Lydia Parsons^{[1, 2]}

1757 - 1805  (48 years)

• Name	Lydia Parsons  [3]
  Birth	1757	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lydia Yates
  Death	4 Oct 1805	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I672	Master
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard Parsons,   b. 1714, , Henrico, Virginia, USA d. 21 Feb 1785, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lydia Briggs,   b. 1720, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 1787, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1743	, Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F2089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen Yates,   b. 1756, Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 1836, White Thorn, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1770	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Mary Polly Yates,   b. 1770, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1845, , Marshall, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years) + 2. Stephen Yates, Jr,   b. 1774, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1860, , Caldwell, Kentucky, USA (Age 86 years) + 3. Samuel Yates,   b. 22 Jan 1776, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 22 May 1836, Yates Tavern, Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years)   4. Tarpley James Yates,   b. 1778, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1810, , Williamson, Tennessee, USA (Age 32 years)   5. Joseph M Yates,   b. 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1833, Straightstone, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)   6. Sarah (Sally) Yates,   b. Jan 1783, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jun 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)   7. Charles B Yates,   b. 1786, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1817, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 31 years)   8. Elizabeth Yates,   b. 1789, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1865, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)   9. Eva Ashley Yates,   b. 1789, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1834, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)   10. John V Yates,   b. 1790, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 19 Feb 1866, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)   11. William Thomas Yates,   b. 8 Mar 1792, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 19 Feb 1866, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1757 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1770 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 4 Oct 1805 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.). [S529] Court Order Book 5, Pittsylvania County, VA, pg. 139. [S472] Lela C. Adams, Abstracts of Pittsylvania County Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, (Southern Historical Press Inc, Greenville South Carolina, 1986), p. 64, Will of Richard Parsons. Will of Richard Parsons Court Orders Book 5, page 139 Pittsylvania County, VA December 22, 1783 In the Name of God Amen I Richard Parsons of the County of Pittsylvania being old and weak in body but enjoying my usual reason and memory and calling to mind the mortality of man do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following, to wit, First my desire is that my Soul assends and rest with God that gave it and secondly my desire is that my body be decently buried, Thirdly I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Hannah Madkiff and her husband Joseph Madkiff one shilling Sterling to them my said daughter Hannah Madkiff and her husband Joseph Madkiff and their heirs forever. Forthly I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Agness Madkiff and to her Husband John Madkiff one shilling Sterling to them my said daughter Agness Madkiff and her husband John Madkiff and their hiers forever. Fifthly I give and bequeath to my well beloved son George Parsons one shilling Sterling to him my said Son George Parsons and his heirs for ever, Sixthly I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Joseph Parsons one shilling sterling to him my said son Joseph Parsons and his heirs forever, Seventhly I give and bequeath to my well beloved son John Parsons one shilling sterling to him my said son John Parsons and his heirs for ever Eighthly I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Samuel Parsons the land whereon he now lives to be divided by a line which my said son Samuel and my son William marked themselves to him my said son Samuel Parsons and his heirs and assignes for ever Ninethly I give and bequeath to my well beloved son William Parsons the land whereon he now lives to be divided as above mentioned to him my said son William Parsons and his heirs and assignes forever Tenthly on the land above mentioned is mortgage for which my son Samuel Parsons is liable to pay said mortgage if he does not then my will is that his part of the land that is to say the land whereon he now lives is to be sold by my executors to off said morgage Eleventhly I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Lydia Yates and her husband Stephen Yates all my Black Smith tools to her my said daughter Lydia Yates and her husband Stephen Yates to them and their heirs for ever Twevlthly and lastly as I and my wife is now living with my daughter Lydia Yates and her husband Stephen Yates and they using us with the greatest kindness my will and desire is that they the said Lydia and Stephen Yates to have all the remainder of my estate that is to say my cattle and my black mare and also all my household furniture which is now in their possession but not til after my decease and the decease of my Wife. Furthermore I revoke all former wills by me made and do confirm this my last will and testament. I do appoint and constitute my loving sons Joseph and William Parsons executors of this my last will and testament Witness my hand and seal. Richard (his mark) Parsons SS Test John Parks, Samuel Parks, Richard Johnson At a Court held for Pittsylvania County February the 21, 1785 This last Will and Testament of Richard Parsons deceased was presented in Court and proved by the Oathes of two of the witnesses Hands and by the Court ordered to be Recorded [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 1598.165; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.