Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameAugustine Boughan 
Birth8 Oct 1716, Essex County, Virginia
Death27 Dec 1750
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
FatherJohn Boughan (<1684-1720)
MotherSusannah Ley (<1690-~1726)
Documentation
Augustine Boughan mentioned in the 23 January 1719 will of his cousin Augustine Ley in 1719. He was to receive land in the event of the death of Thomas Ley. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 3, pages 146–147.]
Augustine Boughan was mentioned in the 13 February 1719 will of his father John Boughan. He was to receive, after the death of John’s wife Susanna, the land on which John lived. He was to receive a share of the slaves of the estate when he came of age; the proceeds from the labors of the slaves were to help support his education. The will was proved on 19 July 1720. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 3, pages 178–180.]
In 1732, John Boughan filed a lawsuit against his cousin Augustine Boughan over property that had been sold by John’s father James Boughan. According to the 1711 will of Major James Boughan, John was to have received about 800 acres acres of land with a water grist mill, but in 1712 John’s father James Boughan, acting as the heir of Major James Boughan, sold the property to his brother John Boughan. After John’s death the property descended to his son Augustine. John’s action against Augustine in 1732 was successful, but in 1747 Augustine was able to again possess the property in a new suit. The trail contains a note transcribed from the Parish Register stating that Augustine Boughan, son of John and Susanna Boughan, was born 8 October 1716. [Essex County, Virginia, Land Trials 1741–1760, pages 114–125.] John Boughan eventually recovered the property.
On 2 October 1736, Aug: Boughan witnessed the will of John Reeves. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 63–64.]
Augustine Boughan received a bequest in the 1742/1743 will of his cousin Thomas Starke. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 428–429.]
On 15 March 1742/3, a division of the estate of Thomas Jones infant a son of Thomas Jones Late of Essex County Gent was made among the surviving children who are William, John, and Suca, by Augustine Boughan, Antho Garnett and Henry Motley. Recorded 17 May 1743. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, page 1.]
On 21 March 1743/4, Gabriel Jones, Augt Boughan and Francis Attwood were bound £1000 sterling for Gabriel Jones’s guardianship of Suckey Edmondson. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, pages 107–108.]
On 17 April 1744, Mary Muscoe, John Rowzee and Augt Boughan were bound £500 for Mary Muscoe’s administration of the goods, chattles and credits of Jane Muscoe. Signed Mary Muscoe, Jno Rowzee, Aug Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, pages 141–143.]
On 21 March 1749, Augustine Baughan served on a jury in a land trail suit between Thomas Dix and James and Ann Campbell. [Essex County, Virginia, Land Trails 1741–1760, pages 111–113.]
On 2 April 1751, John Boughan petitioned the General Court in Williamsburg, instigating a years-long case known as Boughan v. Boughan:
To the Honble Lewis Burwell Esquire President of his Majestys Council and Commander in Chief of the Colony and dominion of Virginia and to the other Judges of the General Court of the said Colony and dominion In Chancery
Humbly Complaining Shewith unto your Honors your Oror John Boughan of the County of Essex that one James Boughan late of the County of Essex aofresaid Gent. deceased your oros Grandfather being in his Lifetime and at the Time of his death seized and possessed of and interested in a consble Estate real and personal and as your orator believes and hopes to prove intending to settle and dispose of the same did on or about the Fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Eleven being then of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding duly make and publish his last will and Testament in writing in the words or to the purport following (that is to say) First I Give and Bequeath unto my loving daur Frances Starke the wife of John Stark and unto her Heirs forever all that Tract or parcel of Land lying in King William County containing about Two Hundred Acres purchased by me of Henry Kirby and all the Houses and Appruts thereunto belonging and my Bay Mare Secondly I Give unto my Grandson Thomas Starke the Colt that now belongs to my said Bay Mare Thirdly I Give unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Fisher on Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings Fourthly I Give unto Susannah Jones one Cow and Calf and one Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings Fifthly I Give and Bequeath unto my loving Son John Boughan one Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings price Sixthly I Lend unto my Bro’ Henry Boughan one third part of my water mill during his Natural Life and to receive one third part of the profits thereof provided he is at one third part of the Charge in repairing the mill and keeps a good and sufficient Miller thereto do all such things as a Miller ought to do and I Give unto my Bro’ Henry all my wearing Cloaths — Seventhly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Grandson James Boughan the son of my Son James Boughan all my Land and plantation whereon I now live together with my water mill and all that Tract of Land that I bought of the Holts together with my old plantation and Land and a small Island of Land and marsh lying before my door all the above said Lands Mill and plantons with the Appurts thereunto belonging I Give and Bequeath unto my said loving Grandson and the Issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to my Grandson John Boughan the Son of my Son James Boughan and the Issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to the Heirs of my loving Bro’ Henry Boughan and their Heirs forever and for want of such Heirs to the next Heirs in Blood my will and desire is that none of the before mentioned Lands or Mill be leased or let out by or to any person for above two years at one time all the rest of my Estate of what nature or quality soever I Give unto my loving Son James Boughan and his Heirs forever who I do appoint my whole and Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Affixed my Seal this 14th day of Jany 1711 which said will was duly Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James Boughan the Grandfather as your oror believes as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of one Robert Coleman Gent. John Chamberlane and Ann Atkins who as your oror is informed subscribed their names as witnesses thereto and your oror further Sheweth unto your Honors that shortly after making the said will your oros said Grandfather departed this Life without having Alter’d or revok’d the same seized possed and interested as afsd. leaving James Boughan the Son in the said will named his Heir at Law that James Boughan the Grandson in the said will named after the death of his Grandfather departed this Life without leaving any Heir of his Body whereby and by virtue of the said will your oror who is the Grandson of the said Testor and Son of the said James Boughan the Son in the said will named was seized of and entitled to the Lands Mill and plantations by the sd will given and devised to the said Jams. Boughan the Grandson in Tail and your oro futr. Shewith unto your Honors that his Father the said James Boughan the Son and the said John Boughan the Son of the Testor in the said will named or one of them having gotten the said original will into their or one of their Hands and custody as your oro verily believes did suppress secrete or destroy ye same finding themselves to be passed by in the devise of the Lands and Tents aforesaid your oro being then an Infant of very tender years and as your oror has been informed the sd. James Boughan your oros Father aftwds pretending that the said Lands descended to him as heir at Law to the said Testor and that he died without making a will did enter into the said Lands and convey part thereof being about four or five hundred acres and deliver possession thereof to the said John Boughan the Son Altho’ the said James and John Boughan the Sons well knew as your orator believes that such will as is herein before recited was made by the said James Boughan the Grandfather and had been see by several persons and that the same had been proved by the abovenamed Robt. Coleman John Chamberline and Ann Atkins as by their depositions sworn to by them respectively in the Court of the County of Essex aforesaid and now remaining among the Records thereof to which for more certainty your orator craves leave to refer may appear which depositions were ordered by the said County Court to be taken in a Suit in Chancery brought by James Boughan Son of Henry Boughan in the said Bill named against the said James and John Boughan the Sons in order to establish the said will which Bill the said James and John never would Answer And your orator further shew Shewth unto your Honors that he having arrived to the age of Twenty one years and finding by the the depositions aforesaid that his Grandfather had made such will as is herein before recited commenced and prosecuted in the County Court of Essex aforesaid a certain Action of Tresspass and Ejectment in the name of William Thrustout his Lessee against one Augustine Boughan only Son and Heir of the said John Boughan to recover the posson of the Lands before mentioned to be Sold by your oros Father in which Action aftwds at a Court held for the said County by special verdict among other things it was found that the said James Boughan the Grandfather made such will and in which words as hereinbefore are mentioned and repeated and thereupon aftwds at a Court held of the said County the 21st day of Novr. in the in the year of our Lord 1753 it was considered by the said Court that the said William Trustout [sic] should recover against the said Augustine the possession of the said Lands Sold by your orators Father as aforesaid as by the record and proceedings in the said Action remaining in the County Court aforesaid to which your orator craves leave to refer may move fully and at large appear after which the said Augustine Boughan delivered up the posson of the said Lands to your orator and your orator well hoped that he might have continued in possession thereof But now so it is may it please your Honors that the said Augustine Boughan in the name of one Soloman Saveall his Lessee did commence and prosecute an Action of Tresspass and Ejectment against your orator in the County Court aforesaid to recovered the possession of the said Lands in which Action a Special Verdict was found and a Judgment give by the said Court against your orator from which your orator did appeal to your Honors and the said Augustine Boughan having since departed this Life and one Griffin Boughan his Eldest Son and Heir and Francis Warren and Hannah Boughan his widow Exors of his will who pretend that they are directed by the said will to sell the said Land threaten to turn your orator out of possession thereof if the said Judgmt last mentioned should be affirmed pretending at some time at that your orators said Grandfather never made any such will as hereinbefore is set forth or if he did that at the time of making the same he was not of sound mind and at other time the depositions aforesaid are not sufficient legal Evidence of such will there not appearing at that time to have been any Solemn Contestation of the proof of the said will and that the recovery aforesaid by your orators Lessee against the said Augustine Boughan was during the Infancy of the said Augustine whereas your orator is advised that the said depositions are good evidence of the said will there being at the time of making the said depositions a Suit in Chancery depending in the said County Court Between the said Jams. Boughan Son of Henry Boughan and the said James and John Boughan the Sons in order to establish the said will in which Suit the said defendants would not answer notwithstanding a process of Contempt was frequently awarded against them and your orator is advised that if the said Augustine Boughan had been an Infant at the time of the recovery aforesaid against him the truth of the Facts found in the said verdict cannot now be questioned unless the said Judgmt given therepon had been reversed for the nonage of the said Augustine during his Life In tender Consideration whereof and for that your orator cannot establish the will of his Grandfather aforsd without the aid and assistance of this Honble Court and is only and properly relievable here To the end therefore that the said Griffin Boughan who is the Son and Heir of the said Augustine Boughan and who is an Infant under the age of Twenty one years by his Guardian to be appointed by this Court on or without Oath and the said [blank] Executors of the will of the said Augustine on their several Corporal Oaths may true and perfect answer make to all and singular the premes as fully and distinctly as if the same were here against particularly repeated and interrogated That they may declare whether your orator his Said Grandfather did make such will as is herein before recited whether the persons hereintofore named for that purpose subscribed their names as witnesses thereto whether the said James Boughan the Grandfather is dead whether the said James Boughan the Grandson died without leaving Issue of his Body and whether is the person in the said will described by the Name the Testors Grandson John Boughan whether the said will came into the Hands of the said James and John Boughan the Sons or either and which of them whether the said will of the said defendants or any of them whether the Suit was commenced by the said James the son of Henry Boughan as before is set forth and what was done therein that the Testimony of your oros witnesses and other Evidence so prove the said will of his Grandfather may be recorded in this Honble Court and that your orator may be at liberty to examine other wintesses for [illegible] their Testimony that all further proceedings in the said Ejectment brought by the said Augustine Boughan in his Life time agt. your orator and now dependingly appeal before your Honors may be staying until your orator be heard in Equity and that he may have such relief in the premes as to your Honors shall seem meet and Agreeable to Equity and good Conscience may it pleased your Honors to grant to your orator his Majestys most gracious writ or writs of Supbœna &c.
John Boughan
Williamsburgh Ap. 2d. 1751
Sworn to by the Complaint.
John Boughan before me
Peyton Randolph
[Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Court Papers, Box 8, Item 8-F.] (This case continued after the death of Augustine Boughan: see records for his wife and son.)
The will of Augustine Boughan of Essex County was dated 4 December 1750. Very sick. Loving wife Hannah Boughan. “only son Griffing Boughan” to receive 300 acres. Child wife is now with. Land at law with John Boughan, suit to continue. “My children”. Wife and friend Capt. Francis Waring executors. Signed Aug. Boughan. Witnesses: Robt Edmondson, Wm his x mark Ship. Proved 16 July 1751. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 71–72. Bond follows.]
The estate of Augustine Boughan in account with Francis Waring and Hannah Boughan executors for the year 1751 was ordered recorded on 19 March 1754. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 298–304.]
An appraisal of the negroes of the estate of Augustine Boughan Decd. was made on 14 January 1757 by James Garnett, Jno Rouzee, Wm Boulware. Took out one third value for the widow and ballance in 6 parts & set apart for William Brooke who married sukey a daughter the following negroes James and Rachel. Recorded 18 January 1757. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 10, pages 119–120.]
Augustine Boughan was mentioned in the 13 February 1719 will of his father John Boughan. He was to receive, after the death of John’s wife Susanna, the land on which John lived. He was to receive a share of the slaves of the estate when he came of age; the proceeds from the labors of the slaves were to help support his education. The will was proved on 19 July 1720. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 3, pages 178–180.]
In 1732, John Boughan filed a lawsuit against his cousin Augustine Boughan over property that had been sold by John’s father James Boughan. According to the 1711 will of Major James Boughan, John was to have received about 800 acres acres of land with a water grist mill, but in 1712 John’s father James Boughan, acting as the heir of Major James Boughan, sold the property to his brother John Boughan. After John’s death the property descended to his son Augustine. John’s action against Augustine in 1732 was successful, but in 1747 Augustine was able to again possess the property in a new suit. The trail contains a note transcribed from the Parish Register stating that Augustine Boughan, son of John and Susanna Boughan, was born 8 October 1716. [Essex County, Virginia, Land Trials 1741–1760, pages 114–125.] John Boughan eventually recovered the property.
On 2 October 1736, Aug: Boughan witnessed the will of John Reeves. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 63–64.]
Augustine Boughan received a bequest in the 1742/1743 will of his cousin Thomas Starke. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 428–429.]
On 15 March 1742/3, a division of the estate of Thomas Jones infant a son of Thomas Jones Late of Essex County Gent was made among the surviving children who are William, John, and Suca, by Augustine Boughan, Antho Garnett and Henry Motley. Recorded 17 May 1743. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, page 1.]
On 21 March 1743/4, Gabriel Jones, Augt Boughan and Francis Attwood were bound £1000 sterling for Gabriel Jones’s guardianship of Suckey Edmondson. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, pages 107–108.]
On 17 April 1744, Mary Muscoe, John Rowzee and Augt Boughan were bound £500 for Mary Muscoe’s administration of the goods, chattles and credits of Jane Muscoe. Signed Mary Muscoe, Jno Rowzee, Aug Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, pages 141–143.]
On 21 March 1749, Augustine Baughan served on a jury in a land trail suit between Thomas Dix and James and Ann Campbell. [Essex County, Virginia, Land Trails 1741–1760, pages 111–113.]
On 2 April 1751, John Boughan petitioned the General Court in Williamsburg, instigating a years-long case known as Boughan v. Boughan:
To the Honble Lewis Burwell Esquire President of his Majestys Council and Commander in Chief of the Colony and dominion of Virginia and to the other Judges of the General Court of the said Colony and dominion In Chancery
Humbly Complaining Shewith unto your Honors your Oror John Boughan of the County of Essex that one James Boughan late of the County of Essex aofresaid Gent. deceased your oros Grandfather being in his Lifetime and at the Time of his death seized and possessed of and interested in a consble Estate real and personal and as your orator believes and hopes to prove intending to settle and dispose of the same did on or about the Fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Eleven being then of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding duly make and publish his last will and Testament in writing in the words or to the purport following (that is to say) First I Give and Bequeath unto my loving daur Frances Starke the wife of John Stark and unto her Heirs forever all that Tract or parcel of Land lying in King William County containing about Two Hundred Acres purchased by me of Henry Kirby and all the Houses and Appruts thereunto belonging and my Bay Mare Secondly I Give unto my Grandson Thomas Starke the Colt that now belongs to my said Bay Mare Thirdly I Give unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Fisher on Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings Fourthly I Give unto Susannah Jones one Cow and Calf and one Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings Fifthly I Give and Bequeath unto my loving Son John Boughan one Gold Ring of Twenty Shillings price Sixthly I Lend unto my Bro’ Henry Boughan one third part of my water mill during his Natural Life and to receive one third part of the profits thereof provided he is at one third part of the Charge in repairing the mill and keeps a good and sufficient Miller thereto do all such things as a Miller ought to do and I Give unto my Bro’ Henry all my wearing Cloaths — Seventhly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Grandson James Boughan the son of my Son James Boughan all my Land and plantation whereon I now live together with my water mill and all that Tract of Land that I bought of the Holts together with my old plantation and Land and a small Island of Land and marsh lying before my door all the above said Lands Mill and plantons with the Appurts thereunto belonging I Give and Bequeath unto my said loving Grandson and the Issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to my Grandson John Boughan the Son of my Son James Boughan and the Issue of his Body lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to the Heirs of my loving Bro’ Henry Boughan and their Heirs forever and for want of such Heirs to the next Heirs in Blood my will and desire is that none of the before mentioned Lands or Mill be leased or let out by or to any person for above two years at one time all the rest of my Estate of what nature or quality soever I Give unto my loving Son James Boughan and his Heirs forever who I do appoint my whole and Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Affixed my Seal this 14th day of Jany 1711 which said will was duly Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James Boughan the Grandfather as your oror believes as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of one Robert Coleman Gent. John Chamberlane and Ann Atkins who as your oror is informed subscribed their names as witnesses thereto and your oror further Sheweth unto your Honors that shortly after making the said will your oros said Grandfather departed this Life without having Alter’d or revok’d the same seized possed and interested as afsd. leaving James Boughan the Son in the said will named his Heir at Law that James Boughan the Grandson in the said will named after the death of his Grandfather departed this Life without leaving any Heir of his Body whereby and by virtue of the said will your oror who is the Grandson of the said Testor and Son of the said James Boughan the Son in the said will named was seized of and entitled to the Lands Mill and plantations by the sd will given and devised to the said Jams. Boughan the Grandson in Tail and your oro futr. Shewith unto your Honors that his Father the said James Boughan the Son and the said John Boughan the Son of the Testor in the said will named or one of them having gotten the said original will into their or one of their Hands and custody as your oro verily believes did suppress secrete or destroy ye same finding themselves to be passed by in the devise of the Lands and Tents aforesaid your oro being then an Infant of very tender years and as your oror has been informed the sd. James Boughan your oros Father aftwds pretending that the said Lands descended to him as heir at Law to the said Testor and that he died without making a will did enter into the said Lands and convey part thereof being about four or five hundred acres and deliver possession thereof to the said John Boughan the Son Altho’ the said James and John Boughan the Sons well knew as your orator believes that such will as is herein before recited was made by the said James Boughan the Grandfather and had been see by several persons and that the same had been proved by the abovenamed Robt. Coleman John Chamberline and Ann Atkins as by their depositions sworn to by them respectively in the Court of the County of Essex aforesaid and now remaining among the Records thereof to which for more certainty your orator craves leave to refer may appear which depositions were ordered by the said County Court to be taken in a Suit in Chancery brought by James Boughan Son of Henry Boughan in the said Bill named against the said James and John Boughan the Sons in order to establish the said will which Bill the said James and John never would Answer And your orator further shew Shewth unto your Honors that he having arrived to the age of Twenty one years and finding by the the depositions aforesaid that his Grandfather had made such will as is herein before recited commenced and prosecuted in the County Court of Essex aforesaid a certain Action of Tresspass and Ejectment in the name of William Thrustout his Lessee against one Augustine Boughan only Son and Heir of the said John Boughan to recover the posson of the Lands before mentioned to be Sold by your oros Father in which Action aftwds at a Court held for the said County by special verdict among other things it was found that the said James Boughan the Grandfather made such will and in which words as hereinbefore are mentioned and repeated and thereupon aftwds at a Court held of the said County the 21st day of Novr. in the in the year of our Lord 1753 it was considered by the said Court that the said William Trustout [sic] should recover against the said Augustine the possession of the said Lands Sold by your orators Father as aforesaid as by the record and proceedings in the said Action remaining in the County Court aforesaid to which your orator craves leave to refer may move fully and at large appear after which the said Augustine Boughan delivered up the posson of the said Lands to your orator and your orator well hoped that he might have continued in possession thereof But now so it is may it please your Honors that the said Augustine Boughan in the name of one Soloman Saveall his Lessee did commence and prosecute an Action of Tresspass and Ejectment against your orator in the County Court aforesaid to recovered the possession of the said Lands in which Action a Special Verdict was found and a Judgment give by the said Court against your orator from which your orator did appeal to your Honors and the said Augustine Boughan having since departed this Life and one Griffin Boughan his Eldest Son and Heir and Francis Warren and Hannah Boughan his widow Exors of his will who pretend that they are directed by the said will to sell the said Land threaten to turn your orator out of possession thereof if the said Judgmt last mentioned should be affirmed pretending at some time at that your orators said Grandfather never made any such will as hereinbefore is set forth or if he did that at the time of making the same he was not of sound mind and at other time the depositions aforesaid are not sufficient legal Evidence of such will there not appearing at that time to have been any Solemn Contestation of the proof of the said will and that the recovery aforesaid by your orators Lessee against the said Augustine Boughan was during the Infancy of the said Augustine whereas your orator is advised that the said depositions are good evidence of the said will there being at the time of making the said depositions a Suit in Chancery depending in the said County Court Between the said Jams. Boughan Son of Henry Boughan and the said James and John Boughan the Sons in order to establish the said will in which Suit the said defendants would not answer notwithstanding a process of Contempt was frequently awarded against them and your orator is advised that if the said Augustine Boughan had been an Infant at the time of the recovery aforesaid against him the truth of the Facts found in the said verdict cannot now be questioned unless the said Judgmt given therepon had been reversed for the nonage of the said Augustine during his Life In tender Consideration whereof and for that your orator cannot establish the will of his Grandfather aforsd without the aid and assistance of this Honble Court and is only and properly relievable here To the end therefore that the said Griffin Boughan who is the Son and Heir of the said Augustine Boughan and who is an Infant under the age of Twenty one years by his Guardian to be appointed by this Court on or without Oath and the said [blank] Executors of the will of the said Augustine on their several Corporal Oaths may true and perfect answer make to all and singular the premes as fully and distinctly as if the same were here against particularly repeated and interrogated That they may declare whether your orator his Said Grandfather did make such will as is herein before recited whether the persons hereintofore named for that purpose subscribed their names as witnesses thereto whether the said James Boughan the Grandfather is dead whether the said James Boughan the Grandson died without leaving Issue of his Body and whether is the person in the said will described by the Name the Testors Grandson John Boughan whether the said will came into the Hands of the said James and John Boughan the Sons or either and which of them whether the said will of the said defendants or any of them whether the Suit was commenced by the said James the son of Henry Boughan as before is set forth and what was done therein that the Testimony of your oros witnesses and other Evidence so prove the said will of his Grandfather may be recorded in this Honble Court and that your orator may be at liberty to examine other wintesses for [illegible] their Testimony that all further proceedings in the said Ejectment brought by the said Augustine Boughan in his Life time agt. your orator and now dependingly appeal before your Honors may be staying until your orator be heard in Equity and that he may have such relief in the premes as to your Honors shall seem meet and Agreeable to Equity and good Conscience may it pleased your Honors to grant to your orator his Majestys most gracious writ or writs of Supbœna &c.
John Boughan
Williamsburgh Ap. 2d. 1751
Sworn to by the Complaint.
John Boughan before me
Peyton Randolph
[Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Court Papers, Box 8, Item 8-F.] (This case continued after the death of Augustine Boughan: see records for his wife and son.)
The will of Augustine Boughan of Essex County was dated 4 December 1750. Very sick. Loving wife Hannah Boughan. “only son Griffing Boughan” to receive 300 acres. Child wife is now with. Land at law with John Boughan, suit to continue. “My children”. Wife and friend Capt. Francis Waring executors. Signed Aug. Boughan. Witnesses: Robt Edmondson, Wm his x mark Ship. Proved 16 July 1751. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 71–72. Bond follows.]
The estate of Augustine Boughan in account with Francis Waring and Hannah Boughan executors for the year 1751 was ordered recorded on 19 March 1754. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 298–304.]
An appraisal of the negroes of the estate of Augustine Boughan Decd. was made on 14 January 1757 by James Garnett, Jno Rouzee, Wm Boulware. Took out one third value for the widow and ballance in 6 parts & set apart for William Brooke who married sukey a daughter the following negroes James and Rachel. Recorded 18 January 1757. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 10, pages 119–120.]
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