Person:Robert Mayfield (4)

Robert Mayfield
d.3 Dec 1714 Essex,,Virginia,USA
  1. Robert Mayfield1635 - 1714
m. 1652
  1. William Mayfield1653 -
  2. Jane M. Mayfield1665 - Aft 1725
  3. Catherine Mayfield1675 -
  4. Jacob Mayfield1677 - Abt 1728
  5. Abraham Mayfield1679 - 1778
  6. John Mayfield1679 -
  7. Robert Mayfield, Jr.1679 -
  8. Isaac Mayfield1681 - 1790
  9. Anna M. Mayfield1686 -
  10. Peter Mayfield1687 -
Facts and Events
Name Robert Mayfield
Gender Male
Birth? 1635 Gloucester,,Virginia,USA
Marriage 1652 Essex County, Virginiato Sarah Harner
Alt Birth? 1655 Virginia, United States
Death? 3 Dec 1714 Essex,,Virginia,USA
Alt Death? 1715 Essex, Virginia, United States
Burial? Essex, Virginia, United States

ABSTRACT OF WILL OF ROBERT MAYFIELD SR.

  • DATED 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER 1714
  • PROBATED 16 AUG 1715

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. THE 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER 1714. ROBERT MAYFIELD BEING SICK IN BODY BUT OF GOOD AND PERFECT MEMORY, THANKS BE TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD. AND CALLING FOR (ILLEGIBLE) ESTATE OF THIS TRANSITORY LIFE AND THAT ALL MIGHT YEALD UNTO DEATH, WHICH IT SHALL PLEASE GOD TO CALL, DO MAKE CONSTITUTE ORDAIN AND DECLARE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING;

(ILLEGIBLE) BEING PENITENT AND SORRY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR MY SINS PAST. AND MOST HUMBLY DESIRING FORGIVENESS FOR THE SAME, I GIVE AND COMMIT MY SOUL UNTO ALMIGHTY GOD MY SAVIOR AND REDEEMER, IN WHOM AND BY THE MERITS OF JESUS CHRIST I TRUST AND BELIEVE ASSUREDLY TO BE SAVED AND TO HAVE FULL REMISSION AND FORGIVENESS OF ALL MY SINS, AND THAT MY SOUL WITH MY BODY AT THE GREAT RESURRECTION SHALL RISE AGAIN TO (ILLEGIBLE) JOY, AND THROUGH THE MERITS OF CHRIST'S DEATH AND PASSION, POSSESS AND ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, PREPARED FOR THE ELECT AND CHOSEN AND MY BODY TO THE EARTH FROM WHICH IT WAS TAKEN THO BE BURIED IN SUCH DECENT AND CHRISTIAN MANNER

AS TO MY EXECUTORS HERE AFTER NAMED SHALL BE MOOT AND CONVENIENT. AS (ILLEGIBLE) OUR WORLDLY ESTATE AS THE LORD OF MERCY HATH SENT ME, MY WILL AND MEANING IS THE SAME (ILLEGIBLE) SHALL BE EMPLOYED AND POSSESSED AS HERE AFTER BY THIS WILL AND IS EXPRESSED.

ITEM ONE I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY WELL LOVED WIFE SARAH MAYFIELD ALL LAND AND MOVABLE ESTATE DURING HER LIFE. ONE SHILLING EACH TO SONS ROBERT MAYFIELD, ABRAHAM MAYFIELD, JOHN MAYFIELD, AND ISAAC MAYFIELD. TO SON JACOB MAYFIELD ALL LAND AT DECEASE OF WIFE ONE SHILLING EACH TO DAUGHTERS CATHERINE GREGORY, JANE GRAVES, ANNE CONNELY.

  • EXT'X AND EXCOR WIFE SARAH AND SON ROBERT
      • SIGNED ROBERT X MAYFIELD
      • WITTINESS: DANIEL HAYES AND CORNELIUS SALE
  • PROVED BY OATH OF SARAH MAYFIELD, WIDOW, EXECUTRIX, ETC., 16
  • AUG 1715, SARAH PUT UP AN ESTATE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY

POUNDS TO BIND HER TO CARRY OUT THE TERMS OF THE WILL/