Person:Mary Cratchett (1)

Notes

Mary Veale was named in the 1762 will of Col. William Craford, as follows:

I give unto the children of Eliza Veale otherwise Herbert (deceased) my negress Nancy and all her present and future issue and to their heirs and for the regard I bear to the memory of Mary Veale my former House Keeper, as well as the natural love I bear to her children, it is my express Will, that George and Thomas Veale her children shall have and hold and enjoy the undermentioned legacies and estate to them and their heirs forever, I therefore give and bequeath unto George Veale the son of the said Mary the whole Plantation he lives on and in his occupation, Beginning Easterly at the Rice Branch and running to a Creek Southerly, then running on the South side of the Western Branch Road and then as the Line trees were last possessioned to the neighbor's lands, I mean from the Rice Branch to the School House Branch and as far as it extends upon the Southward back of the Road. I give unto him also half of the lott (and # Copper Kettle) in Portsmouth whereon he lately uilt a slaughtering house and one half of all my lands in Princess Anne County together with one half of all my negroes and their future increase unto him the said George Veale and his heirs forever, I give and bequeath unto Thomas Veale the son of the aforesaid Mary Veale the whole and all my lands in Portsmouth Town and adjacent to it as far as the Rice Branch Westerly and in general all my lands in Norfolk County whatsoever not already given away, and one half of all my lands in Princess Anne County together with one half of all my negroes not already given away with all their future increase until him the said Thomas Veale and his heirs forever.

1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

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