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Facts and Events
| Name |
Larkin Chew, II |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1708 |
King and Queen County, Virginia |
| Marriage |
20 Sep 1733 |
Virginiato Mary Beverley |
| Alt Marriage |
30 Sep 1733 |
to Mary Beverley |
| Other[1] |
1739 |
Spotsylvania County, VirginiaSheriff |
| Other[1] |
1754 |
Spotsylvania, Virginia, United StatesSheriff |
| Will? |
27 Mar 1770 |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Will? |
6 Apr 1770 |
Spotsylvania County, VirginiaCodicil |
| Death? |
Bef 21 Sep 1770 |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia[probate] |
| Probate? |
21 Sep 1770 |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Other[1] |
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Spotsylvania County, VirginiaJustice of the Peace |
Will of Larkin Chew
- CHEW, LARKIN, Spotsylvanla County, d. Mar. 27, 1770
- Executors Bond dated Sept. 21, 1770.
- Wit. Robert Stubblefield, John Dawson, W. Dawson, Mildred Farish, Larkin Chew, Junr.
- Ex. sons-in-law Mordacai Buckner and Oliver Towles.
- Legatees: my body to be interred by my deceased father on the land I gave Beverley Stanard, Gentl. Wife, Mary Chew; grandson, Larkin Smith, that part of my tract of land purchased of Bushrod Fauntleroy and others, down to the lower corner of the land whereon Dorothy Foster, widow, now lives, including the small tract I purchased of John Waller, Junr. Joseph Brock and Rice Curtis.
- In the event of my dying, without issue, then to all the children my daughter, Mary Towles, may leave alive at her death.
- Grandsons, William Stanard and Larkin Smith; all my grandchildren, meaning those to be born as well as those now alive, of my said two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. Land in Orange County, also remainder of my tract of land adjoining Benjamin Johnson in this county, part of which I have sold to William Pemberton, and whereas I have become purchaser of a piece of land in which William Hudson, Blacksmith, had the equitable and Joseph Hawkins, of this county, decd. the legal title therein, which piece of land I have promised the said Hudson again, providing he pay the debt due from him to me, my executors to refer any dispute or controversies, should any arise, to the determination of my friends Col. Fielding Lewis, Mr. Roger Dixon and Mr. Thomas Fox, who are gentlemen in my opinion of great probity and integrity.
- A codicil to the above will dated Apr. 6, 1770, and witnessed by Robert Stubblefield, W. Dawson and Larkin Chew, Junr., mentions grandchildren (no names given) and my daughters Elizabeth and Mary; mentions William Dawson, who has lived with me some years as Overseer, a suit of mourning for his fidelity and kindness to me during my illness. [Page 431]
Records in Virginia
- Sept. 25, 1758. - Larkin Chew of Spts. County, Gent., and Mary, his wife, of the first part; Joseph Brock and Robt. Chew, Gentlemen, of the second part; John Smith of King and Queen County, Gent., and Mary, his wife, of the third part. Larkin Chew and Mary, his wife, to their daughter, the sd. Mary Smith, etc. Deed of Gift. 1042 a. in Spts. County, part of a pat. granted Harry Beverley, Gent., Decd., Dec. 24, 1723, and by the sd. Beverley devised in his last will and testament to his daughter, the sd. Mary, now the wife of the sd. Larkin Chew. Witnesses, Robt. Goodloe, Jno. Crane, George Stubblefield. Dec. 5, 1758. [Source: Spotsylvania County Records , Page 209].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miller, Joseph Lyon. The descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford," Lancaster County, Virginia: with genealogical notes of many of the allied familes. (Thomas, W. Va.: J.L. Miller, 1912)
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