Thomas St. John

Extracted from: SPARACIO, Ruth and Sam: Deed & Will Abstracts of Essex County, Virginia 1697-1699; Copyright, 1991, by R. & S. Sparacio; Published, 1991, by R. & S. Sparacio, McLean, VA

pp. 37-38: Essex Co., VA Deed & Will Book, 1697-1699, pp. 225-226 IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen. I Thomas ST. JOHN of ye Parish of South Farnham in ye County of Rappa: being sick & weak of Body but of perfect mind & memory praised be therefore given to ye Almighty God, I do make & ordaine this my present last Will & Testamt. in manner & forme following, that is to say, first & principally I comend my Soult into the hands of Almighty God hopeing that I may obtaine life everlasting, I do committ my body to ye earth & to be buried at ye discretion of my Exex., hereafter [named]. First I will that all just debts & funerall charges shall be paid & discharged Item. I give & bequeath unto my Grandson, Thomas COOPER, a young Mare of a year old with her increase for ever; Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter, Elesebeth COOPER, ye benefit of land to worke upon whare hur Husband, Wm. COOPER, is now a bilding dureing her life time & to have as much priviledg for Timber or aney thing eless as tho the land ware hir owne duaring her life time; Likewise my will is that all my Land that I am now possessed with to be equaly devided betweene my Sons, Thomas ST. JOHN Junr., & William ST. JOHN. I do likewise make them both at age at Eighteen years if there Mother should decease or Marry but if not to abide while ye age of one & twenty; I do give & bequeath unto Richard COVINGTON, Ten Shelings to bey him a Ring; Lastly, I give & bequeath unto Wife, Mary ST. JOHN, all ye rest & remaining part of my Estate both moveables & immoveables dureing her life time provided that she shall keep hurselfe a Widow & not marrey & after my Wifes decease to be equally devided amoung all my Cheldren, but if my Wife should marrey then my will is that shee should have but ye third part of my Easteat & ye other to be devided amoung my Children I do likewise make my Wife my hole Exex. over my hole Esteat both pasnall & reiall, In Witness whereof I the said Thomas St. John to this my Last Will & Testament have heareunto set my hand & seale this Tenth day of October one thousand six hundred & ninety Signed sealed & acknowledged in ye presents of us William COOPER (C his mark) Tho: St. John John BILLINGTON Edward BRUNN Junr. (BROWN) Proved by the oaths of Jno: BILLINGTON & Wm: COOPER in Essex County Court ye 10th day of Sept. 1698 & truely recorded Test Francis MERIWETHER, Cl Cur

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Mary ST. JOHN & Richard COVINGTON of the County of Essex are held and firmly bound unto his Maties. Justices of the peace for ye sd. County in the sum of Twenty thousand pounds of good sound tobo: & caske, to the which payment we bind ourselves our heirs firmly by these presents; Witness our hands & seales this 10th day of September 1698 The condicon of the above obligacon is such that if the above bound Mary St. John, who at a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of September 1698 obtained a Probate of the last Will and Testament of Tho: St. John, do at all times hereafter fullfill ye sd Will, fully pay & satisfie all such Legacies as therein are expressed & do p:form all ye Law enjoynes in such cases, that then the above obligacon to be void, otherwise to remaine of full force Signed sealed & delivered in ye presence of us Tho: GREGSON Mary St. John (H her mark) James BOUGHAN Richd. Covington Truely recorded Test Francis MERIWETHER, Cl Cur

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