John Arthur, Sr (Rev War)^[1]

1709 - 1793  (84 years)

• Name	John Arthur
  Suffix	Sr (Rev War)
  Birth	1709	Cullybackey, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jan 1793	Goose Creek, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I16652	Master
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Barnabas Arthur,   b. 1660, Cullybackey, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 22 Sep 1725, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Anne Adams Moore,   b. 1680, Cullybackey, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 13 Jul 1715, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1700	Saint Audeon, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  Family ID	F1295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams,   b. 29 Oct 1713, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 2 Sep 1793, Goose Creek, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1727	, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Arthur,   b. 25 Sep 1727, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 27 Jan 1775, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Thomas Arthur,   b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA d. 1778, , , Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Mary Arthur,   b. 16 May 1732, , Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 19 Oct 1822, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)   4. Barnabas Arthur,   b. 21 Jun 1733, Goose Creek, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 2 Mar 1815, Goose Creek, Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Sarah Arthur,   b. 1745, , Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 1818, , Grainger, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F9727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1709 - Cullybackey, Antrim, Northern Ireland Marriage - 1727 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Death - 28 Jan 1793 - Goose Creek, Bedford, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Arthur Will - Bedford Co., Will Book 2 Page 100 In the Name of God Amen. I John Arthur of the county of Bedford being of perfect mind and memory for settling my tempoiral affairs and preventing disputes about such Estate as I shall leave at my death and knowing that it is appointed for all men onceto die do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following first a recommending my soul to god who gave thro. The mediation of my dear Redeemer hoping hereby to receive remision of all my sins and my body the earth to be decdently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned. ITEM; I give to my son Thomas Arthur fifty acres of land lying on the north side of logos Creek beginning at a white oak on the said Creek at the lower end of his plantation from thence running straight line to a pine against the Cold Spring & upwards to him & his heirs forever. I give to my Daughter Mary Dixon fifty acres of land on the south side of Goose Creek it being the land John Dixon now llives upon to her and her heirs forever. ITEM; I give to my son Barnabas Arthur the sum five shillings and the rest of residue of mh Estate to be equally divided between my three Daughters Sarah Newman, Betty Green & Isabel Mitchum and do hereby nominate constritue & appoint my son Thomas Arthur and Nimrod Newman Executors of this my Last Will, hereby revoking all other Will or Wills by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto at my hand & affixed my seal this Ninth day of January in the ninth our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Eight. Signed Sealed Published in the presence of Justiman Wills Thomas Leftwich Marmaduke (his mark) Dellis Thomas Mitchen At a court for Bedford County the 28th day January 1793. This Last Will & Testament of John Arthur. Deceased was proved by the oath of Thomas Leftwich & Thomas Mitcham. Witnesses whose names are those unto subscribed & ordered to be recorded & on the motion of Thomas Arthur & Nimrod Newman the Executors therein named who made oath thereto Certificate is granted them for obtaining probate there of in due form on giviing security whereupon they together with Thomas Leftwich their security entered into acknowledged their bond in the penaltly of one hundred pounds conditioned for the said Executors use & faithful administratlion of said decedents Estate & performance of his Will. Teste Jan Steptoe CNC X his mark

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=171832897&pid=187