I19170: Betty Loraine BERGER

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"Here is the transcript of two photo copies of wills that I had in my possession. These were obtained from the LDS Family History Library in SLC, Utah. These two wills show Catharine and Mary Thomas who married the Ambrose brothers were children of Joseph and Sarah Thomas.

According to my records Sarah ( b. abt 1711) is the daughter of Phillip Pendleton (b. abt 1689) and Elizabeth Pollard (b. abt 1693). Joseph Thomas (b. abt. 1705) is the son of Rowland Thomas (b. 1661) and Mary Gregory (b. abt 1663).

Will of Joseph Thomas, Orange County, Virginia Will Book 2 pp 461-462 made 3 May 1773; recorded 24 June 1773. Executor is wife Sarah. Witnesses Ambrose Barbour, Ann Taylor, and James Taylor Junr. Bonds holders Thomas Barbour and Johnny Scott.

In the Name of God Amen, I Joseph Thomas of Saint Thomas Parish in the County of Orange being sound in Memory do make and ordain This to be my last Will and Testament in manner and Form Following Principally. I most humbly implore the Mercy of Almighty God Through the Merits of Jesus Christ to Inherit Eternal Life and happyness. My body to be Decently buried at the Descretion of my Executor here in after named and as for my Estate both real
and Pesonal I give and Dispose There of as Follows. Inprimerse I desire that all such Debts as I shall Justly owe at the Time of my Death and my Funeral charges & Expenses be In the first Place paid by my Exor herein after named.

Item: I lend unto by Beloved Wife Sarah Thomas During her natural Life my Plantation Whereon I now live and after her Decease I give and Bequeath the same to my Daughter Catherine Thomas to her and her Heirs & assigns forever.

Item: I also lend unto my said Wife Sarah Thomas The Land I hold on the North Side of the south Fork of the Gourdvine River in Culpeper County During Her Life and after her Decease I give and Bequeth the same to my son Richard Thomas to him and his heirs & assigns Forever.
Item: I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Catherine Thomas Three Negros to wit Iibbe?, Sarah and Polley also one Feather Bed & Furniture to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

Item: I give and Bequeath unto my son Richard Thomas all my lands that I hold on the South side of the south Fork of the Gourdvine River to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

Item: I give the residue of my Estate both real and Personal unto my said Beloved Wife Sarah Thomas to her and her heirs or assigns for ever and I do Appoint my said Beloved wife Sarah Thomas as my ? and sole Executive of this my last will & Testament revoking and making null and void all & every Will and Wills by me hereto fore Made In the Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3 day of May 1773.

Signed and sealed Published & Delivered by the Testators to be his last Will & Testament in The presence of us Ambrose Barbour Ann Taylor James Taylor Junr. { Joseph Thomas}-- off to the side.

In Court held for Orange County on Thursday the 24th of June 1773 This Last Will and Testement of Joseph Thomas Deced being Presented unto Court by Sarah Thomas the Executrix therein named and was proved by the Oaths of Ambrose Barbour & James Taylor two of the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of the Executrix who made oath according to ? certificate is granted her for obtaining Probate thereof in due form Whereupon this Sarah Thomas With Thomas Barbour and Johnny Scott Gent. Her Security Entered into and Acknowledged their Bond for the Same in the sum of (L} 2000 Current? Money.
Test. James Taylor C.O.B.

Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 From: [email protected] Subject: Richard and Joseph Thomas To: [email protected]
It is true that Richard Thomas had a daughter Catharine but she is not the one that married Ambrose Barbour. Richard Thomas did not have a daughter named Mary Pendleton Thomas. The two sisters, Catharine and Mary P., were the daughters of Joseph Thomas and Sarah Pendleton. Joseph was the brother of Richard. I have the will of Joseph Thomas and his wife Sarah that makes this clear. Thought you might like to know this and maybe help clear up the incorrect information in the literature and on the internet. Web

"Joseph Thomas was a wealthy and distinguished man, Sheriff of Spotsylvania in 1736 and later Sheriff and a County Justice of Orange County, where he died in 1774."

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My Southern Family

Betty Loraine BERGER

Joseph BERRY

1796 - 1857

ID Number: I59912

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Eliza L. ESTES

1818 - BEF 1849

ID Number: I76432

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Margaret Susan MCKINNEY

30 Mar 1827 - ____

ID Number: I44374

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Polly MCNISH

1788 - ____

ID Number: I92353

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Nancy Trabue MINTER

9 Jan 1777 - BEF 1815

ID Number: I53657

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Joseph THOMAS

ABT 1705 - 1773

ID Number: I28453

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