 Abt 1680 - 1752 (~ 72 years)
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| Name |
MADDERA Zachariah [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1680 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
4 Mar 1748 |
Southwark Parish, Surry Co., Virginia  [1] |
- Zacharias apparently lived a long and fruitful life. His will was proved on 18 February 1752. A summary of the provisions of the will follows:
In the name of God Amen IZachariah Maddera of the Parish ofSouthwark and County of
Surry in Virginia......................and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner....
I give to my loving wife Johanna the sole use and benefit of the plantation whereon I live and the benefit of the labour of three of my slaves namely Roger, Tom and a negro woman Rose..............
I give unto my two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth my negro fellow Tom in case my wife remarry or when she dies.
Item: I give unto my son James the plantation whereon he now lives to him and his heirs. Also my negro man Roger in case my wife should remarry or when she dies.
Item: I give to my son John the plantation whereon he now lives with two negros, namely Dick and Jack......
Item: I give to my son William apiece of land on the south side ofPidgeon Swamp known by the name of................and two negros, feather bed and furniture........
Item: I give unto my daughter Lucy...............
Item: I give to my daughter Priscilla one negro girl named Sue and one feather bed and furniture.
Item: I give unto my daughter Martha one negro girl named Fanny and one bed or five pounds current money to buy one.
Item: I give unto my daughter Ann one negro girl named Isabel and one feather bed and furniture or five pounds current money to buy her one.
Item: I give unto my son Joel one negro woman named Patt with her increase and one negro boy named Bob and the plantation whereon I now live and one feather bed and furniture or five pounds......
Item: It is the true intent and meaning of my will that if either of the negros that I have given to my last four daughters die that then my desire is that I do hereby then give to that daughter whose negro shall die the negro woman Rose at such time as I give my negro man Roger to my son James and it is farther my desire that if either of my children that I have had by this last wife should die without lawful issue of their body that then the legacies given them shall be equally divided among the surviving children that I have had by my said last wife and it is further my will and desire that all my children have their freedom and what I have given them when they shall come of age or eighteen or married.
Item: My will and desire is that my wife have and enjoy all the remainder of my estate not alreadu bequeathed let it be of what kind or quality soever during her natural life for the raising of my children and then after her death it be equally divided among her children except her son John who has had his part already.
Item: I do hereby nominate, ordain and appoint my loving wife Johanna Madeira and my son John Maderra my whole and sole executrix and executor of this my last will......4 March 1748.
Zacharias Madder
The will was presented to the Court on 18 February 1752.
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| Death |
1752 |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [1] |
| Notes |
- Zachariah Maddera ca. 1680 - 1752
The name Zacarias Maderas is first mentioned as a gaber (or jailer) in Urbanna, Virginia in Middlesex County, in the late 1600's. It appears Zacarias was an official, possibly a court clerk or a Justice of the Peace and witnessed many documents such as wills, and land deeds. This Zacarias may have been a son of Domingo, but is more likely the young son of James Maderas. James Maderas bought land in Isle of Wight County in 1781, and later moved there, bringing his son Zacharias with him. Since most travel and commerce moved by boat at this time in Tidewater Virginia, this would not have been an unusual or daunting move.
Zachariah Maddera had ten children by his two wives. We have not been able as yet to sort out which children were born to which wife, with the exception of our progenitor, John Maddera. In Zachariah's will dated March 4,1748 specifically mentions John as the son of his last wife, Johanna, and appoints Johanna and John Maddera executors of his will John clearly has younger siblings because Zacharias leaves the remainder of his estate to Johanna "during her natural life for the raising of my children ". Based on the wording and arrangement of the will, our best guess at this time as to which wife bore which children is as follows:
Children of Zacharias Maddera and Priscilla Deberrv Not proved. James Maddera Sarah Maddera Elizabeth Maddera
Joel Maddera - Born ?. Died ?.
Married (1) Lucy Warren 3/2/1774. Married (2) Anne Cooke Thompson 1779.
William Maddera -Born ? . Died 1772.
Married Elizabeth . Born ? . Died 1783.
Children of Zacharias Maddera and Joanna Hurdle, Not proved.
John Maddera - Born ?. Died 1782 in Surry County, VA
Married Elizabeth_______?Born ?. Will dated 1814, Surry County.
Lucy Maddera Priscilla Maddera Martha Maddera Ann Maddera
Zacharias apparently lived a long and fruitful life. His will was proved on 18 February 1752. A summary of the provisions of the will follows:
In the name of God Amen IZachariah Maddera of the Parish ofSouthwark and County of
Surry in Virginia......................and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner....
I give to my loving wife Johanna the sole use and benefit of the plantation whereon I live and the benefit of the labour of three of my slaves namely Roger, Tom and a negro woman Rose..............
I give unto my two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth my negro fellow Tom in case my wife remarry or when she dies.
Item: I give unto my son James the plantation whereon he now lives to him and his heirs. Also my negro man Roger in case my wife should remarry or when she dies.
Item: I give to my son John the plantation whereon he now lives with two negros, namely Dick and Jack......
Item: I give to my son William apiece of land on the south side ofPidgeon Swamp known by the name of................and two negros, feather bed and furniture........
Item: I give unto my daughter Lucy...............
Item: I give to my daughter Priscilla one negro girl named Sue and one feather bed and furniture.
Item: I give unto my daughter Martha one negro girl named Fanny and one bed or five pounds current money to buy one.
Item: I give unto my daughter Ann one negro girl named Isabel and one feather bed and furniture or five pounds current money to buy her one.
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| Person ID |
I3574 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2014 |
| Family 1 |
HURDLE Joanna d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. MADDERA Lucy d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. MADDERA Priscilla d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. MADDERA Martha d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. MADDERA Ann d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. MADDERA John, b. 1720-1730, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 1782, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 52 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1335 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2014 |
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| Sources |
- [S1212] Owner: Pat Reynolds, Cotton family tree, (Compiled and Supplied by Robert L. Bartlett of Juno Beach, FL to Pat Johnson Reynolds) (Reliability: 3).
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