Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameEphraim Paget 
Birthbef 1688
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Death1723
FatherEdmund Pagitt (1646-1722)
MotherElizabeth (<1655->1723)
Documentation
On 1 August 1702, Ephraim Pagett witnessed the will of Thomas Munday of Sittenbourne Parish in Essex County. He appeared in court on 10 August 1703 to prove the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 11, pages 55–59.]
In June or July 1710, Ephraim Paget served on a jury in a land dispute. His signature from 1[?] July 1710 is extant; his penmanship suggests that he was used to writing. [Virginia State Library, Research and Information Services Division, Essex County Court Records, County Court Papers 1683–1728, Folder 6/1710.]
On 11 April 1712, Nathaniel Fogg, Ephraim Paget, Richard Buckner and Augustine Smith were bound 10,000 tobacco for Nathaniel Fogg and Ephraim Paget to “keep an ordinary at the house where they now dwell in the County of Essex.” Signed Nath: ffogg, Ephraim Paget, Richd Buckner, Augt Smith. Witnesses: Ja: Alderson, Geo: Lloyd. Recorded 11 April 1712. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, page 41.]
On 10 December 1713, John Smith of St Ann Parish sold to Ephraim Paget of St Ann Parish and Mary his wife. For 100 pounds good tobacco and cask from Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife, Smith sells Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten all the land on which Thomas Conoly lived, plus 115 acres in St Anns. Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife are to pay 1 peppercorn rent at the feast of St. Michael. Signed John Smith. Witnesses: Salvator Muscoe, Nathl Fogg, Tho: Winslow. Dated 10 December 1713, recorded 9 April 1714. A deed dated 11 December 1713 conveys a guarantee on the land in exchange for 5,000 pounds tobacco. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, pages 236–238.]
On 14 December 1713, John Smith quit claim for all reasons against Ephraim Pagett. “Know all men by these presents that I John Smith of the parish of St Ann in the County of Essex within the Colony of Virginia Planter have remised released and quit Claimed & by these presents do for me my heirs Exers Admrs & assignes remise release & for ever quit Claime unto Ephraim Paget of ye aforesd pish County & Colony Planter his Exers Admrs & Assignes all & all manner of acconts & Suits Cause and causes of acconts & Suits Bills Bonds writings and accompts [sic], debts dues Duties Reconings Sum & Sums of money or Tobaccoes Controversies, Judgments, Executions & demands whatsoever which I the said John Smith ever had or which my Exers Admrs and assignes or any of us in time to Come can or may have to for or aginst the sd Ephraim Paget his Exers Admrs or assigns for or by reason of any matter Cause or thing whatsoever from the begining of the world until the day of the date nowof In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seal the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven hundred & thirteen” Signed John Smith. Witnesses: Salvator Muscoe, Nathll ffogg, Tho: Winslow. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, page 233.]
In October 1718, Ephraim Paget, with Nathll. Fogg, James Booth and Hary Nutum, inventoried the estate of Tho. Davis. [Essex County, Virginia, Wills, Inventories and Settlements of Estates No. 3, 1717–1721, pages 79–81, as abstracted by John Frederick Dorman.]
On 16 May 1721, Ephraim Paget witnessed a deed from Amy Baker to her son Richard Gatewood. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 16, page 296, as abstracted by John Frederick Dorman.]
Ephraim Pagett was mentioned in the 18 July 1722 will of his father Edmund Pagitt. Ephraim was to receive one shilling. The will was proved 20 November 1722. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pages 2–3.]
On 20 November 1722, Elizabeth Paget, Henry Paget, Ephraim Paget and John Munday were bound £200 sterling for Eliza Paget’s and Henry Paget’s execution of the will of Edmond Paget. Signed Elizabeth her E mark Paget, Henry his HP mark Paget, Ephraim Paget, John Munday. Ordered recorded 20 November 1722. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, page 3.]
On 20 September 1723, in a case brought by Ephraim Paget and Nathl ffogg against Larkin Chew, the defendant filed his plea in court, with the trial deferred until the following court. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 6, page 22.]
Will of Ephraim Paget. “In the name of God amen I Epharam Paget of the parish of St. Annes in the County of Essex being sick and week but of perfect Sound mind & memory thanks be to God for the same & showing the trancitoryness of this Life am minded to make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following first I Comit Soul to the hands Almighty God that gave it me with full assurance through Hesus Christ my Saviour I shall receive remission for all my Sins & my body to be desently bured [sic] at ye discretion of my Executors hereafter named. Item I give & bequeath to my Son Edmond Paget two hundred acres of Land in Piscataway in Southfarnham parish that was given me by my decd. father Edmond Paget to him and his heirs for Ever. Item I given to my Loveing wife Mary my house & a hundred acres of Land that I now live on that I had of John Smith during her life and after her decease I give the said house & hundred acres of Land to my said Son Edmond Paget to him & his heirs for ever his likewise I give my said Son on [sic] Shilling Sterl. Item my Will & desire is that my Loving wife keep and work my two negro men & make use of the profits of their Labour towards the maintaining my Children and after her decease my desire that my two negro men be divided between my Son John my Daugher Lewcy & the Child my wife is now wth Child of and in Case either of my three Children dye before they com to age then my said two negro’s to be divided between the Surviv’rs of them my desire is that if my Mother Elizabeth Paget should fall to decay or want my will is that she have Six pounds Currant money out of my Estate I give all the rest of my Estate to be equally to be divided between my Loving wife Mary my Son John my daughter Lewcy & the Child my wife goes with let it be son or daughter to them & their heirs for ever. Item I Constitute & appoint my Loveing wife Mary & my bro in Law John Smith my Executors of this my Last Will & Testamt In Witness my hand this 26th day of January 1723.” Signed Ephraim Paget. Witnesses: Rich Covington, Edward Searle, Joseph his x mark Munday. Presented in court by Mary Paget and John Smith 17 March 1723. Mary Paget and Jno. Smith appointed executors, bond of two hundred pounds sterling. Mary signed with a mark M. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pages 47–48.]
An inventory of the estate of Ephraim Paget deceased was made on 17 April 1724 by Rich Covington, Tho: Winslow, and James Booth. Total £140.7.8. Recorded 21 April 1724. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, page 53.]
In June or July 1710, Ephraim Paget served on a jury in a land dispute. His signature from 1[?] July 1710 is extant; his penmanship suggests that he was used to writing. [Virginia State Library, Research and Information Services Division, Essex County Court Records, County Court Papers 1683–1728, Folder 6/1710.]
On 11 April 1712, Nathaniel Fogg, Ephraim Paget, Richard Buckner and Augustine Smith were bound 10,000 tobacco for Nathaniel Fogg and Ephraim Paget to “keep an ordinary at the house where they now dwell in the County of Essex.” Signed Nath: ffogg, Ephraim Paget, Richd Buckner, Augt Smith. Witnesses: Ja: Alderson, Geo: Lloyd. Recorded 11 April 1712. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, page 41.]
On 10 December 1713, John Smith of St Ann Parish sold to Ephraim Paget of St Ann Parish and Mary his wife. For 100 pounds good tobacco and cask from Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife, Smith sells Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten all the land on which Thomas Conoly lived, plus 115 acres in St Anns. Ephraim Paget and Mary his wife are to pay 1 peppercorn rent at the feast of St. Michael. Signed John Smith. Witnesses: Salvator Muscoe, Nathl Fogg, Tho: Winslow. Dated 10 December 1713, recorded 9 April 1714. A deed dated 11 December 1713 conveys a guarantee on the land in exchange for 5,000 pounds tobacco. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, pages 236–238.]
On 14 December 1713, John Smith quit claim for all reasons against Ephraim Pagett. “Know all men by these presents that I John Smith of the parish of St Ann in the County of Essex within the Colony of Virginia Planter have remised released and quit Claimed & by these presents do for me my heirs Exers Admrs & assignes remise release & for ever quit Claime unto Ephraim Paget of ye aforesd pish County & Colony Planter his Exers Admrs & Assignes all & all manner of acconts & Suits Cause and causes of acconts & Suits Bills Bonds writings and accompts [sic], debts dues Duties Reconings Sum & Sums of money or Tobaccoes Controversies, Judgments, Executions & demands whatsoever which I the said John Smith ever had or which my Exers Admrs and assignes or any of us in time to Come can or may have to for or aginst the sd Ephraim Paget his Exers Admrs or assigns for or by reason of any matter Cause or thing whatsoever from the begining of the world until the day of the date nowof In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seal the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven hundred & thirteen” Signed John Smith. Witnesses: Salvator Muscoe, Nathll ffogg, Tho: Winslow. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 14, page 233.]
In October 1718, Ephraim Paget, with Nathll. Fogg, James Booth and Hary Nutum, inventoried the estate of Tho. Davis. [Essex County, Virginia, Wills, Inventories and Settlements of Estates No. 3, 1717–1721, pages 79–81, as abstracted by John Frederick Dorman.]
On 16 May 1721, Ephraim Paget witnessed a deed from Amy Baker to her son Richard Gatewood. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 16, page 296, as abstracted by John Frederick Dorman.]
Ephraim Pagett was mentioned in the 18 July 1722 will of his father Edmund Pagitt. Ephraim was to receive one shilling. The will was proved 20 November 1722. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pages 2–3.]
On 20 November 1722, Elizabeth Paget, Henry Paget, Ephraim Paget and John Munday were bound £200 sterling for Eliza Paget’s and Henry Paget’s execution of the will of Edmond Paget. Signed Elizabeth her E mark Paget, Henry his HP mark Paget, Ephraim Paget, John Munday. Ordered recorded 20 November 1722. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, page 3.]
On 20 September 1723, in a case brought by Ephraim Paget and Nathl ffogg against Larkin Chew, the defendant filed his plea in court, with the trial deferred until the following court. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 6, page 22.]
Will of Ephraim Paget. “In the name of God amen I Epharam Paget of the parish of St. Annes in the County of Essex being sick and week but of perfect Sound mind & memory thanks be to God for the same & showing the trancitoryness of this Life am minded to make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following first I Comit Soul to the hands Almighty God that gave it me with full assurance through Hesus Christ my Saviour I shall receive remission for all my Sins & my body to be desently bured [sic] at ye discretion of my Executors hereafter named. Item I give & bequeath to my Son Edmond Paget two hundred acres of Land in Piscataway in Southfarnham parish that was given me by my decd. father Edmond Paget to him and his heirs for Ever. Item I given to my Loveing wife Mary my house & a hundred acres of Land that I now live on that I had of John Smith during her life and after her decease I give the said house & hundred acres of Land to my said Son Edmond Paget to him & his heirs for ever his likewise I give my said Son on [sic] Shilling Sterl. Item my Will & desire is that my Loving wife keep and work my two negro men & make use of the profits of their Labour towards the maintaining my Children and after her decease my desire that my two negro men be divided between my Son John my Daugher Lewcy & the Child my wife is now wth Child of and in Case either of my three Children dye before they com to age then my said two negro’s to be divided between the Surviv’rs of them my desire is that if my Mother Elizabeth Paget should fall to decay or want my will is that she have Six pounds Currant money out of my Estate I give all the rest of my Estate to be equally to be divided between my Loving wife Mary my Son John my daughter Lewcy & the Child my wife goes with let it be son or daughter to them & their heirs for ever. Item I Constitute & appoint my Loveing wife Mary & my bro in Law John Smith my Executors of this my Last Will & Testamt In Witness my hand this 26th day of January 1723.” Signed Ephraim Paget. Witnesses: Rich Covington, Edward Searle, Joseph his x mark Munday. Presented in court by Mary Paget and John Smith 17 March 1723. Mary Paget and Jno. Smith appointed executors, bond of two hundred pounds sterling. Mary signed with a mark M. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pages 47–48.]
An inventory of the estate of Ephraim Paget deceased was made on 17 April 1724 by Rich Covington, Tho: Winslow, and James Booth. Total £140.7.8. Recorded 21 April 1724. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, page 53.]