| Name |
Major Rayfield |
| Suffix |
I (Hunting Creek) |
| Birth |
Abt 1740 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will - Witnessed |
21 Mar 1768 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- It was on this date that Major Rafield and Thomas Riley witnessed the will of Abraham Turner, wife Mary Anne.
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| Tax list (personal) |
25 Apr 1787 |
St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia [2] |
- He was shown as Major Rayfield, with no white males over age 16 and under age 21, 1 horse and 5 cattle. He was listed near Thomas & Willet Lilliston, Edmund & Levern Reed and John Revil.
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| Land cause |
31 Oct 1788 |
tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia [3] |
- Whereas the said Major Rayfield and Mary, his wife, William Turner, William Willet & Garthery his wife & Jacob Taylor and the said Thomas Bayly & Anne his wife together and undivided hold six messuages and 354 acres of land at the head of Hunting Creek, and whereas one Finlay McWilliams was lately seized of and in the premises aforesaid as of fee, and being so thereof seized on the 25 Mar. 1687 made his last will & testament and devised the said premises by the description of the plantation where he then lived, supposed to contain 400 acres, to Finlay & Overton, the sons of the said Finlay McWilliams, and to their lawful heirs, remainder in case of death of either Finlay, the son, or Overton during their minority or without heirs, of the part of the said premises of him who should so die as aforesaid, to Sarah, the daughter of the said Finlay McWilliams the elder, and to her heirs forever, and the said Finlay McWilliams the elder being so seized afterwards died and the said Finlay the son and Overton entered into the said premises and were seized thereof, to-wit: the said Finlay of one moiety & the said Overton of one moiety undivided in their demesne as of fee tail, and being so seized the said Overton afterwards with intent to dock the entail of his moiety of the premises, sued forth a writ in the nature of a writ of Ad quod Damnum from the Secretarie's Office of the then Colony of Virginia, directed to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid, that he cause the value of the moiety of the said Overton in the premises to be enquired of &c., by virtue whereof &c. the said Overton became seized of the one moiety of the said premises in his demesne as of fee, and being so thereof seized, to-wit, on the 1 Feb. 1736, sold his moiety of the said premises to a certain George Scott, which said George Scott entered into the said premises and on the 3 Dec. 1747 sold the said moiety of the said premises to Richard Drummond; that the said Richard Drummond entered into the said premises and became seized of the one moiety thereof, and being thereof seized afterwards died leaving Anne his daughter & now wife of the aforesaid Thomas Bayly, whereby the said Anne entered into the said premises and being so seized the said Anne took to husband the said Thomas Bayly, whereby the said Thomas & Anne entered into the said premises and were seized of the one moiety thereof, and still are seized thereof in right of the said Anne as aforesaid; That the aforesaid Sarah, one of the daughters of the said Finlay McWilliams the elder, in the life of the said Finlay took to husband the said ____ Courtney, and by his had issue Charles Courtney, and afterwards the said Sarah died and the said Finlay, the son, survived her, and afterwards the said Finlay the son being so seized died without issue & the said Charles Courtney, son & heir of the said Sarah, survived him and entered into the said premises and became seized of the one moiety thereof, and being so seized did on the 30 Jan. 1764, convey the one half of the moiety of the said Charles, being one fourth of the said premises, to a certain Abraham Turner, and the said Turner entered into the premises and became seized of the one fourth part thereof in fee, and being so seized afterwards died leaving the aforesaid Mary, now the wife of Major Rayfield his widow, and the aforesaid William Turner his son & heir, whereby the said Mary entered into the premises and became seized in right of dower of the one third of the one fourth part thereof, and the said Major Rayfield and Mary, his wife, are still seized thereof; and the said William Turner entered into the said other and became seized of two thirds of one fourth part thereof and still is thereof seized; and the said Charles Courtney being seized as aforesaid of the remaining one fourth part of the premises on the 31 Oct. 1764 made his last will and testament and devised the aforesaid remaining one fourth part of the premised to William Raleigh & Garthery Taylor; that the said Garthery entered into the premises and became seized of the 1/8 part thereof, and being so seized conveyed 25 acres of the said 1/8 of the premises to Jacob Taylor for and during the term of the natural life of the said Jacob; that the said Jacob entered into the premises and became seized thereof, and is still seized thereof, and the said Garthery being seized as aforesaid of the residue of the said 1/8 part of the said premises afterwards took to husband the aforesaid William Willet, whereby the said William Willet & Garthery entered into the said premises and were seized of the said residue of the said 1/8 part thereof, and still are seized thereof in right of the said Garthery; that the said William Raleigh entered into the premises and was seized of 1/8 part thereof, and being so seized on the 30 July 1783, conveyed the same to the aforesaid Thomas Bayly.
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| Will |
10 Oct 1797 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- In his will Major Rayfield gave son William Rayfield. To son Major Rayfield. Real & personal estate to be divided between 4 children William, Elizabeth, Major & Mary. To Thomas Bayly Sr. the lands I bought of William Bull & Dianiah his wife & the lands bought of Levi Annis & Peggy his wife, which will appear by their deeds to me, provided the said Bayly pays the sum of money that I was to give for the said lands which will appear by said deeds. Sons William & Major Exrs. Witt: William Rolley, Asia East, Rachel Darby. Codicil: My 2 sons William & Major to have one barrel of Brandy as well for their trouble, saving the drink out of the crop of Brandy - Witt: Elijah Grinnalds.
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| Death |
Bef 20 Oct 1798 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- It was on this date that his will was proved.
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| Land cause |
17 May 1799 |
tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia [5] |
- 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 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [6] |
- 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 |
Acc |
| Record ID |
54427 |
Origins  |
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| Person ID |
I54427 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
9 Oct 2018 |
Abt 1740 - Bef 1798 (< 58 years)
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