Abraham Pagett was mentioned in the 18 July 1722 will of his father Edmund Pagitt. Abraham was to receive “one hundred acres of Land being more or less Scituate lying & being in the County of Essex begining at a white [illegible] standing upon ye Tobacco house Swamp on a spring branch which parts my Son John Paget & my Son Abraham and so runing along a line a markt trees which I have already made between them to Guterges line thence down the sd line to the Swamp that is known by the name of Quarter Swamp thence down the sd Swamp to the Tobacco house Swamp thence up the said to [sic] the first menconed Station”. He was also to receiving one shilling. The will was proved 20 November 1722. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 4, pages 2–3.]

On 17 May 1737, Henry Pagett, James Wall and William Arxen[?] were bound £100 sterling for Henry Pagett’s administration of the goods, chattles and credits of Abraham Pagett deceased. Signed Henry his HP mark Pagett, James his E mark Wall, Wm Arxen. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 62–63.]

An inventory and appraisal of the estate of Abraham Pagett was made on 31 May 1737 by Henry Tandy, John Munday and Charles Munday. No total valuation. Henry Pagett administrator. Recorded 21 June 1737. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 77–78.]

The estate of Abraham Pagett in account for the year 1737 is recorded in Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 7, pages 409–410.