Ambrose Vaughan (abt. 1706)

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Biography

Ambrose Vaughan was a Virginia colonist.

Family

Will of Cornelius Vaughan ^[1]
Written: 6 November 1735
King and Queen County, Virginia
Legatees:
son John Vaughan - land and plantation where he now lives
son James Vaughan - plantation where he now lives and 1/2 the land on which I now live
son Ambrose Vaughan - plantation where he now lives and 1/2 the land on which I now live
son Cornelius (who is referred to as one of the four youngest children) - 1/2 the tract of land I bought lately of John Foster of Spotsylvania
Wife Elizabeth - the use of the plantation where I now live, lend to her three negro men (Antony, Tom and Sam) for three years to make a plantation on my land in Spotsylvania, I also lend to her for her natural life five negroes ( Hannah, Bess, Judy, Charles and Sary) and half my personal estate. After her death or marriage - the five negroes and their increase and the half of my personal estate are to be divided among my four youngest children (Bridget, Cornelius, Elizabeth and Margaret) and the child my wife is carrying.
daughter Bridget (who is referred to as one of the four youngest children)
daughter Elizabeth (who is referred to as one of the four youngest children)
daughter Margaret (who is referred to as one of the four youngest children)
and the unborn child currently carried by wife Elizabeth (Martin) - 1/2 the tract of land I bought lately of John Foster of Spotsylvania (if male)
To James Vaughan, John Vaughan, Ambrose Vaughan, Mary Chapman, Ann Martin, Sarah Hudgin, Katherine Silvan and Christian Scott - I give three negroes (Anthony, Tom and Sam) and half my personal estate after the the expiration of the term.
Executor: Elizabeth Vaughan
Witnesses: John Chapman, Edward Leavell, Mary M. Leavell

The inventory of Cornelius Vaughan's estate is listed in an Amherst County, Virginia chancery suit

"In Obedience to an order of King and Queen County Court dated the 26th day of January 1735 We the Subscribers met at the house of Cornelius Vaughan decd on the 8th Day of March 1735 & Appraised all the Estate of the said Vaughans that was brought to our view according to the following Inventory...."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Genealogical Society. August 1999. Virginia Genealogical Society quarterly Volume 37, Number 3. Richmond, Va: The Society. Leavell V. Coleman
2. ↑ Sweeny, Laura Higginbotham. Amherst County Chancery Suits. William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 3 (July 1939) pp. 318 - 324.