Anne Roberts

Notes:

Ann Roberts the Daughter of Griffuth and Ann Roberts bap"' 19th of Sept 1680
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1694-1695 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page 355-356
IN THE NAME OF GOD, Amen. I GRIFFIN ROBERTS of Essex County being sick and weake of body but in perfect minde & memory thanks be to Almighty God, do make my last Will & Testament in manner & forme as followeth: returneing my soule into ye hands of Almighty God who gave it in sure & certain hopes of ye Resurrection of my Body to be reunited to my Soule to Salvation in & through ye merrits of my dear Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ & my body to be Christianlike buried at ye discretion of my Executrs: hereafter appointed
Imprs. After my debts paid, I give & bequeath my worldly goods both personal & real! as is hereafter mentioned.
I give to my Daughter, TABYTHA, two of my largest Pewter Dishes.
I give to my dear Wife & my Daughter, ANN, three Pewter Dishes.
I give to my Wife, my Daughter TABITHA, & my Daughter, ANN, ten chaires to be divided between them, my Daughter, TABITHA, to have four of them; I appoint a Steer of seven years old &a young Horse of four years old & a Mare of five years old, to be sold for ye payment of my Land
I also appoint my dear Wife my old Mare to her and her heirs for ever; & I give ye fold of ye first bringing of ye old Mare to my Daughter, ANN, be it Mare or Horse, for her & her heirs for ever.
I give to my Daughter, TABYTHA, ye one halfe of my land & her heirs forever & I give ye other halfe of my land between my dear Wife & my Daughter, ANNE, And at ye decease of my sd Wife, all this land to my Daughter, ANN, and her heirs for ever.
I give to my Daughter, ALICE, a pr. of Andirons and a Spitt. I give my dear Wife all the rest of my goods & chattells, she paying my debts, & appoint and nominate my loveing Wife, ANN ROBERTS, and Capt. EDWARD THOMAS, my Executors of this my Will as Witness my hand & seale this tenth day of December 1694
Signed sealed & delivered
EDWARD WORTHINGTON, EDW: ADCOCKE
JAMES WEBB GRIFFIN ROBERTS
I the Subscriber do depose that I saw the within named GRIFFIN ROBERTS signe seale & publich the within written as his last Will & Testament and that he was in perfect sense & memory at ye doeing thereof to ye best of my Judgment and further saith not
EDW: ADCOCKE
I ye Subscriber do depose to ye same that ye above named EDWARD ADCOCKE hath and further saith not
Sworne to by ye above named EDWARD ADCOCKE JAMES WEBB
& JAMES WEBB this 10th of Apr. 1695
WILL: MOSELEY, ROBT: BROOKE
Vere Recordatr: Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER Cl Cur