Person:Samuel Thompson (67)

Name	Samuel Thompson, Jr.
Alt Name	Samuel Thomasson
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Est 1729	Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1750	Louisa County, Virginiato Anne 'Nancy' Jennings
Death`^?`	Bef 25 Nov 1779	Amelia County, Virginia
Alt Death`^?`	23 Oct 1793	Nicholas County, Kentucky

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Will of Samuel Thompson

Will of Samuel Thompson, Jr., dated 1 September 1779, proven 23 September 1779:

Legacy - Dau. Milly, Negroes Rachel & Nutt, together with what of my est. already in her possession, intending her no share in any of the rest of my estate.

Wife - Anne, all est. real & pers. for life, exc. bequests & legacies hereafter mentioned; while my children are under age or unmarried, they are to be maintinaed & receive a customary education at expense of my est., "not designing hereby for them to be brought up in idleness.

Dau - Mary Pulliam (over and above equal share with the rest of my children, in consideration of her being afflicated with lameness) Negro boy Lewis; she is to have equal share in my Negroes, beginning at Abram and taking in all younger than him, excepting Nutt and Lewis above mentioned, also Dinah & Peter, whom I have sold, including those who shall hereafter be born of Pheby, Judy, Sucky, and Hannah and live to the age of 2 years. Devise to my eldest children, Milly excepted as above as follows: Eldest son Jennings, Negro man Abram. Dau. Mary Pulliam, Negro woman Ursula, & so with respect to rest of children and negroes, to proceed to regular rotation until the decease of my wife, then to be possessed by them when they respectively come of age or marry. Each of my children when they come of age or marry to have a bed & furn.

Son - Jennings, my chestnut sorrel, horse & saddle; each of my other sons at term aforesaid, horse of moderate value & saddle.

Dau - Mary Pulliam, horse & saddle.

Dau - Nancy, saddle.

Should any of my children die before they come of age or marry, their respective legacies shall rem in est and be as if they had never been bequeathed; should any of them be deprived of their proportion of Negroes by death before they receive them, the est. shall owe them the val. of such Negro. Rem. est. to remain in hands of my wife to be divided equally between all my children, except dau. Milly, as aforesaid. My ex. may sell land on which I now live to enable my est. to pay my debts.

Codicil to Will, dated Sept 1, 1779. Wit: Jeremiah Walker, John Jennings & George Cabiness. In order to pay my debts and fulfill my engagements to Bird Pruett of Pytsylvania County, Va for land, stock etc. bought from him my Ex may sell not only land on which I now live as mentioned in my will but whatever they feel may be best spared from the necessary support of my family, Negroes not excepted, if they do not run counter to legacies mentioned in my will.

Thompson, Samuel. Est. I & A. d. Sept 23, 1779. rec. Nov. 25, 1779. Apprs. John Howson, Littleberry Royal, & William Jennings. Inv. includes "reading books val. at 20 pounds and 27 quires of paper val. at 3/10/0.L" Val (no total given) Slaves: 1 negro man David, 3 women and 5 small negroes.

Wit: Jeremiah Walker, Joseph Jennings & John Jennings.

Ex: Bro-in-law Joseph Jennings.

Son-in-law: Christopher Robertson & son John Jennings.

[Source: Amelia County Will Book 2, p. 345, 346].

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