The estate of John Edmondson in account with Lawrence Lewis in 1789 and a James Webb from 1790 to 1802 was settled (with reservations) by W Brockenbrough, Tho: Brockenbrough and Lawrence Muse and recorded on 20 December 1802. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 172–182.]

On 3 January 1791, a James Webb witnessed a deed from Susanna Burke in her own right and as guardian to Richard, Ann, Edmund, Susanna, William and Judith Burke children and coheirs of John Burke decd late husband of Susanna sold to John Chenault of the parish of Southfarnham and County of Essex, administrator of the estate of John Burke. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 33, pages 288–289.]

On 19 July 1796, a James Webb witnessed a deed from Thomas Dix and Sarah his wife of the parish of southfarnham and County of Essex to Francis T. Brooke of the County of Spotsylvania. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 33, pages 341–342.]

James Webb was named an executor in the 1796 will of Sarah Campbell. [Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, ed. Beverley Fleet, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988, page 209.]

On 16 September 1799, adminstration of the estate of Hugh Campbell was granted to William Barclay with James Dix and a James Webb his securities. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, page 257.]

James Webb was mentioned in the 7 January 1804 will of his relation Elizabeth Edmondson, the wife of his wife’s uncle, proved on 20 February 1804. “Item after the payment of my debts to my friend James Webb and such as he is liable for on [per?] my behalf, & for which all my other property is made over to him, and which debts are to be first paid, after after the payment of any other debts which I may owe, if there are any, I dispose of my property as follows … Lastly I appoint my friend James Webb executor of this my Will and Testament.” On 20 February 1804, proved by the oath of W. Smith. James Webb relinquished his right of executorship, and on his motion administration with the Will annexed granted him on the Estate with with John Dunn his security in the penalty of $3,000. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 272–273.]

On 21 February 1804, James Webb and John Dunn were bound in the penalty of $3,000 for James Webb’s administration with will annexed of the goods, chattels and credits of Elizabeth Edmondson, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, page 273.]

James Webb was named an executor in the 1 October 1806 will of Mace Clements, proved 16 February 1807. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, page 7.]

On 16 June 1807, William Newbill, James Webb and Carter Wood were bound in the penalty of $6,000 for William Newbill’s administration with the will annexed of Mace Clements, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 17, pages 14–15.]

In an undated petition, heirs of John Edmondson petitioned the court for a division of his land: “Orators & Oratrices James Edmondson, Susanna Wiatt & John & Thomas Wiatt sons of the said Susanna & Thomas Dix and Sarah his wife who was Sarah Edmondson & Philemon Gatewood and Dorothy his wife who was Dorothy Edmonson & Martha Todd Throckmorton one of the coheirs of Judith Throckmorton decd. the late wife of Gabriel Throckmorton now decd. that John Edmondson being seized in fee simple of a tract of land situated within the parish of south Farnham & this county containing about 994 acres & another tract within the same parish containing about 404 acres died whereby the said tracts of land descended to Susanna Lewis the late wife of Lawrence Lewis the only child of the sd John, which said Lawrence & Susanna entered into the same & thereof continued seised until sometime on or about the month of april 1790 when the said Susanna died without issue and your Orators & Oratrix John & Thomas Wiatt & Susanna Wiatt became entitled to one moity of the said lands each a third part thereof to be held in coparcenary by virtue of the act of General assembly in such case enacted your Oratrix Susanna being the the [sic] mother of Ann the wife of the sd John Edmondson who was the mother of the sd Susanna Lewis, and your Orators John & Thomas Wiatt being brothers of the whole blood to the said Ann & Uncle to the said Susanna Lewis and your Orator James Edmondson & your oratrices Sarah Dix & Dorothy Gatewood & Albion Throckmorton, Gabriel Throckmorton and Dorothy Webb the wife of James Webb who was Dorothy Throckmorton & your Oratrix Mary Todd Throckmorton, and William Throckmorton & James Throckmorton & Fanny Throckmorton, Sarah Throckmorton, Lucy Throckmorton & Judith Throckmorton became entitled to the other moity thereof to be held in coparcenary, your Orator James Edmondson being entitled to a third part thereof, your Oratrix Sarah Dix being entitled to a sixth part thereof & your Oratrix Dorothy Gatewood to a sixth part also, and the sd Albion Throckmorton, Gabriel Throckmorton, Dorothy Webb and your Oratrix Martha T. Throckmorton and the sd William Throckmorton, James Throckmorton, Fanny Throckmorton, Sally Throckmorton, Lucy Throckmorton & Judith Throckmorton to the remaining third part thereof to each a tenth part of the said third part, your Orator James Edmondson being a brother of the whole blood to the said John Edmondson and uncle to the sd Susanna Lewis & your Oratrices Sarah Dix and Dorothy Gatewood being sisters of the half blood to the sd John Edmondson & aunts to the sd Susanna Lewis & the sd Albion & Gabriel Throckmorton & Dorothy Webb & your Oratrix Martha T. Throckmorton & the sd William Throckmorton, James Throckmorton, Fanny Throckmorton, Sally Throckmorton, Lucy Throckmorton & Judith Throckmorton being children & coheirs of Judith Throckmorton decd. who was the late wife of Gabriel Throckmorton and a sister of the whole blood of the sd John Edmondson decd & aunt to the sd Suanna Lewis decd” That Albion Throckmorton and Gabriel Throckmorton have sold their interest to James Webb, as has James Edmondson. That James Webb and Dorothy his wife have entered into the tract of land and “obtained possession of all writings, evidences & papers relative to the title of the sd land John Edmondson to the sd tracts of land whereby to defeat your Orators & Oratrices.” [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 6, item 6-E-2.]

On 25 June 1817, a James Webb gave in King and Queen County an affidavit re a bond of Joseph Wood and Thos Wood to Mace Clements of £80 from 18 May 1801 which Mac Clements assigned in part to James Webb. Payments came in 1802 and 1803. “A few days before Jo: Wood went away he came to my house & at his request I gave him a statement of the different claims I held agt him (including the debt aforementioned) & he promised to meet me at Essex court the monday then next ensuing & pay off the whole, which I did not doubt he would do but I never have seen him since. I do not recollect the time when he went away…I wrote a letter to Capt Thos Wood stating the amt due on the aforementioned bond & soon after I saw & conversed with him, in which conversation Capt Thos Wood said that his son Jo: had imposed on him—that he had enquired of him if he had paid that debt to me & was informed by him that he had paid it & Capt Wood said that when Jo: was going away he had given him all that he intended to give him & that he had given him more than any of his other children could get of his estate & that Jo: leaving him to pay that debt would get so much more than he had intended to give him”. Thomas Wood paid off the debt in 1809–1811. The document is partly missing. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-68.]

In 1818, John Henshaw junior assignee of John Henshaw complained unto the superior court of chancery for the Fredericksburg disctrict, that John Edmondson had been in his lifetime indebted to John Hewshaw. John Edmondson died in 1789 intestate leaving an only daughter Susannah who had married Lawrence Lewis, and that Susannah, of legal age, died in 1790 without child, mother or siblings, leaving Susannah Wyatt, John Wyatt and Thomas Wyatt her maternal grandmother and uncles, and James Edmondson, Sarah Dix wife of Thomas Dix, Dorothy Gatewood wife of Philemon Gatewood her paternal uncle and aunts, and also descendants of Judith Throgmorton wife of Gabriel Throgmorton, who had children Albion, Gabriel, William, James, Dorothy who intermarried with James Webb, Martha who intermarried with Anthony Haynes, Sally who intermarried with William Smith, Lucy who intermarried with Anthony Brooking and Judith who intermarried with Edmund E. Brooking. James Edmondson died in 1790 leaving no children and a widow who died in 179-. Albion Throgmorton died intestate leaving James, Edward, Sophia, Robert, Lucy and Dorothy, that James died without child, that William died leaving an only child Anna who intermarried with James Booker. Sarah Dix and Dorothy Gatewood were sisters of the half blood to John Edmondson, that Dorothy died in 1811 leaving Thomas, Richard and Fielding Gatewood. John Henshaw seeks compensation. His bill was answered in 1820 by James Webb and Dorothy his wife, Edmund Cauthorn and Martha Todd his wife, Anthony Hayes and Fanny his wife, and William Smith and Sally his wife. John Edmondson died possessed to two tracts of land in Essex County, South Farnham parish. Their answer seems to imply that Susannah might have had a brother James, but wording is unclear. The name Throgmorton is spelled Throckmorton throughout their answer. Martha Todd Cauthorn had been Martha Throckmorton, Fanny Hayes had been Fanny Throckmorton. Judith Throckmorton, who married Robert E. Brooking is now dead. Some of the land had been previously conveyed to John Turner, who died leaving a widow Cary Turner and an only son Major John Boughan Turner. Other property was conveyed to Mace Clements who has died and left a widow Eliza who married a Foster, the said Foster having died, and Mace and Eliza Clements had a daughter Mary. James Edmondson died in 1791 leaving a will proved in Essex in 1792, leaving estate to his nephews James, Gabriel and William Throckmorton and neices Dorothy, Martha, Frances, Sally, Lucy and Judith Throckmorton. James’s widow held the land until she died in 1805. [Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, ed. Beverley Fleet, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988, pages 439–441.]