This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: edwirvin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.boyd/7208/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Will of Joseph Henderson, Lunenburg County, Va. 1763 In the name of God, Amen. The 25th day of March in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and sixty three, deposeth (Joseph) Henderson of the colony of Virginia and County of Lunenburgh being sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it was appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament....That is to say....and touching which worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of same in the following manner by my Executrix hereafter named. And my well beloved wife Esther Henderson whom I constitute make and ordain my only sole executor as to my worldly estate I positively order that all my debts be paid and satisfied. Item. It is my will that my lands, horses, cows, sheep, hogs, remain unprised and unsold for the support and raising and schooling of my children, viz. Mary, James, Robert, John, Joseph, Samuel, a! nd Abraham. Likewise it is my Will that those my well beloved friends James Boyd and Abraham Erwin whom I constitute and order to be my Trustees to have an oversight of my Wife and Children in Counsel and Direction in Disposing or any thing or in buying anything that Necessity calls for. It is likewise my Will that my Wife Esther Henderson shall not dispose of nor buy any necessary without their advice and concurrance likewise it is my Will that if my Widow after my decease incline to marry that my lands horses cows sheep and hogs and all moveables be sold by these my beloved Trustees and that my wife shall have the third of all, the rest equally divided amonst my children above named when they come of age. It is my will that if my Widdo Marry, my Children as they come to a suitable age be bound out to trades and that the young ones live with their Mother till the youngest child come to the age of ten years, and that they be raised out of the whole estate and revoking all W! ills by me made and published I declare this as my Last Will and Testa ment in Witness hearof I set my hand and seal in the day and year above mentioned. Joseph Henderson (seal) In Presents of Robert Erwin Martha Boyd Probate: Nov 10, 1763 I tend to think wife Esther may be a Boyd. And the Martha Boyd mentioned may be either James Boyd's wife or maybe a sister? I do not know. John Irvin was married to Margaret Boyd and their eldest son was Abraham Irvin. In 1763, John Irwin and Abraham Irwin bought land from John Campbell. The next day, Abraham sold half of his 400 acres to James Boyd. This was on the Little Falling River, near Hat Creek, very close to the Charlotte county line. I do not think this James Boyd was the son of the William Boyd who lived on the other side of Bedford county. I have seen the sacred Egle's claim that Margaret Boyd married Alexander Culbertson but this may be in error. Others argue that Alexander married a Duncan. Once upon a time, the old 19th century histories and the vanity histories led me down the primrose path. I have spent the last 5 or 6 years trying to untangle that mess. In 1772, a Samuel Boyd arrived from Letterkenny Twp and bought land from "Alexander McConnel of! Letterkenny Township, Pa." In 1778, Samuel Boyd moved to Old 96 District in South Carolina, right on the Georgia line. Before Samuel left Virginia, he appointed John Irvin to be his attorney to sell his land in his absence. You can see much of this in the John Wright Boyd 1980 book. Samuel Boyd's land was on Cunningham Branch very near Turnip Creek. I think these are the same folks who lived in Lurgan that have transplanted to Virginia. They were all adjoining neighbors in an area that was 4 or 5 miles southwest of Shippensburg, probably very near "Culbertsons Row". Today, this area is in the Letterkenny Army Depot or "Rowe Road" on the Gazetteer. Maybe someone can add to all this. I have been wrong before. Edwin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>