Transcript:William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine/s1/v17/n1/p61

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[Series 1, Vol 17, No 1, p 61] -
Will of William Fox.
To sister Hannah Spellman (note 3) the use of 4 negroes during life and then to her daughter Frances Spellman, and if she die without issue to Elizabeth Vaulx (note 4) & Hannah Harris (note 5). To wife Anne, a negro girl for life & then to Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. George Heale. To said Elizabeth Heale 3 negroes & if she dies without issue to Ellen & Sarah Heale. To Ellen, daughter of Capt. George Heale two negroes, with reversion to Elizabeth & Sarah Heale. To nephew David Fox my watch & silver tobacco box. Sister [in-law] Anne Fox a ring, to sister Hannah Spellman a ring, to William Dare £6 to buy his wife rings, to sister [in-law] Catherine Heale a ring, to James Reeves & William Atchison a cow & calf each, to Thomas Frayser my wearing clothes, except my broad cloth suit trimmed with gold, my new silk suit that came in this year & my new beaver hat & silk stockings. To parish church of St. Mary's White Chapel the font that came in this year, & it is my will that my wife send for the Lord's prayer & creed well drawn in gold letters & my name under each of them set in black frames, to give to the said church. Whole estate, as it now stands, to wife for life, to nieces Frances Spellman & Frances Fox all the negro children that shall be born for seven years. My clothes before excepted to Major William Ball & James Ball. To Capt. George Heale £5, William Payne £5, nephew Richard Kenner (note 6) £6 ; after death of wife estate given to his nephew, David Fox, except plate (not here mentioned) which he gives to wife Anne ; but if said nephew dies without issue give estate to Frances Fox, Frances Spellman & all the daughters of George Heale then alive. To Elizabeth, daughter of George Heale, 10 head of cattle. Wife and Mr. William Payne executor. Dated March 22, 1717-1718. Proved Nov. 12, 1718.

[See Transcript for "notes". Also, "in-law" was added for clarification, since the term "sister" was used for both sisters and sisters-in-law.]

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(3.) Hannah Fox married (I) Rodham Kenner; (II) Clement Spelman. Clement Spelman sues Francis Kenner for a negro, and the right is "determined to be in the plaintiff's wife by nature of a gift to her from her former husband Rodham Kenner,"March 21, 1712. (North'd Co. Rec.) Clement Spelman and Hannah, his wife, vs. Joseph Ball, May 17, 1710. Frances Spelman, her daughter, married Parish Garner. QUARTERLY, XIV., 9, 179.

[cos1776 note: who is Francis Kenner? Needs review.]

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(4.) Elizabeth Kenner, daughter of Rodham Kenner and Hannah Fox, married (I) Richard Bushrod, son of Thomas B; (II) Robert Vaulx, of Westmoreland County; (III) Rev. Lawrence De Butts. Richard Bushrod, married Elizabeth Kenner, daughter of Rodham Kenner and died leaving his wife with child of a son Richard, 1712. (North'd Co. Rec.) Robert Vaulx and Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daus. and legatees of Rodham Kenner, Aug. 21, 1712. In his will proved January 18, 1727, Richard Kenner mentions his sister, Elizabeth DeButts.

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(5.) Hannah Harris was another daughter of Rodham Kenner. In 1704 mention is made of Richard Hull and Hannah, his wife, one of the daughters of Rodham Kenner. In 1718 John Harris made his will naming wife Hannah. In 1720, Mrs. Hannah Cralle, formerly Mrs. Hull, relict of Richard Hull presented the estate of Richard Hull, Jr.

(6.) For Kenner family see QUARTERLY XIV., 173.

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(7.) John Payne, of Lancaster County, was 44 years in 1659. His wife was Margaret ___. He made a deed in 1658 to his son, Richard Payne. He had issue, therefore, I, John, who married Ann Walker, dau. of Col. John Walker ; 2, Richard, who with his wife Susanna, joins

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in a deed. The will of Richard Payne, dated April 4, 1709 ; proved August 9, 1709, names brothers William, John, and George Payne, mother Susanna Lardner (Lardner was probably her second husband), sisters Susannah, Margaret and Catherine Payne. Richard Payne, first named, had, therefore, I, Richard ; 2, William ; 3, John ; 4, George ; 5, Susanna ; 6, Margaret ; 7, Katherine. The will of Richard Merryman names son and daughter William and Susanna Payne, and grandchildren William Payne, Jr., and Susanna Payne. William Payne appears to have married (I) Susanna Merryman, (II) Judith Barker (widow) and had issue (named in his will dated August 27, 1726, proved in Lancaster Co., Sept. 14, 1726), (I) Merryman, (2) William, (3) Susanna. He mentions also his daughter-in-law Katherine (Barker), wife of Dr. Mark Bannerman, brothers John and George Payne, mother Susanna Lardner ; brother Robert Mitchell ; sisters. The widow Judith Payne married secondly George Ball, (marriage bond, Oct. 10, 1735). Merryman married Katherine Brent (marriage bond Aug. 19, 1734).