Mary Elizabeth Campbell

Fredericksburg Virginia Herald, Dec 11, 1795, Friday

Died at her seat in Spotsylvania County, on Tuesday last, Mrs Mary Campbell, a lady greatly respected and esteemed by all her acquaintances.

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Birth: 1727 Virginia, USA Death: Dec. 6, 1798 Hanover County Virginia, USA

Mary Dandridge was the daughter of Capt. William Dandridge and Unity (West) Dandridge.

Mary Dandridge married John Maxwell Spotswood on 24 OCT 1745 in St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex County, Virginia.

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Parents:

• William Dandridge (1689 - 1744)
• Unity West Dandridge (1700 - 1753)

Spouse: John Maxwell Spotswood (1722 - 1758)

Children:

1. Mary Spotswood Randolph (1739 - ____)*
2. Alexander Spotswood (1746 - 1818)*

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Burial: Unknown

1792 Virginia Court Reports : Executors of Hunter v. Spotswood. : JOHN SPOTSWOOD, died 1758.
Widow married John Campbell. : Two sons: John the eldest. : Estate consisted of a very valuable iron works. : Bernard Moor was a quardian

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SPOTSWOOD, JOHN, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 6, 1756, p. Dec. 5, 1758. Wit. Jane Somerville; Dorothea Benger; Lucy Dixon; John Taylor, Junr; Jno. Carter; Joseph Steward, James Taylor. Ex. wife, Mary Spotswood, John Robinson, Esq., Col. Bernard Moore; Col. John Champe; Mr. Edmund Pendleton; Mr. Roger Dixon; Mr. Nicholas Seward. Leg. wife, Mary, use of mansion house, and my coach and six, with coachman and postilion and household goods, etc.; to my daughter Ann, £l,000 sterling; to my daughter Mary £1,000 sterling, in compliance with the authority given me in the will of my deced. father, Alexander Spotswood, Esq. Whereas my father, by his last will, did give to his son, Robert Spotswood £3,000 sterling,—to his daughter Anna Catherina £2,000 sterling, and to his daughter Dorothea £2,000 sterling, to be raised by the sale or mortgage of his lands, and I finding it necessary, in order to raise the said fortunes, to sell divers parcels of land, among the rest I sold and conveyed to Col. John Thornton, 7 tracts containing in the whole 9,048 acres, and afterwards I purchased the said 7 tracts of land of the said Col. John Thornton, I give the said 9,048 acres of land to my son, John Spotswood, also to him that tract of land which I bought of Ambrose Grayson, also all my part of the estate in England which will descend to me and my cousin, John Benger after the death of my mother and her three sisters. To my son, Alexander Spotswood to inherit the property left to Mary Spotswood at her death, or second marriage. Codicil to the aforegoing, dated May 6, 1756, with the same witnesses as to the will, directs that all his children be maintained and educated out of the growing rents and profits of his estate, until they arrive at the age of twenty-one years, or day of marriage. To his goddaughter, Mildred Dixon, daughter of Roger Dixon, £100 sterling. (Page 389)

Editor's Note. Mary Spotswood, widow of John Spotswood, refused the legacies left her in the above will.

References

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Fredericksburg Virginia Herald, Dec 11, 1795, Friday
Died at her seat in Spotsylvania County, on Tuesday last, Mrs Mary Campbell, a lady greatly respected and esteemed by all her acquaintances.

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 WILLS
WILL BOOK B 1749-1759page 10 SPOTSWOOD, JOHN, Spotsylvania Co., d. May 6, 1756, p. Dec. 5, 1758. Wit. Jane Somerville; Dorothea Benger; Lucy Dixon; John Taylor, Junr; Jno. Carter; Joseph Steward, James Taylor. Ex. wife, Mary Spotswood, John Robinson, Esq., Col. Bernard Moore; Col. John Champe; Mr. Edmund Pendleton; Mr. Roger Dixon; Mr. Nicholas Seward.

Leg. wife, Mary, use of mansion house, and my coach and six, with coachman and postilion and household goods, etc.;
to my daughter Ann, £l,000 sterling;
to my daughter Mary £1,000 sterling, in compliance with the authority given me in the will of my deced. father, Alexander Spotswood, Esq. Whereas my father, by his last will, did give to his son, Robert Spotswood £3,000 sterling,—to his daughter Anna Catherina £2,000 sterling, and to his daughter Dorothea £2,000 sterling, to be raised by the sale or mortgage of his lands, and I finding it necessary, in order to raise the said fortunes, to sell divers parcels of land, among the rest I sold and conveyed to Col. John Thornton, 7 tracts containing in the whole 9,048 acres, and afterwards I purchased the said 7 tracts of land of the said Col. John Thornton,

I give the said 9,048 acres of land to my son, John Spotswood, also to him that tract of land which I bought of Ambrose Grayson, also all my part of the estate in England which will descend to me and my cousin, John Benger after the death of my mother and her three sisters.

To my son, Alexander Spotswood to inherit the property left to Mary Spotswood at her death, or second marriage.

Codicil to the aforegoing, dated May 6, 1756, with the same witnesses as to the will, directs that all his children be maintained and educated out of the growing rents and profits of his estate, until they arrive at the age of twenty-one years, or day of marriage. To his goddaughter, Mildred Dixon, daughter of Roger Dixon, £100 sterling. (Page 389)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 29 2023, 17:18:49 UTC

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