Notes for Charles Ingram

Notes for Charles Ingram

!1702, April 15. Upon petition of Charles Ingram, the Court appointed Mr. Hancock Lee, Mr John Harris, Mr James Waddy, and Mr Bartholomew Schrever to divide the estate of Mr. George Dameron, deceased, into four equal parts and possess the said Charles Ingram, Who married one of the said Dameron's daughters with her part of said deceased's estate. This daughter was Elizabeth. NOTE: This made Charles 22 years of age at this time.

!Brunswick County Will Book 5, pages 519, 546-7; 10 August 1760:
In the name of God Amen. I Charles Ingram of great Wicocomoco Parish and County of Northumberland, being of sound sense and memory praised be to God for the same do make this my last will and testament in the manner and form following that is to say First and principally I recommend my soul into the hands of my great wise Creator which gave it to me and my body to the earth from whence it was delivered, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my executors not doubting but at the resurrection through the merrits of my Beloved Lord and Savior both soul and body shall be reunited and glorified together and as for my wordly estate which the Lord of his bountiful witness and mercy hath blessed me with.
First, I give and bequeath unto my son George's heirs...that part of the land my good friend Thomas Winter dec'd gave me whereon my son George lived bounded by a ditch upwards and likewise what negroes and stock he died possessed with to them and their heirs forever.
Item I give unto my son Charles Ingram the other part of the aforesaid land from the Ditch downward and what negroes are now in his possession with four head of cattle to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give unto my son John Ingram seventy acres of land which I bought of William James be the same more or less and the mill which joins to the said land and at his death to John Nutt and his heirs forever. I give unto my son John what stock he has in his possession.
Item I give unto my granddaughter Thompson Gill one negroe fellow named Dick to her and heirs forever.
Item I give unto my daughter Grace Ingram Edwards what negroes and stock...is now in her possession during his life then to descend unto her grandchildren by Charles Edwards to be equally divided to them and their heirs forever.
Item I give unto my daughter Mary Ingram Love all the negroes and stock now in her possession to her and her heirs forever.
Item I give unto my son Joseph Ingram what negroes he is possessed of with one featherbed and furniture, four head of cattle and four head of hoggs which he is also in possession and to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give unto my sons Bartholomew Ingram and Benjamin Ingram all that tract I purchased from Mr. Thomas Williams in Dinwiddy City to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever.
Item I give unto Bartholomew Ingram two negroes named Cate and Harvey one bed and furniture four head of cattle four head of hogs to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give unto my son Benjamin Ingram four negroes Frank, Peter, Lettie, and Manuel with one feather bed and furniture four head of hogs and four head of cattle to him and his heirs forever.
Lastly, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Mary Ingram three negroes, Tobin, Jacob and Sebace also all the remainder of my estate during her natural life and after her death to my sons Bartholomew and Benjamin to be equally divided to them and their heirs forever.
My will and desire is that Charles and John Ingram my two eldest sons now living should be my whole and executors of this last will and testament finally revoking all other will or wills theretofore made or intoned by me in...signed in August 10, 1760. Witness by John Heath, James Waddy, and Joseph Mott.