Person:Francis Mabry (1)

Will Transcript

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Francis Maybury of of the Parish of Southwart as the County of Surry in the Colony of Virginia being stet and weak as body, bat of sound Perfect and Disposing mind aid memory Praise be therefore given to Allmighty God and Calling to Remembrance the uncertain State of this Transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please God to call, do male aid Ordain this my last Will and Testaaeat hereby Revoking all other Wills 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 for the disposition of my Temporal State I give devise and dispose of the same is the manner following..

First I desire that my Debts and Funeral Expenses be duly paid and discharged.

ITEM I devise unto my Loving Wife Eleanor during her Natural life the Plantation where I now life and all the land which 1 bare thereto adjoining and after her decease the Remainder to my loving Son Francis and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten.

ITEM I Give to my said Son Francis. One feather bed and Bolster and all necessary Furniture to the same, Three Pewter dishes. Three Pewter Plates and my Gun.

ITEM I devise unto my Loving Son William One Tract or Parcel of Land situated and being on the South side of the Three Creeks in the County of Isle of Wight containing two hundred and fifty acres and to heirs of his body lawfully begotten.

ITEM I devise to the said William one other Tract or Parcel of Land situated and being in the County of Surry on the North side of the Land belonging to George Rieves containing One hundred Acres which I purchased of John Rottenberry and tho the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten.

ITEM I Give to the said William One Feather bed and bolster and all necessary Furniture to the same, three Pewter dishes. three pewter plates and my Silver dram Cup and forasmucb as I have Estate more than Sufficient to pay all Debts from the same desire that my Estate may not be appraised.

All the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate I give to my said Wife and do hereby appoint her sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Seal this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord 1728.

Signed Sealed and Published

in the Presence of

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About Francis Maybury, Jr.

Francis² Maybury

Various dates have been given for the birth of Francis Maybury Jr. All that is known for certain is that he could not have been born earlier than 1686 and that be was likely born before 1692. The latter date is based on the assumption that he would have to have been twenty-one years of age when he received a patent of land in 1713.

Likewise it as not possible to know exactly when he was married. While the actual record of has marriage has not been found, his wife is identified an a deed drawn on 10 August 1724 as Elinor Wyche, the daughter of Henry Wyche." The deed involves the transfer of 2,680 acres of land Iron George Hunt of Charles City County to Charles Allen of Sorry County. the deed describes the land as:

being what was due to said George by last will and testament of his father William Hunt and 100 acres purchased by George Bunt from Francis Maybury and his wife, dau. of Henry Wyche...

There was an earlier transfer of land from Francis and Elinor Maybury to George Hunt on 10 August 1719. In that instance the parcel was described as land "William Hunt formerly bought from Henry Wyche" and the location given as "on the North side of the Nottoway River." In his will written August 1. 1713. and proved on March 11. 1714/15, Henry Wyche leaves the "land and plantation 2 live on" to his daughter Elinor."

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