Name |
William (Young?) Bull [1] |
Birth |
Abt 1767 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Will - Fathers |
3 Dec 1781 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [2] |
- In his will Daniel Bull named sons Tobias (100 acres), Daniel (remainder of land), Spencer, William, Ezekiel and a daughter Fanney.
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Land cause |
17 May 1799 |
tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia [3] |
- That a certain Finla McWilliams the elder was in his lifetime seized as of fee of and in a certain tract of land supposed to contain 400 acres, of which the premises in question is part; that being so seized on the 25 Mar. 1687, made his last will & testament and shortly afterwards died without having altered said will; that the said will was probated 16 Nov. 1687; that Finla McWilliams the younger & Overton, the sons of the said Finla McWilliams the elder, entered into the land devised them and were of their several parts respectively seized according to their several estates in the said will specified; that Overton McWilliams, one of the sons of the said Finla the elder, died leaving issue, which issue still survived at the time of the death of the said Finla the younger; that the said Finla the younger lived till 1762 and then died intestate and without issue, being seized at the time of his death of that part of the tract of 400 acres which his father, the said Finla the elder, had devised to him as aforesaid; that immediately after the death of the said Finla the younger, Charles Courtney, being the heir at law and the eldest son lawfully begotten of the body of Sarah, the daughter of the said Finla the elder, entered into the lands whereof the said Finla the younger had died seized as aforesaid, claiming title as heir of the said Sarah, who was then dead, under the will of the said Finla the elder; We also find that Mary, the wife of Abraham Turner, and only daughter and heir of the said Overton McWilliams, entered at the same time with the said Charles Courtney into the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized as aforesaid, claiming title thereto as heir both of the said Finla the younger and the said Finla the elder; we find that the title to the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized being in contest between the parties as aforesaid, the following deeds were respectively executed between them: A certain indenture from the said Charles Courtney to the said Abraham Turner, dated 30 Jan. 1764, & one other indenture from the said Abraham Turner dated the day and year aforesaid; we find that the said parties after the execution of the said deeds, to-wit: on the said 30 Jan. 1764, entered respectively into the lands in the said deeds respectively specified to them and remained possessed thereof; that the said Abraham Turner died on the ____ day of April, 1769 leaving issue two sons, Richard & William & three daughters Ritter, Dina & Peggy, having previously made his last will & testament; that Richard Turner, one of the said children of the said Abraham Turner, on the ____ day of ____ 1774, died an infant & without issue, and that William Turner, the younger of the two sons survived his said brother and arrived at lawful age in the year 1781; that Mary, the widow of the said Abraham Turner, having afterwards married with a certain Major Rayfield, remained on the lands which the said Charles Courtney had conveyed to the said Abraham Turner, and which are the premises in question, until the said William Turner, the younger of the two sons of the said Abraham Turner, had come to lawful age; that the said William Turner after coming to lawful age, to-wit: in the year 1781, entered upon the premises claiming title as heir of his said father whom he pretended held under the deed of the said Charles Courtney, and cleared a few acres of woodsland and built a house thereon and made other improvements; that on the ____ day of Aug. 1796, in the life of her said husband, Major Rayfield, the said Mary Rayfield died leaving issue the said William Turner, Dina, the wife of William Bull and Peggy the wife of Levi Ames, children of the first husband, Abraham Turner, and also Sarah Delastacion, an infant grandchild born of her daughter Ritter, then dec., who was a child of the said Abraham Turner, and leaving issue by the said last husband, Major Rayfield, the following children: William Betty, Major & Mary Rayfield; that Mary Rayfield, one of the children of the said Mary and Major Rayfield, after the death of her said mother, to-wit: on the 1 Sept. 1797, died an infant and without issue; We find that Major Rayfield, the husband of the said Mary the elder, continued in possession of the lands at the death of his said wife, claiming to hold the same as tenant by the curtesy; that the before named William Bull & Dianna his wife, & Levi Annis & Peggy his wife, on the 4 Oct. 1797 conveyed their right & interest in the said premises to the said Major Rayfield the elder; That Major Rayfield the elder by deed dated 21 May 1798 conveyed the said right & interest so purchased to the defendant Thomas Bayly; that on the ____ day of ____ 1799 the said Major Rayfield the elder died, and the said defendant Thomas Bayly entered into the premises claiming to hold part thereof in consideration of the right & interest conveyed to him by the said Major Rayfield aforesaid; that William, Elizabeth & Mary Rayfield, children of the said Major Rayfield the elder, entered into the premises and afterwards, to-wit: 7 Oct. 1799, by their deeds conveyed their interest and rights in the said premises to the said Thomas Bayly, the defendant, by virtue whereof the said Thomas Bayly entered into and became seized & possessed thereof according to the tenor of said last mentioned indenture; that William Turner aforesaid, after the death of his mother, died leaving issue the following children, Mary, Richard & John, Lessors of the plaintiff &c.
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Land cause |
1 Nov 1802 |
tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia [4] |
- That whereas one Major Rayfield & Mary his wife, in right of said wife, were seized of and in a tract of land containing 100 acres in the Parish of St. George; that on the ____ day of August, 1796, in the lifetime of her said husband, the said Mary died leaving issue the said William Turner, the father of the aforesaid Mary Turner, and John Turner, Dianna, the wife of William Bull, and Peggy, the wife of Levi Ames, children by her first husband, Abraham Turner, and also Sarah Delastations an infant grandchild born of her daughter Ritta, then deceased, who was also a child of the said Abraham Turner, and leaving by her last husband, the said Major Rayfield, the following children: William, Elizabeth, Major & Mary, whereupon the lands descended to the above said children and grandchild of the said Mary Rayfield, liable to a tenancy by the curtesy of the said Major Rayfield who survived his said wife; that afterwards, to-wit: on the ____ day of Sept. 1797, after the death of the said Mary Rayfield the elder, Mary Rayfield the younger, one of the children of the said Major & Mary Rayfield, died an infant & without issue; that on the 4 day of October, 1797, the above named William Bull & Dianna, his wife, & Levi Ames & Peggy, his wife, conveyed their rights and interests in the premises to the said Major Rayfield the elder; that on the 21 May 1798, the said Major Rayfield the elder conveyed the interests so purchased by him to Thomas Bayly; that on the ____ day of ____ 1799, the said Major Rayfield the elder died, and the said Thomas Bayly thereupon entered into the premises in consequence of the rights by him so purchased; that Elizabeth, William and Major Rayfield, children of the said Major the elder and Mary, his wife, upon the death of the said Major entered into the premises and afterwards, on the 7 Oct. 1799, conveyed all their interest and rights in the premises to the said Thomas Bayly, by virtue whereof the said Thomas Bayly entered and became possessed thereof, and afterwards, on the 22 July, 1802, Sarah Delastations, the daughter of Ritta and grandchiid of Mary Rayfield, the elder, conveyed to the said Thomas Bayly all her right and interest in said land, so
that he, the said Thomas Bayly and the said Mary Turner and John Turner, heirs of William Turner, together and undivided hold the said messuage & lands &c. Stephen Drummond appointed guardian to the infant defendants to defend this suit.
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Reference Identifier |
# |
Record ID |
21840 |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Siblings |
1 brother and 1 sister |
| 1. Spencer (of Daniel I) Bull, b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | 2. Fanney Bull, b. Abt 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | + | 3. William (Young?) Bull, b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Diana (of Abraham) Turner, b. Abt 1764, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown , m. Abt 1788
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Half-siblings |
3 half brothers (family of Daniel Bull and Catherine (--?--)) |
+ | 1. Tobias (of Daniel) Bull, b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 26 Oct 1802, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 47 years) ╚═Mary 'Polly' (70) (of Ezekiel) Young, b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown , m. Bef 13 Apr 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
| + | 2. Daniel Bull, II, b. 1759, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Apr 1835, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 76 years) ╚═Betty Giddens, b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown , m. 25 Nov 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
| + | 3. Ezekiel (of Daniel I) Bull, b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 26 Dec 1808, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 40 years) ╚═Susanna 'Susy' Colonna, b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown , m. 25 Feb 1796, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
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Origins |
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Patriarch & Matriarch |
Tobias Bull, (I), b. Abt 1648 d. Bef 16 Nov 1687, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 39 years) (Great Grandfather) (--?--) Young, b. Abt 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) |
Person ID |
I21840 |
MilesFiles23 |
Last Modified |
9 Oct 2018 |