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Will:
- John Stafford left a Will in Dorchester Co. in 1749, naming his wife Elinor and 8 children William, JOHN, Elijah, Elisha, Mary, Rosannah, Elinor, and Elizabeth.
Abstracts of Wills
by Carson Gibb
abstracted from
PREROGATIVE COURT
(Wills)
MSA S538 <http://guide.mdsa.net/description.cfm?series=s538&action=stagser>
Liber 28
1751-1754
Liber 28, folio 326
8 May 1749
STAFFORD, JOHN, Jr., Dorchester Co.
To son William Stafford. my dw. plntn. 128a & Range 28a.
To son John Stafford, Addition to Lott 95a, the plntn. my father lives on at his d.
To son Elijah Stafford, Staffords Fortune 68a & 30a at the beg. bounded tree of Stafford Outlett.
To son Elishua Stafford, Hogg Quarter 80a & Stafford Outlett 38a adj. Elijah.
To dau. Mary Stafford, negro girl Silvas.
To dau. Rosanna Stafford, negro girl Pleasant.
To dau. Eliner Stafford, negro wench Nan, & Nan 1st child to dau. Elizabeth Stafford.
To Elijah & Elisua Stafford, my still, & to each of them, a bed.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 8 chldn
Witn: Jno. Layton, Henery Stafford, Lott Pritchet, Edward Poole.
20 Feb. 1750, sworn to by Layton, Stafford, & Pritchet in presence of Wm. Stafford, heir at law.
Will Proved:
- Distribution of the estate was made 22 Oct 1753 by John Marrett and his wife Eleanor (John's widow Elinor Stafford married John Marrett) and children listed were Mary of age, Eleanor of age; and John, Elizabeth, Elijah, Elisha, Rosanna, Rhoda and William, minors. (Rhoda is an extra child -- the widow must have been pregnant?)
Died:
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Bef 1713 - 1750 (> 36 years)
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