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- 05 Jun 1686 North Farnum Parish, Old Rappahannock (later Richmond) Co,
VA. Born. Mary, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Durham.
27 Jun 1690 North Farnum Parish, Old Rappahannock (later Richmond) Co,
VA. Born. Thomas, son of Thomas and Dorothy Durham.
02 Aug 1700. Richmond Co, VA DB03:057. William Smoot, Sr. of North
Farnham Parish to Dorothy Durham, wife of Thomas Durham; for love and
affection for Dorothy and her children, 62 acres in Richmond County;
if Dorothy should die, land to her eldest, Thomas Durham; if Thomas
should die, to John Durham; if he should die without issue, land to
Mary Durham, daughter of sd. Dorothy. Wits: Jno: Simmons, Tho: Mackey.
Jane Smoot, wife of William, relinquished dower. (DNFP)
4 Aug 1711-1 Jun 1715. Richmond Co, VA WB, p. 210. Will of Thomas
DURHAM of North Farnum Parish. Wife Dorothy the plantation, after her
death to son Thomas and Mary his wife; son John; daughter Mary Dodson;
grandson Thomas Dodson; Exec. wife; no wits. Inv. 6 Jul 1715, p. 212.
(Headley) / to wife, Dorothy, my plantation and lands for her natural
life, and at her death plantation and lands to son Thomas Durham and
maary his wife provided he signs over 50 acres to my son John Durham
or pay him 8,000 pounds tobacco and to daughter Mary Dodson 1,500
pounds of tobacco. (DNFP)
04 Aug 1711- 01 Jun 1715 Richmond County, Virginia, Wills &
Inventories, 1709-1717. In the name of God Amen, I, Thomas Durham of
Northfarnham in the County of Richmond being sick in Body but of sound
and perfect Memory. Praise be given unto God therefore calling to Mind
His Mortallity of my body and that it is appointed for all Men once to
Die, Do make and Ordain this my Last Will & Testament, That is to
say-- Principally & first of all I Recommend my soul unto the hands of
God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in Christian
and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named;
nothing Doubting but at the generall Resurrection I shall receive the
same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching such Worldly
Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life-----
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Dear & Loving wife Dorothy Durham
the use of my Plantations, together with all my Lands & Tenements with
all and Every of their Appurtenances--Proffits and Commoditys
__________ Belonging or appertaining for & During the _____________ of
her natural Life and after her Decease if my Son Thomas Durham and
Mary his wife do by some sufficient Instrument in writing under their
hands and seals and affording to due forme of Law Release and acquitt
all and singular their Right, Title and Interest in and unto Fifty
acres of Land being the same Tract & Plantation which we had conveyed
us by Mary Gilbert unto my son John Durham and his heirs or pay him
the said: John Durham Eight Thousand Pounds of Tobacco in Lieu of His
said Land and also pay unto my Daughter Mary Dodson Fifteen hundred
pounds of Tobacco that then and upon this
consideration-------aforesaid: I do give and bequeath unto my said son
Thomas Durhamand his heirs Lawfully Begotten and for want of such
issue unto my son John Durham and his heirs Lawfully Begotton and in
_______ of such issue unto my Grandson Thomas Dodson and his heirs,
But if my said son Thomas Durham doth refuse and will not release the
said fifty acres of Land nor pay the Tobacco aforesaid: I do will and
Bequeath the said Plantation whereon I now dwell with all my Lands
unto my son John Durham and his heirs--- Item. I give and Bequeath
unto my Son John Durham Fifty acres of Land more or less being the
Plantation with all the Tract and Parcell of Land that was Conveyed us
by Mary Gilbert, to have and to hold the said Tract and Parcell of
Land with the appurtainances unto my said son John Durham and his
heirs Lawfully begotten and for want of such issue unto my Grandson
Thomas Dodson and his heirs--- Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son
John Durham one Feather Bed and Furniture, one Cow and calf, one Mare
and Iron Pott, Two ____ Dishes and half a dozen Plates Item I give and
bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Dodson Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco;
Fifteen hundred Pounds of the same to be paid by my son Thomas Durham
within Nine months after the Decise of my wife and Five hundred the
Rest of the said Tobacco to be paid by my Son John Durham at the
Decease of my Wife---- Item. I give and Bequeath all the Residue of my
Estate, Goods, Cattle and Chattells unto my wife Dorothy Durham for &
During her widowhood, but if she doth Marry that _____ off my
Personall Estate, Except what is herein given to John Durham shall be
Equally Divided between my wife and my three Children, and I do make
and Ordain my Dear & well beloved Wife Sole Executrix of this my Last
Will & Testament---Rattifying and Confirming this & none other to be
my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal this Fourth Day of August in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Eleven.
Signed, Sealed & Published and Declared in the presence of us--
Joan O Searles her mark, Arthur Kay his mark, Miles Walters
Thomas Durham his mark (seal)
Att. at a Court held for Richmond County ye ffirst Day of June 1715
This Will was approved in open Court by the oaths of Arthur KEY & Joan
Searles ______ of the Witness or tthereto be on admitted to
Record...Tests M: Beckwithe C.C.O. (Supplement to the History of the
Dodson-Dotson Family of Southwest Virginia. Compiled and edited by the
Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. N.p: the author, 1966., p. 108)
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1661 - 1715 (54 years)