John Thomas Oxley

Bertie County NC Tax List - 1757

"A List of Taxables taken by Cullen Pollock 1757"

Jno. Oxly and his Son George and Negroes Sam, Pender -4

In the name of God Amen the twenty fourth day of February in the Year of Our

Lord 1767. I, John Oxley of Bertie County, in the Province of North

Carolina, being very sick of body, but of Perfect mind and Memory thanks

begiven to the Almighty God for the Same, I Knowing that it is Appointed for

all men once to die do make good in this my Last Will and Testament, that is

to say, First of All I, Give and I Recommend my Soul, to Almighty God that

Gave it, and body, I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in a decent

Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors, not doubting but as the

Gernal Resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God

and as Touching such Worldy Estate where with it hath Pleased God to bless

me with in this Life, I Give demise and dispose of the Same in manner and

form folling.

In primus, I give and bequeath to my Beloved Son George Oxley, three hundred

acres of Land with the Plantation he now lives on and any Negro amn ____ I

am which Land I give to him his heirs and assigns forever

___________ I give and bequeath to my beloved John Oxley, my minor

Plantation with three hundred and fifty acres of Land therewith it being

part of two tracts which Land I give John his heirs and assigns forever,

reserving a forth right and priviledge of the land and plantation to my

dearly beloved wife Olive Oxley during her widowhood if she Pleae to Live

_____ and I likewise give two hundred acres of land lying on Cair Swamp,

being part of wills an Redits tract , to be equally divided bytween my

______ George Oxley and John which and I give to them their heirs and

assigns forever, also I give to my son John two Negro boys one Named ____

and the Other named Dick, one all Iron Pot, and one small gun and all tools

and iron untencels belonging to the plantation and one handmill and mair

colt and four cows, two____ and a new feather bed all which I give to him

his heirs and assigns forever

I give and bequeath to my Son in Law Isiah Johnson and Mary his Wife a Negro

boy named Ben and after their death to their Son Elijah Johnson ____ without

I give to be the property of __ other Isaiah John which siad Negro I ____ to

the ___ of Olive Oxley my well beloved wife.

Seven years I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Olive Oxley one negro

boy named Tom to her and her disposal and ______

Item, I give and bequeath my son in law John Parrott and Elizabeth his wife

five Shillings Starling

Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son in law John Ray and Rach his

wife, one negro girl named Silliby and fiveteen pounds proclamation money

and one young horse and the feather bed whereon I now lie.

Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Martha Oxley one negro girl

named Jeeny and fifteen pounds proclamation, a Iron Pot and a gray mair, and

one feather bed and furniture all which I give to her and her disposial

Item, I give and bequeath to my son in law William Fleetwood one shilling

starling

Item, I give and bequeath to my Grandaughter Sylvanna Fleetwood six pounds

proclamation money

Item, I give to my Dearly Wife Ollive Oxley one Negro woman named Pender

and three cows, _____ and one large stear and all my hoggs and one horse

called Bachallor and after he Death or marriage I give the Negro woman

Pender to my son George Oxley and I also lend to my ____ wife all my

household furniture that is not already Disposed of during her widowhood and

after to my son John Oxley. And all the rest of my ____ that are not

already disposed of I leave to be Equally divided amongst my three

daughters, Olive, Rachel and Martha and my Wife.

Item, I give and bequeath to my friend Joseph Parker , the Elder ____three

pounds Proclamation money

Item I make constitute and appoint my Well Beloved Son George Oxley and

Isaiah Johnson and John Crickett Executors of this my last will and

testament and I do hereby disallow revoke and _____ and make void, all other

former wills and bequests before by me made, rattifying and confirmed and

this and none other to be my Last Will and Testament in testamony Where of I

have herunto sset my hand and Seal the day and year I have written.

Agreed Sealed ____ and ____ I declared by the ______ I declared by the ____

this Last Will and Testament in Presence of John Oxley

James Lass_____

William _____

Sarah Laughton

Bernie County - March ___ 1767

John Oxley Sr Born 1700 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginiamap Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Olive (Holman) Oxley — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Descendants descendants Father of Elizabeth (Oxley) Parrott Died about 1767 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolinamap Profile manager: John Britton Boney private message [send private message] Profile last modified 21 Jan 2019 | Created 14 Feb 2018 This page has been accessed 68 times. Biography

Matching data from Ancestry.com places John's birth to John Clay Oxley (ca. 1668-1722) and Mary Bass about 1700.

By 1757, he shows up in Bertie County, North Carolina records.[1]

He passed away in 1767.[2] Sources

   ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890: John Oxly (sic), Residence: 1757 Bertie County, NC: Ancestry Record 3566 #16325306.

   ↑ North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998: John Oxley Sr, Death: Abt 1767 North Carolina: Ancestry Record 9061 #705071.