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Facts and Events
Will of Bartholomew Selden
[From: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 6, Page 63, by Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals]
- That the said Bartholomew Selden, being possessed of the premises in the declaration mentioned, under the conveyance last aforesaid, did on the fourth day of January, 1726-1727, duly execute and publish his last will and testament in writing, wherein he devised as follows:
- As touching all my temporal estate, and the disposition of it, I give and dispose thereof as followeth:
- Imprimis, I will, that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
- Item. I give unto my beloved wife, the land I now live on, and my land that is at Hampton during her life; but, if she proves with child, as I expect she is, my will is, that the child, lawfully begotten of my body, to inherit the land after her decease, to him or her heirs forever.
- Item. It is my will, that if my wife should not prove with child, I give all my fore-mentioned land, after her decease, to my brother John Selden, to him and his heirs forever.
- Item. I give to my beloved wife, two negroes called Buckroe Tony, and old Tony, likewise two children called Betty and Nanny.
- All the rest and residue of my personal estate, goods and chattels whatsoever, I give and bequeath to my loving wife, making her my full and whole executrix of this my last will and testament.
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References
- American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).
Name: Bartholomew Selden
Birth Date: 1680-1689
Volume: 156
Page number: 52
Reference: Seldens of Va. & Allied Fams. By Mary S. Kennedy. New York [1911] (2v.):27
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