Alice was born about 1738 to Richard Blackburn and Mary Watts.[1]
Alice married William Ellzey in 1755. They had children, including:[1]
In her will, Alice mentioned many enslaved people, who she bequeathed to her children:[2]
Others are mentioned, but their names are illegible--others may be able to decipher them.
William Ellzey's will was dated 29 July 1795. The following bequests were made to:
Mathew Harrison and Catherine his wife--all the remainder of Coke's tract of land conveyed to me that I have not otherwise dispose of to hold the same in fee simple: My son William, the lands known by the description of Mrs. Crum's Lott and the lower end of the Beaver Dam tract and thiry acre tract I bout of Piles in fee simple and my Negro man Daniel.
My daughters, Lucy Margaret and Sara, all the Lands rented to Jonathan Edwards, all the Lands rented to Samuel Adams, all the Lands rented to Charles Gill, all the Lands rented to Michael Houser and all the lands rented to (blank) Henwood in fee simple to be equall divided between them.
My Son, Lewis, all the lands rented to (blank) Hickman with my Broad Run Quarter, and all the lands contained in the Broad Run Tract below Henwood's bounds in fee simple. William provided for his wife, (Alice Blackburn Ellzey), as follows:
"All my stock and furniture, tools and utensils of husbandry and my books to my beloved Wife during her life and in her discretion to be disposed of among my children either in her life time or at her death, my debts to be paid out of this part of my estate. In like manner I give her all my slaves to be disposed of in her life time or at her death among my children as she shall think proper.
I likewise give to my said wife, my dwelling plantation and all the residue of the lands not herein before disposed of during her natural ife and after her decease to be equally divided between my tow eldest daughters and their heirs forever."
William named his wife (Alice Blackburn Ellzey) executrix and his son William Jr. as the executor of his estate.
Son William Jr., one of the executors produced the will at a court held for Loudoun County on April 12, 1796. Matthew Harrison Junior and Albert Russell were his securities. Bond was five thousand pounds. [3]
Alice was buried in the Ellzey Family Cemetery in Evergreen Mills, Loudoun County, Virginia.[4]
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