Person:Samuel Burks (1)
Samuel Burks
b.1680 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
bur.Bef 12 Sep 1756 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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  • H.  Samuel Burks1680 - Bef 1756
  • W.  Mary DavisAbt 1685 -
m. 1703
  1. Elizabeth BurksAbt 1708 - 1756
  2. Mary BurksAbt 1712 -
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Name Samuel Burks
Gender Male
Birth? 1680 Albemarle, Virginia, United StatesHanover
Marriage 1703 ,,Hanover Co.,Virginia,USA,to Mary Davis
Occupation? Indian Trader
Burial? Bef 12 Sep 1756 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Religion? Quaker

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I Samuel Burks of Saint Annes Parrish, county of Albemarle, being of sound mind and memory do make and declare this to be my last will and testament...First, I give to my son John Peartree Burks...my negro boy named Prince...to my daughter Mary Smith...my negro girl named Lyddia...to my beloved wife Mary Burks during her natural life the use of the following slaves now belonging to me...Toby, Frank, Nan, Phillis, Tom, Simon, Flora, Bess, Sammy, Will and Lucy...to my wife Mary Burks...the use of all my houses and lands...the use of all my personal estate not already disposed of...after my wife's decrease the tract of land whereon I now live containing six hundred acres* shall be sold...money arising from the sale...distributed in the following manner...to my daughter Elizabeth Cabell** one shilling sterling money...to my son Samuel Burks...one shilling sterling money...my son Richard Burks...one shilling sterling money, the residue of the said money shall be equally divided between my son (*3) John Peartree Burks, Charles Burks and my daughter Mary Smith and my Grandson Samuel Burks...it is my will that my wife shall have all the uses of my lands and of the slaves and the rest of my personal estate...during her life. I desire she may be undistured in that possession and...if any person or persons on any pretense whatsoever shall endeaver to disturb or molest her in her said right he, she or they shall be deprived of all benefit of this my will except one shilling sterling money and the rest of his or her legacies...shall be vested in my said wife...

Lastly, I do appoint my said wife Mary Burks and my friend John Smith, Jnr. Executors of this my last will and testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of October in the year of Our Lord 1755. His Samuel X mark Burks (L.S.). Signed, sealed and published in the presence of Sameul Hopkins, Jos. Thompson and William X Moore (his mark)

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  1.   The Cabells and their kin : a memorial volume of history, biography and genealogy
    46.
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