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Name: Kay Schmidt
Email: kay.schmidt.or@gmail.com
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In his WorldConnect database (charles9392), Charles Stafford gives the will of Thomas Ballard which mentions the following children: son Matthew, son Thomas, son Robert, son John, son William, daughter Elizabeth the wife of William Smith, and daughter "Anne the wife of John Major." It would seem that Ann, wife of John Buckner, cannot be the daughter of this Thomas Ballard.
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Will of Thomas Ballard
written 26 Sept 1706
probated 18 June 1711
York Co ., VA
IN THE NAME OF GOD, Amen: I, THOMAS BALLARD of the parish of (???) in the county of York, Gentlemen, being weak of body, but of Perfect mind & memory, thanks be to almighty God, do hereby Revoke all former wills & Testaments by me hitherto made, and make & ordain this my last will & Testament, in manner & form following, my Just debts being first paid-- Imp's, I freely resign up my pretious Soul into the hands of my most gratious redeemer & mercifull Saviour, on whom always I trust for Justification & Salvation, and my body for Xtian buriall according to the discretion of of (sic) my Executors hereafter named, in hope of a glorious Resurection: and as for my worldly Estate which God hath lent me, I dispose of as followeth:
Imp's, I give & devise the plantacon or tract of Land I now live on,--begining its bounds on York River, runing up the North west side of the Creek that parts it from the Land late of one Walner to a Spring called Oxespring, and from thence North west to the great Road, down to the marked white oake near the Road that devides it from the Land of Colo: Diggs, so from thence along the line of the said Diggs down to a pasetur on the River Side, & so along by the said River to the Corner where it begun,--unto my son Matthew & to the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten; and in case my said son Matthew dye without issue, I give it to my son Thomas & to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and if my son Thomas dye without issue, then I give it to my son Robert & to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and if Robert dye without issue, I give it to my son John & the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and if he leave no issue, then to remain to my son William & his heirs forever.
Item, I give & devise my tract of Land whereon one John Brookes now Lives,--begining its bounds at the deviding line of one John Potter from the Land once of Major Robert Baldrey, & now mine, so down the main Road toward the said Colo: Diggs' to the aforemenconed white oake, so from thence up into the woods along the said Diggs' line near South west, & so along my line bounding the land of Charles Colleir untill it come to the land of Thomas Jefferson, and along the said Jefferson's line to the main Road where it begun,--unto my son Thomas & to the heirs of his body; and if he, my son Thomas, dye without issue, then I give it to my son Robert & the heirs of his body; and if Robert dye without issue, then to my son John & the heirs of his body; and if John dye without issue, then to my son William & his heirs forever: and my will & meaning further is, if my tract of land above devised to my son Matthew shall descend or come to my son Thomas or his heirs, that then & from thenceforth the tract of Land herein-menconed to be devised to my son Thomas shall be & remain unto my son William & the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten, anything above s'd to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Item, I give & devise the tract of Land on w'h I formerly dwelt,--and begining its bounds at the main Road & runing along the line of the abovenamed Potter to the head of a Swamp called White Marsh, so along the Swamp to the line of the Land late belonging to one Walners, and along the said Line to a Creek, and up the Same to the Spring called Oxespring, and thence Northwest to the great road that leads from Colo: Diggs's to Williamsburgh, and thence up to Potter's Corner where it begun,--to my son Robert & the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten; and if Robert dye without issue, then I give it to my son William & to his heirs forever.
Item, I give & devise unto my son John all my Land on the South side of the Swamp called Whitemarsh to him & to his heirs forever.
Item, I give to my daughter Elizabeth, the wife of William Smith, twenty shillings to buy her a Ring, I haveing given her her portion already in marryage.
Item, I give unto my daughter Anna, the wife of JOHN MAJOR, my negro Sue and the boy Larence, or fifteen pounds Sterling in Lieu of the said Larence, at the Choice of my Executors, to be delivered or paid within six months after my decease.
Item, I give unto my daughter Katherine Molotto Susanna & her Increase, twenty pounds Sterling, the negro boy Tom Puding, my Second best featherbed, Bedstead, bolster, Pillows, blankets, Sheets, Covering, Curtains, Vallens thereto appertaining, & the young horse now breaking called Ring.
Item, I give to my son Thomas Negro frank, four young cows & a Steer of four or five years old, a featherbed, bolster, Pillows, Blanketts, Sheets, Covering, & bedstead, three pewter dishes worth eighteen shillings, six plates, & four Cain Chairs, to be paid & delivered to him when he comes of age.
Item, I give to my son Robert negro Jane with her increase, ten pounds Sterling, three young Cows & a Steer of four years old, to be paid & delivered to him when he comes of age.
Item, I give unto my son John negro Madge & her Increase, ten pounds Sterling, & three young Cows, to be delivered him when he comes of age.
Item, I give unto my son William negro Giles, Molatto Kate with her Increase, & ten pounds Sterling, to be delivered & paid when he comes of age.
Item, I give unto my daughter Mary my two Molattoes called Betty & Anne & their Increase, & a good featherbed performed as the beds above-menconed; and my will further is, that if any of my said five Children dye before they come to the age of one & twenty years, & not marryed, that this & their portions be Equally divided amongst the survivors of them.
Item, I give to my three sons Robert, John & William, to every of them, a young horse, to be delivered when they come of age.
Item, my mind & will is, that my Exec'r shall have the Benefitt of the Labour of all the negroes & Molattos given to my last named five Children, (Vizt:) To Thomas, Robert, John, William & Mary: he therefore (???) to give & allow them a Sufficien & proper Maintenance & Educacon, the s'd Mary till She come to age or be marryed, and the boys till they come of age or be by him putt to Lawfull Callings, as apprentices, w'ch I hereby Impower him to doe.
Item, all the rest of my goods & Chattles not before given nor disposed of I give unto my son Matthew, whom I make & appoint whole & sole Exec'r of this my last will & Testament; and I hereby request my trusty & well beloved friends Mr Lawrence Smith & Major William Buckner to direct, assist & advise my said Exec'r in the Execution of this my will. In Witness & Confirmacon of all which I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this 26th day of Septem'r 1706.
THOS: BALLARD (Seal) Attested in the presence of the
Testator: (Signed) Jer: Ham, John Brooke, Solomon Harmon (the mark of), Sam'l Seldon.
This will & Testam't was presented in Court by Matthew Ballard, the Exec'r therein named, who made Oath to it, and the same being proved by the Oaths of John Brook & Sam'l Selden, is admitted to Record; and on the mocon of the said Matthew, & his performing what is usuall in such Cases, Certificate is granted him for obtaining Probate thereof in due form. Test, Phi:
Lightfoot, C: Cur. Truely Recorded.
The Majors and Their Marriages, Page 75
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1655 - 1711 (56 years)