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JAMES FARGESSON, Goochland County, Virginia
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Will of James Fargesson, 1740



Legatees ~
    1. wife, Ann Fargeson
    2. son, James Fargesson
    3. son, John Fargeson
    4. eldest daughter, Elizabeth Scanland Craine
    5. daughter, Ann Cropon

Exrs. wife, Ann Fargesson & son James Fargesson
    /s/ 12 Nov 1740
    /p/ ?
Wit.  William Crenshaw, Jos. Crenshaw



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State of Virginia
Essex County



LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES FARGESON


In the name of God amen, the twelfth day of November in the year of our
Lord God one thousant seven hundred and forty, I, James Fargesson of
Goochland County, Virginia, being of sick and weak of body but sound and
perfect of memory and the certainty of death I have thought fit to make,
ordain, constitute, and declare this my last will and testament in manner
and form following.

Item, I give and bequeath to eldest son James Fargesson my pistols and
holsters and four head of sheep.

Item, I give and bequeath to my eldest daughter Elizabeth Scanland Craine
one cow and calf.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Cropon one shilling but if my
beloved Ann Fargesson thinks fit to give her the bed whereon they now lay,
she may use her pleasure.

I give and bequest to my son John my riding horse and saddle and

all the rest of my whole estate both real and personal, I leave to my dear
beloved wife Ann Fargesson during the time of her widowhood and

after her death to equally divided among the children that now live with
her

and of this my last will and testament, I do make Executors my dear
beloved wife, Ann Fargesson and my son James Fargesson.

In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal.

				/s/ James Fargesson  {seal}

Wit.  William Crenshaw, Jos. Crenshaw


ORDER BOOK 6, p. 392. November 1747 - Farguson's Administ. - James
Farguson (Jr.) comes into court and makes Oath that ANNE FARGUSON deceased
died without any Will so far as he knows or believes and on his motion
Certificate is granted for him for obtaining Letters of Administration in
due Form.  John Perkins entering himseld Security for the same. Ordered
that William Ford, Giles Letcher, Robert Burton, and Joseph Farrar...do
appraise the estate of ANNE FARGUSON...


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SOURCE
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Will of James Ferguson (ffargesson), Goochland Co., Virginia Order Book 3,
p. 429 Estate of Anne Farguson, Goochland Co., Virginia Order Book 6, p.
392


See also: My Ferguson Ancestors In America, 1680-1993 by James Edward
Ferguson, with major contributions by Walter Whatley Brewster, 2nd
printing June 1997, p. 19.


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NOTES
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John Fargeson was a brother of Mary Fargeson, who was the wife of Joseph
Rogers, and mother of Sarah Rogers who married John Tarver of Northampton
and johnston Counties, North Carolina.




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