Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
FatherEdward Mewes (ca1589-1640)
MotherMargery Aucocke (1588-1663)
Spouses
Notes for John Muse Sr.
WILL OF JOHN MUSE, SR., dated April 5, 1723, prob. Oct 8, 1723, asfollows, omitting the preamble:
"My last will and testament is that all debts and funeralexpenses be fully paid and discharged. My will is to give to ThomasMuse my son one shilling my daughter Jane Pritchett one shilling mydaughter Ann Willson one shilling my daughter Mary Quisenberry oneshilling and all the rest I give to my daughter-in-law Ann Muse, asWitness my hand this 5 day of April 1723--John Muse mar. (Seal) RobertSanford, George Dunbar, Westmoreland. ss I.
At a court held for the said County the 25th day of September1723--The last will and testament of John Muse deceased was presentedinto Court by Ann Muse his daughter-in-law who made oath thereto andbeing proved by the oath of Robert Sanford one of the witnessesthereto is admitted to record. And for that no Exr. is ordained inthe sid will upon mocon of the said Ann (as greatest creditor) and herperforming what is usual in such case certificate is granted her forobtaining lettere of admicon on the said decedts. estaet with the willannexed in due form--
INVENTORY OF ESTATE, John Muse, 26 Nov 1723, recorded 4 Dec 1723,presented by Ann Muse, Westmoreland Co, VA, Records & Inventories,1723-1746. The estate was appraised by Humphey Pope, Thomas King, andMatthew Boan.
(From Greg Howearth relative to the will of John Muse: WILL: VAWestmoreland Co. Will Book, GHL 975.524W761 Mesa? "Evidently movedto Westmoreland Co VA after the death of second wife and lived withJohn, Jr. and Ann, which is probably the reason Ann got the whole ofhis estate."174
"My last will and testament is that all debts and funeralexpenses be fully paid and discharged. My will is to give to ThomasMuse my son one shilling my daughter Jane Pritchett one shilling mydaughter Ann Willson one shilling my daughter Mary Quisenberry oneshilling and all the rest I give to my daughter-in-law Ann Muse, asWitness my hand this 5 day of April 1723--John Muse mar. (Seal) RobertSanford, George Dunbar, Westmoreland. ss I.
At a court held for the said County the 25th day of September1723--The last will and testament of John Muse deceased was presentedinto Court by Ann Muse his daughter-in-law who made oath thereto andbeing proved by the oath of Robert Sanford one of the witnessesthereto is admitted to record. And for that no Exr. is ordained inthe sid will upon mocon of the said Ann (as greatest creditor) and herperforming what is usual in such case certificate is granted her forobtaining lettere of admicon on the said decedts. estaet with the willannexed in due form--
INVENTORY OF ESTATE, John Muse, 26 Nov 1723, recorded 4 Dec 1723,presented by Ann Muse, Westmoreland Co, VA, Records & Inventories,1723-1746. The estate was appraised by Humphey Pope, Thomas King, andMatthew Boan.
(From Greg Howearth relative to the will of John Muse: WILL: VAWestmoreland Co. Will Book, GHL 975.524W761 Mesa? "Evidently movedto Westmoreland Co VA after the death of second wife and lived withJohn, Jr. and Ann, which is probably the reason Ann got the whole ofhis estate."174
Notes for John Muse Sr.
There is no evidence that John Mewes / Muse Sr was a son of Edward Mewes of Bedfordshire, England or that he was descendant of the Mewce family of Northamptonshire, England or of any other English family.174
Notes from Greg Howearth:
Rappahannock Co VA Deeds 1668-72, pp. 15, 181 & 232, in Essex Co;and Records of Old Rappahannock Co VA, Vol 4, p. 54 & 92; per West &Fauntleroy:
"On 18 Sep 1668 Thomas Green and Richard Wharton of RappahannockCo., each deeded to John Mewes 50 acres of land. On 3 Jun 1679, JohnMews conveys to Ignatius White for the term of 99 yeas, a tract ofland adjoining on the land of Roger Cloathwork, and containing 100acres. July 1683, George Jones of Rappahannock Co, Gent. conveys toJohn Mewse, for 6000 lbs tobacco 108 acres of land."
Northern Neck Grant Book No 3, p. 2; per West and Fauntleroy:
"31 Mar 1692 John Muse made entry of 360 acres part inRappahannock Co now Richmond Co and part in Westmoreland Co upon asurvey dated 15 Oct 1691, on which survey there is an endorsementdated 16 Oct 1699 signed by Nathaniel Pope, then Clerk _____ alledgingthat he (Muse) hath been in possession of the land since the date ofthe survey and said Muse having assigned over his right in writing tohis son John Muse ______ beginning at a certain stumped gum in themain swamp of Rappahannock Creek _____ touching the land of EdwinThacker and John Bowen, decd. This patent John Mewes assigned to hisson, John Mewes, Jr., on 7 Jun 1703."
See Virginia Magazine of History and Bigraphy; Vol 53, No 2, Apr1945.174
Notes from Greg Howearth:
Rappahannock Co VA Deeds 1668-72, pp. 15, 181 & 232, in Essex Co;and Records of Old Rappahannock Co VA, Vol 4, p. 54 & 92; per West &Fauntleroy:
"On 18 Sep 1668 Thomas Green and Richard Wharton of RappahannockCo., each deeded to John Mewes 50 acres of land. On 3 Jun 1679, JohnMews conveys to Ignatius White for the term of 99 yeas, a tract ofland adjoining on the land of Roger Cloathwork, and containing 100acres. July 1683, George Jones of Rappahannock Co, Gent. conveys toJohn Mewse, for 6000 lbs tobacco 108 acres of land."
Northern Neck Grant Book No 3, p. 2; per West and Fauntleroy:
"31 Mar 1692 John Muse made entry of 360 acres part inRappahannock Co now Richmond Co and part in Westmoreland Co upon asurvey dated 15 Oct 1691, on which survey there is an endorsementdated 16 Oct 1699 signed by Nathaniel Pope, then Clerk _____ alledgingthat he (Muse) hath been in possession of the land since the date ofthe survey and said Muse having assigned over his right in writing tohis son John Muse ______ beginning at a certain stumped gum in themain swamp of Rappahannock Creek _____ touching the land of EdwinThacker and John Bowen, decd. This patent John Mewes assigned to hisson, John Mewes, Jr., on 7 Jun 1703."
See Virginia Magazine of History and Bigraphy; Vol 53, No 2, Apr1945.174