Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameMary Croxton 
Deathabt Feb 1808
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
FatherJohn Croxton (-1757)
MotherJohanna
Documentation
Mary Croxton was mentioned in the 22 October 1750 will of her father John Croxton. She was not married at this date. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 40–41.]
Mary Haile is mentioned in the 1787 will of her husband Richard Thomas Haile. She was named co-executor, but did not appear in court with her son John, also named co-exector. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, pages 193–194.]
A depostion was taken on 13 September 1800 of Mary Haile, widow of Richard Thomas Haile, taken at her house in a lawsuit between Jno Haile and Richard Thomas Haile an infant by said Jno his next friend, plaintiffs, against Jno Stodghall and Wheeler Haile, defendants. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery 11, Item 11-D-73.]
On 20 March 1806, a bill of complaint was filed against Mary Haile by some of her children. “To the worshipful hustices of Essex County Court in Chancery siting humbly complaining shew unto your worships your orators Benjamin Haile & Zachariah Crittenden. That your orator Benjamin is a son of Richard T Haile decd & that your orator Zachariah sometime since intermarried with Joanna Haile a daughter of the said Richard T Haile. That the said Richard T Haile departed this life after having first made his last will & testament which has been duly recorded in this Court a copy of which is now produced and prayed to be received apart from this bill. That by the said will the whole of the estate possessed by the testator was lent to Mary his widow during her life and after her death his desk & still were given to his son John, and his lands were lent to him for the term of his life with the remainder to his grandson Richard T Haile the after after some other legacies it was directed by the said will that all the estate lent to his widow except the land desk & still should after his death be devided among his children thus named to wit Lewis, Benjamin, Joanna, & Richard Haile. That Lewis departed this life soon after his father and that Richard hath lately died, the administration of whose estate has been granted to Wheeler Haile by this Court. That Wheeler Haile a son of the said Richard T Haile being pretermited by his father’s will & being consequently excluded from participating in any part of his estate, was a subject of anguish & regret to his mother, who expressed frequent enxiety to controul the will of her deceased husband & as that Wheeler should some in for a proportion of the estate after her death. That after much conversation upon this subject it was consented & agreed to and a bond was given for that purpose to Wheeler Haile by our orators & Richard Haile convenanting that at his mother’s death, he should receive a proportional part of the estateheld by his mother, in fee simple; and in consideration of this arrangement it was covenanted by the said Mary Haile & Wheeler Haile with your orators & the said Richard Haile decd as by the said covenant hereto annexed will particularly appear. That the said estate should be kept together for the joint benefit of the said Wheeler, Benjamin Richard & Zachariah during the natural life of the said Mary Haile & that the said Wheeler should superintend or manage the said estate as overseer as long as he thought proper & out of the profits thereof to reserve to himself for his trouble as overseer & after supporting the said Mary Haile & defraying the reasonable charges for the same & for the support of the said estate that the profits of the said estate should be equally devided annually between the said Wheeler Richard & Zachariah & in case of the death of either of the parties the representatives of such party or parties should be entitled to the share or shares of the party or parties respectively so dying and it was also agreed that in case either of the parties other than the said Wheeler who was to be benefited by the said devision should except to the conduct of the said Wheeler as overseer as aforesaid or in case any other disagreement whatever should take place between the said parties, that such disagreement should be settled by [illeg] more persons to be chosen by the same parties &c. That your orators having paid the price for a fair and just account of the profits of the said estate by obligating themselves to permit Wheeler Haile to have an equal share of the said estate held by his mther at her death, did expect that their hopes would not have been disappointed and that a performance on the part of Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile would have been made. That the said Wheeler Haile acted as the overseer over the said estate in the following years, to wit 1796, 1797, 1800, 1801 & 1802 and made good crops of corn wheat brandy &c. but has never accounted for any part with your orators. That besides the profits made from the estate which ought to have been great considering that the land was good and that there were at least 9 hands thereon besides horses & cattle. The said Wheeler sold in the years above mentioned a quantity of timber staves[stones?] & nails and he has devoted to his own peculiar use a valuable negroe fellow from 1796 to the present time named Abraham. That if the crop made in 1802 should turn out to be an indifferent one it arose from this circumstance that Wheeler Haile employed the hands very much in this year upon his own plantation. That your orators have repeatedly besought Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile to have a just & fair settlement of the profits of the said estate either in the mode presented by the said covenant or in any other proper mode; but the said Wheeler has always evaded the said settlement and by the note hereto annexed & signed by Mary Hail or by some person for her and addressed to your orator Benjamin it appears that she was resolved to have no settlement and to depart from the conditions in the aofresaid covenant. In tender consideration whereof To the end therefore that the said Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile who your orators pray may be made defts hereto with apt words to charge them may upon their respective corporal oaths full true & perfect answer make to all & singular the premisses so fully as if now again reported & interrogated & more especially that they may say whether the annexed [torn, about three words] signed by them? was not a bond in consideration of the agreement contained in the said covenant given to Wheeler Haile by your orators & binding themselves that the said Wheeler at the death of his mother should enjoy an equal proportion of the estate except the land as held by her for her life? Where is the bond & that it may be produced. Did not the said Wheeler superintend the said estate for the years 1796, 1797, 8000 [sic] 1801 & 1802 and did not the said Mary enjoy the estate the year 1805? Were not large crops made of corn wheat brandy cyder &c? Has not the said Wheeler had the particular & exclusive use of the negroe fellow named Abraham from 1796 to the present time & would not have hired for £15 to £20 per annum? Did he not sell a quantity of timber staves[stones?] & nails? How many acres of land were there in the tract, how many slaves had he to work, how many horses & oxen? Did he not in the year 1802 employ the slaves for some time upon his own land? Have they not been very much importuned to make a fair settlement of the produce & profits of the said estate & have they not refused? was not the annexed note addressed to Benjamin Haile & signed by Mary Haile, written by her or by some person for her?
“And that your worships would order & decree that the said defendants shall settle[?] a fair & just account of the profits of the said estate in the years above mentioned and that so much may be paid to your orators as they may be found entitled to and that such further or other releif may be granted to them as equity as the nature of their case may cause. May it please your workships &c” [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 14, item 14-K-53.]
On 15 February 1808, Thomas Brockenbrough and James Webb were bound $1,700 for Thomas Brockenbrough’s administration of the estate of Mary Haile, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 60.]
On 19 December 1808, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Mary Haile, deceased, was presented in court by Ambrose Hunley, Thomas Wright, and Carter Croxton, and ordered recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, pages 98–99.]
On 15 July 1809, the estate of Mary Haile in account with Thomas Brockenbrough was settled by Laurence Muse, Benjamin Blake, and Henley Woodward, and ordered recorded on 17 July 1809. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 130.]
Mary Haile is mentioned in the 1787 will of her husband Richard Thomas Haile. She was named co-executor, but did not appear in court with her son John, also named co-exector. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 15, pages 193–194.]
A depostion was taken on 13 September 1800 of Mary Haile, widow of Richard Thomas Haile, taken at her house in a lawsuit between Jno Haile and Richard Thomas Haile an infant by said Jno his next friend, plaintiffs, against Jno Stodghall and Wheeler Haile, defendants. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery 11, Item 11-D-73.]
On 20 March 1806, a bill of complaint was filed against Mary Haile by some of her children. “To the worshipful hustices of Essex County Court in Chancery siting humbly complaining shew unto your worships your orators Benjamin Haile & Zachariah Crittenden. That your orator Benjamin is a son of Richard T Haile decd & that your orator Zachariah sometime since intermarried with Joanna Haile a daughter of the said Richard T Haile. That the said Richard T Haile departed this life after having first made his last will & testament which has been duly recorded in this Court a copy of which is now produced and prayed to be received apart from this bill. That by the said will the whole of the estate possessed by the testator was lent to Mary his widow during her life and after her death his desk & still were given to his son John, and his lands were lent to him for the term of his life with the remainder to his grandson Richard T Haile the after after some other legacies it was directed by the said will that all the estate lent to his widow except the land desk & still should after his death be devided among his children thus named to wit Lewis, Benjamin, Joanna, & Richard Haile. That Lewis departed this life soon after his father and that Richard hath lately died, the administration of whose estate has been granted to Wheeler Haile by this Court. That Wheeler Haile a son of the said Richard T Haile being pretermited by his father’s will & being consequently excluded from participating in any part of his estate, was a subject of anguish & regret to his mother, who expressed frequent enxiety to controul the will of her deceased husband & as that Wheeler should some in for a proportion of the estate after her death. That after much conversation upon this subject it was consented & agreed to and a bond was given for that purpose to Wheeler Haile by our orators & Richard Haile convenanting that at his mother’s death, he should receive a proportional part of the estateheld by his mother, in fee simple; and in consideration of this arrangement it was covenanted by the said Mary Haile & Wheeler Haile with your orators & the said Richard Haile decd as by the said covenant hereto annexed will particularly appear. That the said estate should be kept together for the joint benefit of the said Wheeler, Benjamin Richard & Zachariah during the natural life of the said Mary Haile & that the said Wheeler should superintend or manage the said estate as overseer as long as he thought proper & out of the profits thereof to reserve to himself for his trouble as overseer & after supporting the said Mary Haile & defraying the reasonable charges for the same & for the support of the said estate that the profits of the said estate should be equally devided annually between the said Wheeler Richard & Zachariah & in case of the death of either of the parties the representatives of such party or parties should be entitled to the share or shares of the party or parties respectively so dying and it was also agreed that in case either of the parties other than the said Wheeler who was to be benefited by the said devision should except to the conduct of the said Wheeler as overseer as aforesaid or in case any other disagreement whatever should take place between the said parties, that such disagreement should be settled by [illeg] more persons to be chosen by the same parties &c. That your orators having paid the price for a fair and just account of the profits of the said estate by obligating themselves to permit Wheeler Haile to have an equal share of the said estate held by his mther at her death, did expect that their hopes would not have been disappointed and that a performance on the part of Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile would have been made. That the said Wheeler Haile acted as the overseer over the said estate in the following years, to wit 1796, 1797, 1800, 1801 & 1802 and made good crops of corn wheat brandy &c. but has never accounted for any part with your orators. That besides the profits made from the estate which ought to have been great considering that the land was good and that there were at least 9 hands thereon besides horses & cattle. The said Wheeler sold in the years above mentioned a quantity of timber staves[stones?] & nails and he has devoted to his own peculiar use a valuable negroe fellow from 1796 to the present time named Abraham. That if the crop made in 1802 should turn out to be an indifferent one it arose from this circumstance that Wheeler Haile employed the hands very much in this year upon his own plantation. That your orators have repeatedly besought Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile to have a just & fair settlement of the profits of the said estate either in the mode presented by the said covenant or in any other proper mode; but the said Wheeler has always evaded the said settlement and by the note hereto annexed & signed by Mary Hail or by some person for her and addressed to your orator Benjamin it appears that she was resolved to have no settlement and to depart from the conditions in the aofresaid covenant. In tender consideration whereof To the end therefore that the said Wheeler Haile & Mary Haile who your orators pray may be made defts hereto with apt words to charge them may upon their respective corporal oaths full true & perfect answer make to all & singular the premisses so fully as if now again reported & interrogated & more especially that they may say whether the annexed [torn, about three words] signed by them? was not a bond in consideration of the agreement contained in the said covenant given to Wheeler Haile by your orators & binding themselves that the said Wheeler at the death of his mother should enjoy an equal proportion of the estate except the land as held by her for her life? Where is the bond & that it may be produced. Did not the said Wheeler superintend the said estate for the years 1796, 1797, 8000 [sic] 1801 & 1802 and did not the said Mary enjoy the estate the year 1805? Were not large crops made of corn wheat brandy cyder &c? Has not the said Wheeler had the particular & exclusive use of the negroe fellow named Abraham from 1796 to the present time & would not have hired for £15 to £20 per annum? Did he not sell a quantity of timber staves[stones?] & nails? How many acres of land were there in the tract, how many slaves had he to work, how many horses & oxen? Did he not in the year 1802 employ the slaves for some time upon his own land? Have they not been very much importuned to make a fair settlement of the produce & profits of the said estate & have they not refused? was not the annexed note addressed to Benjamin Haile & signed by Mary Haile, written by her or by some person for her?
“And that your worships would order & decree that the said defendants shall settle[?] a fair & just account of the profits of the said estate in the years above mentioned and that so much may be paid to your orators as they may be found entitled to and that such further or other releif may be granted to them as equity as the nature of their case may cause. May it please your workships &c” [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 14, item 14-K-53.]
On 15 February 1808, Thomas Brockenbrough and James Webb were bound $1,700 for Thomas Brockenbrough’s administration of the estate of Mary Haile, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 60.]
On 19 December 1808, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Mary Haile, deceased, was presented in court by Ambrose Hunley, Thomas Wright, and Carter Croxton, and ordered recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, pages 98–99.]
On 15 July 1809, the estate of Mary Haile in account with Thomas Brockenbrough was settled by Laurence Muse, Benjamin Blake, and Henley Woodward, and ordered recorded on 17 July 1809. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 130.]
Spouses
Marriageaft 22 Oct 1750