Person:Joseph Colville (5)

Overview

Joseph Colville settled on the Opequeon Creek in what is now Frederick County sometime around 1740. Our first record for him comes in 1742 when he and William Colvin ^[1] attend a meeting.

Will Abstract

COLVILLE, Joseph

Will, [dated] 17 October 1757. [proven]2 May 1758.

Son Joseph (oldest) has received his portion of estate in land. Son Andrew to have remainder of land. [all that Plantation of Tract of Land whereon sd. Andrew Colvill now dwells situate lying and being on the West side of Opechon Creek … containing 157 ac ac … corner to Samuel Pritchards land]

The above two sons to provide for their mother.

Wife Elizabeth.

Son Samuel and daughter Martha.

Exrs: wife and son Joseph Colville.

William Vance to be guardian of son.

Wit: John William, Samuel Newell and James Colville.

[Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Frederick County, Virginia, 1743-1800, by J. Estelle Stewart King, pg. XX].

Will Transcript

Colvill's Will, Pg. 294-296, Frederick County, Virginia Wills

In the Name of God Amen and in the year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty seven of the seventeenth day of October I Joseph Colvall of Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak of Body but of Perfect mind and memory & Calling to mind the mortallity of my Body and that it is appointed for all man once to Dye [sic] make this & no other my Last Will and Testament Imprimis ~

First of all I give and Bequeath my soul to God who gave it nothing Doubting ButI shall receive the same again by his mighty Poser at the great and Final Judgement and as for my Body Recomand [sic] it to the Ground to be Buried after a Christian & Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors and as for my Worldly Goods wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me I dispose of in the way & manner following

Item my oldest son Joseph hath Received his portion already in Land.

Item my second son Andrew is to have the remainder of my Land according as already settled & agreed upon out of which said Lands my son Joseph Colvill and my Son Andrew Colvill is to Provide for and give my well beloved Wife their Mother a sufficient Maintainance whilst she Liveth.

Item I also Ordain and Appoint that my Beloved Wife Elizabeth shall have Power to Stop her son Andrew from Selling or Disposing of his part of the Land Whilst she Liveth without her Consent but it shall remain for security of her maintenance.

Item my son Joseph & Andrew shall keep for their Mother two Cows and one Horse to Ride while she Liveth.

Item Joseph and Andrew is to have my Waggon ^{and Ploughs} with all the Tackling there to Belonging.

Item the Twenty Pounds that my son Joseph & the Twenty Pounds that my son Andrew is to pay to their younger Brother that is my third son Samuel Colvill is only to be fiften [sic] Pounds Each ^is to pay to Samuel untill the Troubles of the times is over Which is thirty Pounds he is to receive now & the other Ten Pounds After the Troubles is Ended~

Item my son Samuel ^Colvill is to have the Horse that is Called his and Martha is to have the Horse that is Called Her's.

Item I appoint ordain and Leave all the rest of my moveables to be Divided into three Equal shares that is one third to my Beloved wife Elizabeth, one Third to my son Samuel, one Third to my Daughter Marthaw [sic] and as for the Crop which is on the ground I appoint Joseph one Half and Andrew the other.

Item I constitute & appoint my well beloved Wife and my son Joseph Colvill whole and Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and my son William Vance Guardian of the same Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament.

[Signed] Joseph Colville [His Mark] [Seal]

P.S. before signing my Funeral Charges & all Just Debts is to be paid off first of all out of the moveables.

Ratyfied Confirmed Signed Sealed Published & Declared in the Presence of Us.

James Colvall, W. Rannals

Samuel Newall, John Willson

At a Court Held for Frederick County on Tuesday the 2d day of May 1758

Thos Last will and Testament of Joseph Colvell deced. was Presented into Court by Elizabeth Colvill & Joseph Colvill the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law, and the said Will being Proved by the oaths fo all the Witness thereto is Admited to record.

Teste: J. Woodel

Records in Virginia

...auction of items from the estate of Edward Glover, deceased. ...purchasers [included] Charles Barne, Arthur Barrett, Benjamin Carter, Joseph Colvill, William Colvin, Thomas Doster, William Glover, Richard Hilland, George Hobson, William Hogg, George Hollingsworth, John Littler, Isaac Malon, William McMahon, James O'Neill, Isaac Parkins, Alexander Ross, William Taylor, Evan Thomas, William Vance and James Wood. - (Edward Glover owned land on Opequeon--Pages 168-69. Edward Glover of Opekon. Inventory. William Glover, administrator. Appraisers sworn before James Wood, Esq. Total valuation ₤111.16.3. (signed) Just Hite, Geo. Hobson, Lewis Stiffy. 27 Aug. 1741. Returned by Wm. Glover, admr. [Orange County, Virginia Will Book 1, 1735-1743, Corman, pg. 33].

Notes

From "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, pg. 306:

COLVIL

Joseph Colville (b. 1710c) (note, s/b. bef. 1695), purchased 360 acres from Jost Hite (part of Hite's 5.018 acre patent of 1734) for 50 pounds on 6 March 1733/4. Joseph sold 200 acres of the 360-acre tract to his son, Joseph Colville, Jr. for 100 pounds on 8 September 1755. The deed was not signed by the father nor a release of dower given by the mother but was acknowledged in open court by Joseph Colville, Sr.

Joseph Sr. was deceased by 2 May 1758 when his will (dated 17 Oct. 1757) was proved in Frederick County Court. He affirmed that his eldest son Joseph had received his share of the land (the 200-acre tract) and therefore, his second son Andrew was to receive the remaining 160 acres. Joseph and Andrew were instructed to pay 20 pounds apiece to their younger brother Samuel Colville; however, they were to disburse only 15 pounds presently "until the troubles of the times is over, balance to be paid after trouble is over". The trouble refered to was the French-Indian War. He bequeathed a horse to his daughter Martha. He requested that Joseph and Andrew maintain their mother (Elizabeth) "while she lives" and stipulated that Elizabeth had the authority to prevent son Andrew from selling his share while she lived. Joseph appointed "his son William Vance" to act as guardian of the children. Elizabeth was presumably deceased by 14 June 1765 when son Andrew and his wife Mary Colvill sold 157 acres (his inherited land) to Joseph Jones for 170 pounds. Joseph Colvill and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church on Hoge Run at present-day Kernsville, Virginia.

Joseph Colville Sr.'s 360 acre tract is located south of Opequon Creek about 1/2 mile north of Frederick County HIghway 622/Middle Road. County Highway 650 on the east side of Opequon Creek (on Thomas Marquis' and John Willson's 586-acre grant land) is the only road providing access to the Colvill tract. (tract 140N, Map8).

Joseph Colvill sold 350 acres on Cedar Creek and Mulberry Run (cornering on land surveyed for the Presbyterian Meeting House) to James Colvill on 9 January 1754. James had 400 acres "where he lives" surveyed by James Baylis on 6 March 1759/50. The 400-acre tract on Cedar Creek was adjacent to his 350 tract. James (possibly brother of Joseph Colvill) received Fairfax grants for two tracts, one dated 30 May 1751 and the other dated 5 August 1760.

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Name: JOSEPH COLVILLE SR. Surname: COLVILLE Given Name: JOSEPH Suffix: SR. Sex: M Death: 1757 in Frederick County, Virginia Will: Residence: 1739 Frederick County, Virginia [Need to find out where this bit came from] Will: 17 Oct 1757 Frederick County, Virginia Probate: 2 May 1758 Frederick County, Virginia Probate: 7 Aug 1765 Residence: Frederick County, Virginia Note: In 1754, he had an assignee in a deed named James Colville. One of James' children married one of Joseph's children. Probably related Joseph's will named his wife Elizabeth, sons Joseph, Andrew, and Samuel, and daughter Martha, also "my son William Vance". It mentions "Irish debts", implying he had lived in Ireland. Witnesses were James Colvell, W. Rannals, Samuel Newell and John Wilson. The executors were his wife and son Joseph. There is a lead that they may have come from Co. Armagh in Ireland - need to prove.

Marriage 1 ELIZABETH Children

Joseph COLVILLE Jr. b: 1721

Andrew COLVILLE b: 1731

SAMUEL COLVILLE

Martha COLVILLE

Ann COLVILLE b: abt. 1733

SARAH COLVILLE b: 1715 in Ireland

Citations

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/COLVILLE/1999-04/0924281006

1. ↑ "Colvin" is a common variant of "Colvill" or "Colville" during this period