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Will of Richard Williams, Loudoun County, Virginia. Will Book E, pp.297-298 (Transcript of original includes errors in spelling, capitals, grammar, etc. I am unable to show the underlines that were in the original record. Grevious errors in the original are followed with the correction in parenthesis to show that it is not a typo mistake for this entry.)
In the name of God Amen. I Richard Williams of the County of Loudon and State of Virginia being weak of Body but of Sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of Life and the certainty of Death do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following and as touching such worldly Goods as God hath been pleased to bless me with I give and bequeath in the manner and form following. Viz, my desire is that all my just debts pe (be) paid: Item I give and bequeath to my son Jinkin Williams five Shillings. Item I give and bequeth to my son Joseph Williams five Shillings. Item I give and bequeath to my son James Williams one middle sized pewter Dish. Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Shrieves five Shillings. Item I give and bequeath to my son Enos Williams all my lands I now possess to him and his heirs or assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my wife Margrate one third part of the above mentioned land with all my stock consisting of Cattle Sheep, hoggs, and one mare for and during her naturall life and after her Death I give the same to son Enos Williams with all my houshold furniture and everything else that is my property to him his heirs & assigns forever. my son Enos to take care of the stock above mentioned and to find his mother in fire wood as long as She lives. Item I give and bequeath to my Grandson William George Six pounds Virginia currency to be paid him two years after my decease by my Executors: And I make constitute and appoint my Son Enos Williams and my Friend Charles Bennett as Executors to this my last will and Testament utterly revoking & disannulling all other former will and wills made heretofore ratifying and confirming this and this only my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and affixed my seal this twentieth day of march one thousand hundred & ninety five
his
Richard "j" Williams
mark seal
Seald Sign'd & pronouncd
In the presants of
Jesse Taylor
William Brown
At a court held for Loudoun County may the 8th 1797 This Last will and Testament of Richard Williams Decd was proved by the affirmation of William Brown and Jesse Taylor two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Enos Williams & Charles Bennett the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to law and together with Isaac Larrowe their Security entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the penalty of two hundred pounds with condition as the law direts (directs) certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste Chas Binns
From Richard's will it is evident that he, his wife, and named children were all alive in March 1795. Also, it is apparent that Richard died before May 8, 1797, when the will was proven. The mention of a grandson named William George indicates that Richard probably had a deceased daughter that had married a George, or else he was the son of Mary Shrieves from a former marriage to becoming a Shrieves.
Marriage information for Richard to Margaret is still being sought to determine Margaret's maiden name. Some researchers have reported that this is the Quaker couple Richard Williams and Margaret Jones marrying in 1717 in Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. There are problems with this link, however, because it would mean that both Richard and Margaret had all of their above mentioned five children AFTER they were forty, some twenty to thirty years after they married! Plus, both lived to be nearly 100 years old (concluded from the date of Richard's will). The same researchers that claim the above marriage date as 1717 also have recorded that Richard was born in 1714 and Margaret was born in 1718. These birthdates exclude the said Quaker marriage as a possibility. The information linking this couple to the Quaker marriage was published in "The Scotts of Southwest Virginia" (1999) and possibly other books as well.
Family summary based on Richard Williams' will:
wife-Margaret______
children: Jenkin, Joseph, James, Mary, Enos, and ? another daughter.
Side note: no slaves were mentioned in the will and there is not a listing for Richard Williams in the "Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia and to Slaveholders and Slaves 1758-1786" compiled and edited by Margaret Lail Hopkins (1991).
At least three of Richard's sons can be traced moving south. Jenkin, Joseph, and Enos all settled in southwest Virginia. The county named evolved but records for these sons and their descendants can be found in Wythe, Smyth, Washington, Russell, and possibly other counties.
Uriah Marks became the wife of Jenkin Williams, son of Richard Williams. She came from a prominent family in Loudoun County, Virginia. Her father was a reverend in the Baptist Church who migrated to Virginia from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Uriah was named after her mother, Uriah Ledyard. Uriah Ledyard is mentioned in her father John Ledyard's will of 1748 [published in "Reverend John Marks 1716-1788. His Descendants & Relating Families" compiled by Doris "Mickey" Hoover Colombatto (1997)].
Will of John Marks, dated 31 Jan 1787, Loudoun County, Virginia. Will Book C, pp 324-328.
In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of January in the Year of our Lord Thousand seven hundred and Eighty Seven I John Marks Sen.r of Loudoun County in the state of Virginia Yeoman being a Common state of Health and of sound and perfect mind and memory calling to mind the mortality of my body that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in the following manner that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner at the discression of my Executors whom I shall hereafter appoint and as touching such worldly estate wherewith God hath been pleased to bless me. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First I give and bequeath to Uriah my dearly beloved wife all my moveable estate {Implement of Husbandry excepted} after my lawfull debts and funeral charges are paid together with full priveledge and right to live on the place I now live during her Widdowhood and to enjoy the whole or any part of the House Cellar and Garden as she pleases. I also bequeath to my said Wife one third part of the produce of my plantation or any profit arising therefrom without cost or charge to her and a right to keep one Horse and two Cows if she cause together with firewood brought to her door Cut ready for her use whom I appoint my Executrix of this my last Will. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Elisha Marks all and singular of my wearing apparel, whom I appoint Executor of this my Will. Also I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Married to Thomas Humphry the sum of five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Martha married to William Howell the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Uriah Married to Jenkin Williams the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Marks the plantation and tract of Land he now lives on to him and his Heirs and Assigns forever he my said John Marks paying the sum of Twentyfive pounds Virginia Currency to my daughter Martha married to William Howell, and I order my said Son John to pay the sum of Thirty Shillings Yearly and every Year to my Wife upon her demand during her Widdowhood. Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Marks the plantation and tract of land he now lives on to him his assigns forever he my said son Thomas Marks paying the sum of Twentyfive pounds Virginia Currency to my Daughter Uriah married to Jenkin Williams and I order my Son Thomas to pay the sum of Thirty Shillings to my Wife yearly and every year upon her demand during her Widdowhood also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Abel Marks the plantation and tract of land I now live upon to him his heirs and assigns forever or during the lease from and after my wifes Widdowhood or decease and it is my will that he may live with her granting her the rights priveledges and profits bequeathed to her above mentioned but if it prove inconvenient for my said son Abel to live on the place with my wife she is hereby empowered to let it to another person but at her decease as above the plantation and tract of land to be the property of him my son Abel to whom also I give and bequeath all and singular of my implements of Husbandry. he paying the sum of Five pounds Virginia Currency to my Daughter Mary as above bequeathed. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and other bequeathments Will. Testaments or legacies or legacies by me heretofore made willed or bequeathed ratyfying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day and year above written.
John Marks
Signed Sealed published
pronounced and declared by
the said John Marks as his
last will and Testament in
the presence of the Subscribers
his
John X Hatcher
mark
Philip Thomas
David Thomas
At the Court held for Loudoun County April 14 1778 This will was proved by the Oaths of Philip Thomas and David Thomas two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Uriah Marks Executrix and Elisha Marks Executor therein named who made oath Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving Security whereupon they together with David Thomas and Timothy Hixon their Securities entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of five hundred pounds conditioned as the law directs Teste Chas Binns
A son that preceded John Marks in death left his own will in Loudoun County, Book C. pp 194-195 (This son, Isaiah Marks, mentioned his "couzin John Humphrey" and John's brother "Abner Humphrey" and his own brothers "Thomas, Elisha, John, Abel" and his sisters "Unce (Uria)Williams" and "Mary." His will was proved 8 August 1785. Of interest in the will Isaiah gives to his sister (Uriah) Williams' "two oldest sons" (unnamed in the will) ONE THOUSAND ACRES (caps added) of land to be equally divided among them.
Although not mentioned in the will of John Marks, the slaveholders index did show a record of a slave named Ludy in 1784 for John Marks in Loudoun County, Virginia.
A summary of the John Marks family follows:
wife- Uriah (known to be Uriah Ledyard from her father's will)
children: Isaiah, Elisha, Mary, Martha, Uriah, John Jr., Thomas, and Abel
I hope this post will be of help to other researchers. At a later date I plan on an entry which will include the wills of Jenkin Williams and Joseph Williams.
For those interested in corresponding directly, you may email me at dwsgen@yahoo.com
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