NEWBY Henry
1680 - 1741

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• Birth	1680	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1741	Lancaster County, Virginia
  Will	14 Oct 1741	Lancaster County, Virginia   [1]
  	Text: The following is a verbatim copy from Lancaster Co., VA. DATE OF WILL, 14 OCT 1741, LANCASTER CO., VA. In the name of God amen the fourteeth day of October in the year of our Lord God 1741 I HENRY NEWBY in the County of Lancaster being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God do make & ordain this my last will & testament that is to say principally & first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it me and for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner and as vouching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the Life I give and devise & dispose of the same in manner and form following Inprinis I give & bequeath to MARY my dearly beloved Wife one negro man named Guy to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my son HENRY NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro man named Carly and if my son HENRY NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro man to fall to my youngest son WILLIAM NEWBY and to his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my son OZWALD NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro girl named Frank - and if my son OZWALD NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro girle shall fall to my son HENRY NEWBY and to his heirs forever Item I give & bequeath to my son WHALEY NEWBY and to his heirs forever one negro woman named Jane and my will is that the first child that the sd. negro woman shall bring - shall fall to my Daughter SARAH NEWBY and her heirs forever My will and desire is that if my son WHALEY NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro woman shall fall to my son JAMES NEWBY and to his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my son JAMES NEWBY one shilling sterling money and no other part or parcel of my Estate. Item I give and bequeath to my son WILLIAM NEWBY and to his heirs forever on negro boy named Tom and if my son WILLIAM NEWBY should die without a lawful heir begotten of his own body that then the sd. negro boy shall fall to my daughter HANNAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter HANNAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever one negro boy named Peter and if my Daughter HANNAH NEWBY should die without lawful heir of her own body that then the sd. negro boy shall faill to my Daughter SARAH NEWBY and to her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife my best bed & furniture Item I give and bequeath to my son HENRY NEWBY the next best bed & furniture Item my will and desire is that all the remaining part of my Estate shall be equally divided between MY WIFE & CHILDREN that is to say HENRY NEWBY, OZWALD NEWBY, SARAH NEWBY, HANNAH NEWBY, WHALEY NEWBY and WILLIAM NEWBY. Item my will& desire is that all my negroes shall be kept upon the plantation and work together to help raise my children til myyoungest son WILLIAM NEWBY arrive to the age of fifteen years except the negro man that I give to my son HENRY NEWBY and my will is that he shall stay & work with the rest to raise my children the terme of five years after my decease I likewise constitute make and ordain my Dearly beloved WIFE MARY NEWBYand my SON HENRY NEWBY my whole and sole EX.rx and Ex.r of this my last will & testament and I do herby utterly disallow revoke & disannill all & every other former testaments wills & Legacies Bequests and Ex.rd by me in any way as before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and first year written---- his Robert Mitchel Jun.r
  Person ID	I14907	Wheeler
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2010

  
  

  Family	WHALEY Mary,   b. 1695, Scotland ,   d. 1761, Lancaster County, Virginia
  Married	Abt 1710
  Children	> 1. NEWBY Whaley,   b. 1721, Lancaster County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Sep 1796, Simpson County, Kentucky
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F5617	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1680 - England Died - 1741 - Lancaster County, Virginia Will - 14 Oct 1741 - Lancaster County, Virginia  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1671] Virginia Will Records, McGhan, Judith, comp., (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. Accessed under "Virginia Will Records" at Ancestry.com on 10 July 2008.), Will Book 13, p. 265-6 (Reliability: 3), 25 Jul 2010.