Thomas HURST, Jr.

Male Abt 1700 - Abt 1765  (~ 65 years)


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  • Name Thomas HURST 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Abt 1700  Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID D0AD9633F17B4DB8A4550F26D1931D63C922 
    Died Abt 1765  Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Will: 24 MAR 1760 Northumberland Co., VA mentions loving wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, daughter Elizabeth, son Kemp, son Isaac. mentions "my four children."

      Probate: 12 AUG 1765 Northumberland Co., VA

      WILL

      In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Hurst of Wicocomoco in the County of Northumberland and Colony of Virg.a being sick and weak in body but in perfect since & memory thanks be to God and Calling to mind the Mortality of my body, do make Constitute and ordain this to be my last will and
      Testament in manner & form following.

      Imp.s I bequeath my Soul to God who gave it me in hopes of a future reward, and my body to the Earth to be buried according to the Discretion of my Exors hereafter named, and my Worldly Estate I dispose of in the following manner & form.

      Item. I Give and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth all my whole Estate of Lands, Negroes and whatever Estate also I am now possessed of during her Natural life: And after her decease I give and bequeath as follows.

      I Give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Hurst one Negroe Girl Milly & one Negroe boy Dick to him & his heirs, with the Increase.

      Item. I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth two Negroes. Viz.t a Girl Chloe & a boy Jarvis & the Increase.

      Item. I Give to my Son Kemp Hurst the Plantation I now live on and the Plantation I purchased of Eliz.a Waddy adjoining it to him and his heirs forever.

      Item. I Give to my Son Isaac Hurst the Plantation he now lives on, which I Purchased of John Berry Containing One hundred & forty eight Acres to him & his heirs forever.

      Item. I Give and bequeath all the rest of my Estate of Negroes, and Personal Estate to be Equally Divided (after the decease of my loving Wife) amongst my four Children, Kemp, Isaac, Thomas, and Elizabeth Hurst.

      Item. It is my Will and Desire that in Case that either my Son Thomas or my Daughter Eliz.a Should die before they attain to the age of Twenty one or day of Marriage, that the Negroes that I bequeath to them as Legacies go[to] the survivors.

      Item. It?s likewise my desire that in Case that either of my four Children Should die without heirs or attain to the age of Twenty one years or Marriage that that part of Estate which I Bequeathed amongst them, that it should be Equally Divided amongst the Survivors.

      Item. It?s my Will and desire that my Estate be not appraised but be Inventoried.

      Item. I do Nominate and appoint my loving Wife Elizabeth the Excrx. & my two Sons Kemp and Isaac Hurst Excrs. of this my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand fixed my Seal this 24th day March 1760.

      Signed Sealed & Declar?d by Thomas Hurst to be his Last Will & Testament. In Presence of us: Thos. Hurst (Seal) Thos. Gaskins Sukey Hurst George Landsford.


      At a Court Held for Northumberland County the 12th day of August 1765. The Last will and Testament of Thomas Hurst decd was Presented in Court by Kemp Hurst and Isaac Hurst two of the Exors therein named, who made Oath thereto according to law, And being Proved by the Oath of Thomas Gaskins Gent. one of the witnesses thereto was Admitted to Record. And on the motion of the sd. Exors. Giving Security a certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

      Teste.
      Tho. Jones Co. C.
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    Person ID I6143  Master File
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2013 

    Father Thomas HURST, Sr.,   b. Abt 1674, Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1721, Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1678, Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth VALLINES,   b. Abt 1723, Isle of Wight, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?  
    Married Abt 1745  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Thomas HURST, III,   b. 3 Nov 1745, Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 28 Jan 1807, Northumerland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 61 years)
     2. John HURST,   d. 1788/89
     3. Henry HURST,   d. 1798
     4. Elizabeth HURST,   b. 10 Dec 1749, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth KEMP 
    Married Abt 1725  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Kemp HURST,   b. 28 Jun 1734, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1782, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Isaac HURST,   b. 19 Sep 1737, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1787  (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F4986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Rick Leland email, 27 Dec 2003.