Mary Womack

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Farley-252

Mary Farley, daughter of John Farley and Elizabeth Akin, was born about 1692 in Henrico County, Virginia Colony. She passed away after 7 July 1754.

Mary is often given the middle name of "Elizabeth." Middle names were uncommon in this time and place and no documents are found which include the name Elizabeth.

Mary married Thomas Womack before 1712 in Henrico County.

"Thomas Womack of Henrico Co. to Richard Grills, of same County. 10 shill: sterl. 36 acres on N. side Swift Creek, taken out of a patent granted Capt. [John] Worsham dated 20 Octr. 1691. Augt. 1, 1712. Mary wife of sd. Thomas Womack relinquished her dower right."[1]

Mary was named executrix for the estate of her husband, Thomas Womack, in his will dated 20 March 1732/33 and proved in court January 1733/34.[2] In it he names his wife Mary and children:

1. Abraham Womack
2. William Womack
3. Isham Womack
4. Thomas Womack
5. Francis Womack
6. Judith Womack
7. Sarah Womack
8. Elizabeth Womack
9. Mary Womack
10. Martha Womack

The inventory of his estate was "brought to appraisement" on 20 February 1733/4 and presented in Henrico Court on "1 Monday in April 1734" by Mary Womeck Exetrx and was ordered to be recorded.[1]

On 5 August 1745 Mary Womack "is summoned to next Court to relieve William Robertson from his suretyship for her faithful performance of the administration on the estate of Thomas Womack decd."[1]

Mary is named in the will of her father, John Farley, dated 6 April 1754 by which she inherited his "Negro Dickboy." After her death the slave is to go to her brother, Francis Farley.[3][4]

On 7 July 1754 Mary Womack and her son Francis purchased 119 acres for £50 from John Roberts of Chesterfield County on the head of Licking Creek. On the same date Mary and son Francis "of Chesterfield Co." paid John Roberts £50 for 100 acres "adjoining Cold Water Run, north side of Swift Creek..."[5]

Death & Legacy

Mary's will is dated 23 July 1750 in Chesterfield County, Virginia Colony and proved in 1759 in Chesterfield Co., VA[6] In her will she names children:

• Francis Womack
• Thomas Womack
• Sarah (Rise)
• Elizabeth (Hatch or Hatchett)
• Mary (Man or Mann)
• Martha (Roberts)
• Judy (Booth)
• Abram Womack, left only 1 shilling
• Isham Womack, left only 1 shilling
• William Womack, left only 1 shilling
• Executors: Sons Francis and Thomas Womack.

Source for Following: Southern Roots and Shoots, unknown transcriber [7]

Notes for Mary Farley by Roger Gail Womack:

Mary's Will was made July 23,1750, Chesterfield Co., VA.

Will of Mary Farley Womack 1759,Chesterfield Co., Va.-Chesterfield Co., Will Book 1,1749-1765, pages 188 and 189:

"In the name of God Amen the 23rd Day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty I the subscriber being very sick and weak but in my perfect sences blessed God for it and therefore calling to mind the mortality of the Body and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hans of God that gave it trusting in the Merits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive the same by the mighty Power of God &c [sic] and as touching such Estate as it has been Pleass God to bless me with in this World I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following Imprimis.

I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Francis Womack my Feather Bed and Boolster & a Rug & a pear of Sheets wheron I now lie Sick and my large Table & my large Iorn Poot and a large Peuter Dish & a large Bason & 2 Puter Plates as also I give to my two Sons Francis and Thos. Womack nine Chattle to be equally divided between them. Also I give to my Son Francis my Negro Woman nam'd Mall, also I give to my Son Thos. my Hand Mill and to my Son Francis my Grind Stone. I also give to my Son Thos. my Chist (chest) & also one Iorn Poot & a large Kittle and one branded Dish & one Bason & 3 Plates & a Spice Mortar & brass Candlestick & my Horse if he be found and two Leatther Chears & two Rush Chears and to my Son Francis one leatther Chear & foore Rush botomd Chears & to my Son Thos. one tinn Candlestick, Also I lend to my Daughter Judy a Feather Bed & Boolster and give her all my Wool I have in the House except a pound and I give to my Daughter Sarah Rise my new Virginia Cloth wooling goune and my new Quilted Pettycoote & a peace (?) of Boodess & newest holland Apron & Hankerchef & a capp & my Termeter (??) Hatt & no more Also to my Daughter Elizabeth Hatcht (Hatchett) my English goune and a holland Apron & a Hankerchief & no more And to my Daughter Mary Man I give my blew Virginia Cloth wooling goune & my new straw Hatt & one of my new Aporns made of cotton & linen and no more And all the rest of my wareing Cloaths I give to my Daughter Judy Booth Lining & Wooling and also my Side Saddle and no more and for my three Sons Abram & Isham & William I give each of them one Shelling apeace & no more. memorandum ye Bed as I have let to my Daughter Judy is but for two years & then return to my Sons Francis & Thos. to be equally divided between with ye Boolster & ye Rug & Sheets & Blanket for Thos. my Son and for every thing I have not mention'd is to be equally divided amongst them all as lives heare with me whar unto I make and ordain my two Sons Francis & Thomas Womack my hole Executors of this my last Will & Testament given under my (seal?) the Day and year first writn.

Said Sig'd & Delivered Mary Womack (L S) in (?) the presence of us William Graves Thos. his T mark Frankly Senr. William Walford"

RG Womack note: In retyping this last Will and Testament of Mary Farley Womack I have kept all grammer and spelling as to the original.

Added to Geni.com by David N. Decker, 16 Jul 2014.

Notes

I have John Farley, Sr's daughter Mary married to Thomas Baugh and John Farley, Jr's daughter Mary Elizabeth married to Thomas Womack. The only data I have for John Farley III's marriage is the given name of his wife, Mary, which appears in John Farley, Jr's will.

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Origins

Will of John Farley, Jr., Amelia Co., VA. Will Book 1, page 200. 1754

Also I give the use of My Negro Dickboy to my Daughter Mary Womack during her life and after her Death I give and bequeath the said Negro Dickboy to my son Francis Farley and his Heirs forever.

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References

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 30 2020, 17:27:41 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 1 2021, 1:20:12 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Farley-252 Cites

1. Valentine, Edward Pleasants, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979; Vol. 3, pp 1796, 1800, 1801
2. Henrico County, Virginia Deeds & Wills, No. 2, Pt. 1, 1725-1734, pp 424, 425
3. Amelia Co., Virginia Will Book 1, p 200
4. Valentine, Vol. 3, p 1762
5. Chesterfield Co. Deed Book 2, pp 168, 173; as cited in Valentine, Edward Pleasants, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers," Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979, Vol. 3, p 1763-4
6. Chesterfield Co., Virginia Will Book 1, 1749-1765, pp 188, 189[1]
7. Copy of Mary's will can be found at Southern Roots and Shoots
8. 3 Oct 1755 Henrico Co VA Order Book 2[2]
9. Supplementary profile data collected by Varnell-40 05:44, 12 January 2016 (EST) from the FTDNA family tree of Dianne Stokely [3]
10. Primary data such as birth, death, and other details were collected by Varnell-40 05:44, 12 January 2016 (EST) from the well-documented work of Roger Gail Womack, “My Womack Ancestors"[4]. It may not be 100% accurate, but it is as close to accurate as we can attain given the information and sources available to us.
11. This particular profile is an on-going project to document the genealogy of one Womack line. If you have a problem with a particular entry, please contact the submitter of said entry. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress, always in need of direct and primary sources. Please contribute valid sources with your information.
12. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=135...