Person:William Moseley (12)

Records in Virginia

Lower Norfolk, VA – Wills and Deeds, Book E, 1666-1675, pages 124-125 – 15 August Court – To all to whom these present shall come know ye that I Anthony Lawson of the County of Lower Norfolk in Virginia together with ye free and voluntary good will and consent of my loving wife Mary, late wife of Capt. Wm. Moseley, __ for and in consideration of a promise by me made unto my said wife before marriage and for my love and affection I have towards her and her children and especially for and towards a future benefit and sustenance of my two sons and daughter in law (viz.) Wm., John and Eliza. Moseley… the next part is difficult to read and understand but it seems to indicated that he assigned Col. Lemuel Mason and Mr. John Porter as administrators of this promise that the 640 acres of land in Linhaven, Lower Norfolk County that Mary received from her father Capt. John Gookin, deceased, he would take procession of until William Moseley reached the age of 21 years. Then it was to be divided between William and John Moseley and their heirs. However, if they died before the age of 21 years, then it would go to Mary’s daughter, Elizabeth Moseley and her heirs. It was signed by Anthony Lawson and Mary Lawson and acknowledge in Court 15 August 1672. Witness by George Fonton and John Hatton. [1]

About William Moseley

William Moseley, the younger, son of William Moseley the emigrant,died about the year 1671., he was Commissioner for Lower Norfolk Co.,660. He left a widow, Mary, daughter of Captain John Gookin, an earlyand prominent settler, by his wife Sarah Offley, the widow of CaptainAdam Thoroughgood, she, after Captain Gookin's death, married FrancisYeardley, one of the leaders of the Cromwellian party in Virginia, sonof Governor Sir George Yeardley. Mary (Gookin) Moseley, in 1672married Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lawson. The children of WilliamMoseley and his wife Mary Gookin were William, John, Elizabeth, andEdward. "An Inventory and apraism't of ye Estate of Capt. Wm. Moseley, dec'd,this 10th day of November, 1671." "In Mr. Moseley's study in the garrett. Impr. A prc'll of Books,some L. tob., french dutch, Latten, & English, 3,000 lbs. tobo. Fourepicktures, 200; six pictures, 2 picktures, his Signett Ring. 5 plbs and an ounce of Plate being Exactly weighed wt. breaste weights& seals. A hatt and silver hat band, w'ch shee informs us shee hath disposedof. Amount of Appraisement, 69, 270 pounds tobacco & Caske besides theplate. Subscribed 11th November, 1671.

        Tho. Bridge,
        Tho. (vix) Ivy,
        Will Handcock,
        Henry Spratt.

Information from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Published Quarterly by the Virginia Historical Society, for the YearEnding June, 1898, Volume V, Rich;mond, Va: House of the Society, No.707 East Franklin Street, pp. 329-330: Moseley Family

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 d'Aiutolo, Leila Elizabeth Eldridge; Mary Carolyn Steger Jenkins Mitton; William S. (William Stebbins) Hubard; and Warren L. ((Warren Louis)) Forsythe. The descendants of William Moseley 1605/1606-1655 of Norfolk Va. (Lafayette, 2000)
   pp. 7-10.

   p. 7: 'born about 1634 at Delft/Rotterdam, Holland, probably.'
   
   p. 9: 'He lived in Lower Norfolk, Co. and died by 10 Nov 1671 when the inventory of his estate was made.'

2.   Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.

   https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I69806&tree=tree1