Person:Richard McCoy (2)

Norfolk Co. Will Book II, compiled by Ethel Brewster

Richard McCoy (St. Brides) July 22, 1777, no probate date

Ex’x: Wife, Not named Ex’r: son-in-law William Boushell

Son Willis: (the land and plant. I live on; not to disturb his Mother in the use of 1/2 of all the houses and land on the Plant.; after Willis’s death, reversion to his eldest son; if he have no Son, to his eldest Daughter; in default of heirs, then to my Son Richard and his Heirs; 1/2 of 50 A. of Swamp land; his choice of my 2 guns; after the Legacies in my Will are paid from the money arising from hiring out my Negroes, Forrington, Jonas and Nan during the widowhood of my Wife, then the Negroes to be divided equally among all my Children; the rest of the money from my Estate that is to be sold and the proceeds are to be divided equally)

Son John: (100 A. of land I purchased from Anthony and Wm. Bartee with reversions to 1st, his eldest Son, 2nd, his eldest Daughter and in default of Heirs, to my Son Richard; 1/2 of 50 A. of Swampland; 1 gun; his share in the division of my Personal Estate)

Son Richard: (Heir to 2 tracts of land as stated above, Negroes, Jack and Jupiter to be given to him in 1779; they are to stay on the Plant. until then; his equal share in the division of my Personal Estate)

Wife (not named): (during her Widowhood, the use of the Negroes, Shambo, Boatswain, Jack and Jupiter [until 1779], Hanah, Hagar & Little Hanah; 2 best beds and furniture; 2 best cows; 1 yoke of oxen; 1 horse named Hazzard; a hand mill; all the household furniture not given away; the use of the Negro boy Little Tarrington during her Widowhood; after her Widowhood ceases, all the Negroes, stock and household furniture to be divided equally among all my children)

Daughter Frances Boushell: (1 negro boy Robin; a small Still; 25 pounds cash; an equal share in the division)

Daughter Dinah Manning: (1 Negro girl Aba, now in her husband’s possession; 25 pounds cash; her share in the division)

Daughter Betty Whitehurst: (1 Negro girl Celia, in her possession now; 25 pounds current money, her equal share in the division of my Personal Estate)

Daughter Mary Anne: (1 Negro girl Hannah; wife to have the use of her during her Widowhood; a feather bed and furniture; a cow and calf; 25 pounds current money; her equal share in the division of my Personal Estate)

Daughter Rebecca: (1 Negro girl Kate; a feather bed & furniture; a cow & calf; 25 pounds in cash; her equal share in the division of my Personal Estate)

Item: The Negroes Forrington & Nan, to be hired out by my Ex’rs. during the Widowhood of my Wife or until their hire will pay Legacies left by me and then to divide them among my children.

Son-in-Law William Boushell, Esq. (as Ex’r. of my Will to be allowed 4 shillings current money per day for every day engaged in matters concerning my Estate and all reasonable expenses)

Wit: Caleb McCoy, Eliza (X) Richardson, Dan’l Sanford