Quan: When the bank loans you money, it sets the term during which you may keep the money and how you must pay it back Your ancestor provided that when he died, he "loaned" his widow everything he owned (including a slave) for so long as she lived or until his son turned 21, whichever occurred first, but in order to keep that estate for that period, she had to remain single (and live, of course). Had she re-married before the son turned 21, she would have had to give it back. The dead man could have said that he granted her a "life estate" in his assets, however that could have become complicated because life estates without more conditions do NOT prohibit remarriage and do not terminate when a child comes of age. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "quan pruitt" <pruitt@email.msn.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:55 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Will, Henry Robertson, Ameila Co VA 1782 What is the meaning of LEND? > > ....NC will 1782 of Henry Dixon Jr. > In premise I lend to my dearly beloved wife Martha my whole Estate until such time as my son Wynne shall arrive to the age of twenty one years old or During her widowhood and if she should not marry I lend her the tract of land I now own and a Negro woman called Hannah during her natural life. > > Item I give to my son Henry after the death or marriage of Martha the tract of land whereon I now live > > Item Several tracts of land slave stock of all kin household furniture money equally divided between wife and children or as many as shall be living when eldest reaches 21 and also that the Negro woman Hannah lent to my wife with her increase equally divided as above. > > Did he give everything to the wife to hold for the children? Is that the meaning of lend? > > If he lent slaves and land to the wife until she dies when wills the land and the slaves go to the child? At 21 or after he dies? > > Also did he give the same tract of land to two sons? > > Also if he lent Hannah to the wife would that mean that Hannah and her children stayed with Martha until she died? > > Would the tithes come out of the children's estate? > > Quan > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >