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1725-1753 Richmond County, Virginia Will Book 5 [Robert K. Headley, jr.]; Page 569
- Bernard GAINES, will; 18 Nov 1747, 3 Apr 1749
wife the plant. whereon I now live;
son the plant. known as "The Indian Neck"; land in Albemarle Co. to be sold by my ex. in joint with the Rev. Mr. Robert ROSE and Mr. John HARVIE and the money used to pay debts;
three daus;
ex: wife and William JORDAN;
wit: James FINDLAY.
[Bernard GAINES mar. (l) Martha TAYLOR and (2) Elizabeth ( ? ). MRC, p.74.]
p.570 - Bernard GAINES, inv; 20 Apr 1749.
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Old Rappahannock County Will Book 1682-1687
Pp 47-48
In the name of God Amen. I Daniel Gaines of the Parish of Sittenburne in the County of rappa; being in good health of bod and of sound and perfect memory Praise be therefore given to Alimighty God to make and ordaine this my last Will and testament in manner and form following; That is to say,
First & principally I commend my soul in the hands of Almighty God hopeing that through the merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinces and to inherit everlasting life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of My Executrx here after named. As as touching the disposition of all such worldly estate as it hat please God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth:
Imprimis. It is my will that ll my debts that I justly owe to any man be well & truly paid & and in the first place the the orphants of Colnll John Catlett deceased to be paid out of the negroes and other goods that did belong to the sd Colnll Catlets estate the negroes & goods to be paid as they were appraised to me as my appear by Inventory.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Bernard, all my land that I now live upon to him & his heires lawfully begotten & that he shall not let sell or mortgage any part of parcel of the same so longe as his two sisters, Margret & Mary, or their heires be alive. It is my will that if all my children died with out heirs of their bodyes then my land to fall to my grandson, John Smyth & to his heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Mary, the mare colt that now sucks on my Mare Betty and and all her encrease to her & her heires for ever.
Item It is my will that the mare heifer & gogs that I have give to my grandson in law John Smith be & remaine to his proper use forever.
Item. It is my will that the first living Child that my negro Cate doth bring be give to my daughter Margrett, and to her heires forever & if it lives to the age of three yeares to be in lieu of a man servant, otherwise to be in no stead.
Item I do give to my son Bernard my silver hilted sword & Belt and my seale ring.
Item I give unto my deare & loveing wife, Margret, one third of all my estate in lieu of her Dowre
Item My will is that the other two parts of my estate be deived between My three children, Bernard, Margaret, and Mary and no part is to be apprised but to be inventoried and delivered in kind.
Item It is my will that my daughter Margaret, have a good feather bead & furniture at my death in full of her part of my bedding.
Item It is my will that my daughter Mary, have the use of so much housing & land as she needs soe long as she continued unmarried.
Item It is my will that as soone as it can a man servant be bought with Tobacco for my daughter Margaret in part of he porcon.Item. It is my will that my wife, son Bernard and Daughter Mary keep their shares together for their menteynance doing their best by their endeavor to increase the same as long as my Wife continues a widow or so long as either of my children continue unmarried and at the day of marriage of my wife or either of my children. Then my childrens part to be delivered them in kind.
Item My will is that my two children, Bernard & Mary have as many things a piece out of my Estate as my daughter, Margaret, hath already and the rest to be divided between them equally by my loveing kinsman, John Catlett, & sons in law John Smyth and Ralph Rowzey, and not to go to law one with the other.
It is my will that my estate be inventoried within tey dayes after my decease
Item I give to my dear and loveing wife twenty shillings to buy her a mourning ring to ware for my sake and to my two daughter each of them a ring of ten shillings price.
Item It is my will that if I die having no tobacco in my house that my servants bee and remain together till they make a good crop of Arenoco tobacco out of which my wife having first taken her thirds, then my son Bernard & daughter Mary have out of the rest each of them as much as my daughter Margrett, hath already then if any re remaining over and above to be devided equally between them all three.
Item It is my will that my children have their estate at the death or day of marriage of my wife whether they be of age or not.
Item It is my will that the children of Colnll John Catlett remaine with my wife till they come of age, if my wife continue unmarried.
Item I nominate and appoint my dear and loveing wife my sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament and Guardian to my children so longe as she live a widow. It witness where oof I the said Daniel Gaines to this my last will and Testament do set m and seale this eighteenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty two.
Daniel Gaines
Signed sealed and delivered and declared this to be My last will and Tesamt in the presence of Wm Murrow John Catlett, Wm Browne.
Wee the subscribers do hereby testifie and declare upon or Oaths that wee did see Capt Danll Gaines within menconed signe seale and deliver this with in menconed as his last Will & Testament to be best of our knowledge. William Murrow, John Catlett, wm Browne
Juratisunt in Cur Com rappa 1 die 8bris ano 1684 recodatr 16
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1689-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 214
Rappahannock County Court 1st of July 1691
- Ordered that Capt. BERNARD GAINES take the List of Tithables in the roome & prcincts of Capt. SAMLL. BLOMFIELD
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1692-1693 Essex County, Virginia Deed, Will & Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 1)
At a Court held for Essex County May ( ) Ano Dom: 1692
- Capt. EDWARD THOMAS, Mr. BERNARD GAINES, Mr. ROBERT BROOKS, Capt. JOHN BATTAILE. Capt. ANTHONY SMITH by vertue of a Power from the Rt: Honble. FRANCIS NICHOLSON Esqr., their Maties Lt Governor of Virginia took the Oaths enjoyn'd by Act of Parliamt: instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath of Justice of the Peace of Essex County
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1695-1699 Essex County, Virginia Order Book 9; [Antient Press]; Page 147:
At a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of June 1699
JNO. MASON, Servt. Boy to Mr, BER: GAINES, being presented to ye Court for Judgmt. on his age to know when he becomes a Titheable, is adjudged Twelve years old & ordered that ye same be recorded
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1697-1699 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 239
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we BERNARD GAINES & DAVID JAMISON of the County of Essex are held and firmly bound unto his Maties. Justices of the peace for ye sd County in the just sum of Twenty thousand pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske, to the which payment we bind ourselves our heirs firmly by these presents; Witness our hands and seales this 22d. day of 7ber: 1698
The Condicon of the above obligacon is such that if the above bound BERNARD GAINES, Admr. of PATRICK JACKSON deced, do make a true & perfect Inventory of all ye goods chattells rights & credits of ye sd deced. which shall come to ye hands of ye sd. Admr., & so made do exhibit to ye next Court held for the sd. County of Essex, & make oath thereto, & truly administer on ye sd. Estate according to Law & give a true acct. of his admcon. when required by Law & all ye rest shall deliver unto such persons as ye Court shall appoint then ye above obligacon to be void, otherwise to stand & remaine in full force Signed sealed & delivered in ye presence of us
ROBT. MOSELEY, BER: GAINES
FRANCIS MERIWETHER, DAVID JAMISON
Truely recorded Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur
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1699-1702 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 91
Essex County Court 10th of June 1701
- Mr. BENJA: MOSELEY is appointed to take ye List of Titheables in the room of Mr. BERNARD GAINES
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1705-1706 Richmond County, Virginia Order Book 4; Part 2 [Antient Press]; Page 248)
Richmond County Court 6th of March 1706/1707
- Upon Petition of BERNARD GAINES and MARTHA his Wife setting forth that GEORGE TAYLER, Gent., late of this County, deced., did by his Last Will and Testament in writing beareing date the 24th day of June now last past (inter alia) give and devise unto them severall Legacys and appointed his Wife, SUSANNA TAYLER, Executrix thereof, which said SUSANNA afterwards att a Court held for said County the 7th day of August now last past, proved said Will and accepted the Executorship and BERNARD GAINES and MARTHA his Wife praying that SUSANNA TAYLER might by Order of this Court be enjoyned to returne an Inventory of the deced.'s Estate upon Oath, and that the Crops of Tobbacco and Come growing att the time of the deced.'s death might also be divided according to the intent of the Last Will of GEORGE TAYLER, to witt, one third part to said SUSANNA and the other two thirds unto said BERNARD and MARTHA his Wife. said SUSANNA TAYLER appeareing and the Court having heard the arguments insisted upon as well by said BERNARD and MARTHA as said SUSANNA in this behalfe, and forasmuch as it appeared that BERNARD GAINES had but one Servant att work in the Corp aforesaid, it is the Judgment of this Court that BERNARD GAINES and MARTHA his wife have but one fourth part of the Cropp of Tobbo. and Corne made with the three Servants of SUSANNA TAYLER and the one Servant of BERNARD GAINES, And upon request of BERNARD GAINES and MARTHA his Wife and SUSANNA TAYLER, Colo. JOHN CATTLETT and Capt. EDWARD BARROW are desired to meet att the House of GEORGE TAYLER sometime betweene this and next Court and do inventory all the Estate of the deced. not already divided as shall be presented to theire view and make report of theire proceedings therein to next Court under theire hands in writing, and Capt. EDWARD BARROW is also requested to administer an Oath to SUSANNA TAYLER for the true delivery of the Estate
- Ordered that BERNARD GAINES be fined according to Law for prophane sweareing in the presence and heareing of the Court
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1664 - 1749 (< 83 years)