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Hayden says: "Several letters in the Public Record Offiee in London, England, show that Col. Edmund Searborough, of Vir- ginia, and Sir Charles Scarborough were brothers. Col. Edmund was High Sheriff of Northumberland Co. in 1666, and Surveyor- General of Virginia. Judge James Henry was Burgess from Aceomae Co. from 1772-75; was in the Continental Congress from 1780-1781; and a Judge of the Court of Admiralty from 1781- 1788. He was appointed Judge of the General Court on December 24, 1788, and resigned June, 1800. Judge James Henry died December 9, 1804, at his residence, Fleet's Bay, in Northumber- land County. This farm he purchased from Peter Conway, who inherited it from his grandmother, who was Miss Fleet and to whom the grant was made. Judge Henry was possessed of large means, and being a warm friend of Gen. George Washington, he loaned the General's brother, Lawrenee Washington, large sums of money during the Revolution, which were seeured to him by liens on Wakefield, Pope's Creek, Mount Vernon and the farm near Fredericksburg, on which Lawrence Washington lived and died. Lawrence Washington, by will, left Mount Vernon to his brother George, and, to clear the estate of incumbrance, Mrs. Washington consented to give up Mount Pleasant, in King and Queen County. This place was later known as Pleasant Hill, and was the residenee of Col. James Hugh Henry. The house was a large briek mansion with large grounds, inelosed by a high brick wall. It was built by John Robinson, speaker of the House of Burgesses. It was sold for debt and purchased by John Parke Custis, who left it, by will, to his widow, Eleanor Custis, née Eleanor Calvert.
Martha Dandridge married Daniel Parke Custis, and John Parke Custis was their only son. He married Eleanor Calvert.
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I give the following from the Baltimore Sun:
MESSRS. EDITORS :- Miss Jane Griffith Keys in her sketch of the Henry family, which appeared in the Sunday "Sun" of March 25, says that "Judge James Henry married Sarah, the daughter of Col. Edmund Scarburgh (or Scarborough), of Seaside, who was the son of Capt. Edmund and Hannah Scarborough, emigrants of the name to Virginia."
Col. Edward Scarborough died in [67I, and his only daughters were Tabitha and Matilda, the former at that time married to her second hus- band, Devereux Browne, and the latter, Matilda West, the mother of seven children, so it is impossible that James Henry, who was born in 1731, 60 years after the death of Col. Edmund Scarburgh, married either of the latter's daughters, both of whom had died many years before the birth of the said James Henry. The facts of the case are as follows : Judge James Henry married Sarah Scarburgh, daughter of John and Tabi- tlia Scarburgh, granddaughter of Captain Charles and Edith Scarburgh, great-granddaughter of Col. Charles and Elizabeth Scarburgh and great- great-granddaughter of Col. Edmund and Mary Scarburgh, the said Col. Edmund being the son of Capt. Edmund and Hannah Scarborough, who were settled on the Eastern Shore as early as 1624.
John Scarburgh died in 1744. James Henry and Sarah Scarburgh were married between 1752 and 1757, and before their removal to Northumber- land County resided on a plantation located in Custis Neck, then known as the great neck of Matompkin. This plantation was allotted to Sarah Henry in the partition between her and her sisters, Bradhurst, the wife of William Drummond, and Elizabeth, the wife of John Coleburn, daughters and heirs of John Scarburgh, deceased. Judge Henry and wife sold the plantation above named in 1790 to Major John Savage, of Northampton County, and since then it has changed owners several times.
Dr. John James Wise and George Douglas Wise, of Accomac, both de- ceased, were not the sons of George Douglas Wise, who died without issue, but of John James Wise, his brother.
Martha Dandridge married Daniel Parke Custis, and John Parke Custis was their only son. He married Eleanor Calvert.
I am sure Miss Keys will accept these corrections in the kindly spirit in which they are proffered.
Accomac, Va.
J. H. C.
MESSRS. EDITORS :- In reply to "L. D. C.," would say that being a great- granddaughter of Judith Carter Armistead, of Hesse, I take pleasure in sending the following: John Carter, the emigrant, 1649, member of House of Burgesses, married Sarah Ludlow and had: Robert Carter (King), member of Council and House of Burgesses, who married Bettie Landon in 170I and had Charles Carter, of Clives, born 1707, who married Anne Byrd in 1742 and had Maria Carter, who married William Armistead, of Hesse, in 1772, father of Dorothy Armistead.
E. M. J.
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Judge James Henry1 and his wife, Sarah Scarborough, left issue :
I. Edward Hugh Henry2. Married, first, his cousin Martha . Catharine Henry, daughter of Patrick Henry and his second wife, Dorothea Dandridge, granddaughter of Governor Spottswood, and had issue:
I. Dorothea Henry3, d. childless.
E. H. Henry2 married, second, Elizabetlı Washington Peyton, daughter of Dr. Valentine and Bettie Wash- ington Peyton. E. H. Henry inherited Fleet's Bay, being the eldest son.
II. Samuel Hugh Henry2. Married Mary Beale, daughter of Col. John Beale, of Chestnut Hill, Richmond Co., Va. Issue :
I. James Hugh Henry3.
II. Charles Searborough Henry3. Samuel H. Henry2 in- herited Pleasant Hill.
III. John Henry2. Married, first, Miss Beale, daughter of Col. John Beale, of Chestnut Hill; left no issue. John Henry2. Married, seeond, Martha, daughter of Judge James Williams, of North Carolina, and had issue :
I. James Henry3.
II. Williams Henry3.
III. Sarah Butler Henry3.
IV. Samuel Henry3.
V. Hugh Henry3.
VI. John Searborough Henry3. John Henry inherited Wood- lawn in Halifax Co., Va.
Sarah Elizabeth Henry2 (James1). Married William Moneure, of Windsor Forest, Stafford Co., Va. (Issue Volume I, and Chapter XIII this volume.)
Tabitha Henry2 (James1). Married Capt. Hancock Eustaee, of Woodford, Stafford Co., Va. Issue :
I. John Henry2.
II. Sarah M. Henry2.
III. Agatha Henry2.
IV. Eliza Henry2.
V. Anne Caroline Henry2.
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VI. James Henry2. VII. William Henry2.
VIII. Mary Henry2.
Mary Henry2 (James1). Married John Wise, of Aeeomac Co., Va. Issue :
I. John N. Wise3.
II. John James Wise3. Married Issue : -
I. Dr. John James Wise+; d.
II. George Douglas Wise+. Married Marietta Alkinson, of Smithfield. Issue :
I. Marietta Wise5.
III. George Douglas Wise3.
THIRD GENERATION.
Charles Searborough Henry3 (Samuel Hugh2, James1), son of Samuel Hugh Henry2 and Mary Beale, his wife; was a graduate of William and Mary College. He settled in Halifax Co., Va., and was killed when about 21 years of age.
James Hugh Henry3 (Samuel Hugh2, James1). Married Ann Elizabeth Carter (see Chapter XX, Volume II, Moore Family, Chapter VII, Carter Family), daughter of Carter Braxton and Sarah Moore, granddaughter of Carter Braxton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Issue :
I. James Hugh Henry4. Married Luey Ann Boyd Rowe. Issue :
I. Mary Elizabeth Henry5. Married Samuel Beach. Issue :
I. Luey Lee Beach®. Married Henry Lee Watson, a lawyer, of Richmond, Va. Issue :
I. Sallie Spottswood Watson7.
II. Samuel Henry Watson7.
III. John Danforth Watson7.
IV. Elizabeth Fairfax Watson7.
V. Kate Spottswood Watson7.
II. Charles Searborough Beach". Married Mrs. Aliee Cook. Issue :
I. Charles Nelson Cook7, unmarried.
III. Bernard Moore Beach®, d. young.
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IV. Frank Rowe Beach®. Married Mary Parker, of Norfolk, Va. Issue :
I. Mary Parker™.
II. Luey Rowe Parker7.
III. James Parker™.
IV. Thelma Parker7.
II. Judge Samuel Hugh Henry4. Married Elizabeth Powell, of Amherst, and had issue :
I. Mildred Irving Henry5.
II. Samuel Hugh Henry5.
III. Robert Braxton Henry5.
IV. Edmund Reade Henry5.
V. William Thompson Henry5. Married Lueille Cameron, of Ohio.
III. Dr. William Scarborough Braxton Henry4. Married his cousin Luey Broekenborough Daingerfield. Issue :
I. John Searborough Henry5. Married Emma Canby, of Maryland, d. -. Issue :
I. Mary Henry8.
II. Harold Henry".
II. Mary Beale Henry5. Married J. R. Kelsey, of Nebraska.
III. William Dangerfield Henry5. Married Sarah Frazer. Issue :
I. William Dangerfield Frazer6.
II. Ralph Frazer®.
IV. Ann Elizabeth Henry5.
Col. James Hugh Henry3 married, second, Ann Catharine Temple. (Issue Chapter XX.)
FOURTH GENERATION.
Edward Moore Henry+ (James3, Samuel2, James1), son of Col. James Hugh Henry and Ann Catharine Temple. Married Indiana Virginia Kilby, who was a daughter of John Kilby, b. 1758, married Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Roger and Molly Thompson, of Hanover Co., Va. John Kilby enlisted under John Paul Jones during the Revolution; was present at the engage- ment between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis; was taken
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prisoner and carried to England in chains and imprisoned at Dartmouth, from whence he escaped and made his way to France and returned to this country. John Kilby resided in Hanover Co., Va., where he d. 1826. Mr. Kilby left a most interesting but incomplete manuscript of his sea service and experiences, for which he was offered a large sum by a Washington editor, but died before completing it, most unfortunately for the students of his- tory of the present day.
Edward Moore Henry and Indiana Virginia Kilby, his wife, had issue :
I. James Hugh Henry5.
II. Annie Kilby Henry5.
III. Edward Moore Henry5, Jr.
Dr. Patrick Wise Henry+ (James3, Samuel2, James1), son of Col. James Hugh Henry and Ann Catherine Temple, his wife; settled in Texas. Married Eliza Ruth Lynch; d. there, leaving issue :
I. Brooke Temple Henry5.
II. Mary Catharine Henry5.
Col. John Henry1, and his wife, Sarah Winston. His wife had seven daughters, who left numerous descendants :
I. Jane Henry2. Married Col. Samuel Meredith. Issuc :
I. Samuel Meredith3. Married Elizabeth Breekinridge. and had issue :
I. Jane Breckinridge4.
II. Letitia Breekinridge+. Married Col. W. S. Dallam,
III. Elizabeth Breckinridge+. Married James Coleman.
IV. Mary Cabell Breekinridge+. Married Robert Breekinridge.
V. Sarah Breckinridge+.
II. Sarah Meredith8. Married Col. William Armistead.
III. John Henry Meredith3.
IV. Jane Henry Meredith3. Married Hon. David S. Garland. Issue :
I. Janc Meredith Garland+. Married Dr. John P. Cobbs, and had issue :
I. Mary Cobbs5. Married Mr. Stewart.
II. Robert Lewis Cobbs5.
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III. John Cobbs5.
IV. Jane Henry Cobbs5. Married Franklin Thwing.
II. Ann Shepherd Garland+. Married Dr. G. A. Rose, and had issue :
I. Dr. Landon Rose5. Married Miss Holbrook.
III. Sarah Armistead Garland+. Married William M. Waller, and had issue :
I. Jennie Waller5. Married William Waller5.
IV. Samuel Meredith Garland4. Married Mildred Powell, and had issue :
I. Mildred J. Garland5. Married Col. J. L. Ellis.
II. Martha Garland5. Married Col. Thomas Whitehead.
III. James P. Garland5. Married Lucy V. Braxton.
IV. Ella Rose Garland5. Married Henry W. Willis. V. Jane M. Garland5. Married W. H. Willis. VI. Sally Garland5.
VII. David S. Garland5.
VIII. Waller Garland5.
IX. Paulus Powell Garland5. Married Lucy Ellis.
X. Elizabeth Garlando. Married Rev. R. T. Wilson.
V. Mary Rice Meredith Garland3. Married Col. Edward A. Cabell. Issue :
I. William Meredith Cabell+. Married Mildred Eldridge.
II. David S. G. Cabell4.
III. Dr. Patrick Henry Cabell4. Married Pattie W. Aylett.
IV. Edward Pierce Cabell4.
V. Jane Meredith Cabell4. Married Capt. N. H. Van Zandt, United States and Confederate States Navy.
VI. Mayo Cabell4.
VII. Paul Carrington Cabell4.
VI. William H. Garland4. Married Miss Eubank.
VII. Eliza V. Garland4. Married George K. Cabell.
VIII. Patrick Henry Garland4. Married Miss Floyd.
IX. Louisa F. Garland4. Married Prof. Landon C. Garland.
X. Caroline Garland4.
XI. Martha Garland4.
Ann Henry2 (John1), daughter of Col. John and Sarah Winston Henry, married Col. William Christian. Issue :
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I. John Henry Christian3.
II. Priscilla Christian3. Married Alexander Scott Bullet.
Issue :
I. Anne Bullet4. Married John Howard, and had issue:
I. William B. Howard5. Married Maria Strother.
II. Anne Christian Howard5. Married Robert G. Courtenay.
III. Helen Scott Christian3. Married, first, Henry Massie; second, John L. Martin; third, Col. Marshall Key.
IV. Cuthbert Christian3. Married Harriet Willet. Issue :
I. Henry Christian4. Married, first, Julia Anderson ; second, Mrs. Paradise.
II. Willet Christian4.
III. Cuthbert Christian4. Married Helen Willard.
IV. Priscilla Christian4. Married Archibald A. Gordon.
V. William Grigsby Christian4.
VI. Helen Christian4. Married Dr. James Lowry.
VII, Anne Eliza Christian4. Married Lafayette Fitzhugh.
VIII. Harriet Christian4. Married John Fitzhugh.
V. William Christian3. Married Mildred Fry. Issue :
I. Judge Joshua Fry Christian4. Married Elizabeth Smith.
II. Alexander Scott Christian4.
III. John C. Christian4. Married Therese Langhorne.
IV. Martha Bell Christian4.
V. Susan Peachy Christian4. Married Hon. Archibald Dixon.
VI. David Bell Christian4.
VII. Helen Martin Christian+. Married Dr. Henry Chene- worth.
VIII. Thomas Walker Christian+. Married Anne P. Logan. IX. Henry Massie Christian4. Married Mary L. Frederick. VI. Sarah Winston Christian3. Married John W. Warfield.
VII. Elizabeth Christian3. Married Richard Dickerson.
VIII. Ann H. Christian3. Married Gov. John Pope.
IX. Dorothea Christian3. Married Dr. Fishback.
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CHAPTER XIII
MONCURE FAMILY.
NON ARMIS
VIRTUTI
FIDO
COAT-OF-ARMS
The name Moncure is derived from the French words, "mon cœur," meaning "my heart." Anderson says: "There was an old family of that ilk in Perthshire. In the charters of Robert I and David II this name of Moncur is mentioned; and in the reign of Robert III Andreas Moncur de esdem is witness in a Rait of
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Hallgreen. The ruins of the ancient castle of Moncur are still seen in the parish of Inchture in the Carse of Gowric."
Burkes' General Armory gives several Moncur arms:
Moncur (Scotland), "Gu. on a chief ar, three hearts of the first."
Moncur (Slains Co., Aberdeen), "Gu. a chevalier mounted and armed at all points, with sword erect, ar."
Moncur (of that ilk, Co. Kincardine), "Or, a fers between three ines- cutcheons, gu."
What connection existed between the families of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire does not appear. Kincardincshire was the home of the Keiths and Wisharts of Virginia, and also of Rev. John Moncurc. It will be noticed that his will names "the heirs of my brother, William Moncure, late of the Parish Kinoff, in Shire Mearns, in Scotland." Therefore, it is proposed that we must look in Mearns, ncar Kincardineshire, for his ancestry. Family tradition records that his ancestor fled among the first Protestants, from France to Scotland, in consequence of the perse- cutions about the time of the Reformation, in the carly part of the sixteenth century. How ancient the Moncure family of Kin- cardine may be does not appear. From Fraser's "History of Laurencekirk" (p. 105), in that shire, is learned that :
In a retour of 20th Jan., 1608, Andrew Moncur, of Slains, had succeeded before that date. "Terres de Blaccokmuir et Kirkburn in baronia de Res- cobic ct regalitate Sancto Andreae." His family was a cadet of Moncur of Moncure of Perthshire. Blackiemuir and Kirkburn (in Kincardine) were parts of the possessions of Barclay of Mathers, along with Wester Conveth, and had been acquired from the representative of that family. The wife of Harry Barclay, of Johnston ( Kincardine), was a daughter of Moncur of Slains, and probably a sister of Andrew Moncur.
In 1886 Mr. Richard Moncure Conway and Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden had correspondence with Capt. James Watt, of 69 High Street, Laurencekirk, in re Moncur, and had Mr. Conway's sudden death not prevented, a scarch would have been ordered through Capt. Watt for the Moncure ancestry. Capt. Watt wrote :
I have had a great deal of trouble in tracing out the family of Moncure. At first I thought there was but one family of that name in the parish of Kinoff. I found there had been three, although I cannot find that they really belonged to the parish and stayed in it, except that family from which my wife is descended. The others appear to have moved in and out of the parish from 1700, and there is no trace of them after 1800. The
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AQUIA CHURCH, STAFFORD Co., VA.
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William Moncur from whom my wife is descended married, in 1799, Jane Pepper. Their only child, Helen, married James Edwards. My wife was her granddaughter. Whether this William Moncur was of the same family as Rev. John Moncure, I have no present means of knowing, but doubtless, if any descendant of Rev. John Moncure is willing to bear the cost of search, Captain Watt, whose Rector wrote me "is worthy of all confidence," will aid him in tracing his ancestry.
The genealogical portion of this family history is given on the authority of the late Mr. Richard Moncure Conway, supplemented by Mr. Hayden's own researches. For the historical and biograph- ical facts Mr. Hayden is alone responsible.
Reverend John Moncure1, the first of this name known in Vir- ginia, was probably b. in the parish of Kinoff, Mearns Co. (now Kincardine Co.), Scotland, cir. 1709-10; d. in Virginia, March 10 or 11, 1764 ; buried under the chancel of Aquia Church, Stafford County. He married (June 18, 1741) Frances Brown, b. Rich Hill, Charles County, Md., July 29, 1713; d. - , and was laid by the side of her husband in Aquia Church. She was the second child of Dr. Gustavus and Frances (Fowke) Brown. (Brown 5, page 151.)
The following is the will of Rev. John Moncure, dated Oct. 22, 1754; probated Stafford County, July 9, 1764:
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God, whose name and nature is love, for some years last past to bless me, his unworthy creature, with a greater share of health than I could have expected, from the tenderness of my native constitution, of the fatigues of my ministerial functions which I have undergone in so large a parish, for this and all other mercies Hallowed be ITis name forever and ever. Into His holy hands I commit my soul; it was He that gave it, and to Him I return it, hoping for forgive- ness of all my sins, only through the merits and meditation of His blessed Son Jesus Christ, my dear Saviour and Redeemer. Now, before sickness of body or infirmity of age prevent or diminish the force of my understand- ing memory, I make and declare this my last will and testament.
I, John Moncure, Clerk, Rector of Overwharton Parish, in the County of Stafford and Colony of Virginia, desire that after my death, my body may be decently interred, and buried according to the rites of the Church of England and the directions which I shall leave in writing, by my Ex'r and Ex'rs hereafter named, what estate it hath pleased God to bless me with after my debts lawfully contracted are honestly paid I dispose of as fol- lows :
Imps: I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Moncure and her heirs forever, my land in Prince William County, where the Courthouse now stands, purchased of Philomon Waters in joynt tenancy with James
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Seott, Clk, and for which mutual bonds have passed between us to prevent survivorship, and a negro girl named Chloe; given to me in trust for her use by her Godfather George Mason, Esq., and another negro girl named Sarah and their future increase, one of my best feather beds and furniture, a horse and side saddle of the value of fifteen pounds eurrent money, all of which to be paid and delivered to her at the age of twenty-one years, or the day of her marriage if it shall first happen, with the consent of her mother or the majority of my Executors hereafter named. Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne Moneure and her heirs forever one equal half of my land in Fairfax County, purchased of Harell and Trammell, to be laid off at that end where Talbott now lives, and my negroes James and Lucy with her future inerease, and one feather bed and furniture, all of which to be paid hier at the same age and under the same limitations with her sister Frances' legacy. Item.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Jean Moncure and her heirs forever, the other half of my land in Fairfax and my negro boy Harry and the first negro girl that shall be born of either of my negro wenches and lives to the age of eighteen years and her increase, and one feather bed and furniture; all of which to be paid her at the same age and under the same limitations with her sister Frances' legacy, and if either of these negroes given before named should die before my said daughters should arrive at the age of twenty-one years or marriage afterwards, then I give and bequeath to them the next negro girl or girls, that shall be born of any of my wenches in their room.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my son John Moncure, to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, either male or female, forever, all the rest of my estate, real and personal, not before bequeathed, and I do deelare it to be my real meaning and intent, that if my s'd son should die without issue as afore- said, that then the lands to him bequeathed and negroes thereunto annexed should go and descend to my said daughters and the heirs of their bodys forever as followeth, viz .:
The land I bought of Will Hammersley to be equally divided between my daughters Ann and Jean, and all the rest to my daughter Franees, and the negroes with their increase to be equally divided amongst them, and if either of my said daughters should die without issue, then their legaey or legacies, real and personal, to go to their surviving sister or sisters, and if all of them should die without issue, then the whole to go to my son John and his heirs forever; and if all of my children before named should die without issue, then the whole to go (after my wife's decease) to the heirs of my brother William Moneure, late of the Parish Kinoff, in the Shire Mearns, in Seotland, and the heirs of their body forever. Item.
I give and bequeath to my loving wife Frances Moneure, the use of my said daughters' portion until their respective marriages, or their several
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attaining the age of twenty-one years as aforesaid, as also the use of my son's estate aforesaid until he shall attain the same age, for her support in lieu of her dower, and for the maintenance and education of my said children and when my son shall arrive at the age of one and twenty years, I give unto my said wife, during the term of her natural life, or widow- hood only, the use of one-half of my land in Stafford, to include the dwell- ing house and improvements and her choice of one-half of the negroes not bequeathed to my daughters and one-half of the household stuff and my chair, with a pair of the best horses, and after her deeease or marriage to my son as aforesaid. And my earnest desire is that my son may have as good an education as my estate with his mother's eare and industry will afford, that he may at a proper age, be capable of studying Divinity, Law or Physic. And that all my books and manuscripts may be kept together and not sold, hoping that he may take the same delight in perusing them as I have done; and to prevent all disputes that may hereafter arise, I would have it understood, that the several legacies before given to my wife and children, are in full satisfaction of the portion which I received with my wife from her father, and intended to prevent my estate being in any way affected by a marriage settlement, made after marriage and never legally executed or recorded.
Lastly.
I hereby nominate and appoint my said loving wife Frances Moneure, and my dear friends, George Mason and Thomson Mason, Esors., James Scott, Clk, and doctor Michael Wallace, Executors of this my last will and Testament and guardians to my Children. And I hereby revoke and annull all former wills but this written with my own hand on this and the two foregoing pages. I sign and seal this 22nd day of October, in the year of om' Lord 1754.
JOHN MONCURE (L.)
Sealed and published in presence of-
At a court held in Stafford County, July the 9th, 1764. The aforesaid will and testament of John Moncure, Clerk, deecased, all written and signed with his own hand, as appears to the court of their own knowledge and by the affidavit of Peter Daniel, Will Bronough and Cuthbert Bullett, Gent, was presented into Court by Franees Moncure and James Scott, Clk, two of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto according to law, the same is admitted to record, and on motion of the said Executors, and they performing what is usual in such eases, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste, Henry Tyler, C. S. C.
(A copy. Teste, C. A. Taekett, Clk.)
The following will be found in Hayden's Virginia Genealogies, pp. 424-25-26-27:
Mr. Moncure emigrated to Virginia 1733-4, engaged in teaching in Northumberland County, studied theology, and returning to England 1737, received ordination at the hands of the Lord Bishop of London.
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