Samuel Gay Sr. Will
Albermarle County
Virginia
June 14, 1793
Will of Samuel Gay, Sr.
Will Book 3, pg. 288
In the name of God Amen. Through the
tender mercy and goodness of God to me given am at present sound in mind and
senses, do make & constitute this my last will and testament and would
desire to be received by all as such, and in the first part I resign my soul to
God who gave it, then and there to celebrate his praises to all eternity, also
I bequeath my body to the dust from whence it was taken and to be buried by my
son John's grave in a
decent manner, where it may rest
united to Christ till the Resurrection; So be it Amen.
Blessed be God, and to my worldly
estate I leave and bequeath in manner following. Vir. The whole mentioned in
an inventory signed by me in the year
1792 1 bequeath to my son Samuel & his heirs forever, which at the lowest
rate comes to above seven hundred pounds for which he my son Samuel is to pay
all my lawful debts & legacies bequeathed in this my last will not to
exceed one hundred pounds. Before my wife and I were married, we agreed that
she should have no more of my estate than the value of what she brought with
her and what I seed cause to
leave her in my last will, and
therefore what she shall have at my decease is as followeth, viz. a riding beast
to the value of twelve pounds, her bed and bed cloaths viz. two sheets bolster
and pillow, two blankets, a counterpine[?l
and rug, and the whole of her riding
aperril[sicl and also all her household furniture two dishes, 2 basins, five
platiser[?l frying pans, four [wordl and forks and an iron pot [word], iron
tongues, two smoothing irons, two
spinning wheels, one sifter, four
spoons. & all her tea and coffey occupage and a cow I sold for three pounds
and a bell worth 51. She is also to
have the whale of her wearing appearl: The whole of the above articles my
wife is to have at my decease: By a
solemn bargain and contract made between her and me before marriage the whole
of which as above said is her own property and none other has any right to any
of them and as my wife has acknowledged her right of dowry and thirds of my
estate real & personal, to my said son Samuel, for which he
is to pay her the sum of thirty
pounds current money Virginia and thirty pounds I bequeath to my said wife out
of
my estate, which sixty pounds is to
be paid her in manner and form following Viz, six pounds yearly and every
year until the sum is paid up, and if
my said wife should die before the said sixty pounds is paid up, he is to pay
no more after her decease, and if she
should live longer.he is to pay no more than the Sixty pounds. I also bequeath
to my wife a new Bible. a little book call by us Patmus, and a little box of
wild cherry tree, and as my wife doth not incline to live with my son after my
decease, then he is to convey her to where she wants to go not to exceed one
hundred fifty miles without any cost or charge to her, and if I should die
before Samuel, Saul la slave?l is free or
his time is up that then he is free
and not to serve any longer, only to help to convey my wife where she wants to
go, and as for the articles she brought
with her at marriage as above mentioned, she is to have the like articles
when she departs from my son after my
decease; which makes full satisfaction for them that she brought with her. My
writing desk I bequeath to my son Samuel to be his & my Great Bible during
his material life, and then to
return to my grandson Samuel Steel
Gay [may havel when he is capable to read and peruse them, and all my
beaks of Divinity I bequeath to him
my said grandson, Samuel Steel Gay: as for the rest of my estate that is
mentioned in an inventory dated and signed by me, I order in manner and form
following Viz. the whole collected together and sold at public vandice[ll at
twelve months and it given to purchasers: the whole at which with what money is
then due me, is to be collected when due, and the same divided into three equal
parts, one part to my grandson Samuel Steel Gay, another third part to my
grandson Alexander Fitzpatrick, and another third part to my grandson Samuel
Gay Eads, to be paid to them by my son Samuel Gay for their education in
learning. I bequeth
to my son by law William Fitzpatrick
the money he is due, which is ten pounds; and to his wife, my daughter,
the afflicted mans companion and
Bostons form foto state[?l: these two books I bequeath to my daughter
Rebecca Fitzpatrick; which is all my
said son William Fitrpatrick is to have of me after my decease; and I had
my son Samuel's note of hand for ten pounds hard money and
Moses Gentry security, which note is mislaid
so as I cannot find it, for which
money I allow and order him to pay as British debt contracts with Richard
Anderson in Charlottesville, which is eight pounds as I have it from under the
collectors hand Wm. Sestrange:
if not paid before my decease. I also
bequeath to my son Samuel Gay my gun, stillyards & shotools (which are not
mentioned in the inventory) to him and heirs forever and all mentioned therin
is to be his and his heirs forever. And now I allow this to be my last will and
testament and do disallow all wills by me made before this, and I allow my son
Samuel Gay, William Fitzpatrick. Wm. Andrew Hart, Musk Leaky and Bezelled
Manwell to by my executors and
my wife Dorothea to be an executor, and
all of them to this my last will and testament: and now I conclude with the
surrender of my soul to my dear compassionate Redeemer, Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ,
in hopes of his acceptance thereof,
and thereto receive me in his tender mercy to celebrate his praises through
all the ages of endless eternity:
Amen. So be it. Blest be God. And in witness whereof I here unto set my hand
and fixed my seal this 14th day of
June anno Dommi one thousand seven hundred ninety and three.
Samuel Gay Sen.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in
presence of us John Melton. John Wharton, Mark Sea[?l, Moses Gentry, Claborn
Gentry
Be it known to all wham it may
concern that I do utterly disallow revoke and disenul all and every of her former
will,testaments & legacies and bequeaths and executors before me before
named, in any way, willed & bequeaths, ratifying and confirming this, and
none other, to be my last will and testament; And I do allow that all and every
of the movables of my estate, as wearing appearl, be sold and distributed as
above said, as witness of my hand and seal the day and year above written. Samuel Gay Sen.
Be it known to all men to whom it may
concern that I Samuel Gay Senior in the first part of my will allowed that part
of my estate should be sold and the money raised should be divided amongst
three of my grandchildren,
but now I renounce and deny &
leave the [wlhole of my estate land & movables household furniture and
wearing aparrel and what money, and
what money due to my son Samuel Gay and his heirs and legacies forever and
[several wards I cannot readl and that he deliver to my wife what I beg Imore unreadablel
this twentyfirst
day of September 1795. Samuel Gay Sen.
Teste Joseph Waiter Claborn Gentry
Entered in Albemarle Co. Court June 1796.
Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Gay Crawford.
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