Person:Mary Whaley (16)

Will

Will of Mary Whaley Newby,

In the name of god Amen I Mary Newby being sick & weak but of Perfect sence and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same do make and ordain in this my last will & testament hereby Revoking and disannulling all former wills by me or made Imprimus I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it to me in hopes of a pardon for all my sins, through Jesus Christ my Mediator and Redeemor and my body to the Earth, to be Decently buried in a Christian like manner, by my Executors hereafter mentioned and as to what worldly goods it hath been pleased God to bestow on me, I give & bequeath in the following manner Viz---

I give and bequeath to my son James Newby, my land and appurtenances thereunto belonging whereon I now live, to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my son Whaley Newby my negro man named Guy, and his heirs forever, provided my son Whaley should have any heir, but if the said Whaley, should die without heir, than the said negro Guy shall go to my Daughter Hannah Bailey and her heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my son William Newby my mare colt named mouse, my gun, and my best bed and furniture, to him and his heirs forever.

Item It is my will Sarah Brumley and Hannah Bailey should have a Black Bumbozene Gown Each of them a Hood Ribonds and gloves out of the Crop now on the ground.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Bailey one Cow all my wearing apparell and my side Saddle, to her and her heirs forever.

and further my Will is, that after my Debts and funeral Expenses and Legacies are paid the rest of my Estate be Equally Divided among my children Viz: James Newby, Ozwald Newby, Sarah Brumley, Hannah Bailey, Whaley Newby and William Newby -

I also appoint my son James Newby and Ozwald Newby Exors of this my last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunder set my hand and seal this 10th day of April 1761 - Signed Seald and Publishd here In Presence of - :[Signed] Mary Newby;

Test - John Bailey / James Robinson .

At a Court held for Lancater County on the 15th of January 1762 This Will was proved in open Court by the oath of James Robinson a witness thereto and ordered to be Recorded Test . Tho. Edwards

Memorandum:

That there was a Case and nine Bottles about three pints, each which I kept out of my husbands inventory - and for this reason, that my husband's brother gave the use of it to him during life, and after his death, to go to his son William Newby therefore thought that it was none of his Estate nor mine but my son William's Therefore acted accordingly, given under my hand this 10th day of April 1761 - Mary Newby; Test John Bailey / Jas. Robinson

At a Court held for Lancaster County on the 15th of January 1762 This Memorandum was proved in open Court by the oath of James Robinson a Witness thereto and ordered to be Recorded.

Test Thos. Edwards

Citation: wikitree.com

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Wikitree.com.

   Mary Newby formerly Whaley
   Born 1695 in Lancaster, Virginiamap
   Ancestors ancestors
   Daughter of James Whaley and [mother unknown]
   Sister of Oswald Whaley and James Whaley
   Wife of Henry Newby II — married 1710 in , Lancaster, Colony of Virginiamap
   Descendants descendants
   Mother of Henry Newby III, Ozwald Henry Newby, Whaley Newby, James Newby, Hannah (Newby) Bailey, Sarah (Newby) Brumley and William Newby
   Died 1762 in Lancaster, Virginia
   
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