Abraham Crosthwait

M, #1003, b. circa 1725
Father*William Crosthwait (Immigrant) b. c 1695, d. Sep 1743
Mother*(__________) (__________)
Reference452.3
Marriage* Abraham Crosthwait married Mary Taylor
Birth*circa 1725 Abraham Crosthwait was born circa 1725 at Pennsylvania. 
(Witness) Will17 June 1756 He was NOT mentioned in the will of Timothy Crosthwait on 17 June 1756 at Orange Co., Virginia,Timothy Crosthwait on 17 June 1756 at Orange Co., Virginia; Will date 17 Jun 1756 recorded 26 Aug 1756 Book 2 page 229
     Timothy Crosthwait - do hereby make my last will & testament in the manner following that is to say
     I leave & bequetath to my brother William Crosthwait all & hail my lands lying in Culpeper County as also one tract of land in Spotsylvania County containing 150 acres more or less which is to be his share of my whole estate.
     I leave & bequeath to Abram Crosthwait my brother one tract of land in Orange County containing 100 acres less or more joingin Mr Alex Marr & Erasmus Taylor which is to be his whole share of my estate.
     And as to my movable estate I have in the following manner after all my just debts are paid out of it vis
     I leave & bequeath to my brothers Isaac & Jacob Crosthwait equally one half of my moveable estate after paying my debts above. Thhat is to say one fourth part to each.
     I leave & bequeath to my sister Sarah spouse to John Thomson three eights part of my moveable estate as above and the remainder one eighth part I leave & bequeath to my sister Elizabeth spouse to Jacob Medley and I likewise order that my negro wench Phillis be sold and be reconed as part of my moveable estate and I desire that my brothers William & Abram be my executors as also Peter Tucker and M Erasmus Taylor be likewise executors.
     And this I herby declare to be my last will and ___ [it doesn't say testament] as above.
     As witness my hand this 15th day of June 1756.
Test Alexr Marr
Test Andrew Shephard
At a court held for Orange County on Thursday, the 26th of August, 1756, This Last Will and Testament of Timothy Crosthwait dec'd was presented into Court by Abraham Crosthwait one of the Exors therein Named Aproved by the oaths of Andrew Shepherd and Alex'r Marr, witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded on the Motion of the said Abraham who made Oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for obtaining Letters of probate thereof in due form giving Security on which he with Joseph Eve his Security entered into and Acknowledged their Bond according to Law in the Tune of Lb. 250 Curt. money.
George Taylor, Clerk
     There is a typescript of the inventory on pg 19 of Crostwaite book
     Seems to have been unmarried since he left estate to his siblings, with no mention of a wife or children.1
 

Family

Mary Taylor
Last Edited17 Mar 1999

Citations

  1. [S16] The Missouri Crosthwaits - Crosswhites - Croswhites And Their Descendants: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of William Crosthwait, A Virginia Colonist of the Eighteen Century from about 1695 to 1981, via Surber Vance Evd #16.