- 4 Jun 1712: Will, Richmond Co., VA. The will of William Downman. 'In the Name of God Amen, I William Downman of the Parish of North Farnham in the County of Richmond being of perfect mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this life do make and declare this my last Will and Testament. First I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and my body to Christian Buriell, and as for my worldly goods, I give as followeth. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Rawleigh Downman and his heirs forever a parcell of land which I bought of Edward King and his wife, being a part of a dividend commonly called Mount Sion and granted to Thomas Stevens. Likewise I give unto my said son and his heirs forever, that parcell of land containing about two hundred and fifty acres which I bought of Charles Cole being part of the aforesaid dividend. (Note: Thomas Stevens was the first husband of Elizabeth, mother of Million Travers Downman. Mary Stevens, their daughter, married Giles Cale, and their children were Nathaniel, Charles, and Elizabeth who married Edward King. LBL) Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Downman, and his heirs forever, three hundred acres of land lying near the branches of Totuskey which I bought of Richard Nutt and his wife. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Travers Downman all the land which I bought of Arthur Attoy lying in the Forrest of Moratticon, which said land with the land I bought of George Pedley being in the same patent I give unto my son Travers and his heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my two sons William and Robert to each of them a negro after my debts are paid which I now owe in England. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Million ten shillings to buy a ring. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth one Negro at her day of marriage or within one yeare after my decease. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son William Downman what moneys my son Glascock owes me for the mill stones and what belongs to them wch. may appear by Mrs. Goodwin's account, that I sent for to Glascock. Item. I give and bequeath unto my wife one negro woman called Mary and one negro woman called Dinah for life time and after her decease I give said negro called Mary to my son Travers, and the negro called Dinah to my daughter Priscilla. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Travers one negro boy called Jack, and all the children his mother shall have hereafter. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Priscilla one negro girl called Indee and all the children her mother shall have hereafter. Lastly, I give unto wife and her heirs forever, after all my Debts and Legacies are paid all the rest of my estate making her my whole and sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this the 28th day of May 1711. William Downman (Seale) Signed sealed and acknowledged in presence of Abraham A.B. Goard (his mark), William Ackors, William Goad. Proved in Richmond County Court the fourth day of June 1712 by the oaths of William Ackors and William Goad and ordered to be recorded. Richmond County VA, Will Book 3, pg 177.
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- 26 Nov 1692: Transported to Richmond Co., VA.
!6 May 1702: Mr. William Downman, sheriff. Order Book 3, Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 2. (Oct., 1908), pp. 73-85.
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