Person:Armiger Wade (2)

Will Transcript

York Co., Virginia, No. 13. 1706/10. pags. 172/174 , will dated 12 Aug 1708 Proved: 24 Nov. 1708 At York County, Virginia

Armiger Wade of Tinkershaws, York County.

To be buried at the discretion of my exor. To My son-in-law William Trotter my planation at Tinkershaws during his life, except 40 acres of the land bounding upon Mr. Anthony Robinson's land and Mr. Kirby's which I give to my son-in-law John Robinson, provided his father, Mr. Anthony Robinson, gives him the same complement of land adjacent; and after my son-in-law William Trotter's decease, the above sd land at Tinkershaws to be equally divided betweeen my two grandson, John and William Trotter, and in case they should die without issue to fall to my daughter Anne Trotter's other children successively.

To my grandson William Trotter one negro man named Tom.

To my grandson John Trotter one negro man named Harry, living at the lower plantation.

To my daughter Ann Trotter on negrom woman named Nell.

To my son-in-law Edmund Curtis and Mary his wife, the plantation I now live on with the land I bought of Stephen Pond, until such time that my grandson, Armiger Trotter, reaches 21, but if he should die in his minority then until my grandson Thomas Trotter, son of my daughter Ann Trotter, come of age.

My will is that the platation I now live on with the land I bought of Stephen Pond, be equally divided between my grandsons Armiger Trotter and Thomas Trotter, when my grandson Armiger reaches 21. but in case either of them should die in their minority or without issuee, then the sd land to fall to the next succeeding heir of my daughter Anne Trotter.

To my daughter Dorothy Parsons one negro man named Mingo and one negro girl named Hannah, with her increase.

To my daughter Mary Curtis two negro women called Sarah & Jenny, with their increase.

To my granddaughter Frances Curtis on negro girl called Sarah and her increase.

To my daughter Frances Robinson one negro man called Jack and one negro girl called Frank and her increase, & the side saddle I lent her and one broken horse.

To my grandson William Trotter, over and above what is already mentioned one negro boy named James.

To my grandson Armiger Parsons one negro boy named Billy, and one old black mare with her colt.

To my grandson James Parson a negro boy named Ausy, and the other black mare. To my son-in-law Edmund Curtis and Mary, his wife, one negro man called Great Harry and one young horse which my son-in-law Curtis is now breaking. To my daughter Anne Trotter one young mare about 16 months old. To my son-in-law John Robinson one white mare.

To my daughter Elizageth Hayward one young horse about two years old.

To my son-in-law Henry Hayward 18.

To my son-in-law Humphrey Tompkins 30/-.

To my son-in-law James Parsons Jr., 30/-.

To my nephew Robert Hayward Sr., one negro woman named Abigail.

The remaining part of my personal estate, viz: what money I have in England with the produce of what tobacco I have already shipped or is to ship, and alowhat money, goods, cattle and hogs I have in Virginia to be equally divided between my four daughters, Anne Troter, Dorothy Parsons, Mary Curtis and Frances Robinson.

My son-in-law William Trotter, exor; if he should die before probate of my will, then I constitute my son-in-law James Parson exor.

Witnesses: Gerard Roberts, Anthony Lamb, Bennet Tompkins.

Source: Rootsweb

1.   Garber, Virginia Armistead. The Armistead family, 1635-1910. (Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, 1910)
   pg. 214.

   E. Armiger Wade - Armigall Wade, Esq., of Bellsize Park, Hampstead, England, was the father of Sir William Wade, prominent at the time of Elizabeth and James 1st. Park's history of the family contains an account of the family. Arminger Wade is said to have been a descendant of Sir Armigall Wade of Bellsize, near Hempstead, England. (See Hayden, 571, and William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. II, p. 161). The Will of Armiger Wade was proved August 13, 1708.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.

   2. Armiger Wade, Christened 30 June 1642, at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminister, London, England, son of Armigeri and Dorotheae Wade. (5) Per court records of York County, Virginia, he died in 1708, leaving five daughters and no sons. His children are listed in the Charles Parish Register below.
   York Co., Virginia, No. 13. 1706/10. pags. 172/174 , will dated 12 Aug 1708 Proved: 24 Nov. 1708 At York County, Virginia
   Armiger Wade of Tinkershaws, York County.
   
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