be let out again unto me or more substantial person or
persons in Virginia with good security according to the discretion
of my executors upon mortgage or Bonds at interest & so to be contin [u] -
-ed at interest until my son George shall arrive at the age of twenty one
years, and that the interest for the first two years after my death to be
raised out of these bank stocks the bank annuity and the said of
two thousand pounds shall go to my three elders son my executors & shall
contribute to the payment of my Legacies the discharging the
incumbrances of this my will & to the maintenance & educat-
-tion of my Children in Britain and Virginia.
It is my will that when my son Landon shall arrive at the age
of twenty one years there shall then be paid to him & delivered
by my executors one moiety or half part of my said Capitol Bank
stocks & one moiety of my said Bank annuity and one moiety
or half part of the said two thousand pounds to be kept out at
interest as aforesaid and likewise one half part or moiety of
the interest that shall arise from the said Bank stocks
Bank Annuity and the sd. two thousand pounds after the afore-
-said two years shall be run out & expired.
It is my will that when my son George shall arrive at the
age of one and twenty years the other moity [sic ] or half part
of my said Capitol Bank stocks the other moiety or
half part of my said Bank annuity, and the other
moiety of half part of my said two thousand pounds ordered
to be placed out at interest as aforesaid together
with the interest that shall arise out of out of
the said moiety of the said Capitol Bank stocks
and & of the said Bank annuity and of the said
two thousand pounds after the sd. two years
are expired and run out as aforesaid, shall be paid delivered and
assigned over to my executors or the survivors of them unto my said
son George.
It is my will that if my son Landon dye before he arrives at the
age of one & twenty years, so that according to the intent of this my will,
he my son Landon will have no right to these Legacys designed him
when he comes to the age of one & twenty years & not before, that then
that moiety or half part of my said Capitol Bank stocks of
my said Bank annuity and of my said two thousand
pounds together with the interest that shall arise therefrom,
after the expiration of the aforesaid two years (ordered to be
paid to my said son Landon by my said executors when he comes
to the age of one and twenty years) shall be also paid to my
son George when he shall arrive to the age of one & twenty
years & not before or otherwise.
My will is that if my son George do dye before he arrives at the
age of one & twenty years, so that the moiety or half part of my
said Capitol Bank Stock, the moiety of my said Bank Annuity
and the moiety or half of the said two thousand pounds with the
interest arrising therefrom as aforesaid after the said two
years are expired, ordered to be paid to be paid to my son George
when he comes to the age of one & twenty years as aforesaid he my
said son George will have no right to, according to the intent
of this my will that then that moiety or half part of my said
Capitol Bank Stocks of said Bank Annuity and of my said two
thousand pounds together with the interest that shall arrise [sic ]
therefrom after the expiration of the aforesaid two years
(ordered to be paid by my said executors to my said son George when
he comes to the age of one & twenty years) shall be also paid & assign-
-ed over by my executors or the survivours of them unto my son Landon
when he shall arrive to the age of one & twenty years years &
not before or otherwise.
Whereas that if my said sons Landon & George dye [sic] before they arrive at their
respective Ages of one & twenty years so that in such case my said Bank
stocks my said Bank annuity & my said two thousand pounds with
the Interest arising therefrom as aforesaid according to the
intent of this my Will will go and belong unto my three elder
[sons] John Robert & Charles my extors & to the survivor or survivors
of them it is in such case my will that when this
contingency does happen if any of my three elder sons
should be dead John, Robert or Charles having legitimate
child or Children then alive that then such Child
or Children have and e [n] joy his or their Father's part
But it is my further Will that if my said three elder
sons or their Children as aforesaid come to have
and enjoy my aforesaid Bank stocks my aforesaid
Bank Annuity & my aforesaid two thousand pounds
according to the intent of my will It shall be
upon this condition that they my three elder sons,
John, Robert & Charles & the executors & administrators of my said
Sons, if either of my said sons should dye before be
fore the time shall be answerable for & make paiment [sic]
of the sume of Four hundred pounds sterling to each
of my daughters that shall be then alive and if any
of my daughters should dye leaving Child or Children
the said Four hundred pounds designed for the Mother
shall be paid to such Child or Children and this will
be but an easie burthen upon my said three Elder Sons
when this large addition comes to their estates provided al-
-waies & it is my will & intent that my executors my sons
John, Robert & Charles or the survivors of them or the major
part of them with the consent and approbation of my trustees and
more especially with the consent of Mann Page Esq.. if he shall be then
alive taking all prudent care for the security of these estates these Bank Stocks
this Bank annuity & this two thousand pounds and the interest thereof
as aforesaid if any loss or lasses [sic ] do happen in any of these estates my extors
shall not be answerable for any such loss or losses out of their own Estates.
I give unto my son Landon, and to the heirs of his body & for want of such
issue unto my son George and the heirs of his body forever Smith Robins
Girl Joan & Nausaus two eldest Children (Bridget which was given
away before excepted) and my will is that Landon be kept
at school in his Education until he is seventeen years of age
& then be disposed of in such a manner as my executors his brothers
shall judge most condusive to his future well being.
I give unto my son George and to the heirs of his body & for
want of such issue unto my son Landon & the heirs of his body
forever my Negroe Boy Scipio & the mulatto boy Talbert & the
girl Mary that is now in for a share at the old house & her
Children & increase and it is my will that my son George be
kept in Virginia & that he be educated at the College of Wil-
-liam and Mary so long as my sons his brothers shall think
fit to continue him there and then to be disposed of [in] such
manner as my executors his Brothers shall judge most
conducive to his future well being. --
I give unto my said two sons Landon & George and to the
heirs male issue of their bodies lawfully begotten all my Estate
both real and Personal in Williamsburg & if both my sons
dye without issue male then to my son John & his issue male
And if my son John dye without issue male then to my son Robert
& his issue male and if my son Robert dye without issue male, then
to my son Charles & his issue male and in case of the Death of all sons with-
-out issue male then to go to my own right heirs forever. And I do here-
-by oblige my my son John to keep the said estate in good re-
-pair out of the profits of the said estate. My will is that the
mortgage I have of Edmund Jennings Esqr. of Rippon hall in
York County the Ten following negroes be placed upon the said plan-
-tations immediately after my decease (to wit) Tom at the indian
town with his wife & children, Sambo at Changlings with his wife
& child or Children Nick Read's Jos at Co[ro] toman & his wife and Children if
any a negroe Man & his wife and Children if any from Clough point a negroe man
& his wife & Children if any from old plantation and also that there
be bought five more chase [sic ] working slaves to be seated & settled there-
-on, for the improvement of the said estate and that the stock of Cat-
-tle thereon be made up at least to sixty head for manuring
the grounds and it is my will and meaning that the profits of these
lands and slaves do go and belong to my two sons Landon & George
for and until my son George shall arrive to the age of twenty one
years and that then it is my will that upon my son George's pay-
-ment of two hundred pounds Sterling to my son Landon that
this estate Lands slaves and stocks, I do will and devise to
my said son George the said mortgage Lands the said slaves
& stocks in the following manner (that is to say) to my son
George & the heirs male issue of his body and for want of such
to my son Landon and to the heirs male issue of his Body &
for want of such to my son John & the heirs male issue of his Body
& for want of such to my son Robert & the heirs male issue of
his Body & for want of such to my son Charles & the heirs male issue of
his Body and for want of such to my own right heirs forever. [sic ]
provided alwaies and it is my will and meaning that the num-
-ber of slaves appointed by this my will shall always be kept
up to the number fifteen workers upon the said Lands
and that the mortalitys [sic ] shall still be supplyed out of
the profits of the said estate until my said son George
comes to the age of twenty one years And it is my will
& meaning that this mortgage of Rippon hall shall be taken
and understood to be in payment of one thousand pounds Virgin-
-ia Debts given to my sons Landon & George And my will
is that the houses upon the said rippon Hall planta-
-tion be well repaired and kept in good repair
out of the profits of the said estate that is the
repairs to be immediately made by my son John
& he to be repaid out out
of the profits of the said estate as they shall arise and my will
is that the stock that is in Mr Wm. Dawkins's hands Mercht.
in London there be bought into it two hundred & fifty
pounds more than now it is by my executors in three years
after my decease to belong to my said two younger sons
Landon & George in the same manner and under the
same direction that my stocks given to my said two sons
younger sons are directed to be.
It is my will that there be a true full & perfect Inventory made
of all my estate as Slaves, Stocks, Goods Chattles moneys Debts &
both in Virginia & Great Brittain [sic ] & be recorded in the General
Court & that no valuation or appraisement be made of my
estate & that my extors named and appointed in this my
will be not obliged to give security for my estate when they
take probate of my will.
It is my will that the tobacco now to ship & the crops both of
corn & Tobo. that shall be made this year shall [be] accounted as
part of my estate & shall be ship'd to Great Britain in
such probation as my extors shall think fitt & to the Mer-
-chants that I at present deal with if if my [executors] have no reason
to vary the consignments however leaving them at liberty
to whom to consign, taking care to trust substantial Men
and it is my will that the aforesaid Tobo. be ship'd in the
name of my executors And it is my will that the Crops of all
my slaves both of Tobacco and Corn that shall be made in
the next two succeeding years that is in one thousand seven hun-
-dred & twenty seven & one thousand seven hundred and twenty
eight & when my son Charles will come to age shall be
held deemed & taken as my estate & the Crops of Tobacco to
be shiped [sic ] in the name of my 09:49 12/4/2002 executors as aforesaid and the produce
thereof to be accounted for to my estate for and towards the discharge of
my debts Legacies & other incumbrances of this my will provided al-
-ways there be allowed out of the produce of the said two years Crops two
hundred pounds sterling a piece per Ann: to each of my three eldest sons for their
maintenance likewise that the family have suitable supplys [sic] for their
maintenance for the said two years & the contingent charges of the
said estate to be born & that my younger Children also have
a descent maintenance and it is my will that the money
that is and shall be raised in Britain by the profits of my
plantations or by any other waies than what will answer
my Debts Legacies Bequests & orders made in this my will
be divided into three equal parts my two younger sons
Robert and Charles to have a thousand pounds more
apiece than my son John towards building & Settling their
plantations And whereas several of my legacies are made
payable at some distance of time & some of them upon
such Contingencies which perhaps may never happen It
is my will that upon the division of the money that shall
belong to my estate as aforesaid that my three elder sons
& extors enter into reciprocal Bonds to one and the other
to be answerable in proportion for the respective Legacies
and bequests in this my Will when they shall become due & payable. --
It is my will that the charge maintenance & education of
my two youngest sons Landon & George acording [sic] to the direc-
-tion & intention of this my will shall be equally born [sic]
by my three eldest sons John Robert & Charles, out of
the profits of their estate, during their minority.
It is my will that if my daughter Page shall be alive on
the Tenth day of May In the year seventeen hundred and
twenty nine that then there be paid to her my said Daughter
Page the sume of three hundred pounds sterling by my
three eldest sons my extors out of the estates & profits there-
-of I have given them And it is my further Will that my
extors shall pay to my Grandson Mann Page when he
arrives to the age of twenty one years the sume [sic] of
three hundred pounds Sterling and it is my further Will
that my executors shall pay to my Grandson Carter Page when he
arrives at the age of Twenty one years the sume [sic] of three hundred
pounds sterling and my further Will is that my Executors
shall pay to my Grandson John Page when he arrives at
the age of twenty one years the sume of three hundred
pounds Sterling And my Will is that if one of my said
grandsons should dye before he comes to said age of Twenty
one years the whole nine hundred pounds shall be paid
to the two surviving Brothers when they arrive at the said
age of twenty one years And if two of my said Grandsons
should dye before they arrive to their respective ages
of twenty one years then the nine hundred pounds shall
be paid to the last surviving Brother when he shall
arrive at the age of twenty one years.
It is my further will that if the large brick house now building by
Colo. Page in the room of the house that was unfortunately con-
-sumed by fire shall be finisht. and completed during
the life time of my said Daughter Page so that she shall
come to enjoy it & to have her Tithe of Dower in it then it
is my Will and I do lay it as a charge upon my three eldest
sons John Robert and Charles my executors out of the profits of
the estates I have hereby given to them the sume [sic] of one
hundred pounds one hundred pounds [sic ] apiece to be paid
to my son in Law Mann Page Esqr. if he be then alive,
or else to my Daughter his now Wife towards furnishing
the said house. It is my Will that if [my] Daughter Elizabeth
the wife of Doctor Geo Nicholas shall be alive on the
tenth day of May seventeen hundred and twenty nine
that then there be paid to my said Daughter Elizabeth the sume [sic]
of three hundred pounds sterling by my Executors And I do also
give to my said Daughter a pair of Diamond Ear rings to cost
fifty pounds sterling, to be bought by such person as she shall
desire the money to be paid by [my] Executors And it is my Will that
when her eldest Son she hath by her said husband shall come to the age
of Twenty one years that there shall be paid to him by my
extors one hundred pounds Sterling and when her youngest
son she hath by her said husband shall come to the age
of twenty one years that there shall be paid to him by my
extors one hundred pounds sterling and if either of them
dye the whole to be paid to the Survivor.
It is my Will then [sic ] when my Grandson Lewis Burwell arrives
to the age of twenty five [sic ] years there shall be paid to him by
my Executors the sume of three hundred pounds Sterling and
it is also my Will that my Executors shall pay to my Grandson
Carter Burwell when he arrives at the age of twenty one
years the sume of three hundred pounds Sterling and it is
also my Will that my Executors shall pay to my Grandson
Robt. Burwell when he arrives to the age of twenty one
years the sume of three hundred pounds Sterling and it
is my Will that if either of my three Grandsons should dye [sic]
before they come to the aforesaid ages in this my Will that
the whole nine hundred pounds shall be paid to
the two surviving Brothers when they arrive to their respec-
-tive ages by this my Will And if two of my said Grandsons
should dye before they come to the ages aforesaid then the
said nine hundred pounds shall be paid to the last
surviving Brother when he comes to the age aforesaid in
this my said Will And it is my Will that there shall be
paid by my Executors to my Grandaughter Elizabeth Burwell
the sum of three hundred pounds Sterling when she shall
arrive at the age of twenty one years. -- --
I give unto my son John all my furniture in the new
house and half of the rest of the Furniture in my Kitchen & other
houses about my mansion Dwelling the other half of my Furniture
I do give unto my sons Robert & Charles to be
valued by four of the most substantial of my neighbours
and my son John to pay for them to my said Sons Robert & Charles ac-
-cording to the valuation unless it be the desire of my sons
Robert & Charles to have them in kind.
My Will is that my plate both old & new be equally divided be-
-tween my three elder Sons John Robert & Charles my books to
be divided into four parts, my son John to have two parts
of them my sons Robert & Charles to have the other two parts
my pictures each Child to have his own picture my son [John]
to have my first picture and his mothers also my gold watch
and diamond ring my Son Robert to have my other picture & his
mothers picture & one half of my other rings & watches my son Charles
to have the other half my sons Robert and Charles to have each of
them a gold watch sent for at the Charge of my estate to cost
to cost [sic ] thirty pounds each all my Goods that are coming in for
my familys to be disposed of among the Familys for their Sup-
-ply as they were intended all my new Goods Tools nails
utensils & not already disposed of to belong to my said three
sons, John Robert and Charles to be equally divided between them
or appraised and the Value answered to my two younger
sons as my Executors shall agree
My Will is that thirty mourning rings be sent for to be distri-
-buted by my extors among my friends and relations and it
is my will that all the rest of my estate personal or real
not herein disposed of in Virginia or elsewhere do belong & I do
give it unto my said three eldest sons John Robert and Charles
and their heirs forever.
It is my Will that in regard those negroes which went from Middlesex
are now seated and settled upon my son John's plantation called
pewmonds End in Essex which slaves notwithstanding I have given
unto my son Robert It is my Will and desire that my son John
let my son Robert have other slaves of their Value either new
or old & that after such Change made to the satis-
faction of both my said sons
such slaves be then deemed & taken to be within the perview
of the intails aforesaid of my respective sons slave & real estates.
I give my wearing apparel & Cloths the best of them and what are
coming in for my own wearing & my wiggs, swords canes pistols
& [c] to be divided among my three elder sons & my other Cloths I
would have given to my good friends Capt. Thomas Carter
& Mr John Turbervile. -- --
I give unto my Son in Law Collo. Mann Page twenty pounds
Sterling to buy him mourning also Majr. Benja. Harrison
Twenty pounds for the same use And to Doctor George Nicholas
Ten pounds for the same use And I do order all my Children
& Grand Children to go into decent mourning at the Charge of my estate.
It is my Will that what selling Goods I have coming in this
shipping when they arrive shall be delivered to Capt. Thomas
Carter to be by him sold & disposed of together with the
Goods already under his care for good tobacco and money
or Bills of exchange to be accounted for as also all the
Tobaccos & Debts due in the said Carters hands upon
the sales of Goods already sold out of the said Store
unto my said three eldest sons equally or the
survivors of them.
It is my Will that my son John have & enjoy the
Lease I have lately taken & am now in possession of
the northern neck from from the proprietors & he to
have and receive in his own right the profits of
the same and the management thereof and that my
son John out of his own estate do pay the yearly
rents for the said Lease that I stand engaged for
to the said proprietors, It is my request to my son
John that he release to his brothers Robert &
Charles the rents of their Lands during the
term of the said Lease. --
I do name constitute and appoint my three elder sons John,
Robert & Charles to be Executors of this my will and to be guar-
dians of my younger Children & their estates and I do re-
quest constitute and appoint & make my honorable & good
friends & relations the aforesaid Mann Page Esqr. of Gloces-
-ter County Majr. Benja. Harrison of Charles City County
Majr. Geo. Eskridge & Capt. Geo. Turbervile of We [s] moreland
County Mr. Richard Lee of Northumberland County &
Capt. Thomas Carter of Lancaster County to be Assist-
-ant to my Executors & to be my trustees to see this my Will
performed & to be consulted and advised with upon all
emergent occasions more especially the said Mann Page Esqr.
It is my Will and I do ordain that whenever the Vestry of
Christ Church Parish shall undertake to build a
brick Church in the place where the present Church
stands that there be paid out of my estate by my
three elder sons & Executors the sum of two hundred pounds
sterling money one half part of this money is to be paid
out of my son John's estate the other half is to be equal-
-ly paid by my son Robert & my son Charles out of
their part of my estate this money to remain in my
Executors hands until one half one half of the work is
compleated provided alwaies [sic] the Chancel be preserved
as a burial place place [sic ] for my family as the present
Chancel is, and that there be preserved to my family a
commodious pew in the new Chancel and it is my
further Will that the bricks that are now made & bu [r] nt shall be
appropriated to the Building of the said BrickChurch [sic ] or as many
thereof as will perfect the building and likewise the bricks that
shall be made and be there at my decease and if my Son
John shall have occasion to make use of any of the said
bricks then he be obliged to make & burn as many more for the use afore
said. I give twenty pounds Sterling to be laid out in a piece of plate for the
use of our Church to be sent for and engraved according
to the direction of my son John.
My Will is that my white servants that are about my house
that are not tradesmen be divided amongst my three sons
John, Robert and Charles & those that are tradesmen to be-
-long to my said three sons and to be made use of as they
shall agree, in their respective trades and that the white
Servants that are abroad seated upon my plantations
belong to such of my said sons as the plantations are given to.
I give unto my son John, my Coach and four Coach horses also
my barge & furniture, my own riding horse, my Chariot &[c.] my
other two Coach horses my Will is my son Robert shall have
when he removes to live on his own Lands [.] my two youngest
daughters to have each of them a riding horse & side
saddle provided for them out of my estate and that
my sons Landon & George have found for them Constant-
-ly a good riding horse & saddle out of my estate until
they come to their respective ages of twenty one years.
My Will is that my son John have four of my best Cart
horses & tht. all the rest of my horses & mares be equally di-
vided between my three sons John Robert & Charles.
Whereas there are sundry debts & ballances due to me from
some of my friends & poor neighbours to whom I have a
mind to be kind I do therefore ordain as followeth &
give the following directions that Robert Gordon be discharg-
-ed of his whole debt he paying ten pounds Sterling to my
Executors that John Hutchins be discharged of his whole debt
he paying ten pounds sterling to my Executors. Majr.
Geo. Eskridge's Debt upon obligations & all other
accounts between us he having lately paid me
a bill of Exchange of seventy pounds it is my
Will that all accounts
for his Quitt Rents & stand ballances between us the
debt he has of mine in his hands upon account of sales
of negroes out of the ship Mercury he stands answera-
-ble for, Mr. Richd. Lee's obligation I remitt.
Whereas Capt. Thomas Carter hath gone through a series
of Business for me for several years together in selling
divers cargoes of Goods and upon other accounts of
whose honesty & integrity I have always had a very
good opinion It is my Will that such accounts of my
afairs [sic ] as he can make up be received as satisfac-
-tory from him by my Executors and that he be to no
trouble at law upon my account.
That Whereas in this my Will I have given the lands I
bought of Mr. Robert Cary which cost me above Two thou-
-sand pounds Sterling to my sons John & Robert it is my
Will that they my said sons John & Robert do pay unto
my estate some time within five years after my
decease each of them the sume of five hundred
pounds out of their own estates to be accounted as
part of my estate to go towards the discharge of
my legacies & incumbrances of this my Will.
Whereas I have paid for my son John several sumes [sic] of money
amounting to between twelve & fourteen hundred pounds in
discharge of Colo. Edward Hills debts & Legacies for the securi-
-ty of the repaiment of part of the said money my said son John
hath mortgages certain negroes and for the payment of the rest
hath given me Bond and is obliged to pay me Interest for all
the said money until repayment thereof It is my Will that
in Lieu and satisfaction of this money due to me upon my
said sons mortgage & Bond that he my said son his Executors or
administrators shall repay unto my estate the sume [sic] of eight hundred pounds
Sterling of the said money to be accounted as part of my estate & to go
towards the discharging my Legacys & incumbrances of this
my Will and that my executors my sons
Robert & Charles have power to recover this said
of eight hundred pounds sterling from my said son John his
Executors and admors under their Quality of their being my extors.
Whereas I have given power to Mr Micajah Perry of Londo.
Merchant to purchase for me the whole estate of John L.
Boyd Esqr. deceased lying in Richmond & Westmoreland
Counties the lands the negroes & the stocks & to give for the
same four thousand pounds Sterling Now if the said
Perry should make the said purchase which must
come out of the Estate of my three sons John Robert
and Charles & to be in case of my Death it is therefore my will and I do devise the said estate in common between my said three
sons John Robert and Charles & to be divided equally between them
as they shall agree upon division each son to hold his
part both of Land & slaves to him & his heirs Male of
his Body lawfully begotten and so to be continued in Tail
Male as the rest of my said respective Sons Lands are to go
(excepting the Lands I bought of Mr Cary) which are under
a diferent [sic ] devise in respect of the remainders And where-
-as the intail of the lands bought of Mr. Cary is carried
dound no further than to the issue male of male of my
son Charles my further Will is that in case of failure
of issue male of my sd. son Charles that then these
lands bought of Mr Cary do go to my son Landon & to
the heirs male issue of his body & for want of such to
my son George & the heirs male issue of his Body & for
want of such to my right heirs forever.
Whereas in the former part of this my Will
I have given to my son John Ten thousand acres
of Land upon the branches of Occaquan binding
upon the Germans conveyed to me by deed from
Capt. Geo Turbervile which said tract of Land I have
intailed upon my said son John and his male issue
I do now revoak that part of my said Will and do
give the said tract of Land conveyed to me as
aforesaid unto my son John and his heirs forever
in Fee Simple desiring him to give Two thousand
acres out of the said tract unto my Grand son [sic ] Robert Burwell and two Thousand unto my Grandson John Page out of such
parts of the Land as he my said son John shall
think fitt.
Whereas I am now in possession of the Negroes & personal
estate of Thomas Glascock which was forfeited to me as
the proprietors Agent upon the conviction of the said
Thomas Glascock for murder these negroes and per-
-sonal estate I give to my son John & his heirs desiring
him to be kind to the Children of the said Glascock
such of them as he shall think deserves it in some
proportion to the value of the estate as whereas there
is an outlawry prosecuting at the General Court in
order to attaint the said Glasc[oc] k that his lands may
be escheated which are also now in my possession my
Will is that if my son John comes to enjoy the said
Glascocks Lands under a good title that then he fur-
-ther consider the said Glascocks Children in such
proportion as he shall think fitt or otherwise gratifie [sic]
them according to his discretion.
That whereas in the second item in the eighth sheet
in this my Will I have directed tht Merchants hundred
plantation with the slaves and Stocks to be held & enjoyed
by my daughter Elizabeth for and during the term of
her natural life my intent & meaning is that my Stocks
of Cattle & hoggs & other personal Goods belonging to the
said plantation be only lent to my said daughter Eli-
zabeth during her life and no property Vested in
her, and she my said daughter to enjoy the profits of
of the said stocks still keeping up the number that they shall
be at the time of my decease And my Will and meaning is the
same in respect of the other settlements I have made to my
daughter[s] Page & Harrison.
It is my will that forty pounds worth of Coarse good be
sent for and to be distributed amongst the poor necessitous
people of the parish I live [in] at the discretion of my executors.
It is my Will and I do give to Mr. John Bell our minister
Ten pounds sterling for mourning.
It is my Will and I do give to my several friends my Trustees
in this my [Will] Ten pounds sterling a piece as an acknowledge-
-ment for the trouble they will be at.
I do hereby revoke all other and former Wills & testaments heretofore by
me made & do publish utter & declare this to be my last will & testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty
second day of August one thousand seven hundred & twenty six.
NB the words in the Twelfth sheet, of this my Will (or the ma-
-jor part of them or the survivors of them) & the Words (to be
paid by my son John) and in the seventeenth sheet the
Words (so long as my sons his Brothers shall think fitt to
continue him there) interlined before signed.
Robert Carter (LS)
Signed sealed & published in
presence of us
John Turbervile
1726
Rd. Lee
Thomas Edwards
John Harvey
Solomon Aashead [sic ]
I the aforesaid RobertCarter
nbsp; being of sound mindand
memory. -- --
[First Codicil, 1726 October 1]
Twenty Eighth sheet of my Will.
I do this day make this my further addition & alteration inmy
aforegoing Will dated the twenty second day of August last to make
my son Robert equal to his other Brothers in number of slaves I
do give unto my said son Robert and the heirs male issue of his body
lawfully begotten under the same limitation as the rest of the
negroes are given the following slaves (to Wit) all those slaves Men
Women and Children that I bought and purchased of Mr John Pratt
which were brought home to my house also the negroe called HarryBacon
and the negroe Boy called Sam both which run away from my Nomini
plantation likewise four good Negroes out of these I have given to my son
Charles two young men & two young women also as many more slaves
out of these I have given to my son John half Males & half Females not to be
under the age of twelve years as will make up the number I have given to
him my said son Robert one hundred working slaves above the age of twelve years.
My will and meaning is that my Negroe Harry one of Georges sons
shall be deemed to belong to my son Charles he now he now living at
my falls plantation.
Whereas I have ordered a Quarter to be seated upon the Land I lately
bought of Mr Cary with Ten or twelve slaves from my Westmoreland
plantations which Quarter will belong to my son John by this my Will It
is notwithstanding my Will & intent that these slaves as many of them as
shall be seated on the said new plantation at the time of my
Death shall be held and taken to belong to my said son Roberts
number of slaves
In Witness that this is a part of my will & to be construed as
such I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day
of October one thousand seven hundred and twenty six.; --
Robert Carter (L.S.)
Signed sealed & published in presence
of Rd Lee
John Harvey
L Austin Twenty ninth sheet of my will.
Solomon Ashead
[Second Codicil, 1728 September 12 ]
In the name of God Amen I Robert Carter
aforesaid since the making of my abovesaid Will consisting of twenty
nine sheets of paper having undergone several Changes and altera-
-tions in my circumstances in relation to my temporal Estate
and for as much as by a late Act of Assembly made since the
making of my said Will to explain & amend the act declar-
-ing the negro mulatto & Indian slaves within this Dominion
great alterations are made in the said act making negroes
a real estate under the consideration of which former Act
of Assembly I made my said Will being & continuing to this
day thro' the mercy of God of sound mind & memory do
make the following additions alterations Revokations [sic]
& declarations in & concerning my said Will as aforesaid. --
Whereas I have entailed upon my three eldest sons John
Robert & Charles all my slaves belonging to my several
plantations in Virginia with several remainders over
which under the former Law I had power to do
giving all my said slaves in such Words unto my said
three sons as will give the property in all my said
slaves according to the interpretations & meaning
of the said late Law which was never my purpose
or intent to do. I do hereby utterly revoak all those
gifts to my said three sons John Robert & Charles here-
-by declaring it is my full intent & meaning that no
property shall be vested in any of my said three
sons to any of my said slaves and I do hereby de-
-clare that it is my intent & meaning that my said
three sons shall have only the use and profits of
my said slaves & their increase for during and Continu-
-ing their respective natural lives the said slaves and their
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1663 - 1732 (69 years)