John Glascock, Sr.

John Glascock is a DAR Patriot Ancestor # A045279

John Glascock

• BIRTH 14 Jan 1699 - Richmond County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH 28 Jan 1784 (aged 85) - Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 193022906 · View Source
• Son of Thomas Glascock (1662-1725) and Sarah Stone
• husband of Margaret O’Rea (b 1701)
• father of Revolutionary War Veteran Thomas Glascock (1731-1793) married to Catherine Rector Glascock (1734-1790).

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Will

Fauquier-Prince William-Richmond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Glasscock, John December 9, 1780, File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Glasscock michaelg barbourville.com

Source: Virginia Public Library
Written: December 9, 1780
Recorded: June 28, 1784
Glasscock's Will

• In the name of God; Amen, I John Glasscock, of the County of Fauquier and
• Parish of Leeds,
• being thro' the abundant mercy and goodness of God, tho' weak in body, yet of a Sound and perfect understanding and memory; do constitute this my last will and testament; and desire it to be received by all as such,
• I first bequeath my Soul to God, my maker beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it, thro' the all sufficient merits and mediation of my most compassionate Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who gave himself to be an attonement for my Sins, and is able to save, to the uttermost, all that come unto God by him, Seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them, and who, I trust will not reject me, a returning penatent Sinner, when I come to him for mercy; in this hope and confidence, I render up my Soul with comfort, humbly beseeching the noe; blessed and glorious Trinity, one God most holy; most merciful and gracious, to prepare me for the time of my dissolution, and then to make me to himself into that peace and rest, and incomparable felicity, which he has prepared for those that love him, Amen, blessed be God. Imprinta, I give my body to the earth, from whence it was taken, in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day:
• as for my burial, I desire it may be decent, at the discretion of my dear wife, and son John, whom I leave executors of this my last will and testament.
• It is my will and desire that the Legacies shall be in my dear wife's possession during her natural life, or that she shall have a sufficient maintenance.
• I give my son Thomas One Thousand pounds of Crop Tobacco, also what land and other effects, I gave him before.
• To my Son Hezekiah, I give a Negro Harry, and my black horse of that mare, also my best feather bed and furniture, and a ten gallon pot, potrack and pot- hooks.
• To my Son George, I give my horse Prince.
• To my Daughter Mary Rictor I give a pewter dish, and what else she has had.
• To my Daughter Margaret Turly; I give my next bed and furniture with what she has already had.
• To my Son in law Francis Jackson I desire he shall receive what Mr. William Brent owes me.
• To my Son John I give the Land whereon I live, containing One hundred and Eighty eight Acres, more or less, being bounded by the Church road of Sizas; also all my personal estate; Instate whatsoever that I shall be possessed with when it is the will of God to take me out of this World.
• To my son John, and together with my dear wife, I leave executors of this my last will and testament.
• In witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the 9th day of December in the year of our Lord, 1780. John X Glascock (his mark).
• Witness James Thomach, John Fishback, Philip Ofaback
• At a Court held for Fauquier County the 28th day of June 1784, This will was proved by the oaths of John Fishback and Phillip Fishback and ordered to be recorded and on motion of John Glasscock one of the Executors therein named who made oath and executed and acknowledged bond as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining; probate thereof in ins form.

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Additional Comments:

John Glasscock had a grant of 633 acres in 1728 "above the thoroughfare of Broad Run, at the foot of Mother Leathercoat Mountain." He built a home later
north of Rectortown he called "Rockburn" (ecause he had to build fires on the great rocks to break them up before they could be removed). The house was of four rooms and cellar. It was burned and rebuilt during the Civil War, but remained in the Glasscock Family into the 20th Century. The cellar still
remains as a wall in the garde of the present house on the old Rockburn
Cemetery remains.

References

• http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I033467&tree=tree1
• Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 26 2019, 18:27:07 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glascock-157
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193022906/john-glascock
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160314092232/http://www.next1000.com/...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2852...
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...