Thomas HURST

Male Abt 1716 - Abt 1758  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Thomas HURST 
    Born Abt 1716  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID B8A3FDA45FB248F4B7E78507681B3B4A7BB0 
    Died Abt 1758  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Will: 16 JAN 1758

      mentions beloved wife(no name), sons John, Spencer, daughter Winifred Dameron and grandson Thomas Dameron, four youngest daughters names not given.

      Probate: 10 APR 1758 Northumberland Co.

      Death occurred BET 16 JAN 1758 AND 10 APR 1758

      WILL

      In the name of God amen I Thomas Hurst being in perfect Sence & memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same but Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life herein I now Live & willing to put in Order that small Estate Which God of his great mercy hath bestowed upon me do
      Constitute & appoint this to be my Last will & testam.t revoking all will or wills tesam.t or testaments here to fore made or Caused to be made by me & this only to be my Last will & testam.t In manner & form as followeth first I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God my maker & to Jesus Christ my Savior & redeemer & to the holy Gost my Santifier First trusting in the merrits [sic] of Jesus Christ I shall Enjoy Everlasting life & my body to the Earth from Whence it was taken there to be Buried in a Christian Like manner as my Exors shall seem meet & Convienent

      Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife the manner Plantation & Improvements hereunto in during y. Term of her widowhood.

      Item I give & bequeath unto my son John Hurst the manner Plantation after my wifes Widowhood to him & his heirs forever.

      Item I give & bequeath unto my son Spencer Hurst thirty Acres Land in a Small Plantation Lying on the South side of the manner Plantation -Joyning to Harveys Line after my wifes Widowhood to him & his heirs forever.

      Item I give and bequeath to my son John Hurst a young Cow to him & his heirs.

      Item I give & bequeath unto my son Spencer Hurst the Small Gun & the first Colt that the bay mare has to him and his heirs.

      Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Winefred one shilling & to her son Thos. Dameron two young Ews to them & their heirs.

      Item I give & bequeath unto my wife & four youngest daughters all the rest of my Moveable Estate to be Equally divided after her widowhood to them & their heirs.

      Item I do appoint my friend John Adams & Thos. Harvey my whole & sole Exors. of this my Last Will & testam.t revoking all other Will or Wills Testam.t or testam.ts made by me In Witness whereof I have hereinto set my hand & seal this 17th day of Jan.ry Anno. 1758.

      Thos (his X mark) Hurst
      (S) Test Onesepheus Harvey Test Henry Hurst

      At a Court Held for Northumberland County the 10th day April 1758. this Last will & testam.t of Thomas Hurst decd was this day presented in Court by Nanny Hurst and the same being proved by the Oaths of Onesepheus Harvey & Henry Hurst Witnesses thereto and admitted to record & on the motion of the sd. Nanny Hurst a Certificate is granted her for obtaining Letters of Admin. with the will Anexed in due form.

      Teste Thos. Jones Jun.r Co. Clrk. [1]
    Person ID I7127  Master File
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2013 

    Father John HURST,   b. Abt 1695, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ca 1745/46, Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Mary HARVEY 
    Married Abt 1715  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F4975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann NUTT 
    Married Abt 1735  Northumerland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John HURST,   b. 1736
     2. Spencer HURST,   b. 1738
     3. Winnifred HURST,   b. 1740
     4. Henry HURST,   b. 1742
    Family ID F4976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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