SLEDGE John, Sr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Inheritance: 1727, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Will: 1750, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Inheritance:
John Sledge, in his father's will in 1727, received 100 acres of land in Surry, bounded by Samuel ChappelTs land on one side and CoL William Randolph's land on the other side.

Will:
The family apparently prospered. In his will, probated in 1750, he made the following bequests: To my eldest son Charles Sledge 150 acres of land where he now lives and negros; to my son Daniel Sledge, part of a tract of 200 acres in Brunswick County, also pewter dishes, etc.; to son Amos Sledge 171 acres of land, being a part of the above Brunswick County; to daughter Ann Griffin L 5; to daughter Sarah Sledge pewter dishes and cows; to (wife) Rebecca, negros and household goods, and 200 acres where I live; the remainder of the estate to be divided between Charles, Daniel, Sarah, John and Amos.

In the name of God, Amen: I John Sledge of the Parish of Albemarle in the County of Surry, being somewhat sick in body but sound perfect disposing mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same calling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life, and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner, following:
First of all, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits of my only Saviour Jesus Christ to have full remission of all my sins and to inherit eternal life and as to my body I commend to the earth from whence it came to be decently interr'd at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as for my temporal estate where with it had pleased God he blessed me with I give and dispose of in manner following (Viz)
Item: I devise to my eldest son Charles Sledge & his heirs forever one tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres being the Plantation he now lives on and one Negro boy Peter & one pewter dish.
Item: I devise to my son Daniel Sledge & his heirs forever part of a tract of land containing two hundred acres lying in the county of Brunswick and one pewter dish & one Negro boy named Tom.
Item: I devise to my son Amos Sledge & his heirs forever part of the same tract of land before mentioned
containing one hundred & seventy one acres lying in the County of Brunswick.
Item: I devise to my son Amos one feather bed, furniture & one pewter dish, one iron pot & a cow & calf.
Item: I devise to my daughter Ann Griffis five pound credit in a store & one pewter dish.
Item: I devise to my daughter Sarah Sledge one feather bed & furniture & a cow & calf and one pewter dish.
Item: I devise to my loving wife Rebecca Sledge during her natural life or widowhood one Negro woman Cloe & then she & her increase to be divided between by two youngest sons John Sledge and Amos Sledge to them and their heirs forever.
Item: I devise to my loving wife Rebecca Sledge one horse & side saddle, a bridle, one feather bed & furniture, a chest the biggest, one iron pot, to her own disposal amongst my children.
Item: I devise to my son [John?] Sledge one feather bed & furniture, one iron pot and one pewter dish and a cow and calf.
Item: I devise to my loving wife Rebecca Sledge during her natural life or widowed two hundred acres of land being the land I now live upon and at her decease I give it to my son John Sledge & his heirs forever.
Item: I devise that all the residue & remainder of my personal estate I give to be equally divided between Charles Sledge and Daniel Sledge, Sarah Sledge, John Sledge & Amos Sledge after my wife's decease & I leave my wife whole executor of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me and affixed Seal this 27th day of December, 1749.
Sign'd published & declared in presence of us, Hugh Ivey, Thomas Ivey
His
John Sledge (L.S.)
Mark
My whole will and desire that my estate may not come to an appraisement.
At a Court held for Surrey County the 18th day of December 1750. The within & after written Last Will and Testament of John Sledge deceased, was presented in Court by Rebecca Sledge, widow and relict of the said John & Executrix therein named who made oath thereto according to law and the same was proved by the oaths of Hugh Ivey & Thomas Ivey two of the witnessed thereto and by the Court ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executrix certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate
thereof in due from. Teste: A Claiborne, Clk Teste: V. E. Savedge, Clk Copy

John married IVEY Mary Rebecca in 1720 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of IVEY Will Hugh and HORTON Elizabeth) was born about 1700 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1752 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
He married Mary Rebecca Ivey, daughter of Will Hugh and Elizabeth (Horton)Ivey in Surry County in 1720.

1. SLEDGE Charles was born about 1722; and died.
2. SLEDGE John, Jr. was born about 1730; and died.
3. SLEDGE Daniel was born about 1731; and died.
4. SLEDGE Amos, Sr. was born in 1732 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 17 Dec 1780 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
5. SLEDGE Anne was born about 1734; and died.
6. SLEDGE Rebecca was born about 1736; and died.
7. SLEDGE Sarah "Sally" was born about 1738; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 3 Nov 1725, Surry, Surry County, VA

Notes:

The Sledge femily traced its ancestry to one Richard Sledge and his son Richard Sledge, Jr. of County Somerset in England. Richard, Jr. and his son Charles, in the middle of the 17th century, settled in what would soon become Surry County, where we find their descendants still living 200 years later. It may be helpful to the reader if he/she follows this narrative while referring to the two charts on the Ancestry of Mary Etta Cotton and Chart CC, Ancestry of Amos Sledge I.

Charles Sledge was born about 1650 at Frome, Avon in Dorset or Somerset, England, and died 2/16/1726 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. He married Mary Clark, daughter of Robert Clark and Rachel (Morgan) Clark at Jamestown, about 1690. In 1716 he patented 250 acres in Surry County. Charles and Mary had five children: Charles, Judith (1693), Martha (ca.1695), Rebecca (1696) and John (1698).

Charles Sledge is probably the son of Richard and Ann Sledge, who arrived in the "Alithea" in 1681. In Bristol, England, they named Penford as their old home-place. (Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Ship Lists in Bristol and America, p 174.)
Charles Sledge married Mary Clark of Isle of Wight County.
Charles Sledge died in 1727 and his wife Mary in 1728.
Their wills are on file in the Virginia archives.
Peter Hayes was the executor of Mary (Clarke) Sledge's will (Boddie, Southside Va Families, vol I p 366.)

Living In:
Pigeon Swamp Coordinates: 370128N0770855W
Map of Pigeon Swamp: (Disputanta South)
Place: A stream in Sussex County, Virginia

Will:
Will of Charles Sledge
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I Charles Sledge being in a very sick and weak condition but blessed by
God, of a sound and perfect memory not knowing how soon it may please Almighty God to take me out of this present world have thought fit to dispose of my estate after this following manner:
In the first place I commit my soul to the Almighty God from whence it came, My body I commit to the earth to be decently buried.
Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my son in law, John Ellison, seventy-five acres of land during his natural life lying and being in Surry County upon Pigeon Swamp the place where he now dwells and after his decease to my granddaughter Judy Ellisonand her heirs forever with all appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Thirdly, I give unto my son John Sledge one hundred acres land lying and being in the County of Surry and bounded by Samuel Chappell's line on the one side and one Col. William Randolph line of the other side with all appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heirs forever.
Fourthly, I give unto my daughter Martha Sledge one three year old heifer.
Fifthly I give unto my daughter Rebecca Ivy one yearling heifer.
Sixthly I give unto my granddaughter Judy Ellison one two year old heifer, and for the rest of my estate I desire that my lawful wife, Mary Sledge may have it after my debts are paid and I do appoint my loving wife Mary Sledge to be my Executx. of this my Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 3 day on November 1725.
Charles [his …. mark] Sledge
Testis: Samuel Chappell, John Peeble, Samuel Clarke
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At a Court held at Southwark for the County of Surrey, February 16, 1726.
The above mentioned will of Charles Sledge deceased was presented by Mary Sledge Executx. thereof who
make oath thereto and gave bond with security according to law and being proved by the oath of Samuel
Chappell and John Peeble witnesses thereto the same is ordered to be recorded by: Jo. Allin Cl. Cur. n
Teste: V. E. Savedge, Clerk

Charles married CLARK Mary about 1690 in Jamestown, Virginia. Mary (daughter of CLARK Robert, Sr. and MORGAN Rachel) was born in 1660 in Isle of Wight County, VA; died in 1726 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 8 Jan 1726, Surry, Surry County, VA
• Alt. Death: 1728, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Will:
Will of Mary Sledge
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I Mary Sledge of Surry County, VA, being in good health of body & of sound & perfect mind & memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God, do make an ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following. That is to say First & principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merits, death, & passion of my Savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as touching the disposition of all such temporal estate which it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as follows:
Impis: I will that all my debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca Ivie one breeding yew.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Sledge one breeding yew.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Judith Ellison two pewter dishes to be delivered to her when she attains the age of twenty one or marries.
All the rest and residue of my estate, goods, and chattels whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Hay and her heirs.
And I do appoint my son-in-law Peter Hay and sole Executx of this my Last Will and Testament desiring my estate may not be appraised. And I do hereby revoke, disnull and make void all former wills and testaments by me here fore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of January in the year of our Lord 1726-7.
Mary…Sledge, Sealed with black wax
her mark
Signed and sealed in presence of
Edward Prince, Eliz Prince, Tho. Hay
At a court held at Southwark for the County of Surry, July the 17th 1728.
The within mentioned Will of Mary Sledge, deceased was presented in Court by Peter Hay Executor thereof who made oath thereto (and gave bond with security according to the law) and being proved by the oaths of Edward Prince and Thomas Hay witnesses thereto the same is ordered to be recorded and is recorded by:
Jo Allin, Cl. Cur. n Copy Teste: V. E. Savedge, Clerk

Notes:

Charles Sledge is probably the son of Richard and Ann Sledge, who arrived in the "Alithea" in 1681. In Bristol, England, they named Penford as their old home-place. (Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Ship Lists in Bristol and America, p 174.)
Charles Sledge married Mary Clark of Isle of Wight County.
Charles Sledge died in 1727 and his wife Mary in 1728.
Their wills are on file in the Virginia archives.
Peter Hayes was the executor of Mary (Clarke) Sledge's will (Boddie, Southside Va Families, vol I p 366.)

Richard married SLEDGE Ann --LNU--. Ann and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married MORGAN Rachel about 1680. Rachel was born in Isle of Wight County, VA; died after 1723-1724 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married COLE Mary. Mary was born about 1607; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married FLAKE Mary. Mary (daughter of FLAKE Robert and FLAKE Katherine --LNU--) was born in 1662; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]