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1749-1770 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book A; [Sparacio]; Page 10-14
In the Name of God Amen December 22d 1746 I THOMAS WATTS of St. Thomas's Parish in Culpeper County Planter being in sound and Parfect Health of mind and memory and as touching such worldly Estate I hereby make my last Will and Testament
Imprimis I give and bequeath my Soul to Almighty God that gave it me and my Body to the Earth to be buried .. Item I will and desire that my wellbeloved Wife ESTHER shall have on the plantation I now live on if she be the longest liver and have One hundred acres adjoining with Timber and Wood for the use of the Plantation for and during the time of her widowhood and no longer and at the time of either her Death or Day of Marriage that then the said Plantation to return to them as shall be hereafter mentioned
Item I give to my Son EDWARD WATTS the Plantation he now lives on with the Tract of land thereto belonging Estimated Two hundred acres ..
Item I give and bequeath to my Son JOHN WATTS the Plantation he now posseth with the lands bounded accordingly estimated Two hundred acres be the same more or less .
tem I give to my Son BENJAMIN WATTS the Plantation commonly called the Schoolhouse with the tract of land bounded on JAMES BARBOUR and JOHN WATTS so up the great branch including the land between them Bounds and BLAND BALLARDS Estimated Two hundred acres more or less ..
Item I give to my son THOMAS WATTS the Plantation known by the name of JOHN STONEs Plantation with the tract of land adjoining thereunto containing by Estimation One hundred eighty three acres be the same more or less and bounded on Bland Bollards line James Barbours line and DIXON's line
Item I give and bequeath to my son JACOB WATTS a Tract of land containing by Estimation One hundred and fifty acres be the same more or less and bounden between Bland Bollards, Benja. Watts
Item I give to my Daughter SARAH WATTS a tract of land containing by Estimation One hundred and fifty acres be the same more or less bounded between James Barbour, JOSEPH ROGERS, Dixon's line
Item I give and bequeath after my Decease and the Decease or day of Marriage of my Wife Esther the abovementioned plantation I now live on with One hundred acres of land thereunto adjoining and bounded on the River and running to BENJAMIN CAVE line on the River then along Capt Benjamin Caves line to my back line as far as to include One hundred acres which said Plantation Land I give to my Son WM. WATTS after my Decease and Decease or Day of Marriage of my Wife Esther ..
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter ESTHER WATTS a tract of land containing by Estimation One hundred acres and bounded between tne land belonging to the Manner Plantation and John Watts land
Item I will and desire that after my Decease my Still be to the use of my Wife Esther during her widowhood and all my children in General that is to say my Son Edward, my Daughter Ann, my Son John, my Daughter Elizabeth, my Son Benjamin, my Son Thomas, my Daughter Sarah, my Son Jacob, my Daughter Esther, my Daughter Mary, my Son William, my Daughter Frankey which said Still shall be to their use and if any benefit or Income shall accrue by the said Still the same shall be equally divided amongst my above mentioned Wife and children and if my wife should either marry or die or any of the above said children should die then the Still shall be amongst the remainder of my children and the Income of the said Still shall be equally divided between such of my abovementioned children as shall remain alive. (A spaces is left before the next item) ..
Item I appoint my beloved Sons John Watts and Benjamin Watts to be my Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament . In Witness whereof . . .
Presence ROBERT SHERMAN, Thomas Watts
Wm TWYMAN, GEORGE TWYMAN
At a Court held for County of CulpeperThursday the 15th day of March 1749
This last Will and Testament of Thomas Watts deceased was this day exhibited in Court by John Watts and Benjamin Watts the Executors therein named And at a Court continued and held for the said County on Friday the 16th day of March 1749 Edward Watts the Heir at Law of the Decedent personally appeared in Court and declared he had no obiections to make against the Proof of the said Will Whereupon the Court proceeded to examine the Witnesses upon Oath to wit whose depositions are hereunto annexed and ordered to be recorded with the said Will And on the motion of tne said Executors Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form they having sworn to the same and given Security in the Penalty of One thousand pounds according to Law
ROBERT SHERMAN, WILLIAM TWYMAN & GEORGE TWYMAN the Subscribing Witnesses to the Will of Thomas Watts decd being examined touching the said Will upon their oaths severally depose as follows, the said Robert Sherman saith that he wrote the Will of the Testator at his request and by his directions left a large blank space therein, and that the Testator executed the same presence of all the subscribing witnesses leaving the same space blank and that about thirteen months afterwards the Testator directed the Deponent to insert the two last clauses in the said Will to wit, a Devise of One hundred acres of land to his Daughter Esther Watts, and a Bequest of the profits of his Still to his Wife and children, and that he believes the two other subscribing witnesses were ignorant of the two last mentioned clauses being inserted they not being present at the time And the said William Twyman & George Twyman severally depose that they saw the Testator Execute the Will produced and that he was then in his perfect sence and memory, but they believe the two last clauses were not inserted when they became witnesses but say there was a blank space left and were informed that the said two last clauses were inserted afterwards by Robert Sherman the other Subscribing witness & further they say not.
Sworn to in Court March 16, 1749
Teste ROGER DIXON Clk
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1783-1791 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book C; [Dorothy Ford Wulfeck];
Will of Benjamin Watts of Culpeper Co. Dated 10 July, 1790. Proven 18 Oct., 1790.
Legatees: Wife Anne Watts. At death of wife, land to Jeremiah White of Orange Co., son of Henry White. Elizabeth Snell, dau. of Lewis Snell. At death of wife, remainder of personal estate equally among bro. John Watts, bro. Thomas Watts, bro. Jacob Watts, sis. Sarah Gaines, each of their youngest children.
Executors: Wife Anne Watts, nephew Barnard Watts, nephew Thomas Watts, nephew James Watts.
Wit.: George Eve, William Broaddus, Molley (X) Lamb..
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1730 - 1803 (< 71 years)