Thomas Blount Jr. (1687 - 1729)

Born 1687 in Albemarle County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Elizabeth (Reading) Blount — married 1708 (to about 1729) in North Carolina

Descendants

Died 1729 at about age 42 in Bath County, North Carolina

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Biography

Thomas Blount Jr. was a North Carolina colonist.

Notes

Will of Thomas Blount, 3 Sep 1701^[1]

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North Carolina

In ye name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Blount, being in perfect health and sound Memory, Do make this my last will & testiment, thereby Revoke all former Wills & testements wtever in manr. & form following, viz:

...Item. As to ye rest of my Estate, tis my will & Desire yt it should be brought to an apprismt & out of it pay unto my three daughters, Sarah Peirce, Christian Ludford, & Ann Wilson, these sums hereafter named, yt is to say, unto my Sarah tenne pound Sterl. to be paid in Country Commodity; to my daughter, Christian, twenty Pounds Sterl. to be pd. as aforesd. & to my daughter, Ann, twenty Pounds Sterl. to be paid in like manner: and in case of the death of any of my aforesd daughters, ye same to be paid to either of their heirs: & to each of them one silver spoon: & further I Do give unto either of my two daughters last named, being Christian, & Ann, two yews and a Ram, to each of them, and in case my sd Estate so appraised, after the things before giving away, do not amounted to ye sd sumes of money, by me giveing them, my said daughters, to be paid proportionable out of w't it is apraised to: but if it shall amount to more then it my further will & Desire yt my two sones, John and Thomas, shall have each of them a negro, & for want of negroes to have ech of them five & twenty Pounds Sterl. apeace, to be pd in Country Comodity...

Will of Mary Lee, 26 Sep 1716^[2]

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In the name of God amen this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and sixteen, I Mary Lee wife of Capt. Thomas Lee and late widow of Capt. Thomas Blount of Chowan in the province of North Carolina being sick and weak of body but sound and perfect memory thanks be given to God therefore do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following hereby revoking and making void and null all former will or wills heretofore by me made either by word or writeing and this only to be taken for my last will and testament and no other. First and principally I give my soull unto almighty God hoping threw the mercy and intercession of Jesus Christ my ever blessed redeemer to receive full and final remission of all my sins and my body to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned and now as for the settling and dividing of my temporall estate among my children and the children of my deceased husband Capt. Thomas Blount unto which I have right thereunto to dispose of as will appear by the last will and testament of my said deceased husband Capt. Blount I give and bequeath as followeth:

Imprimis - I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Thomas Blount one half of the manner plantation with the manner house and pertinant belonging thereto which said half of the said manner plantation with the houses and appurtenances as said is containe three hundred and forty acres be the same more or less so that it be but the one equall half part & portion thereof to him my said son Thomas his heirs or assigns forever....

...And lastly I appoint my eldest son Thomas Blount whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament and moreover my will and desire is that my said children shall and may live at unity one with another without quarrels or division in testimony whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal day above mentioned and written.

North Carolina Executive Council, November 4, 1713

"It apearing to this Board that Kellam Tyler is Dead and hath left One Only Child by Name Katharine Tyler liveing and an Infant and Thos. Blount being nearest of Kin to the said Kellam, "It is Ordered by this Board that the Said Thos. Blount have the Guardianship and Tuition of the Said Katharine Tyler And also Administration of all the Goods and Chatles that were of the Said Kellams on behalfe of the Said katherine and dureing her Minority." ^[3]

Notes from The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 1, 1900.^[4]

pg 297

Thomas Blount, eldest son of Capt. Thomas Blount, dec'd , by Mary his wife, late the wife of Joseph Scott, of Perquimans Precinct, N.C, to Thomas Lee. 340 acres on the east side mouth of Kendrick 's Creek , where my father lived and by him bequeathed to the disposal of my mother, who by her last will and T . gave same to me, in pursuance of the will of my father; Jany 24, 1716 - 7. Test, Lyonel Reading, John Chevier.

Sources

1. ↑ Wills of Thomas Blount, 4 Aug 1701 and 3 Sep 1701. Albemarle Co., NC. "North Carolina Wills 1663-1789, Vol. 3 Ben-Boo". Archived at Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Will of Mary Lee, Chowan, NC. 26 Sep 1716. North Carolina Original Wills. Original documents at NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Archived online at Original Wills, Hill, George - Madren, Richard, Img. #983
3. ↑ The Colonial Records of North Carolina. Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council, North Carolina. Council November 04, 1713 - November 05, 1713 Volume 02, Pages 65-73
4. ↑ J. R. B. Hathaway, Editor. The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 1, 1900. Edenton, NC. Available on Google Books

See also:

• will of Lionel Reading, North Carolina State Archives

• NCPedia Thomas (Blunt) Blount biography, article from the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press.