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1690-1694 Middlesex County, Virginia Order Book 2, [Antient Press]; Page 681)
Court 5th day of March 1693/4
- Capt, PETER BEVERLEY, Gardian to CATHERINE BEVERLEY, Daughter of Major ROBERT BEVERLEY, haveing brot. an action of the Case against Mr. JOHN ROBINSON &c., Exrs, of the Last Will and Testament of CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, Esqr., deced,, by his Pettition sett forth that the said Major ROBERT BEVERLEY did by his Last Will and Testament bequeath unto his Wife, CATHERINE BEVERLEY, the use of all the household goods he dyed possessed of at his Dwelling Plantacon for & dureing hir naturall life and ordered the same shortly after his death apart from his other personall Estate to be Inventoryed & appraised and after the decease of the said CATHERINE to be devided in thirds, that is to say, 1/3 part to his Daughter, MARY. & 2/3 parts to his Daughter, CATHERINE, as by the said Last Will and Testament. recourse being thereunto had may & will fully appeare, persuant to wchi device the respective household goods of the said Testator at his Dwelling Plantation were inventoryed & appraised amounting to the sume of £210: 11:06 1/2, as p Inventory & Appraisement will appeare and were accordingly left in the possession of the aforesaid CATHERINE, the sd. Testators Widdow, who is now deced., but so it is may it please yor: Worshipps that the said CATHERINE, the said Testators Widdow, in hir life time intermarried with CHR: ROBINSON. Esqr.. who tooke into his possession all and every percell of the said household goods. and is since possest with the same, without surrendring the specificall goods or the vallue thereof according to appraisement as he ought to have done to the said MARY & CATHERINE, Daughters of the said Testator, who by venue of the said Testators Will have proper and the only intrest thereto, yor: Pettitionr: therefore hath in the quallity aforesaid, in behalfe of the said Orphant, CATHERINE BEVERLEY, hath brot: his suit against Mr. JNO: ROBINSON &c., Exrs, of the said CHR: ROBINSON Esqr„ & humbley prays this Worshipfull Court for the sume of One hundred and forty pounds & eight shillings Sterl., being the two third part of the vallue of the Household stuffe as aforesd.
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