Person:Samuel Gay (31)

Will of Samuel Gay

Samuel Gay Sr. Will

Albermarle County Virginia

Written June 14, 1793

Will of Samuel Gay, Sr.

Will Book 3, pg. 288

In the name of God Amen. Through the tender mercy and goodness of God to me given am at present sound in mind and senses, do make & constitute this my last will and testament and would desire to be received by all as such, and in the first part I resign my soul to God who gave it, then and there to celebrate his praises to all eternity, also I bequeath my body to the dust from whence it was taken and to be buried by my son John's grave in a decent manner, where it may rest united to Christ till the Resurrection; So be it Amen.

Blessed be God, and to my worldly estate I leave and bequeath in manner following. Vir. The whole mentioned in an inventory signed by me in the year 1792 1 bequeath to my son Samuel & his heirs forever, which at the lowest rate comes to above seven hundred pounds for which he my son Samuel is to pay all my lawful debts & legacies bequeathed in this my last will not to exceed one hundred pounds.

Before my wife and I were married, we agreed that she should have no more of my estate than the value of what she brought with her and what I seed cause to leave her in my last will, and therefore what she shall have at my decease is as followeth, viz. a riding beast to the value of twelve pounds, her bed and bed cloaths viz. two sheets bolster and pillow, two blankets, a counterpine[?l and rug, and the whole of her riding aperril[sicl and also all her household furniture two dishes, 2 basins, five platiser[?l frying pans, four [wordl and forks and an iron pot [word], iron tongues, two smoothing irons, two spinning wheels, one sifter, four spoons. & all her tea and coffey occupage and a cow I sold for three pounds and a bell worth 51. She is also to have the whale of her wearing appearl: The whole of the above articles my wife is to have at my decease: By a solemn bargain and contract made between her and me before marriage the whole of which as above said is her own property and none other has any right to any of them and as my wife has acknowledged her right of dowry and thirds of my estate real & personal, to my said son Samuel, for which he is to pay her the sum of thirty pounds current money Virginia and thirty pounds I bequeath to my said wife out of my estate, which sixty pounds is to be paid her in manner and form following Viz, six pounds yearly and every year until the sum is paid up, and if my said wife should die before the said sixty pounds is paid up, he is to pay no more after her decease, and if she should live longer.he is to pay no more than the Sixty pounds.

I also bequeath to my wife a new Bible. a little book call by us Patmus, and a little box of wild cherry tree, and as my wife doth not incline to live with my son after my decease, then he is to convey her to where she wants to go not to exceed one hundred fifty miles without any cost or charge to her, and if I should die before Samuel, Saul la slave?l is free or his time is up that then he is free and not to serve any longer, only to help to convey my wife where she wants to go, and as for the articles she brought with her at marriage as above mentioned, she is to have the like articles when she departs from my son after my decease; which makes full satisfaction for them that she brought with her.

My writing desk I bequeath to my son Samuel to be his & my Great Bible during his material life, and then to return to my grandson Samuel Steel Gay [may havel when he is capable to read and peruse them, and all my beaks of Divinity I bequeath to him my said grandson, Samuel Steel Gay: as for the rest of my estate that is mentioned in an inventory dated and signed by me, I order in manner and form following Viz. the whole collected together and sold at public vandice[ll at twelve months and it given to purchasers: the whole at which with what money is then due me, is to be collected when due, and the same divided into three equal parts, one part to my grandson Samuel Steel Gay, another third part to my grandson Alexander Fitzpatrick, and another third part to my grandson Samuel Gay Eads, to be paid to them by my son Samuel Gay for their education in learning.

I bequeth to my son by law William Fitzpatrick the money he is due, which is ten pounds; and to his wife, my daughter, the afflicted mans companion and Bostons form foto state[?l: these two books I bequeath to my daughter Rebecca Fitzpatrick; which is all my said son William Fitrpatrick is to have of me after my decease; and I had my son Samuel's note of hand for ten pounds hard money and Moses Gentry security, which note is mislaid so as I cannot find it, for which money I allow and order him to pay as British debt contracts with Richard Anderson in Charlottesville, which is eight pounds as I have it from under the collectors hand Wm. Sestrange: if not paid before my decease. I also bequeath to my son Samuel Gay my gun, stillyards & shotools (which are not mentioned in the inventory) to him and heirs forever and all mentioned therin is to be his and his heirs forever.

And now I allow this to be my last will and testament and do disallow all wills by me made before this, and I allow my son Samuel Gay, William Fitzpatrick. Wm. Andrew Hart, Musk Leaky and Bezelled Manwell to by my executors and my wife Dorothea to be an executor, and all of them to this my last will and testament: and now I conclude with the surrender of my soul to my dear compassionate Redeemer, Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in hopes of his acceptance thereof, and thereto receive me in his tender mercy to celebrate his praises through all the ages of endless eternity: Amen.

So be it. Blest be God. And in witness whereof I here unto set my hand and fixed my seal this 14th day of June anno Dommi one thousand seven hundred ninety and three.

(signed) Samuel Gay Sen.

Signed, sealed and acknowledged in presence of us John Melton. John Wharton, Mark Sea[?l, Moses Gentry, Claborn Gentry

Be it known to all wham it may concern that I do utterly disallow revoke and disenul all and every of her former will,testaments & legacies and bequeaths and executors before me before named, in any way, willed & bequeaths, ratifying and confirming this, and none other, to be my last will and testament; And I do allow that all and every of the movables of my estate, as wearing apparel, be sold and distributed as above said, as witness of my hand and seal the day and year above written.

(signed) Samuel Gay Sen.

Be it known to all men to whom it may concern that I Samuel Gay Senior in the first part of my will allowed that part of my estate should be sold and the money raised should be divided amongst three of my grandchildren, but now I renounce and deny & leave the [wlhole of my estate land & movables household furniture and wearing aparrel and what money, and what money due to my son Samuel Gay and his heirs and legacies forever and [several wards I cannot readl and that he deliver to my wife what I beg I more ___ this twenty first day of September 1795.

(signed) Samuel Gay Sen.

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Samuel Gay, Sr (b. 1720, d. 1796)

Samuel Gay, Sr was born 1720, and died 1796 in Lynchburg, VA. He married Dorothea Gay on WFT Est. 1738-1779.

More About Samuel Gay, Sr and Dorothea Gay:

Marriage: WFT Est. 1738-1779

Children of Samuel Gay, Sr and Dorothea Gay are:

James Gay, b. WFT Est. 1741-1770, d. WFT Est. 1747-1849.

+Samuel Gay, Jr, b. Abt. 1773, d. Bef. 1829.

Rebecca Gay, b. WFT Est. 1741-1770, d. WFT Est. 1759-1852.

+Rhoda Gay, b. WFT Est. 1741-1770, d. WFT Est. 1763-1852.