Joseph Eidson (1715 - 1758)

Born 1715 in Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died May 1758 at about age 43 in Richmond County, Virginia,

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Biography

Joseph was born in abt 1715 in Colonial Virginia, the son of Edward Eidson and Penelope (Kelly) Eidson. ^[1]

Research Notes

Image print from "Eidson Family History & Genealogy Message Board" October 28, 2012 post. Web address: boards.ancestry.ca/surnames.eidsons/159.3.2.1.1/mb.ashx. From files of Elizabeth Stinson.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Edward Eidson Sr 1732

   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L2N6-81F

   Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983

   Richmond, Will and Inventories, Vol 5, 1725-1753, page 184 Ancestry.com Frame 112/390

   Notes:

   In the name of God Amen, &, I Edward Eidson of Richmond Co., being sick of body but of perfect sence & memory do make & ordain this my last will and testament in manner & form following this is to say first & principally I commend my soul to Almighty God hoping for acceptance thru the Merits of Jesus Christ my only mediator and advocate to my body I commit to the grave to be buried at the discretion of my Excrs. herein after named & as for my estate I dispose thereof as followeth Vitz: Imprimis My will is that all my debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged.

   Item - I give bequeath unto my son Joseph all land I bought of Capt. Spicer known by the name of the Old Court House to him & heirs of his body lawfully begotten and failing such heirs to my son Boyce and the heirs of the body lawfully begotten and failing such heirs to the heirs at law.

   Item - I give and bequeth to my said son Joseph one negro man named Rodger, the bed he now lyes on with its furniture two cows & calves three stears of three years old one piece of broadcloth that is now in the house with trimming one pot two dishes six plated & my great coate.

   Item - I give & bequeth the land I now live on to be equally divided between my sons John & Edward and the heirs of their body lawfully begotten, and failing such heirs of either of them to the survivor and heirs of his body lawfully begotten, & failing such heirs to my son Boyce and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, & failing such heirs to the heir at Law, and my will and desire is that the said land be divided by my neighbors, James Wilson and William Jordan.

   Item - My will is that my loving wife Penelope Eidson have half the land I now live on with the plantation during her natural life.

   Item - I give and bequeath unto my son John one negro boy named George one trunnell bedstead & furniture two cows & calves & two stears of three years old.

   Item - I give and bequeath unto my son Boyce one negro boy named Sam two cows and calves three stears of four years old & all the perfect furniture of the new house below stairs.

   Item - I give and bequeath unto my three daughters Sarah, Hannah & Betty all the money I now have in England to buy each of them one negro girl to be purchased at the discretion of my friend William Jordan & if the said money not be sufficient for that purpose my will is that it be made up out of the residue of my estate.

   Item - I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah an orphan girl named Katherine. Item - I give and bequeath unto each of my three daughters Sarah, Hannah & Betty three cows & calves & three steers of 4 years old.

   Item - I give and bequeath all the residue & remainder of my estate real and personal to be equally divided between my loving wife Penelope Eidson and my son Edward whom I do hereby constitute & appoint Exrx. & Exr. of this my last will and testament.

   In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand seal this 24 day of October anno Dom: 1732

   (signed) Edward Eidson

   Signed Sealed and Acknowledged in presence of: William Jordan, James Willson, John Deane

   In the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed Mr. Eidson desired that all the goods in his house be at the disposal of his wife (except what he hath already bequeathed) for the nurture of his younger children W. Jordan John Deane"

   At a court held for Richmond County the fifth day of February 1732, this will was proven in open court by the oath of William Jordan, James Willson, and John Deane Witnesses of thereto and admitted to record, Test Marmaduke Beckwith CC.