A serious misprint, This is the will of Edward Dale not Edward Carter. Robert Lumsden Message: 17 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:40:05 -0700 From: "Virginia L. \"Ginny\" Keefer" <ginnykeefer@cox.net<mailto:ginnykeefer@cox.net>> Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Will of Thomas Carter dated Aug 16, 1700 To: <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com<mailto:va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <F5F090A679164237861ABA916DE52BD6@VLKeeferHP<mailto:F5F090A679164237861ABA916DE52BD6@VLKeeferHP>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ********************************************************************** Misc Records. Same series of book as above by Spararcio?s 1652-1657 Lancaster County Court, 6th of February, 1655/6 Whereas it did appeare to this Court, that the Estate o Capt. Borcas, deceased, stands in indebted to Capt. Edward Streater in 1200 lbs of tobacco & caske, it is ordered that the said debt bee paid by MAIER, JOHN CARTER, who marryed ye RELICT of Capt. Brocas to Jo; Sharpe, the ATTOURNEY OF YE SD STREATOR. ********************************************************************* Same series of books, 1690-1709. page 45 Lancaster Co VA Will book 8, p 56 In the Name of God, Amen. etc, etc. I, EDWARD CARTER, the twentie fourth day of August, 1694, being of sound perfect memory, etc. in the County of Lancaster; in the RAPPA RIVER of Virginia. Imprs; If is hall soe please God that my now wife shall happen to over live mee, I give unto her for her maintenance dureing her life the whole p:ffitt of my Estate whatsoever some respect being lwaies had to her as in an honest woman & gentle woman and many yeares my Wife, and after her decease, I give the plantacon whereon I now live to my two grandchildren; PETE and JOSEPH CARTER, to have and to holde to them, their heires and assignees forever; to be equally divided betweene them and in case of the mortality of either of them before they come of the age of twenty-one years, then to my grandson, JNO CARTER. Item; I give onto my two Grandsons, PETER and JOSEPH CARTER, and to my two Granddaughters, ELIZABETH CARTER and KATHERINE CARTER; all my personall Estate whatsoever to bee equally divided betweene them and in case wither of the girls happen to depart this life before their day of marriage or eighteen years of age, I give her part to the Survivor. Item; I give to my Grandson; PETER CARTER, my Negro boy, named William Rogers, twelve pence in full of all claimes whatsoever. Item; It is my desire for the bettter improveing of my Estate for the aforesaid that my Estate be continued upon the said plantacon and after my Wife be supplied with all the necessaries and the plantacon likewise yearly. I give unto my Daughter, KATHERINE, during her life the p;ffitt of all the Estate whatsoever. Item; I doe nominate and appointe my Grandson, EDWARD CARTER, and my Daughter, KATHERINE CARTER, and my Granddaughter, ELIZABETH CARTER, when she arrives to the age of Sixteene yeares of age to be my executors. In Witness whereof I have here unto put my hand and Seale and published in the presence of; JOHN CHELTON EDWARD DALE THO. CARTER JUNR. HENRY CARTER Probata in Cur Com Lancaster; undecimo die Martii 1695 p John Chelton, Thoms Carter Jr and Henry Carter. Teste; John Stretchley. Cl Cur. ************************************