Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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William Dunn was mentioned in the 21 December 1789 will of his father John Dunn, proved on 15 February 1790. “I give to my son William Dunn the land Where on he now lives and Sixty six acors in Caryline County and Twenty pounds worth of pursanall Estate … It is my will and Desir that my loving wife an dunn and my son William Dunn and Richard Phillips Should be my hole and sole Executors …” [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 178–179.]
On 17 August 1793, commissioners appointed by Essex County court divided the Caroline County lands of John Dunn the Elder of Essex. This action was the result of a suit in which orators and oratrices were William Dunn, James Dunn an infant under the age of twenty one years by Ann Dunn his guardian, Joshua Dunn, Henry Dunn, Thomas Dunn & Godfrey Dunn, the two last infants under the age of twenty one years by George Martin their next friend, George Martin & Joanna his wife, Charles Bennett and Patty his wife, Patsey Dunn & Tolly Dunn & Dabney Dunn the two last infants under the age of twenty one years by George Page their next friend, and George Page & Molly his wife & Jaily Dunn, and defendants were John Dunn and Larkin Dunn. The complainants alleged that John Dunn senr. late of the county of Essex made his last will & testament bearing date the 21st day of december 1789, bequeathing to your orator James Dunn one hundred & forty four acres of land lying in Caroline County (the said testator being at that time seized of a tract of land in that county), and in case he died without heir, that it was his desire that the sd. testator’s son John Dunn should have his part, that he willed 144 acres of land to his grandchildren the son of John Dunn decd., which said children are orators and oratrices Joshua Dunn, Henry Dunn, Thomas Dunn, Godfrey Dunn, Joanna the wife of your orator George Martin, Patty the wife of your orator Charles Bennett & Patsey Dunn & John Dunn, and the said testator gave to his grandchildren the children of his son James Dunn decd. 144 acres, which said children are Larkin Dunn and your orators Tolly Dunn and Dabney Dunn & oratrices Molly the wife of George Page & Jaily Dunn, and also gave to your orator Wm. Dunn by the style of his son Wm. Dunn 66 acres, all of which was part of one tract of land in Caroline County. That a decree is necessary to divide the land, and to the end therefore that John Dunn, who was one of the children of John Dunn decd. in the said testator’s will and testament mentioned, and Larkin Dunn, who is one of the children of the said James Dunn decd. may be made defendants, to which the defendants answered in agreement for a division of the land. The division provided lots to the children of John Dunn, deceased (Joannah Martin (15-1/4 acres), Patsey Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Godfrey Dunn (15-1/4 acres), John Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Pattey Bennet (15-1/4 acres), Joshua Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Henry Dunn (21 acres), and Thomas Dunn (21 acres)); to James Dunn, an infant (133 acres)); to the children of James Dunn, deceased (Tolley Dunn (28-1/2 acres), Mary Page (28-1/2 acres), Larkin Dunn (39 acres), Dabney Dunn (39 acres), and Jaley Dunn (39 acres)); and to William Dunn Elder (62 acres); with one lot of 10 acres unassigned and not included in the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Papers, Dunn vs. Dunn, 1793.]
On 16 June 1823, George Taylor, Fontaine Wood, and Richard Dunn were bound in the penalty of $2,000 for George Taylor’s administration of the estate of William Dunn (D). [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, page 385.]
The estate of William Dunn, deceased, in account with George Taylor, administrator, from 1823 to 1825 was settled on 18 April 1825 by Lawrence Muse. Mentions board for three children, not named. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 20, pages 166–168.]
In 1827, orator Austrin Brockenbrough, sheriff of Essex County and Committee of the estate of William Dunn D, deceased, complained to the County Court of Essex in Chancery sitting. That William Dunn departed this life intestate, and administration of his estate was granted to George Taylor, with Richard Dunn and Fontaine Wood his securities. Taylor was directed under an order of the court, made at the instance of Fontaine Wood, to execute a new bond for his administration, but failed to comply with the requisition of the said order, whereupon his administration was revoked by the court. Administration was granted to George W. Lee, the then sheriff of Essex, now deceased, and subsequently the administration of the estate was committed to the hands of your orator. When Taylor’s accounts were settled on 16 May 1825, they showed a balance of $307 with interest due to the estate. That George Taylor, Fontaine Wood and Richard Dunn maybe made defendants hereto. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, Committee of William Dunn (D) v George Taylor et als, 1827-013.]
On 17 November 1828, orators and oratrices Samuel Johnson and Catharine his wife, Henry Dunn, George Martin and Joanna his wife, Dabney Dunn, Thomas Harper and Eliza his wife, Reuben Ware and Sally his wife, Polly Hardy, John Hardy, Mary Dunn, John Dunn, Patsy Dunn, William Dunn, Alexander Dunn, Lewis Dunn, Washington Dunn, Edmund Dunn, Mary Dunn, Fanny Moore, Jane Moore, George Moore, Samuel Broocks, Polly Newbill, William Cox and Lilly his wife, John Cooper and Constant his wife filed a complaint with the chancery court in Essex County, Virginia. “That John Dunn the father of your oratrice Catharine Johnson & of John Dunn who is deac’sd left the said Henry Dunn & Joanna Dunn, his only children & heirs at law, of James Dunn who is also decd & left your orator Dabney Dunn & Tolla Dunn decd, the father of Eliza Harper his only children & heirs at law, of Ann Dunn, who married Joseph Hardy, who is decd & left an only son, Joseph who is also decd & left your oratrice & orators Sally Ware, Polly Hardy & John Hardy his only children & heirs at Law, of Wm Dunn who is also decd & left your oratrices & orators, Mary Dunn, John Dunn & Curtis Dunn who is since decd, & left your orators & oratrices Patsy, William, Alexander, Lewis, Washington, Edmund & Mary his only children & heirs at Law, of Fanny, who married George Moore, both of whom are now decd & left your oratrices & orator Fanny, Jane [June?], & George Moore their only children & heirs at Law, of Mary Brooks, who afterwards married Rice Cauthorn, the mother of your orator & oratrice named Broocks, Polly Newbill, & Sally Cox, who are entitled to distribution as heirs at Law of said Mary Brooks; of Polly Broocks, who left your oratrice Constant Cooper her heir at Law and now residing of Va. who have not been heard from for the last five years also heirs”. That John Dunn “departed this life some time in the year [blank] having made his last Will & Testament, dated 21st December 1789 & duly recorded…He devised to his wife during her widowhood all the land whereon he resided, and after her death, he gave the same to John Dunn his son, who was a brother of the whole blood to the said Catharine Johnson, your oratrice, & of the whole blood to James Dunn, who the said complainants pray may be made deft: hereto & of the whole blood to Henry Dunn, who is decd and left James H. & Roberta his only children & heirs at Law & of the half blood to his other brothers & sisters herein before mentioned, that the said John Dunn afterwards died intestate, an infant under twenty one years of age & without issue…That the said James Dunn & James H. Dunn & Roberta Dunn may be made defendants…” [Essex County, Virginia, Box 146, Deeds and Wills, 1828–1829, loose paper.]
On 17 August 1793, commissioners appointed by Essex County court divided the Caroline County lands of John Dunn the Elder of Essex. This action was the result of a suit in which orators and oratrices were William Dunn, James Dunn an infant under the age of twenty one years by Ann Dunn his guardian, Joshua Dunn, Henry Dunn, Thomas Dunn & Godfrey Dunn, the two last infants under the age of twenty one years by George Martin their next friend, George Martin & Joanna his wife, Charles Bennett and Patty his wife, Patsey Dunn & Tolly Dunn & Dabney Dunn the two last infants under the age of twenty one years by George Page their next friend, and George Page & Molly his wife & Jaily Dunn, and defendants were John Dunn and Larkin Dunn. The complainants alleged that John Dunn senr. late of the county of Essex made his last will & testament bearing date the 21st day of december 1789, bequeathing to your orator James Dunn one hundred & forty four acres of land lying in Caroline County (the said testator being at that time seized of a tract of land in that county), and in case he died without heir, that it was his desire that the sd. testator’s son John Dunn should have his part, that he willed 144 acres of land to his grandchildren the son of John Dunn decd., which said children are orators and oratrices Joshua Dunn, Henry Dunn, Thomas Dunn, Godfrey Dunn, Joanna the wife of your orator George Martin, Patty the wife of your orator Charles Bennett & Patsey Dunn & John Dunn, and the said testator gave to his grandchildren the children of his son James Dunn decd. 144 acres, which said children are Larkin Dunn and your orators Tolly Dunn and Dabney Dunn & oratrices Molly the wife of George Page & Jaily Dunn, and also gave to your orator Wm. Dunn by the style of his son Wm. Dunn 66 acres, all of which was part of one tract of land in Caroline County. That a decree is necessary to divide the land, and to the end therefore that John Dunn, who was one of the children of John Dunn decd. in the said testator’s will and testament mentioned, and Larkin Dunn, who is one of the children of the said James Dunn decd. may be made defendants, to which the defendants answered in agreement for a division of the land. The division provided lots to the children of John Dunn, deceased (Joannah Martin (15-1/4 acres), Patsey Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Godfrey Dunn (15-1/4 acres), John Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Pattey Bennet (15-1/4 acres), Joshua Dunn (15-1/4 acres), Henry Dunn (21 acres), and Thomas Dunn (21 acres)); to James Dunn, an infant (133 acres)); to the children of James Dunn, deceased (Tolley Dunn (28-1/2 acres), Mary Page (28-1/2 acres), Larkin Dunn (39 acres), Dabney Dunn (39 acres), and Jaley Dunn (39 acres)); and to William Dunn Elder (62 acres); with one lot of 10 acres unassigned and not included in the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Papers, Dunn vs. Dunn, 1793.]
On 16 June 1823, George Taylor, Fontaine Wood, and Richard Dunn were bound in the penalty of $2,000 for George Taylor’s administration of the estate of William Dunn (D). [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, page 385.]
The estate of William Dunn, deceased, in account with George Taylor, administrator, from 1823 to 1825 was settled on 18 April 1825 by Lawrence Muse. Mentions board for three children, not named. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 20, pages 166–168.]
In 1827, orator Austrin Brockenbrough, sheriff of Essex County and Committee of the estate of William Dunn D, deceased, complained to the County Court of Essex in Chancery sitting. That William Dunn departed this life intestate, and administration of his estate was granted to George Taylor, with Richard Dunn and Fontaine Wood his securities. Taylor was directed under an order of the court, made at the instance of Fontaine Wood, to execute a new bond for his administration, but failed to comply with the requisition of the said order, whereupon his administration was revoked by the court. Administration was granted to George W. Lee, the then sheriff of Essex, now deceased, and subsequently the administration of the estate was committed to the hands of your orator. When Taylor’s accounts were settled on 16 May 1825, they showed a balance of $307 with interest due to the estate. That George Taylor, Fontaine Wood and Richard Dunn maybe made defendants hereto. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, Committee of William Dunn (D) v George Taylor et als, 1827-013.]
On 17 November 1828, orators and oratrices Samuel Johnson and Catharine his wife, Henry Dunn, George Martin and Joanna his wife, Dabney Dunn, Thomas Harper and Eliza his wife, Reuben Ware and Sally his wife, Polly Hardy, John Hardy, Mary Dunn, John Dunn, Patsy Dunn, William Dunn, Alexander Dunn, Lewis Dunn, Washington Dunn, Edmund Dunn, Mary Dunn, Fanny Moore, Jane Moore, George Moore, Samuel Broocks, Polly Newbill, William Cox and Lilly his wife, John Cooper and Constant his wife filed a complaint with the chancery court in Essex County, Virginia. “That John Dunn the father of your oratrice Catharine Johnson & of John Dunn who is deac’sd left the said Henry Dunn & Joanna Dunn, his only children & heirs at law, of James Dunn who is also decd & left your orator Dabney Dunn & Tolla Dunn decd, the father of Eliza Harper his only children & heirs at law, of Ann Dunn, who married Joseph Hardy, who is decd & left an only son, Joseph who is also decd & left your oratrice & orators Sally Ware, Polly Hardy & John Hardy his only children & heirs at Law, of Wm Dunn who is also decd & left your oratrices & orators, Mary Dunn, John Dunn & Curtis Dunn who is since decd, & left your orators & oratrices Patsy, William, Alexander, Lewis, Washington, Edmund & Mary his only children & heirs at Law, of Fanny, who married George Moore, both of whom are now decd & left your oratrices & orator Fanny, Jane [June?], & George Moore their only children & heirs at Law, of Mary Brooks, who afterwards married Rice Cauthorn, the mother of your orator & oratrice named Broocks, Polly Newbill, & Sally Cox, who are entitled to distribution as heirs at Law of said Mary Brooks; of Polly Broocks, who left your oratrice Constant Cooper her heir at Law and now residing of Va. who have not been heard from for the last five years also heirs”. That John Dunn “departed this life some time in the year [blank] having made his last Will & Testament, dated 21st December 1789 & duly recorded…He devised to his wife during her widowhood all the land whereon he resided, and after her death, he gave the same to John Dunn his son, who was a brother of the whole blood to the said Catharine Johnson, your oratrice, & of the whole blood to James Dunn, who the said complainants pray may be made deft: hereto & of the whole blood to Henry Dunn, who is decd and left James H. & Roberta his only children & heirs at Law & of the half blood to his other brothers & sisters herein before mentioned, that the said John Dunn afterwards died intestate, an infant under twenty one years of age & without issue…That the said James Dunn & James H. Dunn & Roberta Dunn may be made defendants…” [Essex County, Virginia, Box 146, Deeds and Wills, 1828–1829, loose paper.]