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1. JOHN1 WILLIAMSON was born 11 Jul 1690 in Newtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died 1731 in Surry County, Virginia. Notes for JOHN WILLIAMSON:
Parish of Southwark In the name of God Amen, I John Williamson of the Parish of Southwark in the County of Surry in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Planter, being weak in body but of sound perfect disposing mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same and calling to mind that all flesh must yield unto death, I ordain and declare this my last will and testament hereby revoking and anulling all others by me heretofore made. Imprimis: My Soul I resign to God that gave it hoping for pardon and remission of all my sins through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour. Item: My body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried by my Executors hereafter named and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this like I give and devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following. I will that my debts and Funeral expenses be duly paid and discharged. Item: I give my daughter Elizabeth Sturdivant the wife of Hollum Sturdivant 100 Ells of Brown Ozenbriggs, 1 large iron pot, and 1 small iron pot with the hooks belonging to the same. Item: I devise to my daughter Susannah Rottenbury the wife of John Rottenbury and her heirs forever 249 1/2 acres of land more or less lying on the south side of the River Nottoway in the said County of Surry it being the land where they are now dwelling and abideing on, also I give the said Susannah 100 Ells of Brown Ozenbriggs, 1 Iron pot and hooks 1 rugg and 1 bed tick. Item: I give my daughter Edith Williamson one Mulatto girl called Joane, one Feather bed and bolster one rug one pair of blankets one new bed tick fifteen pounds current money one large Iron Pot one small Iron Pott with hooks thereto belonging. One bay horsecolt called Nichliss and one gray mare which I had of Richard Fox. Item: I give to my daughter Hannah Fox the wife of Richard Fox four cows and calves four 3 year old cattle 100 Ells of brown Ozenbriggs 1 Feather bed and bolster 1 rug and 1 pair of blakets and also the credit that will be due me on the store book of Thomas Ellbridge. Item: I give to my son Cuthbert Williamson one Negro man slave called James 1 Negro man slave called Will 1 Negro woman slave called Doll and her child 1 Negro woman slave called Annahee and her child 2 horses one of which is called Blaze and the other Diamond, [One set of Troopers arms all my saddles and horse furniture] with all my new woolen goods_____ apparel 12 yards of striped breeches ____ blankets ____my hogs but ____ age of 21 _____ the said Negroes________ his and abide in the house and plantation on _____ with my said land not to be any ways disturbed or molested by him in her living there to the end she may be helpful and assisting toward the better support and maintenance of the said cattle in their increase until such division of the cattle aforesaid and their increase [if any] is made. Item: I do order and direct that what necessary provisions is in my house at the time of my decease for my families use shall be and remain for the sole use and benefit of my said son and daughter Edith and the slaves belonging to them and what Corn I have at that time more than sufficient for bread corn for themselves and their slaves shall be disposed of for ye support and maintenance of the hogs, Cattle and horses belonging to my said Son and daughter Edith. And in regard I have an Estate of greater value than what is sufficient to pay all debts due from ye same, my desire therefore is that my estate may not be appraised. Item: I do hereby appoint my brother Cuthbert Williamson and my friend Robert Green as supervisors to my son Cuthbert until he attains to the age of 21 years. All the rest of my personal estate not herein before particularly given and disposed of I give unto my said son Cuthbert and my said daughter Edith and I do hereby further appoint my said Brother Cuthbert Williamson and Robert Green Executors of this my last Will and Testament...In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Thirtieth Day of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty One. His
John X Williamson [Sealed with wax wafer]
Mark
Signed Sealed and Published by the said John Williamson as his last will and Testament in the presence of Judith X Harper Edward Farrington. Probated Surry County Virginia 17 May 1732.
Children of JOHN WILLIAMSON are:
Notes for GEORGE MABURY, JR.: From Don Collins: Subj: Sarah Williamson and George Mabry Date: 03/06/2001 5:06:44 PM Pacific Standard Time From: [email protected] (Don & Edith Collins) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear List, I'm grateful to Mabry Benson for her excellent research into the matter of the marriage of Sarah Williamson (daughter of John Williamson) to either George2 or George3 Mabry. Mabry's suggestion that Sarah Williamson was the first wife of George2 Mabry is very interesting. Unfortunately, I don't think we have conclusive documentation, one way or the other. 1. Information available from various sources about the Williamson family is filled with incredible errors and assumptions. One would think that CUTHBERT Williamson would be easy to identify and document. However, there were at least six Cuthbert Williamsons in the same part of Virginia at about the same time and Williamson family researchers have confused their records over and over again. 2. I appreciate Mabry's work to transcribe the will of John Williamson. The new information found in it is very helpful. But there are also gaps which could contain more important information. One thing seems clear - John Williamson's daughters, Elizabeth, Susannah and Hannah were married at the time he wrote his will in 1731; another daughter, Sarah was deceased; a fifth daughter, Edith, was not yet married; and his son Cuthbert was not yet 21. This suggests that Edith and Cuthbert were probably close to attaining their majority and that John Williamson's six children were probably born between ABOUT 1704 and 1716 (or perhaps a very few years later). If this is the case, I think it most unlikely that Sarah Williamson would have married George2 Mabry who was probably born about 1691/92. Rather Sarah would have been of the right generation to have married George3 Mabry. 3. In 1742 John Williamsons 4 daughters and his granddaughter, Sarah Mabry sold 280 acres on south side of Nottoway River, beginning at a Hickory on the north side of Rocky Run to George Mabry. We need to find out whether this was George2 Mabry or George3 Mabry. We should be able to do this by locating the deed by which a George Mabry sold this same 280 acres at a later date. That deed should give the name of the grantor's wife and thus tell us which George he was. 4. Before we can draw too many conclusions about the 1746 deed by which the heirs of John Williamson sold 177 acres left to Cuthbert Williamson by his father John Williamson in 1731, we need to find out more about Cuthbert Williamson. The deed says that Cuthbert died, "intestate without issue" sometime between 1731 and 1746. but most of the available Williamson records seem to agree that Cuthbert married and had three children. Did his wife and all three children die before he did or do the records have him mixed up with one of several other Cuthbert Williamsons? Cuthbert, according to Williamson records, died in 1743. Why was his land not sold to his brother-in-law until 1746. I have just found the name of a Williamson family researcher who seem to understand the importance of documentation and will write to him to see if he can help us. Don Collins
One source has George listed with two additional sons, Benjamin and Reina, but this is in error due to the 1768 Tax List of Rowan County, which lists a "Benjamin Reina" as living with George. From Don Collins: I have consulted with experts all of whom agree that only Joseph was a son of George Mabry and Sarah Williamson. Benjamin Reina was someone else living on his land. "REINA" was intended to be a surname in the tax list and probably was a corruption of Reynard. There was a Reynard family very closely connected with George Mabry's family in Halifax County and they probably moved with him to Rowan County. The other names you show as children of George and probably correct, but cannot all be documented except by circumstantial evidence.
Subj: Re: [MABRY-L] Amelia Mabry m. John Reynolds Date: 4/11/99 8:34:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: [email protected] (Don & Edith Collins) To: [email protected] Jim, The information that George2 Mabry was first married to Sarah Williamson is NOT correct. It undoubtedly comes from my Mabry book! I drew that conclusion based on information available just before the book went to press in 1987. Since that time we have found a Surry County deed which proves beyond a doubt that Martha Bradley was the one and only wife of George2 Mabry. It was his son, George3 Mabry, who married Sarah Williamson. George3 Mabry seems to have married again later after Sarah's death. Hope this clears up the confusion. Don
Looking for info/others desc from George-3 (Geo-2) Mabry. I suspect that Winifred d <1810 Washington Co, Tennessee, m James COX d 1812, living in Henry Co, Virginia 1787, is a daughter. They named a son b 1790 Mabry Tucker Cox, another son George R. Also looking for any Cox or Tucker connections to Mabry in Henry/Pittsylvania Co Va, or Guilford Co NC areas. Mabry Benson 62 Eureka Ave Kensington, California 94707-1111 email: <[email protected]>
Jim,
</paraindent> In July 1801:
</paraindent> If you go to the Knox County Archives, be sure to ask for Doris Martinson who is in charge. She is very familiar with Mabry research in Knox County and can easily put her hands on the records. It seems to me that the above records should be just a part of the probare of the George3 Mabry estate. There should be a "final distrubution" which should name his children or anyone else who shared in the estate, even though it amounted to very little. I do know that his son, George4 sold several parcels of land in Virginia a few years later. This land had originally belonged to George3 and must have passed to George4 via a deed. There is no record of any such transfer in Knox County so it must have happened before they left Virginia.
Subj: [MABRY-L] Sarah Elizabeth Mabry NC /TN Date: 6/28/99 8:43:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: [email protected] (Nancy Schonemann) To: [email protected] Looking for information on SARAH ELIZABETH MABRY/MAYBERRY born in NC 25 January 1774. Parents unknown. Married to Thomas Simpson, parents unknown, who was born 1773 in Maryland. They were married in NC in February1791. Seeking their location(s) which is believed to have been that part of NC which became TN. It is possible Sarah Elizabeth may be of the lineage of George Mabry 2. Sarah & Thomas lived neighbors in TN to an Oldham and Keeney families. There may be some connection to Caswell co NC where the Oldham family lived prior to eastern TN. Thomas may have been related to the Andrew Simpson who was granted land in Green County NC in 1789. This land was later deeded to James Simpson in 1804, on the north bank of the French Broad River and in 1806 land in Jefferson county adj. Dandridge Town. Lineage listed for this James Simpson in 1855 will, daughters: Serphina Palmer, Margaret Lane, Eliza Shannon, Nancy Odell (Mrs Samuel Odell). sons: Joseph R Simpson, George W Simpson, Jams Simpson, S C Simpson, John W Simpson. Grandson: John B Simpson. Witnessed by DJ Gibson, Elijah Hashbarger Sarah Elizabeth & Thomas were Baptists. They may have lived in Jefferson, Siever or Cocke counties before removing to Fayette county, Indiana ca 1809. Their children were Nathan born ca 1793 NC, Tabitha, Joshua, Thomas J born 1800 in TN, John Sarah Jane,Henry H, Elizabeth, Jessie, and Solomon R born 1815. If you have any similar locations or associations to any of these surnames for any Mabry family, any Mabry/Simpson connection, or suggestions in general, I would like to hear from you. Nancy Schonemann [email protected] Nancy = Schonemann [email protected]
Mabry Query on Rootsweb: Another daughter of John Posted by Mabry Benson <[email protected]> on Sun, 04 Mar 2001, in response to John Williamson died 1732, Surry Co., VA, posted by Lora Tindall on Fri, 04 Feb 2000 Surname: Mabry John Williamson's will also names a granddaughter Sarah Mabry. Two deeds in Brunswich Co Va, and Cuthbert's intestate record of 1737 indicate that John also had a granddaughter Sarah Mabry, daughter of John's daughter Sarah, late wife of George Mabry. I have posted John's complete will, as far as I could read it (it had two large damage spots), and these deeds under Williamson wills. Mabry Benson
From "Colonial Records of North Carolina": "Jan, 1771 William Fields, John Fields, Joseph Robins, John Bell, Alexander Smith, William Thornbury, Edward Thornbury, on a Committee of Regulators to meet out punishment to a certain GEORGE MABRY, guilty of certain offenses."
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