Col. Robert Armistead

Col. Robert Armistead

• Robert Armistead was born ABT 1705, and died ABT OCT 1774. He was the son of William Armistead and Rebecca Moss.

Marriages

• Married Anne Wallace, daughter of James Wallace and Anne Shepard. She died BEF 01 FEB 1763.
• Married: Mary Johnson 01 FEB 1763, daughter of Mark Johnson and Elizabeth Westwood. She was born BEF 1702, and died ABT MAY 1766.

Children with 1st wife Ann Wallace

• Mary Armistead, married Joseph Selden
• James Armistead,
• Thomas Armistead, d 1791 Petersburg, married Margaret d 1792
• Moss Wallace Armistead, d 1786, married Catharine
• Robert Armistead, will 1802 Petersburg, married Margaret
• Euphan Armistead,
• William Armistead, b: BEF 1736, William Armistead will 1799, married 2nd Mary Latham Curle
• Ann Armistead, b: 1745

Will of Robert Armistead, The Elder

In the Name of God, Amen. I, Robert Armistead, the elder, of Elizabeth City County, being sick of Body but of sound Mind, do make this my last Will and Testament in Manner following:

Imprimis. I recommend my Soul to God, its Maker. I give and bequeath unto my Son, William Armistead, all the Lands I possess at Sawyer's swamp, to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give the Plantation whereon I formerly lived to Son James Armistead, provide he shall live during the Term mentioned in a Lease granted to me for the same by the Trustees of Eaton's Free School, it being Part of the said Land. And in Case of his Death before the Expiration of the Lease, then I give the same unto my Son William Armistead.

Item. I give all the Slaves now in my Son-in-Law, Joseph Selden's, Poss'on, & their increase, to him & his heirs, which have been delivered to him some time.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son, Wm. Armistead, & his Heirs, my Slaves Malaca & Bess, In Trust, nevertheless, upon this Condition & for no other, To hold in Trust for the Use of my Son, James Armistead, during his natural life subject in any James' Debts, and after his Death in Trust, & the children of him, the sd. James, and Their Heirs.

Item. I give to my Son, Thos. Armistead, and his Heirs, my Negro Boy named Cato.

Item. I give to my Son, Moss Wallace Armistead, my Negro Boy Toney, to him & his Heirs, which, together with what Money and other Things I have given him, will make him equal with my other children, & is all I intend to do for him.

Item. I give unto my Son, Robert Armistead, & his Heirs, my Negroes Boatswane, Phebe, Charles, Juba, Rose & Dinah.

Item. I give my Negro Girl Nanny to my Granddaughter, Euphan Armistead, daughter of my Son William, to her & her Heirs.

Item. I give all the Residue of my Shares & personal Estate to my two Sons, William and Thomas Armistead, to them & their Heirs, equally divided between them.

What provision I've here made for my Son James, together with what Money I have before given him & have been obliged to pay for him, is all I intend to do for him.

Item. I hereby release all my Children from all Debts they may owe me at the Time of my Death.

Lastly, I constitute and appoint my Son, William Armistead, & my Friend, Richard Cary, Executors of this, my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills heretofore by me made. And I order that my Estate be not appraised or my Executors held to Security.

In Witness whereof I have hereto set my Hand & Seal, this 28th Day of July, Anno Dom. 1771.
R. Armistead

Signed, Sealed, published & declared by the Testator to be his last Will & Testament, in Presence of us.

Richd. Cary

Will of Col.Robert Armistead the Elder, from The Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kgevering...

Sources

• page 228 of William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 6 Armistead Family
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kgevering...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Armistead-122
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~enchantedworld/Armistead/G...
• Anthony Armistead, Jane Starkey, & Margarit Benit, 5th generation - https://sallysfamilyplace.com/anthony-armistead-jane-starkey-margar...