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Facts and Events
Amherst, VA records
6 Feb 1769 - "At a court held for Amherst county, the 6th day of February, 1769, on the motion of Josiah Ellis, son and heir at law of Charles Ellis, deceased, it is ordered that the sheriff summon a jury of twelve freeholders of the vicinage, who being met and duly sworn, are to assign unto John Bechley (who intermarried with the widow and relict of the said decedent), by metes and bounds, the said widow's dower in the said decedent's estate according to law."
WMCQHM, 10:2(Oct 1901):126-131
References
- ↑ Gissage and Bickley Families, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
10:2(Oct 1901):126-131.
... The maiden name of my father's paternal grandmother was Susannah Harding, daughter of Thomas Harding and Mary Giles, of Henrico county.
She was born in that county in the year 1721-22 ; was married in the "hard winter" of 1739-40 to Charles Ellis of the same county, and removed with her husband and children to Albemarle county (now Amherst) in 1754.
He established the place which has since been known as "Red Hill," situated on the south side of Pedlar River, not far from Pedlar Mills; the same homestead which descended to his son, Major Josiah Ellis, and subsequently to his grandson, Richard Shelton Ellis.
Charles Ellis's will, dated the 8th of June, 1760, was admitted to record in Albemarle County Court on the 14th of August, 1760. ...
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gissage and Bickley Families, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
10:2(Oct 1901):126-131.
... Susannah Bickley's will, dated 17th June, 1796, was admitted to record in Amherst County Court March 17, 1819. She leaves her entire estate to be equally divided between her nine children and their heirs, to-wit, Hannah Haynes, Edith Gilliam, Susannah Wright, Josiah Ellis, Marian Carter, Charles Ellis, Sarah Harrison, Bethena Leftwich, and Rosanna Davis. The executors named in the will were Josiah Ellis, Roderick McCulloch, and John Burks ; but they being all dead prior to the probate of the will, Thomas K. Eubank and John Ellis had given bond, dated December 21, 1818, as "curators of all the goods, chattels and credits of Susanna Bickley, deceased;" and when the will was proved, in 1819, the same John Ellis and Thomas N. Eubank "personally appeared in court with the will annexed, and acknowledged and entered into their bond with John Warwick their security, in the sum of $10,000, conditioned as the law directs, and certificate is granted them thereof in due form." ...
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