CLARK Mary

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

Mary married SLEDGE Charles about 1690 in Jamestown, Virginia. Charles (son of SLEDGE Richard, Jr. and SLEDGE Ann --LNU--) was born in 1650 in Shropshire, England; died on 16 Feb 1726 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Inheritance:
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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Inheritance:
to my son Daniel Sledge, part of a tract of 200 acres in Brunswick County, also pewter dishes, etc.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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.

Amos Sledge I was apparently a go-getter and entrepreneur. He became a merchant, probably operating a dry goods and trading business in Waverly, Virginia, and prospered.

Inheritance:
From father's will: to son Amos Sledge 171 acres of land, being a part of the above Brunswick County

Amos married HAMLIN Sarah in 1763 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Sarah was born in 1737; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amos married CLARY AnnDendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Ann was born in 1751; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Inheritance:
From father's will: to daughter Ann Griffin L 5

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Inheritance:
From father's will: to daughter Sarah Sledge pewter dishes and cows

Other Events and Attributes:

• Employment: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Will: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Inheritance: Abt 1780, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Political: 1836, Surry County, VA

Notes:

Amos Sledge, Jr. was a wealthy man by Surry County standards. He operated a major dry goods business and owned substantial property as well After he died in 1842, at age 62, his estate was valued at $ 11,451.

Birth:
Amos Sledge Jr. was born in 1780, the year his father died

Employment:
Amos II also went into the merchant business, whether continuing his father's business or starting a new one we do not know. He was apparently quite successful.

Will:
When he died in 1842 the inventory of his estate occupied 29 pages in the Surry Wills and Estates Book, and was valued at $ 11,451, a substantil sum for the time.

. Each of the Sledge children received a substantial inheritance.

Inheritance:
In his father's will he received L 1000 current money of Virginia and his father's negro fellow, James, after the marriage or death of his mother.

Political:
The following gentlemen, who compose the Republican Corresponding Committee for the county of Surry will please remember that a full meeting of the members is respectfully requested to meet at the court-house,
the fourth Monday in this month, (being court day):

Wm. E. B. Ruffin, Philip Smith, Wm. H. Edwards, Walter S. Booth, James S. Clark, James D. Edwards, Drury Stith, Wm. E. Bailey, Edwain White, John Spratley, Thomas Ruffin, David Booth, Saml. Booth, Amos Sledge, David Hargrave, Edwin T. Spratley, Patrick H. Bilbro and Arch'd Davis
Richard H. Edwards, chairman.
1836

Buried:
There is a Sledge Family Cemetery off Route 10 in Surry County, about 200 yards behind the Hopper House which contains a number of family graves.

Amos married SHACKLEFORD Mary in 1800 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of SHACKLEFORD Richard and BALLARD Mary) was born on 17 Jun 1784; died in Aug 1827 in Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amos married PATTISHALL Mary Polly in 1800. Mary died before 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]