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1699-1701 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page 3)
IN YE NAME OF GOD Amen ye Eighth day of October in ye yeare of our Lord God 1698 I JONATHAN GRILLS in ye County of Essex in ye County of Virga: being very sick weak of body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God, I do make & ordaine this my last Will & Testamt. in manner & forme following, That is to say, first & cheifly I give my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it me and my body I comend to ye Earth to be decently buryed in Christian buryal at ye discretion of my Ex:Ex; nothing doubting but that at ye general' resurrection I shall receive ye same againe by ye mighty power of God, as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give & devise & bequeath ye same in manner & form following that is to say; I give unto my Loveing Daughter, ANN GRILLS, one tract of land containing One hundred & twenty acres lying in ye FOREST in ye County of Essex afore- sd., one Mare of three years old, a good young Cow & calfe, a solve Pigg, a flock bed & blankets & rugs & bolster, three pewter dishes, a pott & pott hooks, six spoons, a payle, a frying pann, two plates & a Porringer, a sifter & two chairs ye sd things to be truely paid out of my Estate unto my said Daughter, ANN, at ye age of Sixteen years or day of Marriage, but in case she dyes before my Wife, then what I have in land or goods I leave unto my Wife, ANN GRILLS, & her heirs but in case my Wife dyes and she leaves my Daughter & her two Sons, FRANCIS & WM. PEIRCY, then all my land lying on PISSCUTTAWAY CREEKE & goods to be equally divided betwixt them & their heirs lawfully begotten of their own bodyes & in case either of them dyes without issue then it is my true intent & meaning that ye longest liver of them shall have is remaininge of my Estate reall or personal' to them or him or their heires forever
Item. It is my will that my said Wife, ANN GRILLES, after my decease shall have ye liberty to remaine on ye sd Plantacon of PISCATAWAY CREEK as long as she lives & to have use of ye sd household goods Stock provided that she payes my said Daughter the sd Legacies that are above menconed And of this my last Will & Testamt. I make my beloved Wife my full & sole Ezex. & I do hereby revoke & annull all & every other former Wills legacies bequests & Exers. by me otherwise beforenamed, willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & none other to be my last Will & Testamt. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & wale ye day & year above written
Signed sealed & delivered published & declared
by ye ad JONA: GRILLS as his Last Will & JONATHAN GRILLES
Testamt. in ye p:sence of
ST. JOHN SHROPSHIRE
ELIZ: SHROPSHIRE, WILLIAM MARCHANT
Prov'd in Essex County Court by ye Oath of ST. JOHN SHROPSHIRE & WM. MARCHANT ye 10th day of Augt. 1699 FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur
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1699-1701 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page 22
September ye 2d 1699. Then appeared by us the Subscribers according to our Judgments in obedience to an Order from Essex County Court as followeth;
2 cowes & calves, one Sword & piston, one young cow & heifer, one hand saw, branding iron, smoothing iron, one old horse saddle & bridle, one feathr: bed & bolster, one pr. of sheets & rugg, one p:cell of old iron, 2 chests, a parcell of pewter, one small box & case, a parcell of brass & tinware, one flock bed & covering, one Couch bed & one Chest, parcell of old wooden ware, 3 small potts & hookes, one hive of Bees, one frying pan 2 pestles. one iron & one ladle, one Bill tobacco Five hundred and thirty, one small old gun, old pistole & one pair of fire tongs, 2 pr. of small stilliards, a percell of old bookes at 2 sh : 23:19:06
Sworne before me this 2d day of Septembr: 1699 GEORGE TORNER
p RICHD COVINGTON SAMLL PARRY
Presented by JNO: BRACHER & ANN his Wife, Exec. of JONATHAN GRILL deced at a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of 9br: 1699 upon Oath & truely recorded
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1682-1686 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Part I; [Antient Press]; Page 116-117
TO ALL TO WHOM this prsents shall come I Sr. HENRY CHICHLEY Knt. Governr: &c. Now Know yee that I Sr. HENRY CHICHELEY Knt. Deputy Governr: &c. with the consent of the Councell of State accordingly give unto JOHN PIGGE Fower hundred and fourty acres of land lying in Rappa: County adjoyning the lands of WM. YOUNG on RALPHS CREEK runing thence So. West by an antient line to a corner red Oake by a great Branch, thence South East over the Branch before mentioned and over certain branches of RAPPA: CREEK to a corner on high ground, thence North East to RALPHES CREEKE & down the Creeke ye severall courses where it began, Two hundred and Fourty acres part thereof formerly granted to ROBERT YOUNG by Pattent bearing date the 21tb. of Septembr: 1661 & renewed in WILLIAM YOUNGs name by Pattent dated the 19th of March 1677/8, the residue being Two hundred acres is duely and for the transportation of Fower persons into this Collony To have and to hold &c. Yeilding and paying &c. Provided that if the said JNO. PIGG his heires &c. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Collony this 22d day of Decembr: 1682
Recordatr Test NICHO. SPENCER Secra. HEN: CHICHELEY
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I JOHN PIGGE of NEW KENT COUNTY doe assigne over all my right of this Pattent to WILLIAM YOUNG his heires forever from me my heires and warrant the same from me my heires or any persons that shall lay clayme thereto from us only a hundred acres sold to JONATHAN GRILLS excepted and doe obleidge myselfe to acknowledge the same in Rappa. Court upon demand and to the same I sett my hand and seale this first day of August 1684
Signed in the prsents of us JOHN PIGGE
MARY HODGES
LAURENCE TAYLER marke
The Contents of this Pattent acknowledged by JNO. PIGG to WM. YOUNG except one hundred acres
I WILLIAM YOUNG doe obleidge myselfe my heires not to disturbe JONATHAN GRILLS in the possession of the above hundred acres of land But to have it according to the bounds agreed on before WM. COVENTON and THOMAS WATKINS and the truth hereof have sett my hand and seale August 5th 1684
LAWRENCE TAYLER WM. YOUNG
MARY HODGES
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1686-1688 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 372-373
August Court 1687
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I JOHN GRILLS of the County of Rappa: in Virginia being intended God willing for England and minded to settle my land and Plantation upon my now Wife, ANN GRILLS, that is to say, One hundred acers of land I bought of Mr. JOHN PIGGE of NEW KENT COUNTY adjoyning upon the land of WM. YOUNGE lying upon RALPHS CREEK in PISCATAWAY in the abovesd. County of Rappa: which sd land I hereby freely give and assigne unto my Wife, ANN GRILLS, and to her and assignes for ever from me after my departure out of Virginia with the proviso nevertheless that the Person named JOHN HINDES now a Tenant upon the sd land for seven years shall hold the interest he hath by Agreemt until his said time be expired and for further confirmation of this Deed of Gift to my sd lovg. Wife I hereby oblige myself to make a full and free acknowledgemt. of these presents as my act and deed in the sd County Court of Rappa: to the only use of my said Wife her heires and assignes for ever In Witness whereof I have sett my hand and seale this 2nd day of August 1687
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
PHILL: PENDLETON, JONATHAN GRILLS
THO: WOOD
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa; 3 die August 1687 et Record 12th die
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1689-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 8; [Antient Press]; Page 251-252
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made and concluded on by & between JONATHAN GRILLS of Rappa County on the one part & GILES YOUNGE of County of NEW KENT on the other part as followeth, First the sd JONATHAN GRILLS for the reasons & consideracons hereafter expressed do hereby consent and agree to take to live with me the sd GILES YOUNGE upon my Dwelling Plantation being in Farnham Parish, in County of Rappa upon or neere PISCATAWAY CREEK from the day of the date hereof for and during the whole terme or our Naturall lives and the life of my Wife, ANN GRILLS in consideracon whereof its mutually agreed by and between me the sd JONATHAN GRILLS & me the sd GILES YOUNGE that all and all manner of Estate both real and personal] of what nature or quantity soever shall be deemed and taken and is hereby fully concluded and consented to be deemed and taken that is to say that is now or at any time hereafter to belong to us two aforenamed to be a joint and equall interest & have a Copartner ship in during the whole terme of our respective natural (blank) from this present day and all the produce of our two respective labours to each other in equally propocon until' it shall please God to make seperacon by Death which if it shall happen that I the sd GILES YOUNGE should die first of us two aforenamed that then and all whatsoever I shall be worth or posed with all shall imediately descend & come unto the sd JONATHAN GRILLS and his heirs of or the survivour of them & their heirs & to them forever and if 34 JONATHAN ORILLS and my Wife should die before the sd YOUNGE that then he the sd YOUNGE shall inheritt and enjoy every part and parcel! of Estate reall and personall that then belongs to us or either of us & to our heirs unless wee should leave any children begotten on our bodies and then such to have an equal! part with him and it is further agreed that (if by any disturbance arising between us two aforenamed either of us shall take occasion to be seperate himself and go away during the terme aforesd then such person or us so differeing and dissenting shall on request have delivered unto them any equall part of the whole estate real & personnall and for the more performance of all & everything and matter herein contained the sd persons aforenamed do hereby enter into the penalty forfeiture of Five thousand pounds of good Tobb. and cask each other to one another severally to be paid by him that shall make the first breach of any part of the same upon demand to the party so damnified. In Witness whereof we hereunto sett our hands and seales this nineteenth day of December One thousand six hundred and Eighty nine
Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of us
JOHN SMITH. JONATHAN GRILLS
PHILL. PENDLETON, GILES YOUNGE
OLIVER RICHARDS, ANN GRILLS
THO. HUSLICOTT, WM. MORRISS
Recognitr in Cur Comt Rappa (blot) die Augusti 1691
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1694-1695 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 371)
TO ALL ELXPERIENCT PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come, I LORANEY TAYLER of ye County of Essex send Greeting. Know yee that I ye sd LORANEY TAYLER for divers good causes and valuable consideracons me thereunto moveing and espicially for Six thousand pounds of sweet scented tobacco and One twenty five foot Dwelling House twenty foot wide in hand paid, have sold unto JONATHAN FISHER of KING and QUEEN County Two hundred and fifty acres of land be it more or less lying in Essex County bounded beginning at a Corner tree on ye South side of PISCATAWAY CREEKE at ye mouth of a Little Creeke called RALPH CREEKE, and running by a line of marked trees South South West to JONATHAN DRILLs PATH and West along ye PATH to ye ROWLING ROAD, and so along ye ROWLING ROAD to THOMAS COOPERs Plantation to ye back line, and soe West North West to ye dividing line of Mr. SAMUELL PAREY and so along ye dividing line to a Little Creeke called Mr. SAMUELL PARRYs CREEKE, and so down the Creeke to PISCATAWAY Maine Creeke and so down ye Maine Creeke to ye place it first begun; which said land was formerly taken up and pattented by Mr. SAMUELL PARREY deced bearing date ye Seventh day of February 1652 and by him sold to Mr. ROBERT YOUNG by Deed bearing date ye 7th day of December 1653, and WM. YOUNG, Son and heir of ROBERT YOUNG, did by his Last Will and Testament devise give it to me ye LORANEY TAYLER To have and to hold ye sd land & premisses to sd JONATHAN FISHER and his heirs forever, with all plantacons, houseing garding, woods & water and all other profitts belonging to any part thereof without hinderance of me sd LORANEY TAYLER my heirs or assignes unto ye sd JONATHAN FISHER his heirs or assignes paying therefore yearly unto our Soveraigne Lord the King ye Rents usually due or which shall hereafter be due for ye same and ye sd LORANEY TAYLER do for my selfe my heirs agree to warrant and defend ye sd land from ye claime of all manner of
persons whatsoever as Witness my hand and seale this 7th day of September 1695 Signed sealed & delivered in ye presence of lus
THOMAS WAKLEE LURANEY TAYLER
JAMES BOUGHAN
At a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of 7ber: 1695
The within named LORA TAYLER appear'd & acknowledged ye within specified contents
to be her real act & deed to ye within named JONATHAN FISHER, wch: was ordered to be recorded
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1695-1697 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part I; [Antient Press]; Page 40-41
TO ALL EXPERIENCE PEOPLE to whome these presents shall come, I RICHARD COOPER of ye County of Essex send Greeting. Know yee that I ye sd. RICHARD COOPER for divers good causes me thereunto moveing & especially for Sixteen hundred pounds of sweet Toba: & caske in hand paid, have sold unto JONATHAN GRILLS & GILES YOUNG of ye same County, One hundred & twenty acres of Land lyeing in Essex County and on ye South side of PISCATAWAY CREEK, and upon ye Branches of Mr. PARRY LITTLE CREEK it being part of Two hundred and twenty acres of Land that my Father, THOMAS COOPER deced, bought of DANIELL BROWNE binding upon the Main Road that leads to the BEST LANDS and upon ye Land of THOMAS DAY and upon ye Land that my Father, THOMAS COOPER deced, sold to ye abovesd. JONATHAN GRILLS and GILES YOUNG; To have and to hold the sd. land & premisses withal Plantations houseing orchards & all other profitts without the hinderance of me ye sd. RICHARD COOPER my heirs or assignes unto the sd. JONATHAN GRILLS and GILES YOUNG their heirs or assignes paying therefore yearly unto our Soveraigne Lord ye King his heirs & Successors the Rents usually or which shall hereafter become due for the same; And the said RICHARD COOPER do for my selfe my heirs defend ye sd Land & premisses from the claime of all persons wt:soever, & do oblige my selfe my heirs unto ye sd JONATHAN GRILLS and GILES YOUNG their heirs or assignes in ye summe of Five thousand pounds of sweet tobacco & caske by vertue of these presents; In Witness whereof I ye sd. RICHARD COOPER have hereunto set my hand & wale this 10th day of March 1695/6 Signed sealed & delivered in ye presence of us
RALPH NELL. RICHARD COOPER
JAMES BOUGHAN ANNE COOPER
Acknowledged and Right of Dower relinquished at a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of June 1696
Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, CI Cur
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1697-1699 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 229-230
ARTICLES of AGREEMT, made & concluded between JONA: GRILLS of RAPPA. County of ye one part & GILES YOUNG of ye County of NEW KENT on ye other part as followeth :
First I ye sd. JONA. GRILLS for ye reasons hereafter expressed do hereby consent & agree to take in to live with me the sd, GILES YOUNG upon my Dwelling Plantacon scituate & being in FARNHAM Pish. in County of RAPPA; aforesd, upon or near PISCATAWAY CREEK from the day of the date hereof dureing ye whole time of our natural lives and ye life of my Wife, ANN GRILLS, in consideracon whereof it is mutually agreed by & between me ye sd. JONA. GRILLS & me ye sd GILES YOUNG that all manner of Estate both real & p:sonal of what nature kind or quallity soever being in what place soever shall be taken, that is to say, that is now or at any time hereafter shall belong to us two aforenamed to be a joynt & equal! interest & have a Copartnership in dureing ye whole terme of our respective natural lives from this present day & all ye pr:duce of our two respective Labours to belong to each other in equall proportion until it shall please God to make a Separacon by death wch: if it shall happen that I ye sd GILES YOUNG should dye first of us here named that then all & whatsoever shall be with or possessed with all shall immediately descend & come to ye sd JONA: GRILLS & his sd. Wife, or ye Survivor of them & to their heirs forever, And in case I ye sd. JONA. GRILLS & my Wife should dye before ye sd. GILES YOUNGE, that then ye sd. YOUNGE shall inherit & enjoy every part & parcell of the Estate, real & p:sonall, that shall then belong or appertaine to us or either of us & to his heirs forever unless we should leave any Children begotten of our bodies behind us & then such to have an equal' part with him, And it is further agreed that if (by any difference arising between us two aforenamed) either of us shall take occasion to seperate himselfe & give away during ye terme aforesd. that then such person of us so differing & discounting shall upon request have delivered unto him an equal part proportionable, that is to say, of the whole estate real & personal! so belonging to us two aforenamed as aforesd. and for ye more true performance of all & every thing & matter herein contained we the sd. p:sons aforenamed do hereby enter into ye penalty or forfeiture of Five thousand pounds of good tobo: and caske each other to one another severally to be paid by him of us that shall make ye first breach of any part of ye same upon demand to ye party so damnified. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seales this 19th day of Xber: 1689
Signed sealed & delivered in ye presence of us
JNO: SMITH, PHIL: PENDLETON, JONATHAN GRILLS
OLIVAR RICHARDS, GILES YOUNGE
THOMAS HUCKLESCOTT, ANN GRILLS
WM. M MORRISSES
Recognitr: in Cur Com RAPPA; 5 die Aug. 1691 et Recordatr. 25th die
Test WM. COLSTON, CI Cur
Copia Test. FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur Essex
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1697-1699 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 230-232
TO ALL EXPERIENCE PEOPLE to whom these pr:sents shall come, I RICHD, COOPER of the County of Essex send Greeting: Know yee that I ye sd. RICHD. COOPER for divers good causes & valuable consideracons me thereunto moveing & especially for Sixteen hundred pds. of sweet tobo: & caske in hand paid, have sold unto JONATHAN GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG of ye same County, One hundred & twenty acres of Land lying in Essex County & on ye South side of PISCATAWAY CREEKE & upon ye branches of Mr. PARRYs little Creeke, it being part of Two hundred & twenty acres of Land that my Father, THO: COOPER deced, bought of DANIELL BROWNE binding upon the Maine Road that leads to the BESTLANDS & upon the Land of THO: DAY & upon ye Land that my Father, THO: COOPER deced, sold to ye abovesd. JONATHAN GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG; To have & to hold ye sd. Land & premisses unto the said JONA: GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG & their heirs forever with all Plantacons housing gardens woods thereunto belonging without ye molestacon of me the sd. RICHD. COOPER my heirs or assignes, the said JONA: GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG paying therefore yearly unto our Sovereign Lord the King his heirs & successors the Rents wch: shall hereafter become due for the same and the sd. RICHD. COOPER do for my selfe my heirs agree to warrant the said land from ye claime of all manner of persons, And to acknowledge ye sd Land & premisses unto ye sd. JONA: GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG their heirs in the County Court of Essex upon demand, And do oblige myselfe my heirs unto ye sd. JONATHAN GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG their heirs in the sum of Five thousand pounds of sweet tobo: & caste by virtue of these presents; In Witness whereof I have set my hand and seale this 10th day of March 1695/6 Signed sealed &jelivered in the presence of us
RALPH NELL, RICHARD COOPER
JAMES BOUGHAN ANNE COOPER
Acknowledged & right of Dower relinquished at a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of June 1696
Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur
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1697-1699 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book, Part II; [Antient Press]; Page 232
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we JONATHAN GRILLS & GYLES YOUNG Father & Godfather of ANNE GRILLS do out of the good will love & affection that we bear unto our Daughter, ANN GRILLS, do assigne over all our right that we have unto ye within specified One hundred & twenty acres of Land in as large & ample manner as is sould to us by the within Deed with warranty from us our heirs unto our abovesd. Daughter her heirs or assignes forever with this Condicon; that if the sd. ANNE GRILLS should live untill she should attaine to ye years of one & twenty or marryed but if she should dye before then the above demised premisses to return unto ye sd JONA. GRILLS in as large & ample manner as if this present writing had never been; As-Witness our hands & seales this 9th day of July 1698
Ackowledged in Essex County Court ye 10th day of Sept: 1698 & truely recorded
Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us
JNO: SADLER JONATHAN GRILL
JOSEPH UMPHRIES GYLES YOUNG
Acknowledged in Essex County Court ye 10th day of Sept: 1698 & truely recorded Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur
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1699-1702 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 18
- At a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of November 1699
- JNO. BRAISIER & ANN his Wife, Exrx. of JONATH: GRILLS deced, presented ye Inventory & appraismt. of ye sd deceds Estate upon oath, wch: is ordered to be recorded
- Upon ye Peticon of GYLES YOUNG, Guardian of ANN GRILLS, Orphan of JONATH: GRILLS deced., its ordered that JNO: BRAISIER & ANN his Wife, Exrx. of JONATH. GRILLS deced, pay ye sd GYLES YOUNG for ye use of ye ad Orphan out of ye sd deceds Estate, Five pounds Sterling due for a Man given to ye sd Orphan by ye sd JONA: GRILLS and ye sd YOUNG & by ye sd. GRILLS sold & converted to his own use with costs
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1666 - 1699 (> 33 years)