Person:Richard Bryant (8)

give unto my son NATHANIEL BRYANT one horse colt that came of the mare called Black Bess & one cow & calf when he shall arrive to age of twenty one ..

give unto my son RICHARD BRYANT all my land which I enjoy in Virginia his Mother having her life holy upon the Plantation where I now live as long as she lives ..

give my son Richard Bryant all my wearing cloathes and my books and medicines & the mare called Fox and my bridle & saddle & the ffeather bed I purchased when I was a batchelour and the furniture belonging thereto and that he shall be free the Christmas day after he is 18 and for himself then to receive his legacys and if his mother again and he and her Husband cannot agree then for my son Richard Bryant to remove to the Plantation where SAMUEL BURTON liveth on it is my will Samuel Burton hath lived there four years rent free but it is my will if Samuel Burton lives there any longer to pay 450 pounds of Tobacco for rent & the Quit-rents for 100 acres of land having neither paid Quitrents nor planted the orchard according to bargain and that he shall live no longer there but till my son RICHARD BRYANT shall at year at 18 ..

give my daughter ANN BRYANT the mare Phillis that runs with the mare Phoenix & one cow & calf to be delivered when she shall arrive to the age of eighteen years ..

give my Daughter SYLENT BRYANT the next mare colt that shall fall from any of my mares .. and one cow & calf when she arrive at the years of 16 ..

give to my daughter SUSANNAH BRYANT the next mare cult that shall fall from any of my mares .. and one cow & calf when she shall come to the age of 16 .. & 4 yews & a ram ..

I give unto my daughter ELIZA. ELKIN 480 pounds of Tobo. which ABRAHAM DIPREE turned into my land for building RICHD. ELKINS Tobo. House the said Tobo. to buy her a Gown & Petticoat with ..

it is my will that Richard Elkin should buy his son RICHARD ELKIN my grandsou a mare of 3 years old and enter it upon the records in lieu of the Martinico mare he lost of mine .. and I hope the Worshipful Court will see it performed ..

it is my will Richard Elkin should have 2 yews and a ram to be delivered at six years old to put him to school .. my will my son in law WILLIAM REDMOND if he will shall live upon the Plantation whereon his Mother lives seven years rent free or upon the Plantation where SAMUEL BURTON now liveth ..

my will the land I give to my son Richard Bryant if he should dye without issue to fall to my son NATHANIEL BRYANT and if my son Nathaniel Bryant dye without issue then amongst my daughters ..

my will my son Richard Bryant should have one large iron pot & pothooks one chest that which is commonly called mine two pewter dishes four plates & half dozen new spoons one frying pan ..

it is my will that my wife be solely Exectx. to all the rest & residue of my goods and chattels .. this fifth day of April Anno 1703.

Richd. Bryant

Presence of John Creek, Diana x Smith, Rebecca x Owen

The above will was produced in open Court by the oaths of Dyana Smith and Rebecca Owen witnesses thereto subscribed who declared they saw John Creek an Evidence thereunto subscribed witness the same and a probate thereof is granted to ANN BRYANT Exectx. she giving security WILLIAM BURTON & JOHN ROWLEY became securities & with her signed Bond accordingly and was ordered sd Will should be recorded Recorded 15th die May 1704.

Willm. Fitzhugh Cl Court

[Source: STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS pp. 227-229].

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Land Records

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS

pp. 242- 242a- TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come I RICHARD BRYANT of the County of Stafford DR. ye Sixteenth day of March 1691 for ye sums of Nine thousand poundes of Tobacco & Caske paid by WILLIAM FITZHUGH of Stafford County have sold unto ye said WM. FITZHUGH his heires two hundred acres of lande sold to me ye said RICHARD BRYANT by MALACHY PEALE Merchant by Deed 7th of September 1 685 granted to ye said MALACHY PEALE by JONATHAN RALLDALL late of this County deced by Will in writeinge under his hande & seale beareinge date 20th November 1683 and purchased by ye said RANDALL of Capa. WM. HEABEARD of ye aforesaid County by Deed bearinge date ye 10th day of April! 1678 bounded begininge at a Corner marked red oake standinge in ye line of land of RICHARD ROSIER & bein ge alsoe a Corner tree of a line that divideth this lande & ye lande belonginge to ye lande of JOHN GARDINER deced extendinge from ye said oake South Easterley to a Stoop standinge in an old field thence W.S. to a marked Corner pohickory beinge another Corner of ye line that divideth this lande and ye lande of the Orphan of JOHN GARDINER, finally up ye said line to ye first station In Witness whereof I have sett my hande and Seale In presence of JOELL STRIBLINGE. RICHARD BRIANT ELIZABETH SAMPLE

The above Sale of Lande was by RICHARD BRIANT acknowledged in County Court of Stafford unto WM. FITZHUGH on the 10th day of May 1692 and was then recorded

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS

pp.243- 244 THIS INDENTURE made betwixt WM. FITZHUGH of Stafford County of ye one part and RICHARD BRYANT of aforesaid County DR Wittnesseth this 30th day of March 1692 that said WM. FITZHUGH hath lett to farme two hundred acres of land in PASBETANZY FORREST in Stafford County bounded beginninge att a Corner red oake standinge in ye line of RICH ROSSER and beinge alsoe a corner tree of a line that divideth this Lands and ye lande of the Orphan of JOHN GARDINER deced extendinge from said Oake to a Stoop standinge in an old field thence N.W: to ye first course to a corner marked pohickory finally up said line to ye first station consideration of ye Rents hereafter mentioned dureinge ye terme of ye natural! lives of RICHARD BRYANT and RICHARD BRYANT Sone of ye said RICHARD BRYANT & NATHANIEL BRYANT Sone of said RICHARD BRYANT or longest liver of them To Have and To Held paying yearly upon said Plantation and from thence Rowle it to a Convenient Rowlin ge House upon ye Water side alt ye Feast of St. Luke beinge ye 18th day of October next neat sums of five hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske to containeye same as alsoe yearely four Capons henns or pullets In Wittness whereof have sett their handes and Scales

In presence of JOELL STRIBLINGE, WILLIAM FITZHUGH ELIZABETH SAMPLE This above Lease of Land was by WM. FITZHUGH acknowledged in County Court of Stafford unto RICHARD BRYANT on ye 10th day of May 1692 and was then recorded

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Court held 12th June 1690, page 65-67

RICHD. BRYANT complains against THOMAS FOLIO in plea of Trespass for that whereas by the 125th act of assembly (re killing hogs) .. Now as it is Thomas Folio of this County Planter on or about the 28th of December last killed a hog which hog was seen dressing at his dwelling house within this County .. And the said Thomas Folio by RICHARD GIBSON his attorney .. for plea saith not guilty .. Therefore tis ordered that the Jury Enquire the Fact: AUGUSTINE KNEATON, XTOPHER HERRINGS, JOHN MATHEWS, WILLIAM RUSTALL, Wm. HAMBLETON, JAMES MAN, JAMES MONKS, WILLIAM BURTON, GEORGE SHEPARD, JOHN BEACH, THOMAS PORTER, HENRY THOMPSON which said Jurors Elected Tryed and Sworn to say the Truth of the Premises doe say upon their Oaths we find for the Deft noe cause of action Therefore tis ordered that Judgment be Entered on the Verdict of the Jury and that Richard Bryant be nonsuit and pay fifty pounds Tobacco unto THOMAS FOLIO with all costs .. Ordered Thomas Folio pay the Jury seventy two pounds of Tobacco with costs. Ordered Thomas Folio shall make payment sum forty pounds of Tobacco unto FRANCIS HUNT for one days attendance in Court in a Suit depending betweern him and Richard Bryant with costs .. Ordered Richard Bryant shall make payment of one hundred and twenty pounds of Tobacco unto DANAH SMITH, EVAN JONES, THOS. KILBOURNE, JOHN ROWLEY and ANNE his wife, EDWARD ROAD and his wife per peece and eighty pounds of Tobacco to WILLIAM VINE for their attendance in Court in a Suit depending between him and Thomas Folio with costs ..

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