Notes for Robert Lazenby, II




			The Ancestors of D O N N A J O Y J O H N S O N of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Notes for Robert Lazenby, II

Robert Lazenby came into possession of Wolf's Den, his father's property,
in what is now Montgomery Co., Maryland. The homeplace included 217
acres of land, located near the Northwest Branch. The house stood until
1953; on the mantle, someone burnt the name "Lazenby." [Mary Elinor
Lazenby, "Joshua Lazenby 1759-1840," 1953, 2]

Owned 'Wolf's Den,' 217 acres, value 189-17-16: no improvements listed,
167 acres cleared, sapling land and thin soil.
Robert Lazenby also owned 'Beall Christy', 100 acres, value 50: 1 old
framed dwelling house, 1 tobacco house, old log houses, all cleared, thin
soil.
[Rod James Fields, The Fields Family Homepage, (Family Tree Maker User
Home Page), "Electronic."]

Robert Lazenby mentions his children in his will in this order, which is
not the order of their birth:
Ann Jones
Elizabeth Farrell
John Lazenby
Robert Lazenby
Elias Lazenby
Thomas Lazenby
Alexander Lazenby
Henry Lazenby
Joshua Lazenby

Robert Lazenby stated in his last will and testament that it was his
desire that no one be appointed administrator of his estate. He
bequeathed one-third of the real property, including his house and
orchard, and one-tenth of her personal estate, a child's share, to his
wife, Martha. All remaining land was to be sold and the money equally
divided among his nine children. The parish records taken during the
time of his death have been destroyed.

Robert Lazenby's children and his stepson, Thomas Odell, requested that
he make a distribution of his personal property, which he did on May 13,
1785. The distribution was recorded in ten separate deeds of gift.
Robert Lazenby apparently died shortly after making the deeds of gift.
His second wife, Martha Odell, made exception to the arrangements and
claimed one-third of the personal property as well as the real estate.
At the time of Robert Lazenby's death, son Elias was in Georgia. [Mary
Elinor Lazenby, Lazenby - Some Account of Families in the United States
Which Bear the Name, (Old Neighborhoods Press, Washington, DC, 1942),
11.]

Among the distributions:
Martha Lazenby - one pair of hand millstones
Ann Jones - received the sheep
Joshua Lazenby - 3,000 pounds of tobacco
John Lazenby - 1,000 pounds of tobacco
Robert Lazenby - 1,000 pounds of tobacco

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