General Notes

(Research):An inventory of William's estate was taken to di
scharge his debtors and
filed on August 24, 1708. The inventory is entered in the b
ooks of Norfolk
County, Virginia as of September 15,1708.
Included in the inventory were 32 items, including a hand m
ill, horse, gun,
several iron pots, wedges, axes, handsaws, and other item
s used by a colonial
American in making a living from the land. Very few items o
f furniture were
listed and almost every item was preceded with the descript
ion "old."
It is interesting to consider whether the seader (cedar) bo
x and small box
included could be the cedar box and small box willed to Rut
h Fenford Sugg by
her mother, Sarah Fenford, in 1679.
"From A Sow To A Sparrow--A History Of The Sugg Family," b
y Dorris D. Hendrickson and Paul Hisaw.
While early dates are scarce, Thomas Fenford's will dated S
eptember 23,
1675, names his daughter, Ruth Fenford. On September 16, 16
91, a deed
involving the co-heirs of Thomas Fenford shows that Ruth Fe
nford is now the
wife of William Sugg. That year William and Ruth sold 100 a
cres, apparently land
which Ruth had received from her father, to Henry Fleetwood
. The land adjoined
that owned by Ruth's sister, Barbara Fenford Eldridge.
William Sugg and Ruth Fenford were marriedabout 1683 or 168
4. They
were not married when Thomas Fenford wrote his willin 1675
, but were married
by 1691. And according to William Sugg's will, hiseldest so
n had already
reached age 18, in 1704, making his birth before 1685.
On November 24, 1693, William Sugg purchased land from Will
iam Butts in
Norfolk County, Virginia; and in January of the same year
, he purchased land
from Matthew Caswell.
We do not know when Ruth Fenford Sugg died. From records av
ailable she
must have died between 1679 and 1704.