Can anybody tell me who MARIEL M. STIGLER was on the Will of JAMES EMMONS? I believe that this JAMES EMMONS was married first to CATY STIGLER who was daughter of BENJAMIN STIGLER. Caty Stigler's siblings were MARTHA STIGLER, JAMES STIGLER, NANCY STIGLER and WILLIAM STIGLER. Thank you, Amanda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fauquier County Will Book 16 page 263 Will of James Emmons (Cathy Stigler/Mary Kelly) In the name of God amen. I James Emmons of the County of Fauquier + State of Virginia being of sound mind and deposing memory knowing the uncertainty of life do hereby make this my last will and testament in the maner an form as follows to wit: Item 1st After the payment of my just debts + funeral expences I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary in lieu of dower the following property to wit. Yarrow, Ned, Alcy, + Jinny, one yoke of oxen and cart, one good horse, one cow, + yearling, eight sheep, two sows and six pigs, two beds + furniture, one desk and table, six chairs her choice of kitchen furniture, one plough + Harness, twenty barrels of corn, four hundred pounds of pork, one stack of hay, one barrel of flour, fifty pounds of sugar and ten pounds of coffee to be enjoyed by her forever and for her to dispose of as she thinks proper. Also my silver watch to dispose as she may think best. Item 2nd I give to my wife Mary one Negro girl named Frances during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided among my five children hereafter named to be enjoyed by them or their legal representatives. Item 3rd It is my will and desire that all my land be sold in two lots to the highest bidder; one lot of 140 acres including the MINE HILL, and the remainder more or less, it is my will that it be expressly understood that the said land above named is not to be sold (line missing, I believe) disposed of for the sum of twenty thousand dollars by my executors hereafter named. Item 4th. It is my will and desire that the whole of my estate both real and personal be divided into six equal parts after my son in law Joseph Field and my daughter Harriet Whorton first taking choice of my negros with the exception of the blacksmith named Trilos. Item 5th I give and bequeath one sixth part to my son in law Joseph Field to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of my daughter Patsey Field decd and at the death of Joseph Field I give the same to the children of my said daughter then living and the issue or descendants of such of her children as may have died before her such issue to represent their decd parent. Item 6th One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son in law Isaac Wharton to be held by him in trust for the sole an separate use of his wife Harriet Whorton and her children so long as the said Whorton shall survive his wife also during her widowhood, but should the said Harriet survive her husband and marry again at the death of the said Isaac Whorton, I give the same to the children of my said daughters then living and the issue or descendants of such as may have died before such issue to represent their deceased parent. Item 7th-One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son Fountain Emmons to be held by him in trust for the children of his wife Mary as long as he shall survive his wife also during her widowhood, but should the said Mary marry again at the death of my son Fountain I give the same to the children of my son Fountain then living and the issue or descendants of such of her children as may have died before her such issue to represent their deceased parent. Item 8th -One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Emmons to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of his wife Lucy Ann Emmons decd so long as he shall survive and at his death or the death of his children I give the same to the issue of descendants of such of his children as may have died before him such issue to represent their deceased parent-but my son Daniel must account to my estate for two hundred dollars he owes me, also six or seven hundred dollars which I am bound to Enoch Jameson for. (Married Frankey E. Cowles.) Item 9th- One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Virginia James Morgan, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth Morgan decd to her + her heirs forever, but if she shall die before having any legal heirs the same to return to my children or their legal representatives. (line missing) son James S. Emmons to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of his wife Ann A Emmons so long as the said Ja S Emmons shall survive also during the widowhood of the said Ann A Emmons and at the death of said James S. Emmons I give and bequeath the same to the children of my said daughter in law then living and the issue or descendants of such her children as may have died before to represent their decd parent. Item 11th And lastly hereby appoint my son in law Joseph Field executor to this my last will and testament herby revoking all former wills by me made, to be paid by my estate the sum of fifty dollars for his service, but provided there should arise any law suits it is my desire that he should be paid additional according to law. In testimony hereof, I hereto set my hand and affix my seal this 28th day of October 1839 Witness James (his mark) Emmons Henry A Embry (I believe this was Henry Alexander Embrey s/o Robert Embrey m. Sarah Glass?) Mariel M Stigler Bounerges Roberts William D Field At a Court held for Fauquier County on the 28th day of November 1839 This last will and testament of James Emmons deceased was proved in open court by the oaths of Henry A Embry and Boanerges Roberts, two of the subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Joseph Field executor therein named, who made oath thereto and together with George Kemper and Henry S Kemper his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of sixteen thousand dollars conditions as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form the securities having justified. Teste A Marshall