Will of Sarah Walker. Dated Jan. 28, 1668/9 and probated Dec.
29, 1679.
I Sarah Walker Doe give & bequeth unto Coll. John Walker's
six daughters as
Followeth:
unto Anne Paine one negro boy called Richard and one young filly.
To Frances Walker one negro boy called Peter and one young filly.
To Jane Walker one negro girl named Deborah and one young filly.
To Elizabeth Walker one negro girl named Susannah and one young
filly.
To Sarah Walker one negro girl named Mareay (sic) and one young
filly.
To Easter (sic) Walker one negro boy called Palmer and one young
filly.
To Frances, Jane, Sarah and Easter Walker 5 cows at marriage.
To Anne Paine, Frances, Jane and Elizabeth Walker all the plate
that was
their father's to be equally divided among them.
To my son Henry Fleete one Silver Buckle and one Silver spoon
at my decease.
To my daughter Mary Burden one Silver Tankard and one Silver spoon
at my
decease.
To my daughter Sara Walker one Great Silver Salt cellar and one
Silver spoon
at my decease.
To my daughter Esther Walker one Silver Bason and one Silver spoon
at my
decease.
To Frances, Jane and Elizabeth Walker ten pewter dishes at marriage.
I give unto my son Henry (Fleete) when he cometh to age one feather
bed and
Boulster, one Rugg, one paire blankets, one paire pillows and
pillowbeeres
and one paire of sheets.
I give unto my daughter Mary Burden one feather bed and Boulster,
one paire
of blankets, one paire of sheets with a couple of pillows at her
marriage.
Test: Francis Settle and Richard Fox. (W.B. #2, p. 142).
(She was the widow of Capt. Henry Fleet When she married Lt. Col.
John
Walker, before Oct. 2, 1661. Evidently only two of his daughters,
viz: Sarah
and Esther Walker, were hers also, the other four daughters having
been by
his first wife Elizabeth ............. While this is called and
listed as
her will it was evidently an entirely different document, as she
was later
to marry again and to die as the wife of Col. John Stone of Rappahannock,
later Richmond County. His will, now missing, was probated Nov.
3, 1698, by
Elias Wilson and Thomas Lawson, in Richmond Co. His executors
were: Anne
Metcalfe (daughter), Richard Metcalfe (son-in-law), Henry Fleet
(step-son)
and Edwin Conway (his step-son-in-law).
Nov. 2, 1672.
TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall com &C
KNOW yee that I
Sarah Stone Alias Walker of the County of Rappa did in the time
of my
widowhood but before I had proved the will of Colonel John Walker
my Late
Husband Deceased did set apart centaine young negroes Certaine
Cattle Some
Plate and household (goods) which I did intend to give to the
children of Coll John Walker deceased as also to some of my owne
had by him
and to that Intent Richard Fox did make a writing of the Particulars
soe
Intended upon Consideration that I might oblige them to more to
Love and
Respect me and stir up filial affection in them unto me but finding
contrary
to Expectation I am for my good will and affection to them Contemned
&
despised and Rewarded with Contumelius words and opprobrious actions
and my
loving husband John Stone molested by Litigious Lawsuits and daily
threatened by more suits of Law doe by these presents of Wrighting
Annulling
Revoking and making void all and Every the said Promises Part
Parcell or
Gift therein Contained in the said Wrighting as if there never
was or had
been such Gifts by writing made interesting and giving them fully
to the
disposing of my own loving husband and do
further declare that I the said Sarah Stone alias Walker did never
subscribe
the said Wrighting but what is there subscribed is the act and
subscription
of Richard Fox and doe moreover with the consent of my loving
husband John
Stone make ordaine Constitute and appoint this as act and deed
in Court. IN
WITNESS whereof I have sett my hand and Seale this 2nd day of
November Anno
1672.
Signum: Sarah (X) Stone (Scale).
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Thomas Blissed
and Henry
Crighton.
(Book #5, 1671-1676, p. 10).
Virginia Will Records from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tylers Quarterly, indexed by Judity McGhan