In an undated petition, orators and oratrices Robert H Moody, Sthreshley Dunn and Mary his wife who was Mary Moody a daughter of Hundley Moody decd late of Essex County and Joseph Minor and Nancy his wife who was Nancy Moody another daughter of the said Hundley Moody and Daniel J Moody complained that the said Hundley Moody father of your orators Robert H Moody, Daniel J Moody and oratrices Mary Dunn and Nancy Minor, died on ____ 1837 leaving a widow Elizabeth Moody (who has since died) and your orators Robert H, Mary, Nancy, and Daniel J his only children and heirs. He died intestate and administration of his estate was granted to John P Armstrong. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 48, item 48-J-10.]