Land whereon John fries' now liueth being about fourteen hundred acres after M fricke hath his quantitie out of it to her & her heirs for euer reserueing to my wife her thirds of the two above seates durring her Life.

Item I giue unto my sayd Daughter, wch was her mother's desire & my promise y Cash in y new parlour & the Diamond ring & her mother's rings & the white quilt & the white Curtains & vallians

And as for the rest of my personall estate after my debts & dues are sattisfied justly whch I desire should be sattisfied out of my [ ] Cropps, which I doe not question but will be far more than I doe owe (thankes be unto god for it) theirfore it is my desire y my estate should not Come to any appraisement, but I order & bequeath a[s] followeth y is to say that their shall be a just Inuentory & List taken of my personall estate y! I am possessed of & for to be deuided in quantitie & quallitie, by three men of Judgement wch I request the Court to nominate, intofoure [parts] to be equall & proportionable deuided in quantitie & qualitie the [one] fourth part I giue to my Loueing wife in kind in lew of her dower or [claime], & one fourth part to my son Lawrence washington in kind, and one fourth part to my soñ John washington in kind, & one fourth part to my daughter Añ washington in kind to them & either of them seuerally and their heirs for euer & it is my will y if either my aboue sayd children should happen to dy, before they obtaine the age of one & twenty yeares or day of mariadge, then the Land of y child y Dieth to be the eldest son then Liueing, & if both my soñs should dy then the Land to be my daughter Añ, & as for the personall estate if any of my three Children should happen to dy, before they Come of age or day of mariadge, then it is my will that the two suruiueing children should equally deuide the personal estate of y child y' is dead betwixt them and theirs for

euer.

Item I giue and bequeath after all my legacies payd out w mony I shall haue in England to my son Lawrence washington.

1 Or Frier.

Item my desire is y their may be a funerall sermon preached at ye church & that their be no other funerall kept y! will exceed four thousand pounds of tobacco.

Item I giue unto the Lower Church of washington parish [ ] ten Commandments and the Kings armes wch is my desire should be sent for out of w mony I haue in England.

Item it is my desire y w estate I shall dy possessed should be kept intire without deuideing untill all debts & dues be payd & sattisfied.

Item I giue unto my bro: Lawrence washington four thousand pounds of tobb & Caske.

Item I giue unto my nephew John washington my godson eldest son to my bro: Lawrence washington one young mare of two years old.

2

1

Item it is my desire y when my estate is deuided in quantitie & qualitie into foure equall parts & y my wife hath taken her fourth part, y then euery Childs part should be put put ' uppon their towne plant [ or plantations theire for to be managed to the best aduantage for the bringing up & [educating of each child] according to the proffit of each Children's share.

Item it is my desire y my wife should haue the bringing up of my daughter Añ washington untill my son Lawrence comes to age or her day of mariadge & my wife for to haue the manadgement of her part to my daughter's best aduantadge.

Item I doe giue to my bro: Thomas Pope teñ pounds out of y mony I haue in England.

Item I doe giue unto my sister Marthaw Washington teñ pounds out of y mony I haue in England & w! soeuer else she shall be oweing to me for transporteing herselfe into this Country -& a year's accomodation after her Comeing in & four thousand pounds of tobb & Caske.

Item it is my desire y my bro: M! Thomas Pope haue the bringing up of my son John Washington & for to haue the manadgement of his estate to my soñs best aduantadge untill [he] be of age of one & twenty yeares or day of mariadge—

finally I doe ordaine & appoint my bro: M Lawrence washington & my son Lawrence washington & my Loueing wife M2 Añ washington my whole & soale executors of this my Last will & testament as witness my hand & seale this 21 of 7ber 1675.

Signed & sealed in ye

presence of us

JOHN LORD.

JOHN APPLETON.

Ye 1th Fana: 1677

JOHN WASHINGTON.

Then this will was proved by y oath of Cap Jn Lord, Cap Jn Appleton being decs recorded in y County Court records of WestmorLd.

POWER OF ATTORNEY BY THE WIDOW OF JOHN WASHINGTON.

Know all men by these presents that I Mrs. Ann Washington Widow & Relict of Capt John Washington of Westmoreland County decd, do hereby constitute, appoint and ordain my trusty and well beloved friend Mr. Caleb Butler of the said County my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name, and to my use, to ask, sue, receive and recover of all person or Persons whatsoever living, residing & abiding within this Colony of Virginia or province of Maryland, all such sum or sums of money, or Tobacco which shall be made appear to be due to me whether by bill, bond or Book account or otherways & upon non-payment of any part of the above Tobacco or money by any person or persons whatsoever I do empower him the said Caleb Butler to arrest & implead and into prison cast all such person or persons as he sees fitt, and out of Prison to release & sett free at his pleasure and acquittance or other discharges to give for me & in my name and for my use, and likewise I give my said attorney full power to employ any one attorney or more if he sees fit and to discharge them at his pleasure & to act and do in all my affairs belonging to me in Virginia or Maryland as if I myself were per

sonally present, ratifying and allowing & confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall act and do in the premises. As Witness my hand and seale this 28th day of March 1698. ANN WASHINGTON. [SEAL.]

Sealed Signed & Delivered in presence of,

WESTMORELAND Sct:

THOMAS HOWES,
HENRY WICKEFF.

At a Court held for the Said County the 30th day of March 1698.

The above Letter of attorney was proved by the oaths of the Witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded.

Teste

JAMES WESTCOMB C. W. C.1

89. LAWRENCE WASHINGTON (LAWRENCE, LAWRENCE 34, ROBERT 19, LAWRENCE, JOHN, ROBERT, JOHN'), baptized at Tring, co. Herts., 23 June, 1635. He married, 26 January, 1660, at Luton, co. Beds., MARY, daughter of Edmund Jones of Luton, gent., and by her had one child. 107. MARY, baptized 22 December, 1663, married Edward Gibson, vicar of Hawnes. "She probably died before her husband, if I draw the right inference from his will, proved 17 June, 1732, which does not mention a wife."-Waters. There is no evidence of Lawrence being in Virginia before 1667, when he obtained a grant of land in Stafford County, jointly with Robert Richards. He married in Virginia a widow with three daughters, about whose name there is some doubt. She is

1 From The Nation, 18 December, 1890.

supposed to have been Jane or Joyce Fleming, widow of Captain Alexander Fleming.'

By her he had issue:

a daughter, died in infancy.

108. JOHN.

109. ANN.

Lawrence died in 1677. His wife survived him and married again, a man who wasted her property.2

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Lawrence Washington, of the county of Rappac., being sick and weak in body, but of sound and perfect memory, do make and ordain this, my last will and testament, hereby revoking, annulling, and making void all former wills and Codicells, heretofore by me made, either by word or writing, and this only to be taken for my last will and testament.

Imprs. I give and bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almighty God, hoping and trusting through the mercy of Jesus Christ, my one Savior and redeemer, to receive full pardon and forgiveness of all my sinns, and my body to the earth, to be buried in comely and decent manner, by my Executrix hereafter named, and for my worldly goods, I thus dispose them. Item, I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter, Mary Washington, my whole estate in England, both reall and personall, to her and the heirs of her body, lawfully begotten, forever, to be delivered into her possession immediately after my decease, by my Executrix hereafter named. I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid daughter, Mary Washington, my smallest stone ring and one silver cup, now in my possession, to her and her heirs, forever, to be delivered to her immediately after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my loving son, John Washington, all my bookes, to him and his heirs, forever, to be delivered to him when he shall come to the age of Twenty-one yeares. I give and bequeath unto my

1 See Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.

Ford, Wills of George Washington and his Immediate Ancestors.