656. Henry Newby
SOURCE CITATION:
Text: The following is a verbatim copy from Lancaster Co., VA.
DATE OF WILL, 14 OCT 1741, LANCASTER CO., VA.In the name of God amen the fourteeth day of October in the year of our Lord God 1741 I HENRY NEWBY in the County of Lancaster being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God do make & ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it me and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner and as vouching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the Life I give and devise & dispose of the same in manner and form following Inprinis I give & bequeath to MARY my dearly beloved Wife one negro man named Guy to her and her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my son HENRY NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro man named Carly and if my son HENRY NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro man to fall to my youngest son WILLIAM NEWBY and to his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my son OZWALD NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro girl named Frank - and if my son OZWALD NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro girle shall fall to my son HENRY NEWBY and to his heirs forever Item I give & bequeath to my son WHALEY NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro woman named Jane and my will is that the first child that the sd. negro woman shall bring - shall fall to my Daughter SARAH NEWBY and her heirs forever My will and desire is that if my son WHALEY NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro woman shall fall to my son JAMES NEWBY and to his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my son JAMES NEWBY one shilling sterling money and no other part or parcel of my Estate Item I give and bequeath to my son WILLIAM NEWBY and to his heirs forever on negro boy named Tom and if my son WILLIAM NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro boy shall fall to my daughter HANNAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter HANNAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever one negro boy named Peter and if my Daughter HANNAH NEWBY should die without lawful heir of her own body that then the sd. negro boy shall faill to my Daughter SARAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife my best bed & furniture Item I give and bequeath to my son HENRY NEWBY the next best bed & furniture Item my will and desire is that all the remaining part of my Estate shall be equally divided between MY WIFE & CHILDREN that is to say HENRY NEWBY, OZWALD NEWBY, SARAH NEWBY, HANNAH NEWBY, WHALEY NEWBY and WILLIAM NEWBY Item my will& desire is that all my negroes shall be kept upon the plantation and work together to help raise my children til my youngest son WILLIAM NEWBY arrive to the age of fifteen years except the negro man that I give to my son HENRY NEWBY and my will is that he shall stay & work with the rest to raise my children the terme of five years after my decease I likewise constitute make and ordain my Dearly beloved WIFE MARY NEWBY and my SON HENRY NEWBY my whole and sole EX.rx and Ex.r of theis my last will & testament and I do herby utterly disallow revoke & disannill all & every other former testaments wills & Legacies Bequests and Ex.rd by me in any way as before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and first year written----
his
Robert Mitchel Jun.r HENRY NEWBY
John Alexander MarkAt a Court held for Lancaster County on the 12th day of March 1741 This will was proved in open Court by the Oaths of Robert Mitchell Jun.r and John Alexander witness ea thereto and admitted to record and is Recorded.
(Copied by William Newby, 2 Dec 1989)
Title: Will: 14 Oct 1741, Lancaster Co., VA
Author: Copied by Wm. E. Newby, 2 Dec 1989
Publication Information: Will Book 13: 265-266
SOURCE CITATION:
Text: On the Tax Rolls of Lancaster Co., VA from 12 Dec 1711 to 12 Jan 1728
(Lancaster Co., VA, Individual Tithables 1653-1720, Order Book 5:278 and 7:224)
Slave owner, growing tobacco on a plantation but there is no indication that he owned any land.
657. Mary Whaley
Notes for Mary Whaley:
SOURCE CITATION:
Text: Will of Mary Whaley Newby, copied by Wm. E. Newby, 2 Dec 1989.
Verbatim copy from Lancaster Co., VA, Will Book 16: 181-181a.In the name of god Amen I Mary Newby being sick & weak but of Perfect sence and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same do make and ordain in this my last will & testament hereby Revoking and disannulling all former wills by me or made Imprimus I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it to me in hopes of a pardon for all my sins, through Jesus Christ my Mediator and Redeemor and my body to the Earth, to be Decently buried in a Christian like manner, by my Executors hereafter mentioned and as to what worldly goods it hath been pleased God to bestow on me, I give & bequeath in the following manner Viz---I give and bequeath to my son James Newby, my land and appurtenances thereunto belonging whereon I now live, to him and his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my son Whaley Newby my negro man named Guy, and his heirs forever, provided my son Whaley should have any heir, but if the said Whaley, should die without heir, than the said negro Guy shall go to my Daughter Hannah Bailey and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my son William Newby my mare colt named mouse, my gun, and my best bed and furniture, to him and his heirs forever. Item It is my will Sarah Brumley and Hannah Bailey should have a Black Bumbozene Gown Each of them a Hood Ribonds and gloves out of the Crop now on the ground. Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Bailey one Cow all my wearing apparell and my side Saddle, to her and her heirs forever. and further my Will is, that after my Debts and funeral Expenses and Legacies are paid the rest of my Estate be Equally Divided among my children Viz James Newby, Ozwald Newby Sarah Brumley, Hannah Bailey, Whaley Newby and William Newby - I also appoint my son James Newby and Ozwald Newby Exors of this my last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunder set my hand and seal this 10th day of April 1761 -
Signed Seald and Publishd her
In Presence of - Mary Newby
John Bailey Mark
his
James Robinson
MarkAt a Court held for Lancaster County on the 15th of January 1762 This Will was proved in open Court by the oath of James Robinson a witness thereto and ordered to be Recorded
Test
Tho. EdwardsMemorandum
That there was a Case and nine Bottles about three pints, each which I kept out of my husbands inventory - and for this reason, that my husband's brother gave the use of it to him during life, and after his death, to go to his son William Newby therefore thought that it was none of his Estate nor mine but my son William's Therefore acted accordingly, given under my hand this 10th day of April 1761
her
Test John Bailey Mary Newby
his Mark
Jas. Robinson
MarkAt a Court held for Lancaster County on the 15th of January 1762 This Memorandum was proved in open Court by the oath of James Robinson a Witness thereto and ordered to be Recorded
Test
Thos. EdwardsWilliam E. Newby
37 Taxon Drive
Wilmington, DE. 19803
658. Thomas Thompson
Notes for Thomas Thompson:
His will dated April 22, 1774In the name of God amen, I Thomas Thomson of the County of Louisa, and Parish of Trinity, being very weak of body and cauling to mind the uncertainty of life, do make, ordain and appoint, this my last will and testament in manner of form following, towit.
I leave to my beloved during her natural life, two negroes by name, (L?)ibba and Yorke, and any land and plantation, cauled and known by the Name of Purfords, to either with four of her choice of the cows and calves. I lend to my said wife all my household and furniture. Except one feather bed, which I give to my son Jeremiah Thomson. I lend to my said wife one of the choice of my horses. I give to my said wife all my stock of hogs and sheep to her. I lend to my said wife one negroe girl named Sarah, and her increase during her natural life, and at her death to be at her disposial to give her and her increase to such of my children or grandchildren as she may think fitt.
Itam. I give to my son Jeremiah Thomson the land and plantation I now live on, on Bever Creek, to him and his heirs forever. Itam. I give to my son two negroes by name Coll and Peter, and the increase of the said female have to him and his heirs forever. I give to my said son the household and kitchin furniture and the four cows and calves, as aboved mentioned, as done to beloved wife to him and his heirs at the death of his said mother. Itam. It is my will and desire that the crop of grain that is this present year, be for the use of my wife and my son Jeremiah and divided if they require it, by my Executors as they shall think best.
Itam. I give to my son William Thomson all the land that I have ?ockfish River in the County Of (Amherst?) to him and his heirs forever.
Itam. I give to my daughter Patience Gleen one shilling sterling.
Itam. I give to my daughter Ursky Ray one shilling sterling
Itam. I give to my son (Set---?) Thomson one shilling sterling.
Itam. It is my will and desire that all my Estate, both real and personal that is not disposed of at this my last Will and Testament may be sold by my Executors, which I Shall heretofore mention, and the money arising from the sale be equally dividedamongst each of my children as I (?) mention to Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson, Elizabeth Nuby, and Richard Thomson, that is --, if the said -- or his heirs should appear to claim his part in the term of ten years after my death and in case the said Richard nor his representatives do not claim in that time, I then give and bequeath one part alloted for him, to be equally divided between my sons William Thomson and Jeremiah Thomson, to them and their heirs forever and hold same it is my will and desire the part alloted for my said Richard and be longer, the living son in security to my other executor for the payment of his part in the ----- my heirs, in the above limited time to claim his rights.
Itam. It is my will and desire that part I have given my above mentd children as Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson Elizabeth Nuby and Richard Thomson heretofore grant there land, be v-ed and alloted to each of them on part of their proportions in the division to them and theirs heirs forever.
Itam. It is my will and desire to give two negroes and their increase of the female slave if ther would be any, together with land --- horse I have lent my wife, any at her death, be sold by the executors. The money riseing from such sale, to be equally divided among such children as I have mentioned, Susanna Clark, Mourning Pryor, William Thomson, Elizabeth Nuby,and Richard Thomson if the claim as I have mentioned and if he the said Richard nor his heirs should not claim, I then give his part to my sons William and Jeremiah Thomson to be as above to them and their heirs forever.
Itam. It is my will and desire that my debts may be paid out of the part of my estate I have allotted to be sold.
Itam. I make ---- and appoint this as my last will and testament laying all other wills aside, appointing my son William Thomson and Thomas Johnson Junr, Executors to this my last will and testament. Wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and sole this 22nd of April 1774.
Thomas Thomson
TT - his mark
Signed sealed and delivered in presants of
Thomas Fuller
Margaret Thomson (L - her mark)
Jeremiah ThomsonAt a court held for Louisa County on Monday the 10th Day of October 1774. This will was this day in open Court proven to be the last will and testament of Thomas Thomson deceased by the oath of Thomas Fuller as witness thereto and ordeered to be certified.
Teste John Nelson
660. Joseph Pryor
Notes for Richard R. Pryor:
1754 served in Virginia militia was given 7 shillings for provisions.
1758 provided victualling as member of Virginia militia
1776 in a list of 52 Virginia militiamen
712. John Newcomb
Cooper, farmer.
American Revolution: He served as a conductor of express, 1779-1781, for transportation of supplies from Lebanon CT to the Continental Army.
Immediatley after his marriage, he settled in the northern part of Lebanon, which in 1804 was set off to form what is now the town of Columbia, residing for many years upon what was known as "Metcalf Hill." From the town records, it appears he made no less than seventeen purchases of real estate while at Lebanon. He was elected to town offices as follows: 1782, collector of taxes; 1785, surveyor of highways; 1795, grand juror; 1797, constable and collector of state taxes; 1798, constable; and in 1801 constable and collector of state taxes.
Lived in several communities in New York and held various offices: Justice of the Peace, Captain of a Cavalry Company, and a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity .
714. Luther Killam
Served in Revolutionary War from Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., PA
This has been proven by Nedra's cousin Evan Wright for membership in Sons of the American Revolution and he is member # 165761. Might be useful info. for scholarships.
716. Elijah Tyler
Elijah Tyler saw service in the French and Indian Wars in 1755 and 1758. Moved from Upton to Chesterfield about 1722, then to Westhampton where on 2 June 1778 he signed the petition for setting of the town. In the 1790 census, he was still in Westhampton together with one male 16 or over and three females. He may have moved to Windham Co. VT (Wilmington?) about with son Stephen and grandson Ephraim. He does not appear in the 1800 census of either MA or VT.
736. George Hanson
Immigrated to VA in the early 18th century.
738. Isaac Scrivens
Quaker.
750. John Knowles
The Knowles were prominent land owners and business people in Colonial North Carolina and are mentioned in the Colonial records as well as on land deeds.