Barbara Estes

Barbara (c1662-1720). She is often said to be a daughter of Robert Brock but there is no evidence of her maiden name or parentage. The surname Brock is particularly suspect. "The Brock surname seems to have attached itself to Barbara in the 1980s when a historical fiction book that included the Estes family was published and assigned Brock as Barbara’s surname. It also doesn’t help any that Abraham’s probable son, Abraham, had a daughter, Barbara, who married Henry Brock, so indeed there was a Barbara Brock in the family, although she was Barbara Estes Brock, not Barbara Brock Estes – and two generations later."

She married Abraham Estes as his (at least) second wife about 1690 (29 December 1682?), in St. Steven’s Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia. Abraham died on 21 November 1720 or 1721. There is a discrepancy in the year within the documents themselves. At that time, Abraham’s wife, Barbara, was living, and made her will as well, apparently four days later.

The wills of both Abraham and Barbara are missing, although they were referenced by researchers in the 1940s. The contents are known from a 1769 chancery suit from the Amelia County, filed by Moses Estes, the youngest son of Abraham and Barbara, against his brother Elisha as executor, regarding the distribution of their father’s estate some 40 years earlier.

Several references have listed Barbara Brock as the 2nd spouse of Abraham. According to an article by Garmon Estes in Estes Trails (December 1998, page 5), there is a doubt about Barbara's maiden name and whether Samuel was a child of this marriage. This area needs more research. Roy Eastes,compiler.

Abraham Estes, Sr. (1647-1720), emigrated from Ringwould, Kent England to St. Stephens, King Queen County, Virginia md. Barbara Brock

http://www.samizdat.com/gen/estes/renaissance.html

(This information out of the Estes Book by Edward N. McAllister, 09-09-1904- 09-13-1968)

Page 2 of Book

Abraham Estes was of King and Queen County, Virginia in 1704 paid tax on 200 acres of land there. He died 21 November 1720 in Virginia, and left wife Barbara who made a will Nov. 25, 1720. ("Planters of Colonial Va." page 255; file box 1784-5, Amelia co., Va. examined at Va. State Library; 1)

page 3 of the Book

227 18" (Hening's Statutes At Large, vol. V11 page 201)

Much data upon the family was recorded in connection with "The answer of Elisha Estes to the Bill in chancery exhibited against him by Moses Estes" contained in File Box 1784-5, Amelia co., Va. which was at the Virginia State Library in 1948. The following excerpt is of interest: " in.....1720 on the 21 day of November your Orator's late father, Abraham Estes, departed this life after making and constituting in writing his last will and Testament, and thereby after specifically devising part of his Estate did give, or either leave, his whole personal Estate to his wife, Barbara Estes, during her natural life and to be disposed of amongst his children then living as she might think proper. He further showeth that the said Barbara Estes, agreeable to the Trust and Confidence aforesaid resposed in he by her late husband. Your Orator's said father, on the 25th day of November in the Year ofOur Lord Christ 1720, made in writing her last Will and Testament and thereby after giving an inconsiderable part of her aforesaid Husb and's Estes to several of her children hereby mentioned, Elisha Estes, Thomas Poor and Susanna, his wife, for the sole benefit of you Orator and Barbara Estes, Your Orator's Sistger,.... but with a provision that if....either of the named should die, then the same to be equally divided amongst Sylvesters, Thomas, Elisha, Robert, Richard,John Moses

Estes, Mary Watkins? Susanna Poor, and Sarah Estes

Elisha Estes, executor"

The November 25, 1720 will of Barbara estes was not found in the Amelia co., file box, However Elisha Estes made deposition Jun 29 1770 that money left to Moses Estes had been used to care for him as he was sickly. Thomas Poore made deposition in 1770 that Barbara and Moses Estes came to live with them after death of father and Mosed was 10 years old and Barbara was 8

Amelia file Box 1785 Shows Elizabeth Harris, aged about 60 made deposition that 48 or 9 years ago Moses and Barbary, orphans of Abraham Estis, came to live with Tho. Poore, this deponent's father who was Exor. to the deed, Barbary Estis.

Witness R. Sames. (no date was shown)

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfriendsthelambs2/part1/o...
• The Hennessee family Genealogy Pages
• Roberta Estes, Barbara “Not Brock” Estes (c1670-1721), Abraham’s Wife, 52 Ancestors #70 at DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy, accessed May 11, 2015
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2016, 2:25:38 UTC

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