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ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, FAIRFAX CO., VA.
(Liber A, B, Wills-by Eula K. Woodward)
Adams, Gabriel, 19 Jan. 1749-27 Dec. 1750.
To eldest s. Gabriel Jr. plantation;
100 A. to Wm. Maddy; 100 A.
to Wm. Adams;
to s. John plantation, Thos Bryend lives on;
100 A. to dau. Susanna Summers; mill & land lying between Homes River & Mr. Terrett;
to s. Simon plantation Wm. Davice lived on;
100 A. to s. Silvester plantation Mary Bryend lives on;
100 A. to Elizbeth Nevet plantation Mary Bryend lives on rent free for life;
to g. s. Benj. Williams
to Elizabeth Nevet;
to s. wm.
to ch. dau. Susanna Summers.
Est. divided among ch.
Son Silvester & Cathron Earl live with dau. Susanna Summers until 18;
s. Simon live with bro. Wm. until 18;
g. s. Benj. live with my s. Gabriel until 18. Exrs.
sons Wm. & Gabriel,
Gabriel Adams.
Wit. John Summers, David Thomas, John Thomas.
Ex bond & state acct. 27 Dec. 1750 (p.428).
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber C-D, page 509-512
On margin. "March 19th 1759 Delivered to Benja. Ladd"
Indenture 20th/21st March 1758 between SILVESTER ADAMS of county of Fairfax and BENJAMIN LADD of same .. deeds of lease and release .. for sum of Ten pounds current money .. sold 100 acres being part of a tract of land containing 515 acres taken up by Gabriel Adams (Father to the said Silvr. Adams) by patent from proprietors office dated 12th October 1726 Regd. fo. 15 .. corner to Wm. Hy. Terretts .. John Adams line ..
Presence of William Summers, Silvester x Adams
George Thrift, Nicholas Reagan
Lease/Release recorded 21st March 1758.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber C-D, page 576-580
Indenture 15th/16th May 1759 between BENJAMIN LADD of county of Fairfax, Taylor, and SARAH, his wife, and GABRIEL ADAMS, son and heir at law of Gabriel Adams, Deceased, of one part and JOHN DALTON of
same, Merchant .. deeds of lease and release .. for sum of Forty pounds current money of Virginia .. sold parcel of land containing 100 acres being part of a greater tract of 515 acres granted by proprietor unto Gabriel Adams by patent bearing date 12th October 1726 & by him devised to his son, Silvester Adams .. (who) sold to Benjamin Ladd ..
Presence of James Donaldson, Benja. Ladd
Richard Rigg, Silvester x Adams, Sarah x Ladd
Thos. x Shaw, John Gladin Gabriel x Adams
Lease/Release recorded 18th May 1759.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber C-D, page 661-663
On margin. "6 Apl 1762 Dd Jno. Richards"
Indenture 19th February 1760 between SIMON PEARSON of county of Fairfax and SILVESTER ADAMS of same .. for sum of Five shillings current money .. farm let .. parcel of land now in Occupation of Silvester Adams being part of a tract granted to the grandfather of Simon Pearson .. to contain all the land within the lines of Abraham Lay and William Crimes, deceased, their tenements by the road called Church road .. binding upon the lines of Neale and Daniel French containing 100 acres .. during natural lives of Silvester Adams, Ann his wife and George Adams his son or during term of Twenty one years .. paying annual rent of one shilling current money ..
Presence of William Donaldson, Simon Pearson
Thomas x Johnson, Hen. x Dayley Silvester Adams
Lease recorded 19th February 1760.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber C-D, page 782-784
Indenture 21st October 1760 between JOHN PERKINS of county of Fairfax, Planter, and SILVESTER ADAMS of same .. doth covenant that John Perkins will serve Adams as an Overseer for five years to commence from signing of these presents .. and John Perkins makes over to Silvester Adams all the household goods and personal chattels he is at present possessed ..
Presence of Francis Dade, John x Perkins
Benja. Sebastian Junr. Silvester Adams
Indenture recorded 22nd October 1760.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber E-G, page 135-138
This Indenture made eighteenth day March 1767 between JARRET BOWLING of Fairfax County of one part & SILVESTER ADAMS of said County of other part Witnesseth that Jarret Bowling for yearly rents and covenants herein after reserved and contained on the part of Silvester Adams to be paid done & performed doth lease & farm let all that plantation parcel of land lying in the parish & County aforesaid containing one hundred & fifty acres more or less bounded beginning at a marked white oak standing on a branch running
thence south thirty two degrees West sixty four poles to two red oak saplins thence North seventy four degrees West eighty poles to a small chesnut thence North forty eight & an half degrees West one hundred & forty poles to two oak saplins thence North nineteen degrees East seventy poles to a small red oak standing on the West side of a stony hill thence North seventy degrees East ninety poles to a small red oak standing on a stony point thence to the beginning .. and being now in the tenure and occupation of the said Jarret Bowling & his assigns by virtue of a Lease of Indenture bearing date the 18th day of November 1760 Between SIMON PEARSON In Fairfax County Gentleman of the one part and the said Jarret Bowling of other part during the natural lives of Jairet Bowling & his two sons named JOSEPH BOWLING & JARRET BOWLING & for the longest liver of them .. paying the yearly rent or sum of five hundred & thirty pounds of Tobacco according to the Law & quitrents at the dwelling plantation of Simon Pearson ..
Presence James Donaldson, Jarret Bowling
James,.. Jenkins, Geo. Darrell
At Court contd & held 18th March 1767 Gerrard Bolling acknowledged this Lease .. which is ordered to be recorded.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber K, page 338-339
Know all men .. that I SYLVESTER ADAMS of County of Fairfax doue bargain sell and deliver unto WILLIAM ADAMS of County aforesaid three feather beads and furniture one desk two tables with all my household
goods five Beahives one roan mare and a sorrel one four horses and all My crop of corn and tobacco here and at PHILLIP ADAMS and fodder and all my plows hoes axes and tobacco that I am to receive of PHILLIP LOCK ELLIOT which will be about two thousand and at my desire that THOMAS DOUGLES should
git it down as soon as he can and give it to you for being my security to Mr. JAMES STEWART and to secure him for what I ow him besides what you ar security for .. 15th day of October 1772.
Presence P. Adams, Sylvester Adams
Thomas Dougles
At Court contd & held 18 May 1773 This Bill of Sale was proved .. which is ordered to be recorded.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber K, page 399-340
Know all men .. that I SYLVESTER ADAMS of County of Fairfax doue bar ain sell and deliver unto WILLIAM ADAMS of County aforesaid one dark bay mare lately purchased and all the hogs that belongs to me and every other thing that prophet is to arise from untill the debt is paid to Mr. JAMES STEWART that the said William Adams is security for .. this 23d day of October 1772.
Presence P. Adams, Sylvester Adams
Philip Lock Elliot
At Court contd and held 13 May 1773 This Bill of Sale was proved .. and ordered to be recorded.
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Fairfax Co Va Deeds Liber M, page 184-187
This Indenture made this 14th day of September 1775 Between SIMON PEARSON of County of Fairfax of one part nd CHARLES LITTLE of some County of other part Witnesseth that Simon Pearson in considereson of Rents Covenants and agreements hath granted to farm let unto Charles Little for and during the life of Charles Little and MARY his Wife and of GEORGE WILLIAM CARLYLE and the life of the longest liver of them all the land which is contained in the following metes and bounds beginning at a poplar standing on ELLZEY's CHURCH ROAD in the annexed plot where the black line GH crosses the said road above the IRISH BRIDGE, thence running down the said Road Described with red ink in the sd plott and denominated, the road that leads to the Church and binding on the same until the Road crosses and intersects the black line EF in the said annexed plott, thence with the said line EF to F thence from F along the black line to G thence with G down the black line OH to the poplar tree standing on the said CHURCH ROAD and the Beginning the some being a part of a tract of l which Simon Pearson holds in the County of Fairfax and which said part lies and is situate on the North side of the said Church Road and contains about two hundred and fifty acres more or less To have and to hold .. yielding and paying for the same during the lives of the said Charles Little and Mary his Wife and George William Carlyle on the fourteenth day of September next the rent or sum of Ten pounds current money .
Presence: JOHN CARLYLE, JOHN SEALE, Simon Pearson
JOHN WALLER, MICHL. GRETTER
NB This lease is granted by my consent and approbation. CHARLES BROADWATER.
Sundry differences between Charles Little and Simon Pearson being referred to us the Subscribers as by their mutual bonds dated the 23rd day February last past may appear And we having taken upon ourselves the settlement and determination of the same and heard the Evidences arguments and allegations of the parties and duty considered them do make and publish this our award as follows Vizt. First we do award and determine that the Lease made by Simon Pearson to GERRARD BOLING dated the 18th day of November 1760 was well avoided by the Lessors Reentry in the month of April 1774. The Rent reserved by the said Lease having been in arrear above Ten days and not paid upon a legal demand made previous to the said Reentry, And further do award that the said Simon Pearson hold the same with the Rents growing due from the time of the said Reentry as if the said Lease had never been made.
We do adjudge and award that the plain red line in plott annexed Beginning at red 0 and there terminating are the true bounds of the Forfeited Lease. We adjudge and award that the lease made by Simon Pearson to SILVESTER ADAMS on the 19th day of February 1760 contains all the land in Pearsons new tract from black G in the annexed plott down the plain black line GH to the Church Road laid out with red ink, thence up the said road to little black c, thence with the plain red ( missing) till they intersect the plain black line EF, And also all the land contained in the said new tract from red 0 to red little k , from thence with the plain black lines to B to C to D to E and to figure i, thence with the plain red line to red 0; to all which land Charles Little is Intitled by virtue of the said mentioned Lease and en agreement thereof made to him by Silvester Adams on the 19th day of January last past and we do award that he hold the same under Rents Reservations Covenants Conditions and Limitations therein expressed And lastly we do award and adjudge that each party pay the costs of the surveys by him respectively made and the attendance of the vidences respectively summoned. Given .. this 19th day of ( missing) 1775.
WILLIAM ELLZEY
At Court held for County of Fairfax xixth February 1776 ROBT. H. HARRISON
Simon Pearson acknowledged this lease to be his act and deed and the Court considered and adjudged the rent received sufficient which is ordered to be recorded.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1732 - Aft 1773 (> 41 years)