The Will of George Washington
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Names
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age
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Remarks
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RIVER FARM |
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| Robin |
80
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nearly passed labr | ||||
| Natt |
55
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Wife Doll | R.F. | dowr | ||
| Ned |
56
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Ditto Hanh | ditto | ditto | ||
| Ben--Cartr |
22
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| Peg |
56
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Husbd old Ben | R.F. | dowr | ||
| Judy |
55
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Ditto Gunna | GW | |||
| Cloe |
55
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No husband | ||||
| Suckey |
50
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Ditto ditto | ||||
| Suckey--Bay |
46
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husbd belongg to Adans [7] | ||||
| Sall |
30
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Ditto Postn Joe | dowr | |||
| Rose |
28
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No husband | ||||
| Penny |
20
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Husbd Ben Hubd | GW | |||
| Lucy |
18
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DittoCyrus Post[ilio]n | dowr | |||
| Hannah |
12
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daughr Daphne dead | ||||
| Daniel |
15
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Son to Suckey | R.F. | |||
| Henry |
11
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Sonto Sall | ditto | |||
| Nancy |
11
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daugh. to Bay Suke | ditto | |||
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Children
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| Elijah |
7
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Son to Sall | R.F. | |||
| Dennis |
5
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Ditto Ditto | ditto | |||
| Gutridge |
3
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Ditto Ditto | ditto | |||
| Polly |
1
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daughr Ditto | ditto | |||
| Hagar | 6 | Ditto to Rose | ditto | |||
| Simon |
4
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Son Ditto | ditto | |||
| Tom |
2
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Ditto Ditto | ditto | |||
| Joe |
1
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Ditto Ditto | ditto | |||
| Nancy |
4
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Daughr to Bay Suke | ditto | |||
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Passed labour
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| Ruth |
70
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husbd Breechy | dowr | |||
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Workers....17 |
together....27 | |||||
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Children....9 |
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Passed labr....1 |
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DOWER |
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Names
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age
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Remarks
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RIVER FARM |
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| Ben |
70
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Nearly done Peg for wife | ||||
| Breechy |
60
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not better Ruth his wife | ||||
| Johny |
39
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Wife Esther | R.F. | dowr | ||
| Richmond |
20
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No Wife | ||||
| Ned |
20
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| Heuky |
17
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Son to Agnes | R.F. | |||
| Jack |
22
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| Esther |
40
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Husbd Johny | Ditto | |||
| Doll |
58
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Husbd Natt | R.F. | GW | ||
| Lydia |
50
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Ditto Smith Geo: | GW | |||
| Agnes |
36
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Ditto Sambo--Car[pente]r | GW | |||
| Alce |
26
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Ditto Lears John | ||||
| Fanny |
30
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Ditto Alexanders [8] | ||||
| Betty |
20
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Ditto Lears Reuben | ||||
| Doll |
16
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No husbd Daugh. to Doll | ||||
| Cecelia |
14
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No husbd Ditto to Agnes | ||||
| Jack |
12
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Son to Doll | ||||
| Anderson |
11
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Ditto to Agnes | ||||
| Lydia |
11
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Daughr to Lydia | ||||
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Children
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| Ralph |
9
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Son to Sall | R.F. | |||
| Charity |
2
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Daughr Ditto | Ditto | |||
| Charles |
1
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Son Ditto | Ditto | |||
| Davy |
6
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Cornelia's Childn dece[ase]d dow. | ||||
| Lewis |
4
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| Alce |
2
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| Suckey |
4
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Daughtr to Alce | R.F. | |||
| Jude |
1
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Ditto Ditto | ditto | |||
| Milley |
1
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Daughr to Betty | ditto | |||
| Peter |
9
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Son to Doll | ditto | |||
| Hannah |
old
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Cooks--Husbd Ned | ditto | |||
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Workers....19 |
making....30 | |||||
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Children....10 |
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Cook....1 |
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Altogether at this Farm....57.
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Notes
7. "Adans" was probably Abednego Adams (1721-1809), Washington's closest neighbor, who lived on Little Hunting Creek. [back]
8. This may be one of Robert Alexander's (d. 1793) sons. Alexander had lived on a plantation upriver from Mount Vernon. [back]
W.W. Abbot, ed., The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 4, April - December 1799. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 533-34.
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