McLaurine-VA-Will-1772

Will of Robert McLaurine, d.17 Jun 1772, Parish of Southam, Cumberland County VA reads, in part;

... to my wife, Elizabeth, four negro slaves named, Ben, Charles, Betty, and Judy.
... Item: to my son James, two negroes named Morpeth and Phillis
... Item: to my son William, two negroes named January and Pat
... Item: to my son, Joseph, two negroes, Jack and Jane
... Item: to my daughter Katherine, two negroes named Davie and Fanny
... Item: to my daughter Jannett, two negroes named great Bob and Agie
... Item: to my daughter Agnes, three negroes named Esther, Dick, and Nanny
... Item: to my daughter Elizabeth Blaikley, two negroes named little Bob and Hannah
... Item: to my daughter Elizabeth Blaikley another negro that is not mentioned before, named Sal.

...the increase of the following negroes to wit, Fanny, Esther, and Sal from this time to the time before mentioned for delivery of them to those of my children to whom they are respectively given, shall be given by an equal division among all my children or such of them as shall live to the age appointed to receive their several legacies, as also the four negroes devised to my wife during her natural life to be divided in the same manner at her death.
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