William Taylor

William Taylor died Aft 29 Aug 1733. He married Mary, widow of 1) Thomas Wood 2) William Halbert. She was born Abt 1680 in Essex, Virginia, and died 1737 in Essex, Virginia.

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Name: William Taylor Sex: M Change Date: 17 JUL 2005 Note: [monkeys.ged]

Will

Another contribution by Grace Thomas

• Will of William Taylor of Essex Co., Va. Third husband of Mary (Cooke - disproved) (Wood) (Halbert) Taylor. Stepfather of Joel I and William II Halbert, Sons of William Halbert and Mary (Cooke - disproved) (Wood) Halbert.
• Transcribed from original old Colonial style handwritten will.
• ESSEX CO. VA. Will Bk 6, p. 10 (Starts at bottom of page 10.
• IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this 29 day of August anno dom 1733, I, William Taylor of the county of Essex do make this my last will and testament IMPRIMIS I bequeath my soule to God that gave it & my body to earth from whents it was taken in certain hope of resurrection through the merit of Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour and my temporal estate that god hath lent me I give and bequeath in manner & form as followeth:
• ITEM I give half my estate land horses and moveable Immediately to my wifes three children to be equally divided between them exspt as followeth provided that William Halbert lives in subjection to (pg 11) his mother till he arrives to twenty one years of age otherwise to him only one shilling.
• ITEM his part to remain in ye executs [executor's] hands till that time
• ITEM I lend the other half of my estate reall and personall to my beloved wife duering her naturall life and after her deceas to be equally between her three children Elizabeth, Joel, and William.
• ITEM I appoint Thos Heely and my wife xecrs of this my last will & testament hereby revoaking and making void all former wills by me heretofore appointing this and none other to be my last will and testament.
• his WITNESS my hand and seale the day and year above written.
• (signed)
• William + Taylor
• Seal Signed sealed & published
• In preesence of Jno Cook, Wm Motley Item Thos Heely to see him buried at ye new church & parish in ____ (?)
• In a Court held for Essex County of Tapp---? [Tappahannock?] on the xvii {or xviii) day of May anno and MCCCXXXXVJ (1736?) .
• This last will and testament of William Taylor dec'd was presented in Court by Thomas Heely one of the Exrs therein named who also made oath thereto and being also in due form proved by the oath of William Motley one of the witnesses thereto who also made oath that he did see John Cook(now) deced subscribe the same as a witness at the time he did,as admitted to record.
• (signed) Test W Beverely
• Written in old English Script Spelling and punctuation verbatim (as near as decipherable)

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Thomas Heely married Elizabeth Wood, dau. of Thos Wood and Mary Cooke Wood Halbert Taylor. Other court records prove this. This also proves that Mary and William Halbert's son William, was a minor at the time this will was written. If oldest son Joel was born in 1712 as estimated, he had probably come of age recently. By the time their mother Mary Cooke Wood Halbert Taylor wrote her will in 1737, son William had also come of age.

Also, the two witnesses, John Cook [Jr.] and Wm Motley were involved in deeds concerning above Joel Halbert's two daughters by his first wife, Mary Bizwell. Mary Bizwell, granddaughter of John Cooke, Sr.(died 1727) was a daughter of Mary Cook(e), Jenkins Bizwell and Jeremiah Bizwell, who had died before the death of her father, John Cook(e), Sr. Wm Motley was a grandson of John Cook(e), Sr. and a cousin to Joel Halbert's daughters Sarah and Mary Halbert, all of whom inherited land from John Cook(e). Also, the will of Mary Cooke Wood Halbert Taylor seems to prove that her granddaughter Mary Halbert was not yet born at the date of her writing her will, as Mary was not named, although other grandchildren were.

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/193567/I3152/william-taylor/individual