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https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242600.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A07c3e84fc6efa5f7739e97428a662950
will of Col. George Brooke, of Mantapike :
In the name of God, Amen. I, George Brooke, of King & Queen county and parish of St. Stephens, being in health and memory, but considering the uncertainty of this life, do make and order this as and for my last will and testament in manner following, to wit : I do hereby empower and desire my executors appointed or administrators to make a deed of conveyance for one thousand acres of land lying in Orange county to my brother, Humphrey Brooke. or those claiming under him, which by agreement I was to have done ; also that my executors or administrators do convey to those who have a right thereto sixty-three acres of land, lying above Mantapike Creek, which I sold to Benjamin Hardin, dec'd, being part of the land I bought of Daniel Stringer, and also that my said executors do convey unto Benjamin Pynes, or those claiming under him, about sixty acres of land I have sold him, being part of the land I purchased of Carter Braxton, Esq., adjoining to the land whereon the said Pynes now lives, provided the debt the said Pynes owes me is fully paid and satisfied and that he, the said Pynes, pays to the executor of Col. Humphrey Hill the money I agreed the said Hill should be paid out of the part of the said Pynes's estate that is mortgaged to me, the sum as well (as) I can recollect, was about seventy-eight pounds, though that will appear by my letter to the said Col. Hill. And I do also empower my executors or administrators to convey to Richard Roe, or those claiming under him, the land and plantation which I have lately sold him, commonly called Quarles Quarter, upon his paying for it at the rate of one hundred pounds of crop tobacco per acre of (sic), giving satisfactory security for the payment thereof. After my just debts are paid, I give and dispose of the remainder of my estate in the manner following :
First. I lend unto my son-in-law, Robert Price, and my daughter, Elizabeth Price, or the longest liver of them, during their natural lives, one-fifth part of all my negro slaves, and at the death Robert and Elizabeth, my desire is that the said slaves and their increase may be equally divided among all my daughter's children and their heirs forever ;
Secondly. I do lend unto my daughter, Catherine Tunstall, during her natural life, one-fifth part of all my negro slaves, and at her death my desire is that the said slaves and their increase may be equally divided among all my said daughter's children and their heirs forever; but if she should depart this life without leaving children, in that case my desire is that the said negroes and their increase may be divided equally among all my children;
Thirdly. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Brooke, and to her heirs forever, one-fifth part of my negro slaves, also a horse, saddle and bridle of the value of forty pounds specie, and a feather bed and furniture ;
Fourthly. I give and bequeathe to my son, Richard Brooke, and to his heirs forever, the land and plantation whereon I now live, called Mantapike, and all my other lands thereto adjoining (except the land sold to Richard Roe, mentioned in the former part of this will), provided he nor any person claiming under him shall not set up a claim to my land and plantation in King William county, given by this will to my son, William Brooke, or any person claiming under him, shall disturb my son, William Brooke, or those claiming under him, in the possession of the said land; then, and in that case, I give unto my said son, William, and his heirs forever, the land and plantation whereon I now live, called Mantapike, and all my land thereto adjoining. I also give and bequeathe to my said son, Richard, and his heirs, one-fifth part of all my slaves or negroes, also my household and kitchen furniture, all my horses, cattle, sheep and hogs on my plantation in King & Queen, upon his paying the legacy left to my daughter, Mary Brooke, of a horse, saddle and bridle and a feather bed and furniture, and also the legacy of one hundred and twenty-five pounds specie ordered to be paid my son William Brooke, with interest thereon from my decease until the said William comes to the age of twenty-one, or marrys. I also give to my son Richard all the carts, plows & plantation utensils on my lands in King & Queen ;
Fifthly. I give and bequeathe to my son, William Brooke, and his heirs forever, my land and plantation in King William county, also one-fifth of all my negro slaves, and also all my stocks of cattle, hogs, sheep and horses, and the carts, plows and plantation utensils on the aforesaid plantation; also the sum of one hundred and twenty-five pounds specie, with interest, to be paid by my son, Richard Brooke ;
Sixthly. My desire is that all the rest of my estate may be sold, and the produce thereof divided equally among all my children, or their legal representatives, or applied to the payment of my debts ;
Seventhly. My desire is that when my store books are settled and the demands on that account are paid, that my son-in-law, Robert Price, shall be entitled to one-third of the profits made by the trade I carried on from October, 1769, to the breaking up of the store as a satisfaction of his trouble ;
Eighthly. My desire is that when my negroes are divided that those that are in the possession of my son-in-law, Robert Price, and my daughter, Elizabeth Price, may be allotted to them in the one-fifth lent them by this will; provided my other children can have an equal number of the same value alloted to each of them ; but if that can not be done, they must be brought into the division generally, as I intend that all my slaves shall be equally divided among all my children ;
Ninthly. It is to be remembered that I have assigned a bond to my son-in-law, Robert Price, for some negroes that I sold, which I valued to one hundred and forty pounds specie, which sum he must pay to my estate in order to discharge the debts I owe, or to be equally divided among all my children ; but if he refuses to do either, the said one hundred and forty pounds must be considered as so much advanced in part of my daughter Elizabeth's portion, and charged as so much paid on that account, and of course the negroes allotted to her must of so much less value than those allotted (sic) to my other children. I do hereby appoint my brother Richard and my son-in-law, Robert Price, executors to this will and guardian to my son, William Brooke, and desire that he may have as good an education as the profits of his estate will allow, and when he comes to be of the proper age he may be put to some creditable business. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal, the 25th [ blank] , 1781.
GEO. BROOKE.
My desire is that my estate may not be appraised. This will is wrote by my own hand, and the several erasures and interlineations made by [blank]
At a court held for King & Queen county, the 13th day of May, 1782. This instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of George Brooke, dec'd, was presented in court by Robert Price, one of the executors named in the will, who made oath thereto according to law ; and the court being fully satisfied the same was wrote by the testator's own hand, was admitted to record. And on the motion of the said executor and his giving security, certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste : Rich'd Tunstall, Jr., Cl'k.
A Copy Teste : Geo. B. Poindexter, D. C. A Copy Teste : Rd. Jeffries, Cl'k.
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1751-1759 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 12; [Antient Press]; Page 81-83
Indenture 24 Apr 1752 between THOMAS CHEW and MARTHA, his wife, of Orange County and GEORGE BROOKE of the County of King & Queen, Gent., deeds of lease and release .. for £221.12 .. grants 554 acres land .. part of a greater patent for 4675 acres to Ambrose Madison and Thomas Chew 15 Nov 1723 .. bounded .. John Baylor in Hill's line Beale's line .. main road corner to James Madison
Witnesses: Thos. Chew
Jas. Madison Martha Chew
Jos. Eve, Lenord Williamson
Recorded Orange County 28th May 1752
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1751-1759 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 12; [Antient Press]; Page 403-406
Indenture 8 June 1757 between GEORGE BROOKE, County of King & Queen, Gent., and ANNE, his wife, and JAMES MADISON of Orange County, Gent., .. for £290 .. sells 554 acres .. land which George Brooke bought of Thomas Chew, Gent., bounded .. John Baylor Hill's line .. Beale's line .. Thomas Chew ...
Witnesses: Geo. Brooke
James Taylor, Richard Thomas,
Rowl. Thomas, Geo. Taylor, John Harrison
Recorded Orange County 22nd September 1757
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1759-1765 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 13; [Antient Press]; Page 230-231
Indenture 25 March 1762 between GEORGE BROOKE, Gent. of Cty. of King & Queen and ANN, his wife, of one part, and JAMES COURSEY of Orange County other part .. for £100 .. grant 2000 acres lying on Swift Run and the Branches thereof known by the name of Blew Run it being land Coursey now lived , .. bounded .. John Goodall .. Octuna line .. Thomas Dooling . . . .
Witnesses: Geo. Brooke
Mathew Davis
John rage, James Taylor, Wm. Bell Recorded Orange county 25th March 1762.
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1766-1771 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book G; [William Armstrong Crozier];
April 13, 1769. Gregory Baylor and George Brooke, acting executors of last will and testament of Robert Baylor, late of King and Queen Co., Gent., Decd., to Benjamin Tompkins of. Caroline Co. Whereas, sd. Robt. Baylor was in his lifetime and at his death seized in fee simple of 2 tracts of land in Spts. Co. (which descended to him from his brother, Richard Baylor, Decd.) and being so seized In and by his last will and testament among other things did direct the sd. land to be sold and of his said will appointed his wife, Molly Baylor (who renounced the executorship and all benefit of sd. will), Gregory Baylor and George Brooke, Executors; and whereas, by a decree of the County Court of King and Queen, made July 8, 1765, in a suit in Chancery there depending between Frances Baylor, Molly Baylor, Elizabeth Baylor, Hannah Baylor and Ann Baylor, younger children of sd. Robert Baylor, Decd., Pltfs., and John Baylor, son and heir, and Gregory Baylor and George Brooke, Execrs. of sd. Robt. Baylor, Decd., Defds., it was among other things decreed and ordered that the sd. Executors should sell the sd. lands and apply the money arising therefrom towards paying the sd. Robt. Baylor, Decd., debts, etc. Witnesseth, sd. Baylor and Brooke, as Executors, for sum of £204 curr. convey to sd. Tompkins 1019 a. in Spts. Co., etc. Witnesses, Richard Stevens, Josiah Samuel, Robt. Dudley, Isaac Graves. June 5, 1769.
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1768-1772 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 15; [Antient Press]; Page 362-364
Indenture 6 June 1771 between GEORGE BROOKE of King and Queen County and MOORMAN BALLARD of Orange County .. for £200 .. sold 894 acres bounded .. line of Rippin; William Lucas; Watron and Salley Brooks it being part of a larger tract called Brookesby
Presence: Geo. Brooke
Wm. Brooke, Hezekiah Pollard,
Wm. Lea, Thomas Mallory
Recorded Orange County 28th June 1771.
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1772-1778 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 16; [Antient Press]; Page 101-102
Commission to RICHARD TUNSTALL, TUNSTALL BANKS and WILLIAM TODD, King and Queen County .. GEORGE BROOKS and ANN by indenture 6th June 1771 sold 894 acres unto Moorman Ballard .. examine Ann .. Geo. Taylor. Returned 23rd June 1772, Richard Tunstall and Tunstall Banks.
Recorded Orange County 24th June 1773.
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1726-1730 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 13; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 35
GEORGE BROOKE, of K. & Q. Co; 1000 acs. (N. L.), Spotsyl. Co; near the gr. Mts; adj. George Penn; & Paulin Brooke; on the Octuna line; 28 Sept. 1728, Page 342.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
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