THE EASLEY FAMILY PAGE
THE GENEALOGY OF ROBERT (ROBIN) EASLEY, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRANT AND ANN PARKER
THROUGH GEORGE WOODSON EASLEY AND DELLA JEANETTE WHITTON AND THEIR FAMILY
VIRGINIA WILLS
Our lineage ancestors are highlighted in red.
From Robert Easley's Will: " (1655-1711)... I give and bequeath to my son John Easley [I] (our ancestor and son of Robert Easley) and to my son Warham Easley and to my daughter Margaret Dupray, wife of Thomas Dupray, five hundred acres of land being upon Fine Creek to be divided amongst them as follows, 200 acres to one to be taken at the upper end, to each of the other two 150 acres each, which said land I give them and their heirs forever..."
Will of Warham Easley Sr. -Henrico County Will Book No. 1, 1779-1799.
"...I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Easley [II] (Warham Easley - John Easley [I] - Robert Easley), five shillings, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son Miller Easley, five shillings to him and his heirs forever. Item, to give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Susannah Frances, five shillings to her and her heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son Daniel Easley five shillings to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son Joseph Easley five shillings to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son Warham Easley, the tract of land whereon he now lives to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son William Easley that tract of land whereon I now live, (lying part in Virginia and part in North Carolina), and one black glaze faced filly, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Judah Easley, one negro girl named Lucy and my wilks mare to her and her heirs forever. Item, I lend unto my well beloved wife Nanney Easley all of my other Estate not given heretofore, of every kind dureing her natural life, and my will and desire is that my well beloved wife at her death shall give the above lent estate to such of my children as she things proper and I do acknowledge by these presents that her will shall be good and valid to them in law..."
Note: Warham Sr. owned two tracks of land at the time of his death. He left one to son Warham Jr. and the other to son William. This track of land given to William lay partly in Virginia and partly in North Carolina. This was the land Warham Sr. lived on prior to returning to Henrico County just before his death in 1790. Warham owned at least one other track of land in Virginia prior to his final tracks.
Because, John Easley II (Warham Easley - John Easley - Robert Easley) did not receive land from his father, he was free to move on to other territories of land, becoming caught up in what later became known as Manifest Destiny.
Other Wills
Alabama: William Easley's Will; Dewie Ellington's Will
