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- !DEATH: Will Bk #3, pg 7.
In the name of God Amen: I William Maclin Senr. of the Parish of Saint
Andrews in the county of Brunswick, Planter, being unwell but being of asound
perfect and disposing mind and memory praise be given to Almighty God forthe
same, and calling to mind the uncertainty of man's life, and knowing thatall
flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, do make andorder
this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills andTestaments
by me heretofore made.
1. IMPRIMIS myself I give and resine unto God that gave it, hoping for
pardon and remission of all my sins through the merits and mediation ofJesus
Christ our Lord and Savior.
ITEM. My body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken to bedecently
buried by my executor hereafter named; and for the disposal of my Temporal
estate, I give devise and dispose of the same in manner following:
ITEM. I desire that all my debts be first paid within covenient timeafter
my death, and it is my will and desire that my estate shall not beappraised.
I give and bequeath unto my son James Maclin thirty pounds cash to himand
his heirs forever.
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my son William Maclin thirty poundscash to
him and his heirs forever.
ITEM. I give to my son John Maclin thirty pounds cash to him and hisheirs
forever.
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Lanier Labour and useof one
negro man named eorge her lifetime and then I give the same to her sonThomas
Lanier and to his heirs forever. Also I give and bequeath unto mydaughter Ann
Lanier my Bed and furniture whereon I now lie myself, to her and her
heirs forever.
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Judith McKnight one negronamed
Bety to her and her heirs forever. And all the rest of my estate Idesire to
be equally divided between my five children, James, William, John, Ann and
Judith McKnight, and further I do nominate and appoint my Son JamesMaclin my
full and sole executor of this will and Testament.
In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this
twenty-ninth day of January in the year of Our Lord Christ one thousandseven
hundred and fifty-one. Signed sealed in the presence of WilliamMaclin
(S.S.) Teste: John Denton his Peter P. Adams mark John Maclin
At a court held for Brunswick county the twenty-sixth day of March1751, this
will was presented in court and made oath to by James Maclin the executor
therein named, and was proved by the oaths of John Denton, Peter Adamsand John
Maclin, the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and certificate
granted the said executor for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, he
having with John Maclin and Sampson Lanier his securities entered into and
acknowledged Bond in the penalty of five hundred pounds current money of
Virginia, with condition according to law. Litt. Tazewell Cler. Court
"Maclin family is of Scotch Origin. American Pioneer settled in SurryCounty
Virginia" by Frances M. Smith (Eleanor Lexington) a genealogist fromChappaqua,
NY. Article copied from "The Family Chronicle and Kinship Book of Maclin,
Clack, Cocke, Carter, Taylor, Cross, Gordon and Other Related American
Lineages" by Octavia Zollicoffer Bond
"In search of records of the Maclin family prior to 1723, a voyage toScotland
is necessary, for it is there that William Maclin was born. He settled in
Surry County, Virginia, in 1723, and died in Brunswick County in 1752(this
should be 1751). He had 30 acres in Surry, and thirteen years later, orin
1736, had large grants in Brunswick County."
from another part of the article.."In the course of time a branch of theMaclin
clan removed to Ireland, the rest remaining in Scotland in the vicinity of
Paisley. It is said that William and John Maclin, brothers, came fromPaisley
to a section of Virginia which was afterwards called Brunswick County.John
Maclin died not many years after the brothers came to America."
It is not know, for sure, that John and William were brothers. NoMaclins
show up in Virginia before 1704. John is shown to have resided in PAbefore
removing to VA. No listing of a Wiliam in PA.
Additional
Married Katherine Brewer cir 1700 in Brunswick,VA. He and his brotherJohn came
from Scotland. From 1732-1746, he became ne of the first Justices of
Brunswick, VA. In 1738-39, he was a sheriff. 1751- "Captain of Foot".St.
Andrew's parish vesteryman for many years..from Virginia Ramsey Vertz,1701
Dinuba Ave., Space # 185, Selma, CA 93662--Apr 1992
Additional
William Maclin in VA Quit Rent Roll, 1704, James City County. The land he
owned in 1723 in Surry was probably in that part that became Brunswick,created
in 1720 but not organized until 1732.
Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.
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Bef 1683 - 1751 (68 years)