Person:Hodges Council (1)

Research Notes

• Note: that there are 2 Will Abstracts which indicate a rewrite of the first Will.

1699 - 2nd Will of Hodges Council

Isle of Wight County Will Book 2, p 419 - Will of Hodges Councill. Unverified Transcript.

In ye Name of God, I Hodges Councill of ye Isle of Wight County, planter, being in good health & Body & ye sound mind & memory, praised be to Almight God, do I make & ordain this my last will and testament in manner & form following. First and principally I commend my soul unto ye hands of Almighty God, & hoping through ye merritts of my Savior Jesus Christ to have passion for all my sins & my body to ye earth to be decently Buried by ye hereafter named; & touching ye dispossing of all such temporall goods as it has pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose of as follows: I will yt my debts & morall charges be first paid & discharded.

I give unto my eldest Hodges Councill 200 acres of land out of ye Pattent of three hundred twenty; yt joins upon Blackwater, to him & heirs forever, & ye other 120 of forest tract or Pattent I give unto my Grandson Hodges Councill ye younger, unto him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my daughter Christian, the wife of Edward Briand 200 acres on the S. W. side of the branch of my house & to that neck of land between the two branches

... I give unto my daughter Lucy Councill 200 acres beginning at the corner tree... unto her & the heirs of her body & for want of such heirs unto my son Hardy Councill & his heirs forever.

I give & bequeath unto son Robt. Council 200 acres unto him & his heirs of his body forever... to him & his heirs forever & and for want of such heirs unto my son Jno Councill & his heirs forever.

I give & bequeath unto my son Hardy Councill all the rest of my land, Plantation I now live on being 290 acres, unto my son Hardy Councill & his heirs of his body begotten forever & for want of such heirs unto son Hodges Councill & his heirs forever. All the rest of my personal estate I leave to be disposed of by deed of gift.

My loving son Hardy Councill I do make & ordain to be my sole Executor of this my last will & testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness thereof I the said Hodges Councill to this my last will & testament being contained in two sides of a sheet of paper set my seal & hand the 9th day of Aug. in the year of our Lord 1699.

(Signed by his HC mark) Hodges Councill Seal.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Will Abstracts of Hodges Council, in Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800: Reprinted in an Improved format With a Consolidated Index By Jessica Budick and Anita Comtois. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975).

   Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County VA 1647-1800 by Chapman:
   p 38 -
   [Wills and Deed Book 2, p 409.]
   Hodges Council. Leg.
   Eldest son Hodges land on Blackwater, at his death to his son Hodges;
   son John the land I bought of Robert Lawrence and George Peirce;
   son Hardy;
   son Robert;
   daughter Christian the wife of Edward Bryan;
   daughter Lucy.
   Dated 04-10-1699. Recorded in open court by Hodges Council 04-10-1699.
   Witness: Joseph Bridger, John Keaton Jr.
   
   p 39 -
   [Wills and Deed Book 2, pg 419.]
   Hodges Council. Leg.
   Eldest son Hodges;
   grandson Hodges Council;
   son John;
   son Robert;
   daughter Christian the wife of Edward Briand;
   daughter Lucy.
   son Hardy Ex.
   Dated 09-09-1699. Recorded 09-09-1699.
   Witness: Arthur Smith, Thomas Smith, Mary Smith.
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   [Note: possible transcription error - date of 2nd Will Abstract (9 Sep 1699) differs from 2nd Will Transcript (9 Aug 1699).]
   [cos1776 Note: I am parking these abstracts here for now for use later.]

2. ↑ William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
   Vol 7, No 4 (Apr 1899).

   p 239 -
   Will of John Hardy, of the lower parish, in the Isle of Wight co., in Va.:
   Dau. Olive Driver, wife of Giles Driver,
   dau. Lucy Council, wife of Hodges Councill,
   dau. Deborah Hardy;
   gr. child Hardy Driver, dau. of Giles D.,
   Olive Driver's two children,
   Lucy Councill's 3 children,
   wife's grand child John Johnson;
   wife Alice Hardy,
   son-in-law Robert Burnett;
   to William Mayo all my silver clasps to breeches and shirt.
   Dated 7 Oct., 167-; pr. 9 June, 1677.
   
   Will of Giles Driver:
   Sons Robert, Charles, Giles, John :
   dau. Hardy Driver,
   wife sole exx.
   Dated 29 Dec., 1676; pr. 9 June, 1677
   
   p 233 -
   Power of Alice Hardy, A her mark, of the Isle of Wight County, to her son-in-law Wm Mayo. 1680
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   [20131203 cos1776 Note: abstracts verified correct BUT others claim that William Mayo is also called "son in law" in the actual Will. Needs follow-up with original document if possible. Current theory is that both Robert Burnett and William Mayo were married to daughters from Alice's previous marriage to Arthur Allen making them actually "step-sons-in-law".]

3. ↑ Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia
   Vol 6, p 272.

   Know all men by these presents that I ALICE HARDY of the Isle of Wight County, Spinster / doe constitute Ordain in my place & stead & for my use my welbeloved Sonn in Law / Wm MAY(O) my lawfull Attorney to ask demand receive & recover or seize att / such debts of Tob or any other effects shall be made appear due unto me From / any person or persons w’soever & upon not payment made to sue arrest implead cast / into prison & upon payment made to release discharge & give discharges in as / Full & ample manner as if I my selfe were present, as alsoe impowering my sd / Attorney to arrest implead any Tennant that hath Leased any Land of mine / that shall make any breach of any article imposed upon ye to performe in / their sd Lease, rattifieing & alloweing my sd Attorney in what he shall / act or doe in ye p’mises aforesd to be lawfull & right as if I my selfe were / present As witness my hand & Seal this 11th of May 1681
   
   Signed sealed & delivered
   in the presence of us ALICE (A) HARDY seal
   John (++) Johnson her m’ke
   Hoges (HC) Council
   hes m’ke
   Acknowledged in Open Court held For ye Isle of Wight / County ye 9th of June 1681 by ALLICE HARDY to be her / Act & Ordered to be Recorded
   Test JOHN PITT, Cl Cur