Item. I give to the said William Fitzhugh, 2 silver dishes, one the largest & the other the smallest dish, 6 silver plates of those that came in the last year from Mr. Mason, one large silver salver Jappan, one small salver or bread plate, one trencher & one large silver salt, one silver porringer of the largest sort, a pair of large silver candlesticks with snuffers, snuff dish & extinguisher together, also the great silver tankard & a set of silver castors to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Henry Fitzhugh 7 Negroes (to say) Daphne & her 4 children ( to say) Phil, Dick, Johnny & Jone, Cesar & Johney, black Pegg’s son to have & to hold to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath to my aforesaid son Henry Fitzhugh 2 silver dishes, one of the largest and the other the smallest dish those that came in last year from Mr. Mason, one small salver or bread plate, one silver trencher, salt, one silver porringer of the largest sort, a silver candlestick with snuffers & stand to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Thomas Fitzhugh & his heirs forever 7 Negroes (to say), mulatto Pegg & her young child Will, boy mulatto, Pegg’s George, black Betty’s youngest child & her eldest child named Frank, & black Betty herself. Item. I give to my said son Thomas Fitzhugh after his brothers Wm. & Henry are served as before I have expressed, one silver dish, 3 silver plates, a silver porringer, a silver salt, & a silver candlestick. Item. I give to my son George Fitzhugh & his heirs forever 7 Negroes (to say) black Prue & her 4 children (viz) George, Jemmy, Moll, & Johnny, mulatto Sarah & her young daughter Diana. Item. I give to the above George Fitzhugh after his brothers, William, Henry, & Thomas are served, one silver dish, three silver plates, one silver porringer if one left, a silver salt, a silver candlestick, & the smallest silver tankard. Item. I give to my son John Fitzhugh & his heirs forever, seven Negroes (viz) mulatto Sarah’s two children Esop & William, black Sarah’s two children left yet undisposed Billy & Betty, Hannah’s daughter’s Clory, & 2 of Hannah’s children Rose & Robin. Item. I give to my aforesaid son John Fitzhugh one silver basin, 3 silver plates, a silver salt, a small silver tumbler, & 6 silver spoons to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my eldest son William Fitzhugh before named two large silver dishes that are now coming out of England but not yet arrived under condition that he pays when he receives them 10 pounds sterling to each of my other four sons or if he refuses that then the said dishes when they arrive equally to be divided betwixt my said five sons. Item. I give & bequeath to my said eldest son William Fitzhugh 200 pounds sterling out of my money in England & to my dear & loving wife Sarah in part & lieu of her dower as is said before in my other legacy, 120 pounds sterling, and to each of my sons Henry, Thomas, George, & John 120 pounds sterling to each of the aforesaid children to be paid them by my executor hereafter named as each arrives at 16 years of age & what remains or overplush money I shall have in England after the legacies aforesaid paid, I give to my two sons Wm. & Henry Fitzhugh, which said William & Henry Fitzhugh I do appoint my executors to this my said will & testament to execute & do all things herein as before I have ordered & devised. Item. As to my horses & mares, I give my riding horse Tickler to my wife & all the remainder to my son Wm. Fitzhugh, desiring him, not commanding him, that if his kindness will extend thereto to each of my 4 other sons Henry, Thomas, George, & John each of them a good young horse or a good young mare. Item. As to my beds & furniture, sheets & table linens, I give & dispose them equally betwixt my dear & loving wife and my son William after they have set apart for each of my younger sons Henry, Thomas, George, & John one good feather bed & furniture, 3 pair good sheets to each & a dozen diaper napkins to each which I do by this my will give them out of the same. Item. I give my son William my own & wife’s pictures & the other 6 pictures of my relations together with the large map in my study, also I give to my sons William & Henry my study of books equally to be divided betwixt them, remainder of the pictures & maps I give to my wife. Item. As my goods & merchandise that is now lying in my two stores, I order that provision thereout for the support of the whole family for 2 years, after so much being laid aside then I give and bequeath all the remaining to my eldest son Wm. with the proviso & condition that he pay to each of my younger children Henry, Thomas, George, & John 50 pounds sterling to each as they arrive to the age of 16 years. Item. I give to my sons Henry & Thomas my stock of sheep, cattle, & hogs equally to be divided betwixt them at my Church Quarter Plantation & to my son Wm. & my loving wife, I give them all my stocks of sheep, cattle, & hogs to be equally divided betwixt them. Signed W. Fitzhugh (seal) Witnessed by: Richard Fossaker John Washington Thomas Gilson Wm. Andrews Alexander Spense Jno. Nicholson At a court held for Stafford county, 10th December 1701, present his majesty’s justices for said county. The last will & testament of William Fitzhugh, Gent., was exhibited to the court by the executors therein named & proved by the oaths of Richard Fossaker, John Washington, Wm. Andrews, Alexander Spense, & John Nicholson and that the said testator was of perfect sense & memory at the sealing & delivery of the same. John Washington & Richard Fossaker did depose that they saw Thomas Gilson witness the same at the sealing & delivering of the same and a probate is granted to William Fitzhugh, executor therein named giving security according to the will of the said testator. Codicil to said will Item. My will farther is that my son William Fitzhugh have charge & care of my 4 sons Henry, Thomas, George, & John of their estates real & personal which by my will I have given them till they & as they & any of them arrive to the age of 18 years to deliver them their said estates & be accountable to them for the same and that he have power by virtue of this codicil to lease their lands in their names & for their use according to the form of my leases already let or as he shall see convenient till they arrive to the age of 18 years at which age each of them are respectively to have their said estates delivered them in kind & the profits of the same deducting what my said son William Fitzhugh hath been out towards their maintenance & schooling during their said term of their arrival to the age of 18 years. And it is my will that my estate may not be brought to appraisement but that a just and true inventory of the same be rendered and that my said son Wm. Fitzhugh may give security to be accountable to my said four sons Henry, Thomas, George, & John to deliver to them respectively their said estates as they respectively shall come to the age of eighteen years. This codicil dates the 20th October 1791. Signed W. Fitzhugh (seal) Witnessed by: William Andrews Alexander Spense John Nicholson At a court held for Stafford county 10th December 1701, present his majesty’s justices. The first codicil to the said will was proved by the oaths of Wm. Andrews, Alexr. Spense, & John Nicholson who did depose they saw the said testator seal & deliver the said codicil & that he was of perfect sense & memory at the same time to the best of their knowledge. The second codicil to said will Item. I give and bequeath to my servants John Nicholson, Henry the carpenter, & Thomas the glazier one year of their times by indenture for their tendance on me in my sickness as a gratification for their trouble & care therein. Item. I give & bequeath to my cousin David Abbot his time by indenture being seven years. Item. I give & bequeath to Mrs. Ann O’Donell two stuff gowns and petticoats. Item. I give unto my mother Newton as much broad flannel will make her a pair of sheets & as much flannel as will make her two waistcoats & petticoats or all the narrow flannel. Item. My will is at the request of my dear wife that Sarah, Negro woman for a particular respect has to her be exempted from working in the ground but be employed in such other works as they who she belongs to shall think convenient to put her to. Item. I give & bequeath to my dear & loving wife Sarah Fitzhugh & my son Wm. Fitzhugh both my coach horses & gear. Item. I give to Mr. John Nicholson 5 pounds sterling to buy him a ring. Item. I give & bequeath to Mr. W. Andrews five pounds to buy him a ring. Item. I give & bequeath to Doctor Spense 5 pounds sterling to buy him a ring I lieu * satisfaction of their trouble. Item. I give & bequeath to Doctor Spense his wife 20 shillings to buy a ring. Item. I give to my two sons George & John a dozen silver spoons I brought out of England with me. Item. I give to my son Henry Fitzhugh my silver monteeth basin which I brought out of England. Item. I give to my son Thomas Fitzhugh my silver chocolate pot which I brought out of England, October 20, 1701 Signed W. Fitzhugh (seal) Signed, sealed, & published in presence of us William Andrews Alexander Spense John Nicholson At a court held for Stafford county 10th December 1701, present his majesty’s justices. The second & last codicil to the said will was proved by the oaths of Wm. Andrews, Alexr. Spense, & John Nicholson and a probate thereof granted to executor mentioned in said will and the will & codicils ordered to be recorded. George Mason, John Washington, Robert Alexander, & Capt. Richard Fossaker assumed with said executor Wm. Fitzhugh to be security for the performance of said will & codicils according to the true intent & meaning of said testator.