John Nichols

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• Married: 1755

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Will of John Nichols
. .being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory. . .) To my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namly, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 acres of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture &c. Also my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds.

I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Aggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate.

To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols all that tract of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing 468 acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money.

To my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs, all the tract of land on the branches of Difficult and Blackwalnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomeas Hope and the out lines of my Order and John Jones, containing 400 acres more or less. Also two negroes namely, Milly and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heigher together with 1 feather bed & furniture.

To my son Bird Nichols and to his heirs, all that tract of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing 450 acres more or less with a plantation thereon, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. Also to son Bird Nichols two negroes Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heigher with a calf & 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols L15. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths.

To my well beloved son David Nichols that tract of land contguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing 580 acres more of less, part of my Order of Counsel. Also three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heigher without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture.

To my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nany personality, to be delivered at the decease or intermarying of my wife. To son John all waring cloths & remainder of stock, household furniture & every other thing that can be spared of the plantation. If any die without heir to be equally divided between the survivors.
Exr: Mat Sims and sons William & John Nichols.
WD 8 October 1773 s/John (I) Nichols
Wit: Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph (X) Owen
WP 22 April 1774 Presented by William Nichols and proved by two wit.
Sec: James Cobbs & Abraham Legrand. Mathew Sims refused & other Exr. granted liberty to join in probate.

Will Book 1 1773-1783 Halifax, VA Copyright 1984 - Marian Dodson Chiarito pp15-16

John married Mary Owen on 16 Nov 1716 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Richard John Owen and Sarah Elizabeth Rowland) was born in 1704 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jan 1796 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Beard Nichols
2. William Nichols was born in 1719 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1807.
3. John Nichols was born in 1721 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA.
4. Sarah Nichols was born in 1725 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Aug 1791 in Meadsville, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
5. John James Nichols was born in 1726 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died in 1801.
6. Betty Nichols was born in 1727 in , , Virginia, USA.
7. Sarah Elizabeth Nichols was born in 1727 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jun 1812 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
8. Ambrose Nichols was born in 1731 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1833 in , Hall, Georgia, USA.
9. Jesse Nichols was born in 1732 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1805 in Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, USA.
10. Agnes Agatha Nichols was born in 1732 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Dec 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
11. Nancy Nichols was born in 1733 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1823 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
12. James Nichols was born in 1734 in , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Feb 1791 in Snickers Gap, Loudoun, Virginia, USA.
13. Bird David Nichols was born in 1735 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Dec 1782 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
14. David Nichols was born in 1737 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1819 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.

John married Phyllis Flynt on 20 Nov 1684 in , , Virginia, USA. Phyllis was born in 1660 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died in 1726 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]