Edwin Conway, Jr.

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• Will, Jul 1695, Lancaster Co., VA. ²⁶ To all to whom these pesents shall come I Edwin Conway of the County of Lancastr Gent send greeting know yee that I the saide Edwin Conway for the naturall love and affection I have and leave unto my two Children herein after named and for their better peferment and advantage and for divers other good Causes and considerations mee hereunto moving Have given and granted and by these pesents doe give grant and deliver unto my sone Edwin Conway one negro Girle called Ann with all the increase God shall send by her One negro boy called Thomas A silver salt and three silver spoons four milch Cows A feather bed and furniture my Gunn and his choice of my Chests An Iron pot and fireing pan I also hereby give grant and deliver unto my daughter Mary my negro Girle called Sarah and her increase which God shall send my negro Boy William and four Cowes a featherbed and furniture my Silver Tankard and three silver spoones and all my Rings of Gold and stone Ring late belonging to my late dec'd wife. A seele skyn Trunk marked E. S. (Edward Sutton. H. E. H.) an Iron pot and frieing pan p:vided alwaise and upon the condition nevertheless that it shall and may bee lawfull to and for mee the saide Edwin Conway for and during my life to have and use the benefit and advantage of the labour and Imploy of the said negroes hereby given and granted and to have the use and wearing of all and singular the goods herein before mentioned And in case either of my saide Children shall dye before my decease that then the gift and grant hereby made of the negroes Cattle and Goods to him or her soe dieing shall come and revert unto the survivor of my sd Children anything in these prsents contained to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding prvided likewise that in case my said daughter Mary shall contract matrimony before the sixteenth day of February which shall be in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and two that then the Gift and grant to her hereby made shall cease & determine but continue remain and bee unto my saide sone Edwin Conway any thing to the Contrary thereof in any wise not withstanding In witness whereof I the saide Edwin Conway have set my hand and seale the tenth day of May In the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety and five. And two silver spoones pte of what is hereby given delivered to each of my saide Children In name and token of possession of all and singular the Negroes Cattle hereby given and granted to them as herein is before expressed. EDWIN CONWAY ye Seale. Sealed and delivered after the Interlining of the word (two) in the deed above written In prests of Henry Fleete, Litten Thacker, Christopher Thelkeld, Jos Taverner, Recognit in Cur Cam Lancastr decimo die July Ao Domo 1695 JOHN STRETCHLEY Cl. Cur.

• Will: 2nd Will (probated 7 Sep 1698) of Edwin Conway, 19 Mar 1698. In the name of God, Amen.

I, Edwin Conway, of the County of Richmond, being very sick of body, but of sound mind, and perfect
memory, Praised bee God, doe make and ordain this my last will and testament, in maner, as forthwith,
first and most principally, I give and bequeathe my soul to God that gave it In certain hope, notwithstanding
my unworthiness, to receive pardon for all my sins through the blessed merits of my dear Redeemer the
Lord Jesus Christ, & by no other way or manner, whatsoever, doe I hope for my pardon, and my body, I
commit to the earth to bee burried in my burying ground in Lancaster, by the left side of my dear wife Sarah,
dec'd, at the discretion of my Brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Fleete, an. Mr. Andrew Jackson, in certain
hope, thro the merits aforesaid, that soul & body will have a joyful meeting at the resurrection of the just.

Item, I give and bequeathe unto my son Francis, seven hundred and six acres of land in the county of
Essex, being that land I bought of Mr. Henry Ceyton. The saide land, do I give to my saide sone, and to
the heirs of his body lawfully to bee begotten; and for the want of such heirs, the saide land to fall to the
child or children whereof my wife now goeth withall, and to the heirs of their body lawfully to bee begotten;
and for want of such heirs, to my sone Edwin, to him and his heirs forever.

I also give to my sd sone Francis, three negroes, Sam & Kate & Frank, their child, to him, the said
Francis, and his heirs as aforesaid, and for lack of such heirs, to the child or children, whereof my wife now
goeth withall to them and their heirs forever.

Item, I give unto the child, or children, whereof my wife now goeth withall, the crop of sweet scented
tobacco that is now below at my lower plantation, to be put into the hands of Henry and Edwin Thacker
and sent for England, and when money is made from the sale of the same, They, to buy two negroes, such
as in their discretion they shall think fit, and to bee delivered to their mother, for the saide child, or children.

Item, I give to my sone Edwin, all that estate, both real and personal, which I formerly gave him by deed
of gift, recorded in Lancaster Court, with all and every part and parcel of my estate in Lancaster County,
not before given, except one negro man named Jack. Only I hereby oblige saide sone, to pay unto his
sister Mary the cattle formerly given to her by deed of gift. I also give to my saide sone, my bay Mare,
and all my wearing cloths, and all my mathematical instruments and bookes, and all the cloth and stuff
sent for to England, when please God they doe arrive. I doe hereby also make my saide sone full and sole
executor of all this legacy hereby given to him.

Item, I give unto my daughter Mary all that estate, both real & personal, I formerly gave her by deed
of gift recorded in Lancaster Court, and my brown Mare, and all the clothing I sent for out of England,
when please God they doe arrive.

Item, I give and bequeathe unto my dear and loving wife Elizabeth Conway, all my estate real and personal
not hereby given away before. All and every part and parcel that may or can be found in Virginia,
England, or elsewhere, and I doe hereby make and ordain my saide wife Elizabeth, full and sole executrix
of all hereby given to her, Requesting her to pay all my debts.

Item, I nominate and appoint my trusty friends and kinsmen Mr. Andrew Jackson, Mr. Samuel Fox, Mr.
Henry Thacker and Mr. Edwin Conway, to bee overscers of this my last will and testament, Desiring my
sd overseers, to carefully advise and instruct my children by my first wife, in their persons and estates.
And to bee assistant to their power, to my dear wife Elizabeth. And if it should please God, to take away
my dear wife during her childrens minority, then I commit there care and tuition of them, and their estates,
to my saide kinsmen Mr. Henry Thacker, and Mr. Edwin Thacker, for witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand and seal, this the nineteenth day of March, in ye year of Our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred,
Ninety and Eight.
EDWIN [Ye Seal] CONWAY.

Signed and Sealed in ye presence of Alexander Spence, John Size.

At a Court held for Richmond County on the 7th of Sept 1698 This will was presented by Elizabeth Conway
and proved in Open Court by the oathes of Alexander Spence and John Size, and ordered to bee recorded.
(See Min. of R'd County Court.)

Edwin married Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Col. Francis Thornton and Alice Savage, on 21 May 1695 in Richmond County, VA. (Elizabeth Thornton was born on 3 Jan 1679 in Gloucester Co., Virginia and died on 14 Nov 1732 in King George Co., VA.)

Edwin next married Sarah (Walker) Fleet, daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Fleet and Unknown, before 1681. (Sarah (Walker) Fleet was born about 1650 in Maryland and died before 1695 in Virginia.)