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1729-1748 Stafford County, Virginia Will Book M; [Antient Press];
Page 233-235 In Name of God Amen I THOMAS MASTERS of the Parish of Overwharton and County of Stafford Planter being sick but of sound memory .. do make this my Last Will and Testament Vizt. Imps I give my Soul to God and my body I committ to the grave. Item I give to my dear and loving son THOMAS MASTERS one new feather bed and bolster 1 rug a pair of blankets and one pair of sheets and my long pun and a new suit of cloaths which I lately bought of Capt. JOHN WINNE which I will to be kept safe and well aired for him till he shall grow of age and big enough for them to be worne by him. Item I give to my dear and loving son GERALD MASTERS one feather bed and bolster 1 pair of blankets and 1 pair sheets and my little gun. Item I give two feather bedds and furniture for them to my dear and loving wife MARY MASTERS. Item I give all the rest of my Estate whether real or personal to my dear and loving wife Mary Masters and my dear and loving Sons Thomas and Gerrard Masters to be equally divided betwixt them after my just debts and funeral charges paid. My will and meaning is that my two said sons Thomas and Gerard be at liberty to work and do for themselves and free from their said mother when they shall arrive at the full age of 16 years that the Several Legacies left them by this my last will shall be delivered to them when they shall arrive at the full age of 18 years to each his particular legacey at his respective age and be fully possessed thereof my will and meaning further is that if either of my sons dye before they arrive at the said age of 18 years then that the other son shall enjoy all the Estate and Legacies left to the said deced brother when he shall arrived at the said age. Item I give to ELIZA. FARLON an Orphan girl now at my house tuo cows and one named mulberry the other named Lilly one two year old Heiffer and a yearling to be delivered to her when she shall be free from my said wife, Finally I appoint my dear and loving wife Mary Masters my whole and sole ExEx of this my Last Will and Testament. My will is that my said Estate be not brought to an appraisment but be equally divided betwixt my wife and children by two good and honest men to be mutually chosen betwixt both parties and also I hereby beg and entreat my good friend the Revd. ALEXR, SCOTT Clerk to be Co-adjutor to advise and counsel and perswade my said ExEx how to execute and perform this said will according to true intent and meaning thereof and further I hereby fully authorize and impower the said Alexr. Scott to see the said ExEx do not any ways consume make away imbecill the said Estate and legacies left to my children and in case he bleives the same to be in danger of being wasted or imbecilled or any other way made away with either part or in whole that then he demand of her new and sufficient Securityes and in case of refusal to move them out of the said ExEx hands and to settle them more securely. In Witness ., this 27th February in year 1717.
Presence Mary + Young, Thomas Masters
Henry Young, Dix [his mark] Ward
A Codocil. to the will aforesaid Item I give to my son Thomas Masters as aforsd when he shall arrive to the full age of 17 years and be free from his said Mother as in the said will is expressed the care and management of his Brother Gerard if so be his said mother marries another man before that time and the said man prove harsh or Severe to the same Gerrard if also it be sd that the said Thomas my son lives and keeps house in the mean time by himself my will is that his said Brother Gerrard may be then free from his said Mother and her then husband in case he proves harsh or Severe to him and his along with the said Thomas and be under his care and management till he shall arrive to the age of 16 years and then as in the will is expressed to be free and at liberty to act and do for himself and likewise that he at the full age of 18 years as in the said Will is mentioned may have all the Legacies therein expressed delivered him and in case of his decease before he arive to that age, then that the said Legacies pass to and be enjoyed by his said brother Thomas as likewise in the said will is mentioned. Item My will is that the legacy, left in the will to Eliza. Farlon be null and from henceforth void because she since writing said will has been married and is now gone from me and has raced (blank) I designed to bestow on her already and full satisfaction to the Legacy is paid her by myself in my own life time. In witness whereof .. set
my hand this 2nd day of April 1720.
Mary Young, Thomas Masters
Cornelius Canan
At Court Continued and held for Stafford County May 11th 1737 Will presented by Mary Masters the ExEx .. and Alexr. Scott Clerk on oath declared that he wrote the same by the Deced directions and believes that the same was executed and the said ExEx with her securities acknowledged their bond well is admitted to record.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1704 - 
(Age > 53 years)