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- george is son of first wife?
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1749-1770 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book A; [Sparacio]; Page 174-175
In the Name of God Amen. I THOMAS STUBBLEFIELD of Parish of Saint Mark in County of Culpeper being sick and weak but in Mind and Memory as sound as usual .. I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament my soul I recommend to Almighty God who gave it .. my body I commit to the Earth therein to be decently interred at the discretion of my beloved Wife whom I appoint Executrix of this my Will .. It is my will and desire that my funeral charges & just debts shall be paid out of my Estate and the remaining part of my Estate real and personal I leave to the care of my beloved Wife ELLEN STUBBLEFIELD to be by her kept for the support and education of my children and it is my desire that she bring them up and educate them in such manner as my Estate will afford, until my Eldest son GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD shall come to lawful age, And then it is my desire that he shall receive his share of my Estate (my lots of land Excepted) in proportion to the number of my children including my wife with them and the remaining part to continue in my wiles possession till my next child shall arrive at lawful age and then a division to be made as before & in like manner. It is my will that each of my children shall receive their respective shares of my Estate as soon as they shall come to lawful age, and that then my wife shall retain the remainder & enjoy the same during her life & after her decease to be equally divided between my children but in case my wife should die before my son George Stubblefield should come to lawful age then it is my desire that my Brother in Law LOT HACKLEY shall execute this my will & take care of my children in the manner above directed until my son George Stubblefield shall arrive to Lawful age & then it is my will that my Brother in Laws Executorship shall cease & determine and my son George Stubblefield shall take upon the Execution of my Will in the same manner as my Wife is directed in case she should live to perform the same. And it is my desire that my Estate not be appraised nor my Wife obliged to give security for the Execution of my Will. I leave to my beloved Wife Ellen Stubblefield during her natural life my two lots of land and after her decease I give the lot whereon I now live to my son George Stubblefield & the other lot which lies in Orange County I give to my son JAMES STUBBLEFIELD and it is my desire that in case any of my children should marry before they are to receive their part or parts of my Estate & should die & leave a child or children lawfully begotten then such child or children shall have such part or share of my Estate as the Father or Mother would or might receive in case he or she or they were living at the time such division is to be made In Testimony whereof this 28th day of May 1757.
Presence: WM. GREEN, Thomas Stubblefield
WM. BALL, GEO, WETHERALL
At Court held for County of Culpeper on Thursday the 16th day of February 1758
This last Will and Testament of Thomas Stubblefield Gent. deceased was this day Exhibited to the Court by ELIN STUBBLEFIELD Widow & Executrix therein named which was proved by the oaths of witnesses and ordered to be recorded and on her motion Certificate is granted her for Obtaining a Probat thereof she having first taken the oath directed by Law the sd Testator directed that she should not give Bond & security & that his Estate should not be appraised.
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1778-1781 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 17; [Antient Press]; Page 253-256
Indenture 10 May 1779 between REUBEN LAREW of Orange County and GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD of same .. for £55.10 .. sells 222 acres .. in lower end of Orange County on head branches of Matopony bounded Thomas Faulcouer; Stephen Smith ..
Witnesses: Charles Bruce, Reuben Long, Reuben Larew
Thomas Pharish, Richard Hackley
Recorded Orange County 28th October 1779.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1740 - Aft 1779 (~ 40 years)