John UPTON

- Bef 1653

• Name	John UPTON  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 16 Jan 1653	, Isle Of Wight, VA
  Person ID	I8191	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret ROBERTS,   b. 1606, St. Giles, London, England d. 1665, Of Rappahonnak, VA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1652  [2]
  Family ID	F1368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  As a Lieut. in 1638 he and his wife Margaret sold 400 acres in Isle of Wight Co., VA to Wiliam Underwood of the same place. (C-2403) The will of Capt John Upton, Gentleman, is in Isle of Wight Co., VA. In it he names eldest son Johnabeth, Sarah and Margeret Underwood, his daughters-in-law; wife Margaret as executor and Friend William Underwood as one of the Overseers on Jan. 16, 1652. (C-2403) It is transcribed herein from The William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, P. 205-249: Will of Capt. John Vpton, dated 16 Jan., 1651 -- proved Dec. 16, 1652: "I, Capt. John Vpton, of the Isle of Wight county, in Virginia." To eldest son John Vpton, all that tract of land being part of it in the tenure of John King, James Bagnall, Nicholas Morris, etc., containing in the whole eight hundred and fifty acres, and if the said John Vpton dies before he comes to the age of one and twenty, then I give and bequeath the said land until William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderood, to be divided as followeth, and, To said son a mare fole and one cow with calf, being upon the probate of my will sett apart for him with their increase to be equally shared amongst my daughters-in- law Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood. "To William Vnderwood, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood 1500 acres near Ambrose Bennett's and allways reserved out of this land Three Hundred acres with Mr. Robert Bracewell hath. To William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Vnderwood all my land at Rappahannock, and All the rest of my Estate, Goods, Chat- tels, servants, and, to whatsoever here in Virginia after my Debts, Legacies and funerall rights paid and discharged I give and to my Loving and Welbeloved Wife Margaret Vpton, whom I con- stitute and sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament." Loving friends, George ffawdon, William Vnderwood and James Taylor, clerk, my overseers to see my will performed. To each of my overseers a ring 20 shilling sterling apiece. Likewise ordains Ann Williamson, the wife of James Williamson equal sharer in my land at Rappahannock with these above named. (1) To Elizabeth Vnderwood one pillion and one pillion cloth at day of marriage. Proved by the oaths of William Vnderwood and Ed- ward Skinner. Witnesses, John Gallins X mark, James Taylor. (http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/court/history.txt)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1554] Boddie, John Bennett, Isle of Wight Co., VA (Chicago: Chicago Law Printing Co.). [S474] Osborn, Fran, Email dated 2001 at franinma@mediaone.net. [S363] Ancestral File at www.familysearch.com.