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Facts and Events
Will of Edward Doyle
- Nuncupative will. 15 Feb. 1804 / 3 April 1804
- Affidavit by William Davis says he was sent for to go to home of deceased on morning of 15 Feb. 1804, and found there Mr. Peter Bare (Barr?). Decedant announced he was very ill and wanted William Davis to write his will. Deceased asked to be buried beside his wife, to arrange to manumit slave Molly and her child, and to free three young negroes at 21. The affiant was asked to take deceased's bonds, books and papers and appraise his money, and he "knew what to do with them." The condition worsened and will was not written.
- Wit: Peter Barr
- Proved by oath of Peter Barr, Paul Andrews, William Kercheval, and Mary, his wife, next of kin to deceased. Wife Mary contested the will. William Davis granted letters of administration with will annexed.
- Sec: William Cooke, David Timberlake, Stephen Davis, $10,000.
- William Kercheval appealed to next District Court at Winchester, giving bond. (p. 209-210)
[Source: Frederick County, Virginia, Wills & Administrations, 1795-1816 By M. N. Kangas, D. E. Payne, pg. 57].
Records of Edward Doyle in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 2 - Kercheval vs. Davis--O. S. 81; N. S. 27--Bill filed 23d August, 1805. Orators are William Kercheval and Mary, his wife. Edward Doyle died intestate, February, 1804, leaving personal estate, of which a certain William Davis "by virtue of a supposed noncupative will, unproved, has possessed himself." Mary claims to be the nearest relative. Doyle was over 80. His wife died before him. He had no children. Answer says Mary is natural daughter of Nancy Doyle, in no way related to Edward. Answer sworn to in Frederick County. Rebeccah Dyerly, aged 51, deposes in Frederick, 18th October, 1806. She was intimate with Edward and his wife. He said Mary was his second cousin and only relative in America. William Kercheval's son Elijah married Elizabeth Green's daughter. Mrs. Green had also a son William. Michael Pierce's deposition, aged 28, at house of Thomas Stribling, in Frederick, 12th November, 1806. William Kercheval was a Baptist living near Battletown. Mary Parker, aged 63, deposes at Millwood in Frederick County, 24th October, 1806. Jeremiah O'Connor deposes in Frederick, 26th September, 1806, both he and Edward were from Ireland. Edward said his father died when Edward was young, his mother remarried. His stepfather was cruel; he ran away and came to America when he was 15; said he had traveled much in America; had been in the war. Mary's father was Col. Beale, of the British Army. James Benn deposes, 25th September, 1806, both he and Edward were from Dublin. Peter Routt, aged 82, deposes 25th September, 1806. George Shipler (Schoebler), aged 48, deposes 1806. Joseph Drake, aged 67, deposes 18th August, 1806. Anna Blackmore, aged 71, deposes 18th August, 1806. Benjamin Berry, aged 80, deposes 18th August, 1806. Thomas Berry, aged 73, deposes 20th August, 1806. About 46 years ago he removed to Frederick and settled near Lord Fairfax. Nancy Doyle (mother of Mary) married a Mr. Campbell, removed to Fredericksburg and died there. Elizabeth Green, aged 50, deposes 20th August, 1806.
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