Person:Moses Granberry (3)

From The Granberry Family and Allied Families by Waterman and Jacobus", p. 10

"He was of the Lower Parish of Nansemond, Va., 9 May 1726, when he purcased (for 10 pounds) from James Murray and Elizabeth his wife of Bertie Precinct, Albemarle County, N.C., 200 acres in Bertie Precinct on Casiah Swamp; witnessed by Thos. Cowling and Thos. Rhoades."

"Joseph Ballard and Elizabeth his wife of Chowan Precinct, N.C., on 13 Mar 1732/3, for 12 pounts 10 shillings, sold to Moses Granburie of Suffolk Parish, Nansemond County, Va., 50 acres, which descended to Elizabeth as one of the two coheirs and eldest daughters of Robert Elliott late of Langles Creek of the Westward Side of the Western Branch of Norfolk County. Witnesses: Samuel Sheperd, William Powell, Wilson Newton."

"Will of Moses Granberry of the Western Branch of Elizabeth River, Norfolk County, dated 12 August 1753, proved Oct. 1753, maned wife Elizabeth; son James; four youngest daughters, Elisabeth, Cloty, Mary and Martha; son William (to receive schooling ); daughter Sarah; daughter Ann; "all my children"; "my two sons James & William"; wife Eliza and son James, Executors. Witnesses" Richard Harris, Henry Creech, Mary Creech."

"Henry Creech, Thomas Ives and Thomas Tart, were appointed 18 Apr 1754 to appraise the estate of Moses Granberry."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Granberry Family and Allied Families: including the ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry. (Hartford, Conn.: E.F. Waterman, 1945).