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[Genealogy.com, LLC, Family Archive #513, Ed. 1, Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, Date of Import: Mar 24, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.513.1.16318.3]
Individual: William Pope
Date: May 28, 1728
Location: Isle Of Wight
Record Type: Probate
Record ID: 22053
Description: Son
Prove Date: Oct 28, 1728
Book-Page: 3-127
Remarks: Henry Pope. Leg.-son William; son Henry; son Richard; son Jacob; son John; daughter Mary Williams; daughter Jane Braswell; son Joseph a tract of land on Blackwater Creek; daughter Mourning a tract on the Meherrin River; son Thomas a tract on the Murr
This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
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Matthew Sr. & Elizabeth had Matthew M. Strickland Jr. Matthew Jr. was born 1663 or 1674 in Isle of Wight county, Va. and died 25 Oct 1730 in Isle of Wight county, Va. Matthew Jr. married Ann Braswell.
WILL Of Matthew Strickland, Jr. [wife Anne Bracewell/Ann Braswell]
Isle of Wight Co. VA, presented at a court held for Isle of Wight County,
Oct. 25, 1730.
I Mathew Strickland being very sick & weak but in perfect memory blessed be God and do remembring the mortality of my Body do Give and Bestow of what worldly Goods God hath been pleased to Endow me with in This Manner following viz First I bequeath my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to be buried in a decent mannor according to the Discretion of my Executors.
Item - I give unto my son John Strickland one Hundred Acres of Land more or less beginning at a maple a corner Tree so running to a Place called the Green Pond from the Green Pond running across the Neck to the Swamp. I say unto my son John Strickland and his heirs for ever lawfully Begotten of his Body And for want of such Heirs then to the next heirs of the Family --------never to go out of the Name of the Family.
ITEM - I give unto my Son William the Land of the East Side of the Swamp I say unto my son William Strickland and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully Begotten. And for want of such heirs then to the next Heir of the Family never to go out of the Name.
ITEM - I give unto my son Sampson Strickland my now dwelling Plantation and the Land thereunto containing One hundred and Fifty Acres. I say unto my son Sampson Strickland and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such Heirs then to the next Heirs of the Family never to go out of the Name.
ITEM - I give unto my son Mathew Strickland one Grey Mare with one Eye two years old.
ITEM - I give unto my Son Jacob Strickland one young Horse bay aged a year and upwards -----
ITEM - I give unto my son John Strickland one dark Bay Mare aged Three Years old branded upon the shoulder with James Bryant brand Branded by Edward Chrittey and Abraham Dew ----
ITEM - I give unto my Son William Strickland one Gray Mare aged Three Years Old and upward.
ITEM - I give unto my Son Sampson Strickland one Bay Mare with a Star in her Forehead.
ITEM - I give unto my Daughter Sarah Strickland one Black Mare with her Ears cropt and her Colt if she has one ---
ITEM - I give unto my daughter Ann Strickland one Stone Horse branded with two C C one open at the upper part and the other at the under
ITEM - I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Strickland One Black Mare with a crop in one Ear taken off.
ITEM - I give unto my daughter Jane Strickland one Bay Mare branded on the Buttock with two S S
ITEM - I give unto my Daughter Ann Strickland One Bed Blankett & Sheet already received two Dishes and one Plate already received
ITEM - I give unto my Son Mathew Strickland four Steers to be sold for the Families use. I say unto my Son Mathew Strickland
ITEM - I give unto my Son Joseph Strickland Two two years Old Heifers one of them with a Calf by her Side and the other has not. I say unto my Son Joseph Strickland
ITEM - I give unto my eldest Son a Sorrell Horse a Stone Horse to purchase Land for them and Jacob with a barren cow to purchase Land for them.
ITEM - I give unto my Sons John, William & Sampson Strickland a two years Old heifer a piece I say unto my Sons John William and Sampson.
ITEM - I give unto my Son Mathew Strickland two ---years old ?????
ITEM - I leave my two Eldest Sons in charge with their Brothers cattle and their Increase to take care of them.
ITEM - I give unto my Son Joseph Strickland a Feather Bed and Furniture and a pot two Dishes and a
plate and half a Dozen of Spoons.
ITEM - I give unto my loving Wife all the rest of my moveable Estate during her life for widdowhood. I say unto my Loving Wife Ann Strickland excepting one cow and Calf to my Daughter Eliz Strickland and leaving my wife and Son Joseph Strickland Executors of this my last Will and Testament Dated the 14th
of July 1730.
The last will & Testament of Mathew Strickland
Testator Witness
Mathew Strickland
Joseph Strickland his marks
Arthur Taylor
Mathew Cooper
Mathew TTT Strickland his mark
At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 25th day of October 1730 ------The Last Will and Testament of Mathew Strickland Deceased was presented in Court by Anne Strickland Executrix and being aproved by the Oaths of the Witnesses is admitted to Record Test James Ingles Clk Court Record enter WILL BOOK
VOL.3 1726-1733 PAGES 224-225
The mark of Joseph listed as a witness looks like a capital I with a line across the middle parallel with the top and bottom crossings. Each cross piece at the top and bottom have little marks at the ends.
The mark of Mathew as signed looks like 3 Ts touching at the top cross pieces.
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Matthew Strickland, Will Book 3, Page 280-282, Inventory and Appraisal of Estate, Rec. July 26, 1731.
On July 26, 1731, the estate of Mathew Strickland was appraised to have a value of 107.7.7 pounds, by Robert Crocker, John (I) Cain, and Robert Buryman: 10 cows and calves, barren cow, 11 steers, 6 heifers, 5 year old heifers, bull, gray horse, bay horse, sorrel horse, slave man, 14 sheep, 6 sows and pigs, 3 barren sows, some shoats, boar, brass spice mortar, candle stick, 5 pewter basins, 31 ½ pounds of pewter, small dish, 10 plates, 12 ½ pounds of old pewter, some spoons, box iron and heaters, spit, 3 juggs, 6 bottles, jar, skillet, frying pan; pails, trays, tubs some old tubes; old cart and wheels, stock lock, sickle, 2 axes, 2 hoes, pair of mill stones; 4 old barrels; hammer, pair of steel yards, augur, some shoe tools, 4 old drawing knives, old handsaw, 148 pounds of pot iron, 2 parcels of old iron; looking glass, old table, 9 chairs, 4 feather beds and furnishings, 2 blankets, 2 chests, 2 old chests, old couch, woolen wheel; gold ring, old sword, gun, 2 old saddles and bridles.
DIVISION OF LAND BETWEEN SONS ONLY
[Note: Factually he had a dtr. Elizabeth Strickland Boone who is not mentioned].
Mathew Strickland [Sr} did not leave a will. Fortunately there is a record of a disclaimer statement by both Mathew the eldest son and heir apparent to his father's real estate and William the next eldest son in a deed recorded in Isle of Wight Co., Va. in Deed Book 1, page 302 and 303. The disclaimer was to a law passed in England in 1631 relative to Primogenture which established that the eldest son should inherit any title and land of the father, and if the eldest died without issue, then the land and title would
go to the next eldest son and so on. This document is difficult to read due to some use of old English and abbreviations which were difficult to decipher. and I'm not certain I translated right. It was evidently written by an educated person who was possibly a lawyer:
AUGUST 4, 1699 - 600 ACRES - DIVISION OF LAND BETWEEN SONS ONLY:
"To all X pian persons whom these present shall come. Matt Strickland and William Strickland, sons of Mathew Strickland, late deceased, have made, concluded, and agreed for a division between them and either of them, and their heirs for ever. Decided and bounded as followeth, I the said Mathew Strickland
does give and make over my whole right and title for me and my heirs unto him and his heirs forever, a piece of land where on my father lived on beginning at the mouth of the horse swamp, SOS running up the horse swamp to the Gum Branch \ ------ running up the said Branch to Coll. Pitts line SOS running
the line unto the Plantation whereon the said Matt Strickland dec'd dwelt now all the land above the formentioned Branch joining unto ------------Plantation and also all the land that lieth on the South side of
the Horse Swamp.
Now I the said Mathew Strickland dose give one hundred and fifty acres of Land at the Old Plantation unto my Brother Jno. Strickland and his heirs for ever never to go out of the name of ye Stricklands. Also ye said Mathew Strickland, does gives one hundred and fifty acres of land unto my brother,
Sam Strickland and his heirs forever not to go out of the name. ? lying at the head of the Watery Branch joining upon Arthur Whitehead, now all the rest of the land above the formentioned Branch and only the South side of the Horse Swamp --------said Mat Strickland does give unto my brother, William Strickland and his heirs, and also -------Mathew Strickland ----give unto my brother Joseph Strickland one hundred and fifty acres of land lying upon Blackwater between my Plantation and the line of ME or Mr. oodwards being on the ----in my own ---according to the Division Bounds after ------- me and my brother William Strickland, ------- ----- to have his -----according to the Division Bounds after ------between me and my brother. William Strickland, ---- ----- to have his ----- according to his ------------ to have his ------according to his ------all ----- and -----of---- ----- if ----- ----- of me Should defraud them or either (any?) of them ---- and defrauded shall forfit his own part according to these articles to him or them that shall be defrauded ----- ----- ----- and the aforesaid 150 acres lands to him or them unto John Strickland, his heirs shall not ----- or defraud a ----- sails of a piece of land joining upon the Black Pond at the head of the Horse Swamp bargained, and sold from me, Will Strickland unto Arthur Whitehead as a witness of hands and Seal this 9 day Aug. in the year of our Lord God 1699.
Signed Mat "M" Strickland
Will "W" Strickland
Wit. by Barnaby Mackinney, acknowledged at a Levey Case ----for ye Isle of Wiight co., Va. by Mathew Strickland and Wm. Davidson.
Isle of Wight Co., Va. in Deed Book 1, page 302 and 303
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Note: at this time until further research the information about the Children has been collected from "The Braswell Family History and Allied Famlies" By Hildon B. Braswell (c) 1984
The names of the ten Children are from CD# 513, Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850. Hill's book has the same names. The courious item is the death dates 1790-1791 for most of the sons. Need research.