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CHILDREN

1. Catherine Young

2. Elizabeth Young

3. William Young

4. Ann Young

5. Mary Young

6. Sarah Young

WILL

Old Rappahannock County Virginia Deeds and Wills Book 9, P 138 Will of William Young Will written Nov. 30, 1696----Proved Jan. 10, 1697 William Young of South Farnham Parish

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Will page 2

In the name of God Amen. I William Young of South Farnham Parish in the County of Essex bequeathing my body to be decently buried (by mine Exr or Exrs hereafter specified) and my Soul to God that gave it in sure & certain hope of a resurrection to eternall life through Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour do make and constitute ordaine & declare this my last Will & Testamt., & none other, I being of a capable minde & disposeing memory blessed be God. And now for the settling of my temporal Estate & such good chattells & debts (as it hath pleased God) far above my merits to bestow upon me. I do order give & dispose ye same in manner & form as followeth:
   Imprs: I give & bequeath unto my daughter Catherine Young the full & just sum of 50 pounds sterling to be paid about 12 months after ye sd Catherines marriage:
   Item: I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Young the full sum of 100 pounds sterling to be paid at two equall payments thus 50 pounds at the expiracon of ye first year after she is marryed & 50 pounds after ye expiracon of ye next year after the sd marriage:
   Item: I give and bequeath unto these four (my daughters) Ann Covington, Sarah Mottram, Mary Contanceau & Catherine Young all that money & goods of mine that lies in England or elsewhere out of Virginia to be equally divided betwixt ye sd daughters & likewise 24,000 pounds of sweetscented tobacco & casks to be equally divided betwixt them and paid by my sonne William Young at 80,000 per annum, and that ye whole payment be ended or compleated within three yeares; and furthermore tis my desire that my four sd daughters (out ye production of ye monies & tobaccoes aforemenconed) do contribute buy and deliver unto Mary, the wife of Richard Carter a Negro either man or woman according to her own election & acceptacon and this is to be paid & compleated within three years after my decease.
   Item. I give and bequeath all ye rest of my estate both personall and real moveable & immoveable unto my said son William and his heirs forever, he paying & dischargeing ye afore specified legacies.
   Item. I constitute my sd Sonne William one of my Exrs as also Richard Covington, Spencer Mottram & Peter Contanceau, to be Exts. with my sd sonne to see this my will performed & kept till he shall arrive to ye age of 21 years & thus acknowledging this to be my last will & testament; In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand & subfixed my seale this thirtieth day of November Anno Salutis one thousand six hundred ninety seven.
Signed & sealed in ye presence of us
Witness: Robert Lumpkin, John Ball, Rich Collect
/s/ Will: Young
Prov'd in Essex County Court by ye oathes of Jno: Ball & Robt. Lumpkin ye 10th day of Janry; 1697/8.

Rappahannock County Virginia Deeds and Wills1695-99, P 97
March 10, 1697----March 10, 1697
Order for Probate granted to Executor of Estate of William Young.






The fact that William Young bequeaths to his 4 daughters goods that lie in England or elsewhere may be an indication that William Young had not long been in this country from England.