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1770. Last Will and Testament, Dinwiddie Co. From Acc. 25 828 AndrewsPersonal Papers, Librar y of Virginia

In the name of God, Amen. I William Andrews of the Parish of ( ? ) andCounty of Dinwiddie Bei ng of perfect Mind and Memory thanks be toalmighty God, Do make and declare this to be my Las t Will and Testamentin manner and form following.....

Imprimis: I devise my Soul to God hoping pardon and Remission of my SinsThrough the ......... .and mediation of my Blessed Savior Jesus Christ andmy Body to the Earth to be ....... interr ed by my Executor thereaftermentioned.

Item: I give and devise unto Ann Brooks, widow of William Andrews,Deceased, one fourth part o f two hundred and eighty acres of Land whereonshe now lives adjoining the plantation for an d during the (time?) of hernatural life and after her decease to her son Ephraim and his Heir sforever . The residue of the ..........of Land I give and devise to beequally divided shar e and share alike between the three sons, David,William and Varney, their heirs and assigns f orever. But if the said Anneshould not (incline?) to live on the said plantation or should re nt itout in either case it is my Will and Desire that my grandson Ephraim havethe said land i mmediately there upon to Hold to Him his Heirs and Assignsforever as aforesaid.

Item: I give and Devise unto my son John Andrews and to his Heirs andAssigns forever two hund red and eighty acres of Land part of my Tract ofLand in Mecklenburg County as is (?) of? adjo ining his plantation.

Item: I give and Devise unto my son Thomas Andrews and to his Heirsforever, two hundred and e ighty acres of Land s aid of joining hisplantation, Being another part of my said Tract of La nd in MecklenburgCounty aforesaid.

Item: I give and Devise unto my Daughter Winiford Granger one hundred andthirty five acres o f land lying on the North side of Meherrin River atthe Lower part of my Land there being th e Land whereon she now liveswhich said Land I give to her and her Heirs forever.

Item: I give unto my son Abram Andrews one hundred and thirty three acresof Land on the Nort h side of Meherrin River in the middle of my Landthereto to him the said Abram his Heirs an d Assigns forever.

Item: I give and Devise unto my Daughter Lucy Andrews the Remainder partof my land lying on t he North side of Meherrin River the aforesaidcontaining by Estimation one hundred and thirty- three acres more or lesslying at the upper part of my said Tract.

Item: I give and Bequeath to my Loving wife Avis Andrews my Negro womanNell for and during he r Natural Life and after my said wife decease Igive my said Negro Nell to my son Ephraim Andr ews and his Heirs andAssigns forever and I also give my said wife a feather bed and furniture which is called Hers and as much of my stock as she pleases orthinks............

Item: Whereas my said Negro woman Nell is now with Child it is my willand desire that the Chi ld so to be born be an d belong to my grandsonDavid Andrews to him his Heirs and assigns fore ver.

Item: Whatsoever Debts may be due and owing to me at the time of my deathI give the .......an d profit .........to m y beloved wife aforesaidduring her life and after her decease to be eq ually divided among my sonsand daughters that may be then living share and share alike.

Item: I give unto my son Richard Andrews and to his Heirs and assignsforever one Negro girl n amed Jean.

Item: I give unto my son John Andrews one Negro girl named Suckey to himand his assigns forev er.

Item: I give unto my son Thomas Andrews one Negro girl named Sukey to himand his Heirs foreve r.

Item: I give unto my son Abram Andrews one Negro boy named Natt to himand his Heirs forever.

Item: I give unto my Daughter Avis a bed and furniture that is calledhers, a cow and calf, an d to have her choice o f two (Ewes?) of the Best( ? ) and a wheel and cards.

Item: I give unto my son Mark Andrews two Negro men called Heanary andDick to Him and his Hei rs forever.......... I also give unto my son MarkAndrews and to his Heirs and assigns foreve r all the rest and residue ofmy Estate of what nature kind or quality whatsover not herein be fore given away consisting of Stocks of (Houses?) ......caste making tools, sheep,household f urniture, etc.

Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son MarkAndrews sole Executor of t his my Last will and Testament, hereby revokingall and every will or wills heretofore by me m ade in witness whereof Ihave hereunto set m y hand and fix my Seal on this 22 day of May 1770 .Signed Sealed ............By the said William Andrews to be Hi s LastWill in the presence o f as who are being subscribing witnesses at Hisrequest. Gray Brigg s William (mark) Andrews J ames Boisseau

Curiously, four children from two different Bowen families and twodifferent Andrews familie s were all baptised on t he same date in BristolParish. But no children from other families w ere baptised on that datewith them - only Andrews children and Bowen children. A family affai r?Ephraim, son of Robert and Avis Bowen, David, son of William an d AmyBowen, Luciana, daught er of William and Avis Andrews, and Pheboe daughterof Richard and Mary Andrews were all bapti sed on July 30, 1732.

William Andrews (Jr) and Richard Andrews who witnessed the 1740 will ofJames Vaughan Jr wer e two of the sons of William Andrews (Sr) and wifeAvis of Dinwiddie Co. These two sons were c ertainly in the Lunenburg areaat that time. John Robin

That Lunenburg Co land was described in a patent to William "Anders".

William Anders 12 July 1750 400 acres in Lunenburg Co on the MeherrinRiver. Beginning on th e river bank thence new lines north one hundred andsixty two poles to three pines south eight y five degrees east two hundredand sixty eight poles to a Spanish oak on Beaver Pond Creek th ence downthe same as it meanders to a poplar on the same thence [?] south onehundred and thir ty four poles to a white oak on the bank of the riveraforesaid thence up the same a s it mean ders to the first station.Patents 30, p 159

The following deed is one of several that places John Granger's land nearBeaver Pond Creek an d Abram/Abraham Andrews ' land. Certainly JohnGranger's land was the land that William Andrew s Sr had left to daughterWinifred Granger.