Robert Doby
Abt 1710 - 1760 (50 years)
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Name Robert Doby [1] Birth Abt 1710 Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America 
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Gender Male Death 1760 Sussex County, Virginia, British Colonial America [1] Will 15 Jan 1760 Sussex County, Virginia, British Colonial America Probate 15 Feb 1760 Sussex County, Virginia, British Colonial America [1] Weblink d'Aboville # 1.01.01 Person ID I232339733879 Doby Last Modified 17 Apr 2024
Father John Doby, b. Abt 1677, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1737, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 60 years) Mother Ann Family ID F1162 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children 1. Eleanor Doby 2. Robert Doby, b. Before 1742, Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America d. After 1760 (Age 19 years)+ 3. John #11 Doby, b. Abt 1726 + 4. Kezia Doby, b. Abt 1726, Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Abt 1795, Prince George County, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 69 years)5. Frances Doby, b. Abt 1726, Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America 6. Mary #3 Doby, b. Abt 1726, Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America + 7. Nathaniel Doby, b. Abt 1733, Surry County, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1825, Sussex County, Virginia, USA (Age 92 years)Family ID F2716 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Feb 2024
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Documents Will of Robert Doby (son of John#9)
Written 15 Jan 1760 in Sussex County, Virginia
Probated 15 Feb 1760 in Sussex County, Virginia.
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Notes - TRANSCRIPTION OF WILL (punctuation added):
In the name of God, Amen. I, Robert Dobie, of the County of Sussex, being in perfect sense and disposing mind and memory, do this fifteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, make, ordain, and constitute this and none other to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say,
Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my son, John Dobie, and to his heirs and assigns forever, the land and plantation whereon he now lives to be divided from my other lands herein after devised to my son, Robert as followeth to wit, beginning at an ash by the side of Dobie's Branch near my corn field and near to my father's springs, the said ash being lately marked by me from thence up as to my father's old line, of land he purchased of Busby, to white oak, then keeping and continuing that line to Huggins thence down Huggins to Dobie's Branch aforesaid and down Dobie's Branch to the aforesaid ash the beginning, I also give him, my said son John, my negro man called Peter.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Robert Dobie and to his heirs forever all the remainder or rest of my tract of land whereon I now live, not contained within the bounds of the land given to his brother John above. I also give to him, my said son Robert and to his heirs forever, my negro boy Toney, and my negro woman, Sarah, four cows and calves and one horse called Blaze.
Item: I give and devise unto my daughter Mary an absolute right and privilege to and live in my mansion house with her brother Robert so long as she shall continue unmarried and no longer, or should she not to live with her brother, then my will and pleasure is and I do declare the above give to my son Robert upon the farms that he, the said Robert at his expense do build my said daughter a dwelling house sixteen feet square with an outside chimney at the plantation given him called Marlows? which he is to her to live in with the free use of one hundred acres of land I purchased of so long as she continues unmarried and no longer. I also give to her, my said daughter Mary and to her heirs, my negro man called Tom and my negro girl Jenney. I also give her a bed and furniture, four cows, four calves, one mare called Jenny, and one iron pot of about eight gallons, and also the chests and trunk she uses.
Item: I give to my daughter Eleanor Darby and to her heirs my negro girl Lucy.
Item: I give to my daughter Kezia Tatum and to her heirs my negro man called Mingo and my negro boy called Simon and one bed and furniture.
Item: I further give to my said daughter Eleanor one bed and furniture.
Item: I give and devise to each of my daughters, Eleanor, Kezia, Elizabeth, Mary, and Frances the sum of fifty-nine pounds money to be paid to them out of my outstanding debts, when they become due, and are collected by my executors herein after names.
Item: I give further to my four daughters Eleanor, Kezia, Mary, and Frances the money I shall have by me at the time of my death.
Item: I give and devise to Nathaniel Meachum and to his heirs forever, my negro man called Jack.
Item: I give and devise to Peter Vincent and to his heirs forever, my negro boy Peter.
Item: I give and devise unto my son Nathaniel Dobie and to his heirs forever, my negro girl Amie, one of my guns, and an iron kettle.
Item: I give and devise to my grandaughters Phebe and Elizabeth the daughter of my son John, one feather bed and one cow and calf to the said Phebe, and one cow and lave to the said Elizabeth.
Item: I give all my powder? (except such as I have already given and delivered to my other children) to be equally divided between my son Robert and daughter Mary.
Item: I give and devise all my stocks of meat cattle and horses and mares not herein before given away to be equally divided among all my children.
Item: I give, devise, and bequeath all my hugs, sheep, and fowls and all the rest of the residue of my estate both real and personal, not herein before given, devised, or bequeathed to be equally divided between my son Robert Dobie and my daughter Mary Dobie to them and their heirs forever.
Lastly, I do nominate, constitute, and appoint my three sons, John Dobie, Nathaniel Dobie, and Robert Dobie, executors of this, my last will and testament hereby revoking and all other and former wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand affixed my seal, the day and year first within mentioned.
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Sources - [S717051505] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Will Books, 1754-1864; Index to Wills, 1754-1948; Author: Virginia. County Court (Sussex County); Probate Place: Sussex, Virginia.
- [S717051505] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Will Books, 1754-1864; Index to Wills, 1754-1948; Author: Virginia. County Court (Sussex County); Probate Place: Sussex, Virginia.