Person:William Givens (14)

William Givens was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Parentage Disambiguation

Note: Cleek in Early Western Augusta Pioneers identifies [in error] this William Givens as the son of John Givens (1719-1790) and Mary Margaret Sittlington. This is incorrect. A DIFFERENT William Givens (1762-1847) has been proven as their son. His Revolutionary War Pension Application proves him as a brother of Capt. John Givens (1756-1812) and also of Thomas Givens, both proven sons of John Givens and Mary Margaret Sittlington. Cleek also mis-identified the wrong James Givens as a son of John Givens and Mary Margaret Sittlington, which has also been dis-proven.

Note

In his will of 1792 William Givens identifies his wife as "Nancy". "...to wife Nancy her bed and furniture and all bed clothes "the best horse or mare that I have that she will choose." Yet Nancy's father, Robert Bratton in his 1783 will identifies his daughter as " to son-in-law, Wm. Givens, and Agnes, his wife ... to 4 children, Adam, George, John, and Agnes (Givens). Thus it may be that her full name was "Nancy Agness". The phrase " to 4 children, Adam, George, John, and Agnes (Givens)" seems to be interpreted by Chalkley as referring to the children of William Givens and wife Nancy/Agness Bratton. This, however, may be erroneous. While William identifies an Adam George and John in his will, he does not mention an an Agness. Perhaps Agness died between the will of Robert Bratton (1783) and that of William Givens (1792), but Agness is commonly given a DOB of 1793; if correct she could not have been known to Robert Bratton in 1783. This may indicate that Robert Bratton's reference to soninlaw WIlliam Givens and wife Agness, was referring to someone else altogether.

Nancy is likely be the diminutive for Agness. See: http://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/nancy/655#.Ug1LDRbhT8s Q 17:34, 15 August 2013 (EDT)

Will

From "Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia, 1791-1842, by Jean Randolph Bruns:

• pg. 27. Will of William Given(s) dated Nov. 24, 1792.

Beq: to wife Nancy her bed and furniture and all bed clothes "the best horse or mare that I have that she will choose"... one equal part with my children of my personal estate... mulatto girl Emy for her lifetime, then to James, John, George and Henry and my two youngest daughters Ann and Peggy... "to live in the mansion house, unmolested and to have a decent and sufficient maintenance of my plantation during her widowhood".

to Samuel, Adam, James, John, George and Henry jointly the land "I now possess and adjoining this my mansion plantation".

to son William land bought from David and Isack Gregory on Back Creek.'

to six younger sons (above) and four youngest daughters, Mary, Isabel, Ann and Peggy, equal shares of personal estate to two eldest sons Robert and William, and two daughters, Sally and Ginny, six pounds each "Five Negro men slaves, Jack and Will and wench named "Sall" to be kept on the plantation for wife and children "any of them should prove unruly and in that case to be sold".

moveable estate - horses, cattle, sheep and household furniture - to be appraised and sold.

farming implements to be kept for plantation

Wit: John Wilson, John Berry and Robert Given

Probated December 1793 Court

Exec: son Robert and son-in-law John Berry

Codicil: Sept. 9, 1793, same witnesses

Wife Nancy substituted for Berry as executor

provision made for land left to six youngest sons to go to them at age 21

provision for the possible death of any of these before age 21, and for sale of their shares if they wish to sell

Child list

Thirteen children per will: Sons:

Robert one of two eldest

William one of two eldest

Samuel,

Adam,

James,

John,

George

Henry

Daughters

Sally one of two eldest

Ginny one of two eldest

Mary,

Isabel,

Ann

Peggy,

Notes

Some sources claim that this William Givens married Rebecca Kenncy on 9 March, 1789, but it appears that perhaps another William Givens married Rebecca Kenney.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Cleek, George Washington, and Cathrine Cleek Mann. Early Western Augusta Pioneers: including the families of Cleek, Gwin, Lightner, and Warwick and related families of Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lockridge, McFarland, and Moore. (Staunton, Virginia: G.W. Cleek and C.C. Mann, 1957).

   

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Mills, Frank Moody. Something about the Mills family and its collateral branches: with autobiographical reminiscences. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [s.n.], 1911)
   Page 199., 1911.

   "James Given's father was Wm. Given, born in Ireland. His wife was Nancy Bratton, born in Ireland, who died in Virginia, July 22, 1827."