This family is getting more and more confusing. I agreed entirely with Connie's latest message (below) until I looked back in my database and found a record showing Mary Peachey alive and well in 1717. If so, Samuel's wife Mary couldn't be the Mary who wrote the will in 1713. The only time I've seen reference to William is in Headley's book, so I'm not averse to ditching him, but then who was Mary d 1713 married to after Biddlecomb? _Deed Abstracts of Richmond Co, VA, 1711-1714_, typescript in Library of Virginia, p. 40: "pp. 64-65. Capt. George Eskridge. I hereby desire and impower you as my Lawfull Attorney to acknowledge in Richmond County Court the within Instrument of Writeing as my act and deed to the end the same may be enrolled on the Records of the said County. Wittness my hand this 30th day of July 1712. Mary [her mark MP] Peachey. Tho: Thorne, Jno: Tarpley, Geo: Glascock. "Proved in Richmond County Court the third day of Septr: 1712 by the Oathes of Tho: Thorne & Jno: Tarpley and ordered to be recorded. Test. M. Beckwith, Cl Cur. "I Mary Peachey, Widdow & Relict of Samll. Peachey, late of Northfarnham Parish in County of Richmond Gent., deced., am held and stand firmly bound & indebted unto Willoughby Allerton, Danll. Dobbins, Danll. McCarty & Thomas Beale, Executrs: Durante &c. of the Exectr. of the Last Will and Testament of said Samll. Peachey in the full and just summe of five hundred pounds Sterl. money for which payment well and truely to be made I bind my selfe my heirs firmly by these presents; Sealed with my Seale & dated this 30th day of July 1717. [This is the date I question.] "The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the said Mary Peachey hath and doth by these presents relinquish and quitt claime to all and every the Legacies bequests gifts and devises in and by the Last Will & Testament of Samll. Peachey to her made and given and wherease the said Execturs: hath mutually agreed to and with the said Mary to allow and assigne her one third part of all the Estate real and personall of the said Samuell in lieu and recompence of her Dower and what the Law allows and hath accordingly delivered to the said Mary sundry goods and chattells amounting to the vallue of One hundred and seventy pounds seven shillings and four pence, and whereas said Mary is now possest also in the said part of one third part of ye Negroes the said Samll. dyed possest of and that it is agreed betweene the said parties that the Servants and slaves of said Samuell shall remaine with the overseers they are now under and that their crops shall be divided into three parts and the said Mary to receive one, that the wheat now in the House when Thrasht shall be divided into three parts, and the Sider as all the other Debts and merchandizes due shall be also divided into three parts and that the houses lands and premises as soon as conveniently may be divided into three parts and the sd. Mary if not yett shall then receive one full third part of all the Estate real and personall of the sd. Samuell. Now if the said Mary her Exrs. shall relinquish and quit clayme to all the said Legacies in the said will to her given and shall duely and punctually pay allow and discharge one fulll third part of all Debts Dues and Charges, That the said Estate shall be chargeable with, then the above obligation to be voyd &c. Sealed and Delivered in presence of Peter Kippax, George Glascock. Mary [her mark MP] Peachey. "Att a Court held for Richmond County the third day of September 1712. George Eskridge Gent., by virtue of a Power of Attorney from Mrs. Mary Peachey, acknowledged this the said Peacheys Bond unto Willoughby Allerton, Danll. Dobbins, Danll. McCarty & Thomas Beale, and ordered to be recorded. Test M. Beckwith, Cl Cur." We could make sense of these documents if the one shown as 1717 was actually dated 1712, before Mary's will 1713. Then we don't have to invent a husband for her. Does anyone have access to the original record to check the date? I'm provisionally removing William as a brother of Samuel and husband of Mary -- Biddlecomb. NFPR: 144 records "B. PEACHEY, ROBERT son of Samuel and Elizabeth Peachey, 21 March 1673." If this is the same Samuel, Elizabeth -- must have been his first wife and probably was the mother of Samuel and William as well as Robert. Kathleen On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 Connie Ausec wrote: > > I am back home and have had a chance to check my records concerning Mary > Peachey. The 1713 will that you cite was Mary Peachey's will, not William > Peachey's, as Headley seems to be implying: > Richmond County Orders, 1711-1716, Bk 6, Comp. by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The > Antient Press, p.15: "p. 138 - Richmond County Court 2d of September 1713 - > The Nuncupative Will of Mary Peachey, deced., was presented in Court by > Mrs. > Mary Tarpley, who made Oath thereto, and John Tarpley, Gent., upon Oath > that > he wrote the same by the directions of the deced, and that at the time of > takeing the said directions to the best of his Judgment she was in perfect > sence and memory; whereupon it was admitted to Record...." > > I also think that Mary Peachey was the widow of Samuel Peachey rather than > William Peachey: > Richmond County Orders, 1711-1716, Comp. by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The > Antient > Press, p. 15: "p. 182 - Richmond County Court 8th of April 1714 - Daniell > McCarty, Gent., one of the Trustess with the Estate of Colo. Samuell > Peachey, deced., returned an Inventory and Appraisment of the Estate and > also an Inventory and Appraisment of one third part of the Estate delivered > to Mrs. Mary Peachey, Widdow and Relict of said deced., which are ordered > to > be recorded - Ordered that Mrs. Mary Tarpley returne an Inventory of the > Estate of Mrs. Mary Peachey, deced., being Admrs. with the Will annexed of > the said deced." > > In his will dated 2 [9] Jan 1711/12, pr. 4 Jun 1712, Samuel Peachey names > as > heirs, among many others, James Biddlecomb [Mary Peachey's son]; the eldest > son of James Biddlecomb [Mary Peachey's grandson]; and his [Samuel's] > goddaughter, the eldest daughter of James & Mary Tarpley [Mary Peachey's > gr.daughter]. Samuel mentions his wife, but not by name. [Robert K. > Headley, Jr., Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800, p. 23.] > > The marriage between Samuel Peachey and Mrs. Mary Biddlecomb was evidently > a > late marriage for both, and there were apparently no children. However, by > an earlier wife, Samuel had at least two sons, Samuel and William. They > are > mentioned in the will of William Hodgkin(s), who was an uncle of Samuel > Peachey, Sr. [Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, A Digest of Family > Relationships 1650-1692, p. 15] > > Elizabeth Jones, I believe, was the daughter of Mary Peachey by James > Biddlecomb, although I have no definite proof of that. James Biddlecomb > left a will, as that fact is mentioned in a 1689 deed in (Old) Rappahannock > County. However, the will isn't among the published records of that > county. > Perhaps it could be located in a nearby county. > > Connie Ausec > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathleen Much" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Will of Mary Peachey > > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 Connie wrote: > > > >> > >> Mary PEACHEY, widow of Samuel PEACHEY, was first married to James > >> BIDDLECOMB, who died bef. 8 Jan 1683/1684 in Old Rappahannock Co, VA. > >> Mrs. > >> Mary TARPLEY, Mary PEACHEY's daughter by James BIDDLECOMB, was married > to > >> James TARPLEY, who d. 1713 in Richmond Co, VA. James TARPLEY was the > >> brother of John TARPLEY of Richmond County. [Deed & Will Abst. of (Old) > >> Rappahannock Co, VA, Ruth & Sam Sparacio; Wills of Richmond Co, VA, > >> 1692-1800, Robert K. Headley, Jr.] > >> > > > > Thank you, Connie. Are you sure Mary Peachey was the widow of Samuel? > > Headley says he was William and implies that the 1713 will was his, > though > > I > > think he was wrong there. > > > > Robert K. Headley Jr., _Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800_ > > (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 26, citing Wills and > > Inventories 1709-1719: "p. 151 - [William] Peachey, will; May 1713, 2 Sep > > 1713. Grdaus. Mary and Elizabeth Tarpley; dau. Mary Tarpley; chil. of > > James > > Biddlecomb; chil. of dau. Elizabeth Jones; ex: none named; pres. by Mrs. > > Mary Tarpley and prov. by the oath of John Tarpley Gent." > > > > Was William Peachey a brother of Capt. Samuel Peachey? And was Elizabeth > > Jones the daughter of Biddlecomb or Peachey? > >

Kathleen, While at our library this week, I was able to check Deed Abstracts of Richmond Co, VA, 1711-1714, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, p. 40. I located the document(s) to which you referred in your post below. The date in question, according to Sparacio, was 30th July 1712, not 1717, as indicated in your posting below. This makes sense, since the Power of Attorney issued to Capt. George Eskridge was signed by Mary Peachey on 30th July 1712, and then the actual bond was acknowledged by Eskridge on 3 Sept 1712, and also proved, and ordered to be recorded on 3 Sept. 1712. It seems reasonable that Mary Peachey would have signed the bond on 30 July 1712, since that was the same day the Power of Attorney was issued. Connie On Sunday, Oct. 2, Kathleen Much wrote: > This family is getting more and more confusing. I agreed entirely with > Connie's latest message (below) until I looked back in my database and > found > a record showing Mary Peachey alive and well in 1717. If so, Samuel's wife > Mary couldn't be the Mary who wrote the will in 1713. The only time I've > seen reference to William is in Headley's book, so I'm not averse to > ditching him, but then who was Mary d 1713 married to after Biddlecomb? > > _Deed Abstracts of Richmond Co, VA, 1711-1714_, typescript in Library of > Virginia, p. 40: "pp. 64-65. Capt. George Eskridge. I hereby desire and > impower you as my Lawfull Attorney to acknowledge in Richmond County Court > the within Instrument of Writeing as my act and deed to the end the same > may > be enrolled on the Records of the said County. Wittness my hand this 30th > day of July 1712. Mary [her mark MP] Peachey. Tho: Thorne, Jno: Tarpley, > Geo: Glascock. > "Proved in Richmond County Court the third day of Septr: 1712 by the > Oathes > of Tho: Thorne & Jno: Tarpley and ordered to be recorded. Test. M. > Beckwith, > Cl Cur. > "I Mary Peachey, Widdow & Relict of Samll. Peachey, late of Northfarnham > Parish in County of Richmond Gent., deced., am held and stand firmly bound > & > indebted unto Willoughby Allerton, Danll. Dobbins, Danll. McCarty & Thomas > Beale, Executrs: Durante &c. of the Exectr. of the Last Will and Testament > of said Samll. Peachey in the full and just summe of five hundred pounds > Sterl. money for which payment well and truely to be made I bind my selfe > my > heirs firmly by these presents; Sealed with my Seale & dated this 30th day > of July 1717. [This is the date I question.] > "The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the said Mary > Peachey hath and doth by these presents relinquish and quitt claime to all > and every the Legacies bequests gifts and devises in and by the Last Will > & > Testament of Samll. Peachey to her made and given and wherease the said > Execturs: hath mutually agreed to and with the said Mary to allow and > assigne her one third part of all the Estate real and personall of the > said > Samuell in lieu and recompence of her Dower and what the Law allows and > hath > accordingly delivered to the said Mary sundry goods and chattells > amounting > to the vallue of One hundred and seventy pounds seven shillings and four > pence, and whereas said Mary is now possest also in the said part of one > third part of ye Negroes the said Samll. dyed possest of and that it is > agreed betweene the said parties that the Servants and slaves of said > Samuell shall remaine with the overseers they are now under and that their > crops shall be divided into three parts and the said Mary to receive one, > that the wheat now in the House when Thrasht shall be divided into three > parts, and the Sider as all the other Debts and merchandizes due shall be > also divided into three parts and that the houses lands and premises as > soon > as conveniently may be divided into three parts and the sd. Mary if not > yett > shall then receive one full third part of all the Estate real and > personall > of the sd. Samuell. Now if the said Mary her Exrs. shall relinquish and > quit > clayme to all the said Legacies in the said will to her given and shall > duely and punctually pay allow and discharge one fulll third part of all > Debts Dues and Charges, That the said Estate shall be chargeable with, > then > the above obligation to be voyd &c. Sealed and Delivered in presence of > Peter Kippax, George Glascock. Mary [her mark MP] Peachey. > "Att a Court held for Richmond County the third day of September 1712. > George Eskridge Gent., by virtue of a Power of Attorney from Mrs. Mary > Peachey, acknowledged this the said Peacheys Bond unto Willoughby > Allerton, > Danll. Dobbins, Danll. McCarty & Thomas Beale, and ordered to be recorded. > Test M. Beckwith, Cl Cur." > > We could make sense of these documents if the one shown as 1717 was > actually > dated 1712, before Mary's will 1713. Then we don't have to invent a > husband > for her. > > Does anyone have access to the original record to check the date? I'm > provisionally removing William as a brother of Samuel and husband of > Mary -- > Biddlecomb. > > NFPR: 144 records "B. PEACHEY, ROBERT son of Samuel and Elizabeth Peachey, > 21 March 1673." If this is the same Samuel, Elizabeth -- must have been > his > first wife and probably was the mother of Samuel and William as well as > Robert. > > Kathleen > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 Connie Ausec wrote: > >> >> I am back home and have had a chance to check my records concerning Mary >> Peachey. The 1713 will that you cite was Mary Peachey's will, not >> William >> Peachey's, as Headley seems to be implying: >> Richmond County Orders, 1711-1716, Bk 6, Comp. by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, >> The >> Antient Press, p.15: "p. 138 - Richmond County Court 2d of September >> 1713 - >> The Nuncupative Will of Mary Peachey, deced., was presented in Court by >> Mrs. >> Mary Tarpley, who made Oath thereto, and John Tarpley, Gent., upon Oath >> that >> he wrote the same by the directions of the deced, and that at the time of >> takeing the said directions to the best of his Judgment she was in >> perfect >> sence and memory; whereupon it was admitted to Record...." >> >> I also think that Mary Peachey was the widow of Samuel Peachey rather >> than >> William Peachey: >> Richmond County Orders, 1711-1716, Comp. by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The >> Antient >> Press, p. 15: "p. 182 - Richmond County Court 8th of April 1714 - Daniell >> McCarty, Gent., one of the Trustess with the Estate of Colo. Samuell >> Peachey, deced., returned an Inventory and Appraisment of the Estate and >> also an Inventory and Appraisment of one third part of the Estate >> delivered >> to Mrs. Mary Peachey, Widdow and Relict of said deced., which are ordered >> to >> be recorded - Ordered that Mrs. Mary Tarpley returne an Inventory of the >> Estate of Mrs. Mary Peachey, deced., being Admrs. with the Will annexed >> of >> the said deced." >> >> In his will dated 2 [9] Jan 1711/12, pr. 4 Jun 1712, Samuel Peachey names >> as >> heirs, among many others, James Biddlecomb [Mary Peachey's son]; the >> eldest >> son of James Biddlecomb [Mary Peachey's grandson]; and his [Samuel's] >> goddaughter, the eldest daughter of James & Mary Tarpley [Mary Peachey's >> gr.daughter]. Samuel mentions his wife, but not by name. [Robert K. >> Headley, Jr., Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800, p. 23.] >> >> The marriage between Samuel Peachey and Mrs. Mary Biddlecomb was >> evidently >> a >> late marriage for both, and there were apparently no children. However, >> by >> an earlier wife, Samuel had at least two sons, Samuel and William. They >> are >> mentioned in the will of William Hodgkin(s), who was an uncle of Samuel >> Peachey, Sr. [Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, A Digest of Family >> Relationships 1650-1692, p. 15] >> >> Elizabeth Jones, I believe, was the daughter of Mary Peachey by James >> Biddlecomb, although I have no definite proof of that. James Biddlecomb >> left a will, as that fact is mentioned in a 1689 deed in (Old) >> Rappahannock >> County. However, the will isn't among the published records of that >> county. >> Perhaps it could be located in a nearby county. >> >> Connie Ausec >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathleen Much" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Will of Mary Peachey >> >> >> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 Connie wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Mary PEACHEY, widow of Samuel PEACHEY, was first married to James >> >> BIDDLECOMB, who died bef. 8 Jan 1683/1684 in Old Rappahannock Co, VA. >> >> Mrs. >> >> Mary TARPLEY, Mary PEACHEY's daughter by James BIDDLECOMB, was married >> to >> >> James TARPLEY, who d. 1713 in Richmond Co, VA. James TARPLEY was the >> >> brother of John TARPLEY of Richmond County. [Deed & Will Abst. of >> >> (Old) >> >> Rappahannock Co, VA, Ruth & Sam Sparacio; Wills of Richmond Co, VA, >> >> 1692-1800, Robert K. Headley, Jr.] >> >> >> > >> > Thank you, Connie. Are you sure Mary Peachey was the widow of Samuel? >> > Headley says he was William and implies that the 1713 will was his, >> though >> > I >> > think he was wrong there. >> > >> > Robert K. Headley Jr., _Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800_ >> > (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 26, citing Wills and >> > Inventories 1709-1719: "p. 151 - [William] Peachey, will; May 1713, 2 >> > Sep >> > 1713. Grdaus. Mary and Elizabeth Tarpley; dau. Mary Tarpley; chil. of >> > James >> > Biddlecomb; chil. of dau. Elizabeth Jones; ex: none named; pres. by >> > Mrs. >> > Mary Tarpley and prov. by the oath of John Tarpley Gent." >> > >> > Was William Peachey a brother of Capt. Samuel Peachey? And was >> > Elizabeth >> > Jones the daughter of Biddlecomb or Peachey? >> >> > >