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Facts and Events
Will of William Pickett
- Page 65 - The will of William Pickett, of Essex County, dated Oct. 10, 1743; probated Dec. 20, 1748.
- To wife Sarah Pickett, 12 Negroes; to cousin Lucy Norrill, 8 Negroes and if she die without heirs then to her sister Matthew [sic. Martha] Norrill; to Hannah Richardson, wife of Peter Richardson, £20 currency; to Succa Broughan, daughter of Augustine Boughan, 1 Negro; to cousin Henry Pickett, son of John Pickett, Senior my plantation I purchased of Thomas May, and all my wearing apparrel; to cousin Lucy Norrill a feather bed and 3 heifers; to wife Sarah Pickett my dwelling house and plantation for her life and after her decease to my cousin William Pickett, son of John Pickett; residue of estate to wife Sarah, and she and Samuel Hipkins are named executors.
- Witnesses: John Melear, William Hord, Cornelius Vaughan.
- The bond of Sarah Pickett, executor of William Pickett, deceased, dated Dec. 20, 1748; £1000 sterling; with Thos. Waring and James Gatewood sureties; signed "Sarah (S, her mark) Pickett."
- Page 118 - Inventory of estate of William Pickett, deceased, taken April 10, 1744, lists 22 negroes, 40 head cattle, 20 heads sheep, 42 hogs, 2 horses and 1 [riding] chair and harness, 100 gallons Virginia Brandy, beds and furniture, chairs, tables, etc.
- Sarah Pickett, executrix.
- Source: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 49, No.2, pg. 186-190].
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