Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameHenry Cauthorn 
Deathabt Oct 1783
Documentation
In the Name of God Amen.
I Henry Cauthorn of the County of Essex being sick & weak in body but of sound & perfect Mind and Memory, do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following.
First, it is my Will and desire that all my just debts & funeral charges be fully paid & discharged; Secondly, I give & bequeath the Land whereon I now live to my two Sons Richard & Vincent Cauthorn, to be equally divided between them & their Heirs forever. It is my will & desire that the Whole of my Estate, both real & personal, (except the Land before Mentioned) be inventoried & appraised, out of which I give to my two Sons before Mentioned Viz Richard & Vincent Five pounds Cash to each; & unto my grand-Daughter, Elizabeth Cauthorn Four pounds for ever; And the rest or remainder of my Estate I desire to be equally divided amongst my other Children, Viz. Rice Cauthorn, Elizabeth Fore Acres, Mary Gest, Ann Dunn & Mildred Cauthorn, to them & their Heirs forever. And Lastly I do appoint my two Sons Rice & Richard Cauthorn to be the Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal this Twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord 1783
Henry his x mark Cauthorn (Seal)
Witnesses: Richard Cauthorn, Richard his + mark Webb.
[Essex County, Virginia, Will Bok 13, page 391.]
On 16 October 1786, an account of Rice Cauthorn’s and Richard Cauthorn’s executorship of the estate of Henry Cauthorn, deceased, was returned to court, settled by Thos. Evans, Thos. Johnson, and Richd. Cauthen [sic] Senr. Consistent with the will, the accounting shows a distribution of £5 each to Richard Cauthorn jr. and Vincent Cauthorn, and £4 to Elizabeth Cauthorn. An equal distribution of £46.13.3 was made to Rice Cauthorn, John Dunn Senr., Wm. Gest, Thos Ussey, and Mildred Cauthorn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 61–62.]
I Henry Cauthorn of the County of Essex being sick & weak in body but of sound & perfect Mind and Memory, do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following.
First, it is my Will and desire that all my just debts & funeral charges be fully paid & discharged; Secondly, I give & bequeath the Land whereon I now live to my two Sons Richard & Vincent Cauthorn, to be equally divided between them & their Heirs forever. It is my will & desire that the Whole of my Estate, both real & personal, (except the Land before Mentioned) be inventoried & appraised, out of which I give to my two Sons before Mentioned Viz Richard & Vincent Five pounds Cash to each; & unto my grand-Daughter, Elizabeth Cauthorn Four pounds for ever; And the rest or remainder of my Estate I desire to be equally divided amongst my other Children, Viz. Rice Cauthorn, Elizabeth Fore Acres, Mary Gest, Ann Dunn & Mildred Cauthorn, to them & their Heirs forever. And Lastly I do appoint my two Sons Rice & Richard Cauthorn to be the Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal this Twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord 1783
Henry his x mark Cauthorn (Seal)
Witnesses: Richard Cauthorn, Richard his + mark Webb.
[Essex County, Virginia, Will Bok 13, page 391.]
On 16 October 1786, an account of Rice Cauthorn’s and Richard Cauthorn’s executorship of the estate of Henry Cauthorn, deceased, was returned to court, settled by Thos. Evans, Thos. Johnson, and Richd. Cauthen [sic] Senr. Consistent with the will, the accounting shows a distribution of £5 each to Richard Cauthorn jr. and Vincent Cauthorn, and £4 to Elizabeth Cauthorn. An equal distribution of £46.13.3 was made to Rice Cauthorn, John Dunn Senr., Wm. Gest, Thos Ussey, and Mildred Cauthorn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 61–62.]