Will of Wayman Sinclair

Will of Wayman Sinclair, Loudoun County, Virginia,
Will Book A, Page 59:

In the name of God Amen /&c./ I Wayman Sinckler Senr of the Parish of
Cameron and County of Loudoun being weak of Body but of Perfect sence and Memory do
make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First &
Principally I commend my Soul to Almighty God hoping for his Mercy in the remission
of all my Sins through the Merits of Jesus Christ my only Mediator and Redeemer & advocate
and my Body to be Buried at the discretion of my Exors. hereafter named and as for such Estate
as it hath pleased God to favour me with I dispose there of as followeth VIZ.

Impr. My Will is that all my Land in Prince William County with so much of the Rest of my
Personal Estate be sold my Exors in Order to discharge all my Debts as shall be sufficient
to discharge the same----

Item I leave all the rest of my said Estate to be equally divided amongst all my Children VIZ: ---
Alexander, Isaac, Robert, Mary, George, Wayman & Elizabeth Sinckler that is to say to be
equally divided among them when the youngest of them surviving shall arrive to the Age of Sixteen
Years which Child is now eight years of Age and further my Will is that the said Remainder
of my said Estate remain in the hands of my said Exors in order to raise and School &c. my
said Children untill the said time of their coming of Age be expired ----

Item I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Loving Wife Hester Sinckler and my friend,
Bridgar Haynie and my Brother John Sinckler Exors. of this my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of April Anno Domini 1762.

Wayman Sinckler (SS)

Sealed and Acknowledged )
In Presence of )

Russell Wilson )
George Jordan )
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Ann (x) Jordan )
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        At a Court held for Loudoun County July the 13th 1762, This Will was proved by the Oaths of Russell Wilson George Jordan and Ann Jordan, Witnesses thereto and is Ordered to be Recorded And on the Motion of Hester Sinckler and Bridger Haynie two of the Executors therein named who made oath According to Law, Certificate is Granted them for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form Giving Security whereupon they together with James Lane Gent their Security entered into and Acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of Five hundred Pounds with Condition as the Law directs. And Liberty is Reserved to John Sinckler the other Executor therein named to Join the Probate thereof when he shall think fit.

July 13, 1762: The last will and Testament of Wayman Sinckler Decd. was proved according to Law by the Oaths of Russel Wilson George Jordan and Ann Jordan the Witnesses thereto and is Ordered to be recorded And on the Motion of Hester Sinkler and Bridger Haynie two of the Executors therein named who made Oath according to Law Certificate is granted them for Obtaining a Probate thereof in due form giving Security Whereupon they together with James Lane Gent. their Security entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of five hundred Pounds with Condition as the Law directs -- and Liberty is Reserved to John Sinckler the other Executor therein named to Join in the Probate thereof when he shall think fit. Loudoun County - Virginia Court Order Book Ordered that the Executors of Wayman Sinckler Decd. deliver the Testator's Children to Mary Shirley their Grand Mother who engages to Maintain and bring them up without burden to their Estates. Ordered that Nathaniel Grigsby Burr Harrison Enoch Grigsby and John __- or any three thereof being first sworn before a Justice of this County do Appraise in Current Money the Slaves and personal Estate of Wayman Sinckler and return the Appraisement to the Court.

NOTE: According to "Marriages of Loudoun County, 1757-1853" by Mary Alice Wertz: "Loudoun County was formed from Fairfax County, which was primarily Truro Parish, in 1757. In October 1748, Truro was divided at Difficult Run and the upper part became Cameron Parish. When Loudoun was created, it's boundaries were essentially those of Cameron Parish; on the north it was bounded by the Potomac River; on the south by Prince William County (which later became Fauquier); on the east by Difficult Run; and on the west by the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1770, Shelburne Parish was created from the western part of Cameron and included, generally, the land west of Goose Creek running to the Blue Ridge"

Transcribed by J.L. McKenzie