In ye Name of God, Amen, I Abram Ffeile,
being verry sick and weake yet in perfect sence and memory
prsd be God, Doe make this my last Will and Testamt in maner
and forme Follo.
Imprs. I give my soule to God yt gave it
and my sperritt to my Redeemer and my body to be buried in
decent manner according to my Extrx discression hereafter
menconed. And for my Worldly Estate I doe dispose in manner
and forme as follo. After my Just debts being paid.
Item. I give unto my two Eldest Sonnes
Abraham and Daniell all my land yt. I now injoy when they
come of adge to be equally divided betwixt ym. Abraham to
have his ffirst choyce after devission but if either of ym
dye without issue then to fall to ye next Eldest Brother to
ym., their heires or assns forever.
Item. I give unto my sonne Daniell one
yong heifer mrked with cropt and a hole in ye right eare and
underkeeled and overkeeled and cropt on ye left eare with
her increase, to him, his heires forever.
Item. I give unto my sonne Henry one yong
heifer called Mealynose mrked on my owne L. pr. mrke, her
and her increase, to him, his heires forever.
Item. I give unto my sonne Jno. fferle
one yong heifer, wch I bought of Jno. Hill with her increase
forever.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Eleanor
ffeile one yong Iron grey Gelding being branded with my owne
L. pr. mrke, also one Cow Calfe with a swallow forke on ye
right eare, she and her increase forever to her, her heires
or assns.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Margarett
ffeile my grey mare with her future increase forever, it
being her full part and portion.
Item. I give unto my Lo. Wife Mary feile
one black mare with her increase forever, six Cowes mrked as
follo, one cow mrked with a swallow forke on ye right eare
and underkeeled on ye left; one cow on my owne mrke; foure
Cowes mrked wth. Cropt and slitt and underkeeled on both
eares; one steere of foure yeares old on my owne mrke; one
bull of ye same adge and mrked, to have ye sd. Cowes and ye
increase forever; one feather bed and furniture, two Chests,
one Cupboard, one warming pan, two iron potts and potthookes,
pr. pot hangers, on pewter basin and all ye stock of hoggs
yt is due to me from Wm. Mason wth one barrow yt runnes adt
James Scotts, one small Trunke and short muscott, to her and
her heires forever.
Item. I give unto my good ffreinds Jno.
Watts and Patrick Spence each of ym a Barrow of six yr. oles
to buy yon a ring a peice.
Item. I give unto my sister Spence a
paire of gloves.
Item. I doe desire yt all ye rest of my
prsonall estate to be sold at an outcry for ye best
advantadge of my five children heere menconed to be equally
divided betwixt ym, to say Abram, Danll, Henry, John, and
Eleanor.
Item. I make and ordaine my Lo. Wife Mary
Feile to be my whole and sole Extrix and also Guardian to my
children. It is my will and desire yt. my three eldest
Sonnes at ye adge of fifteen be bound out to some trade,
Abram being now 13 yrs. ½ ; Danll 11 yrs ½ ; Henry 8 years
old.
Item. It is my will and desire of freinds
Patrick Spence and Jno. Watts to ayed and assist my wife in
her business. In Witness whereof I have aherunto set my hand
and seale ye 16th day of Jun 1674.
Testa (signed)
Abram ffeile (Seale).
Edw. Conney X; Jon Watts; Patrick Spence.
26 August 1674 This will was proved by ye
evedence of Mr. Jno Watts and Edwd. Coney and un. recorded,
7ber ye 11th, 1674.
Written June 16, 1674 and Probated October 11, 1674
Westmoreland Co. Virginia, Deeds, Patents, etc. 1665-1677,
Pg. 202
It is From Abraham Field of Westmoreland
County, Virginia that our branch of the Field Family
descends. Prior to Abraham there is no documentation to
support any relationships. I thas been often repeated that
Abraham's father was a Henry Field who is listed as a
passenger on the ship Expectation arriving in the New World
in 1635. No proof exists to substantiate this relationship.
