Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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Dickinson was mentioned in the 17 April 1778 will of his father Benjamin Dunn. “ I give my land & plantation to be Equilly Divided amongst my three sons Benjamin Dunn Dickinson Dunn and Antoney Crow Dunn to them and their heirs forever … I give to my son Dicinson Dunn my bigest Iron post one feather Bed & furniture & one Cow to him and his heirs forever … the Rest of my Estate after the payment of my Just Debts I give to be Equally Divided amongst all my living Children to them and their heirs forever. Lastly I Constitute & appoint Benja. Dunn and Dickinson my Executors to this my last will given under my hand & Seal this 17th of April 1778.” The will was proved on 18 October 1779. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 13, page 261.]
In the name of God amen
I Dickerson Dunn of the county of Essex and parish of southfarnham being weak in Body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament making void all other Wills heartofore made by me Item I give and recommend my soul to god who gave it hoping after this life to enjoy a happy resurrection through the alone merits of Jesus christ my saviour, secondly as to what wordly property I possess after the payment of my Just debts I wish to be dispod. of in manner following, Item I Lend to my loving Wife Elizabeth Dunn the whole of my Estate of every description to whole at her will and pleasure during her natural life or widowhood, (Item I give unto my son Jackson Dunn that part of my Land which I ownd. before I purchased land of my brother Anthony Dunn) Item the land I purchased of my Brother Anthony Dunn I wish to be equally divided between my son Robert Lawson Dunn and my son Lunsford Dunn, the said Robert Lawson Dunn part to be taken of the end of the said tract of land in the fork between the dragon swamp and the Cobben Branch) Item my son Lunsford Dunn the other part lying between the lands I gave to my son Jackson Dunn & my son Robert Lawson Dunn) the above lands to be possessed by my three sons after the death or marage of my loveing Wife Elizabeth Dunn & not before also on the following conditions) To Wit that they pay to and receive of each other so much money as will make their lots of land Equal, and also pay unto my two Daughters Dolly Dunn and my Daughter Mary Dunn Ten pounds each as to make the amount received by the two fifteen pounds each it is also my will and desire that if either of my sons dies without heir that their Land shall be divided between the surviving Sons, it is also my desire that if either of my sons should wish to make any improvement on their respective lots of land before they are possest of them such improvements shall not be considered in the valuation) Item to my daughter Mary Dunn I Give my best Bed and furniture bell metal skilit and flat Iron after the death or marage of my wife the whole of my other Estate personal I wish to be divided between my two Daughters Dolly Dunn & Mary Dunn & Lastly I constitute my Loving Wife Elizabeth Dunn and John Miller to be my Executors to Carry this Will into effect and that she be permitted to qualify without giving security, Given under my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of February 1803
Dickinson Dunn
Witnesses: John Croxton Senr., James Croxton Junr., Willis his x mark Brizendine
On 20 February 1804, proved by the oaths of John Croxton Senr. and James Croxton Junr. Administration of the estate granted to John Mann, with Francis Webb and Philip Mann his securities in the penalty of $500.
[Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 268–269.]
On 3 March 1804, an inventory of the estate of Dickinson Dunn was made John Croxton, Tho. Covington and Gilbee[?] Foreman[?], ordered recorded on 17 September 1804. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 305–306.]
In 1836 or 1837, oratrix Dorothy Dunn, widow of Tolla Dunn, deceased, complained that her father, the late Dickerson Dunn, died some time in the year of [blank], testate. The he devised the whole of his estate to his wife Elizabeth Dunn during her life, and that the said widow has long since been dead. After her death, the testator stated land was to go to Jackson Dunn, and directed that the land purchased of his brother Anthony Dunn should be equally divided between his other two sons, Robert Lawson Dunn and Lunsford Dunn, with certain sums to be paid to your said oratrix and Mary Dunn his daughters. About 24 years ago, Robert Lawson died intestate leaving an infant daughter Delila, who was shortly after carried out of this Commonwealth by her mother and step father, and has been absent, and that the said Lunsford Dunn died about the same time, also intestate, leaving no children. That Jackson died a few years since, leaving a widow Happy Dunn, and the following children to wit, Ophelia the wife of Pittman Mitchell, Julia the wife of John Clarke, Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Durham, Edmonia the wife of William Webb, Washington W. Eleanor and Susan, the three last infants under 21, all of whom are still alive. That the said Mary Dunn, a daughter of Dickerson Dunn, intermarried with a certain Jesse Griggs, both of whom are dead, leaving three children vz. Lucy, who intermarried with Gregory Davis, and has since died leaving two infant children Mary and Dicy, and Eliza Griggs and Thomas Griggs who are also infants. For division of the land. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Cause, Dolly Dunn v George W. Dunn et al, 1837-005, Box 39.]
In the name of God amen
I Dickerson Dunn of the county of Essex and parish of southfarnham being weak in Body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament making void all other Wills heartofore made by me Item I give and recommend my soul to god who gave it hoping after this life to enjoy a happy resurrection through the alone merits of Jesus christ my saviour, secondly as to what wordly property I possess after the payment of my Just debts I wish to be dispod. of in manner following, Item I Lend to my loving Wife Elizabeth Dunn the whole of my Estate of every description to whole at her will and pleasure during her natural life or widowhood, (Item I give unto my son Jackson Dunn that part of my Land which I ownd. before I purchased land of my brother Anthony Dunn) Item the land I purchased of my Brother Anthony Dunn I wish to be equally divided between my son Robert Lawson Dunn and my son Lunsford Dunn, the said Robert Lawson Dunn part to be taken of the end of the said tract of land in the fork between the dragon swamp and the Cobben Branch) Item my son Lunsford Dunn the other part lying between the lands I gave to my son Jackson Dunn & my son Robert Lawson Dunn) the above lands to be possessed by my three sons after the death or marage of my loveing Wife Elizabeth Dunn & not before also on the following conditions) To Wit that they pay to and receive of each other so much money as will make their lots of land Equal, and also pay unto my two Daughters Dolly Dunn and my Daughter Mary Dunn Ten pounds each as to make the amount received by the two fifteen pounds each it is also my will and desire that if either of my sons dies without heir that their Land shall be divided between the surviving Sons, it is also my desire that if either of my sons should wish to make any improvement on their respective lots of land before they are possest of them such improvements shall not be considered in the valuation) Item to my daughter Mary Dunn I Give my best Bed and furniture bell metal skilit and flat Iron after the death or marage of my wife the whole of my other Estate personal I wish to be divided between my two Daughters Dolly Dunn & Mary Dunn & Lastly I constitute my Loving Wife Elizabeth Dunn and John Miller to be my Executors to Carry this Will into effect and that she be permitted to qualify without giving security, Given under my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of February 1803
Dickinson Dunn
Witnesses: John Croxton Senr., James Croxton Junr., Willis his x mark Brizendine
On 20 February 1804, proved by the oaths of John Croxton Senr. and James Croxton Junr. Administration of the estate granted to John Mann, with Francis Webb and Philip Mann his securities in the penalty of $500.
[Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 268–269.]
On 3 March 1804, an inventory of the estate of Dickinson Dunn was made John Croxton, Tho. Covington and Gilbee[?] Foreman[?], ordered recorded on 17 September 1804. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 305–306.]
In 1836 or 1837, oratrix Dorothy Dunn, widow of Tolla Dunn, deceased, complained that her father, the late Dickerson Dunn, died some time in the year of [blank], testate. The he devised the whole of his estate to his wife Elizabeth Dunn during her life, and that the said widow has long since been dead. After her death, the testator stated land was to go to Jackson Dunn, and directed that the land purchased of his brother Anthony Dunn should be equally divided between his other two sons, Robert Lawson Dunn and Lunsford Dunn, with certain sums to be paid to your said oratrix and Mary Dunn his daughters. About 24 years ago, Robert Lawson died intestate leaving an infant daughter Delila, who was shortly after carried out of this Commonwealth by her mother and step father, and has been absent, and that the said Lunsford Dunn died about the same time, also intestate, leaving no children. That Jackson died a few years since, leaving a widow Happy Dunn, and the following children to wit, Ophelia the wife of Pittman Mitchell, Julia the wife of John Clarke, Elizabeth the wife of Joseph Durham, Edmonia the wife of William Webb, Washington W. Eleanor and Susan, the three last infants under 21, all of whom are still alive. That the said Mary Dunn, a daughter of Dickerson Dunn, intermarried with a certain Jesse Griggs, both of whom are dead, leaving three children vz. Lucy, who intermarried with Gregory Davis, and has since died leaving two infant children Mary and Dicy, and Eliza Griggs and Thomas Griggs who are also infants. For division of the land. [Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Cause, Dolly Dunn v George W. Dunn et al, 1837-005, Box 39.]
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Deathabt Oct 1811