Person:William Cash (3)

From Scotland

Precisely, from Strathmigle, Fife, Scotland See Genealogy of Mass, p 326,327

The Cash Family originated in Scotland. The original spelling of the name was not Cash. While some, including the book by the singer Johnny Cash, believe that the original spelling was Caesche, history seems to show that this may not be the case.

Information published by Don Leslie Cash states that current name Cash is derived from "Caschel", which is the gaelic term for Castle. Previous to this, the name was spelled Caiseal. Variations include Casche (ca. 1450), and Casch. By the late 1500's and early 1600's the common name was Cash.

Don Cash believed that the Cash Seat was at "The Place Cash" near Strathmilgo, Fife, Scotland. The name came from the noble family of Duncan, 6th Earl of Fife, and Ada, niece of Malcolm IV, King of Scotland. The lands, which were and still are called "the Lands of Cash, or Casche" (the gaelic term describing a castle or fortress), were granted by Malcolm IV in a dowry charter dated 1160. From Duncan and Ada, it is assumed that a grandson, about 1225, first took the surname Casche, later to be the modern day spelling of Cash. This information is gathered by the martlet (bird) on top of the family crest, which is the cadency mark of the fourth son.

The House of Casche endured for 263 years until James I (James IV of Scotland) returned from bondage in England and had the Earldoms dismantled. In about 1430 the family was dispersed. Some Cash's went to clan country and took the name MacCash and MacCaishe under the Clan MacDonald. Some went to Germany, where it became Kash or Kashe. Others went to Ireland, near Cashel.

William, the originator of the name in America, is of the small branch that stayed behind in the Fife area.

WILL OF WILLIAM CASH, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

[Wills Book 4:141-142]

In the name of God Amen! I, WILLIAM CASH, being sick and weak of body but of perfect sense and memory praise be God, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament Revoking all other wills heretofore made save only this in manner and form followeth: I give my soul to God which gave it and my body to the Earth there to be decently buried according to the discretion of my executor in sure and certain hopes of Resurrection and that I shall see my Savior at the last day.

Item. I do make my loving wife ELIZABETH CASH my Executrix and PETER SKINNER my Executor.

Item. I give unto my loving wife my plantation with a third part of my land during her life.

Item. I give one hundred acres of land being at the head of my land westward from my plantation to my son WILL: CASH and to him and his heirs and if he dieth without male heirs then tis my will that my son THOMAS CASH shall have it and his male heirs, and if my son THOMAS CASH dieth without male heirs then it is my will that it should fall to my son JOHN CASH and to his male heirs.

Item. I give the remaining part of my land, it being one hundred twenty four acres to my son JAMES CASH and to his male heirs and if he die without male heirs, then it is my will that my son HOWARD CASH shall have it and if he dieth without male heirs, it is my will it should fall to my son JOSEPH CASH and his male heirs, and if he dieth without male heirs it is my will that my son PETER CASH and to him and his heirs foreve

Item. I give all my personal to my loving wife after my debts is paid. In witness where of I have set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of Febr'y 1708/7.

To my son WILLIAM CASH underlined between the seventeen & eighteen lines before signed.

WILL: CASH sig. (seal)

Testes: JOHN SKINNER, JNO. THOMAS, MARY HORTON

I having a fatherly care of my children do order them my son WILLIAM CASH to live dutifully with his mother until he be of age of one and twenty and likewise my son THOMAS CASH and my daughter ANIS CASH until she be eighteen years Of age and if she or either of them will not be governed by their mother then it is my desire that my friend and Executor PETER SKINNER shall have full power over them or either of them that will not be obedient unto their mother to take them to himself for the full time aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

WILL: CASH sig. WILLIAM CASH age 19 yrs. 5th day of March 1708/7, THOMAS CASH age 11, 2nd day of August 1708, ANISH CASH aged 15, 31st day of July 1708.

Testes: JOHN SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS his mark.

Westmoreland County Virginia At a Court held for the said County the Last Will and Testament of WILLIAM CASH was proved by the oathes of the witnesses thereunto as also the codicil above written and ordered to be recorded 25th August 1708. Recorded 30 August Test: JA: WESTCOMB, Clerk

Last Will and Testament of William Cash http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=bef470c3-b2a6-47dd-9c0c-1f4c52a72673&tid=5869814&pid=-1040647016

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Heritage Consulting. Millennium File. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003).

   Birth date: 1653Birth place: Fife, ScottlandDeath date: 1708Death place: Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

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