General Notes

The Johnston/Johnson family is believed to be descended fro
m the Johnstons of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Page 68-70 wills: James Johnson, 1747: Isle of Wight County
, Virginia Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives b
y A M Piland <angen@@infi.net> Isle of Wight County Va W
B 5 pp 68-70 In the Name of God Amen James Johnson of Isl
e of Wight County being sick and weak in Body but of Soun
d and perfect memory praise be given to God for the name an
d calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and that it is a
ppointed for all Men once to Die. Do make and ordain this t
o be my last will and Testament in manner and form as follo
ws. First and principally I commit my soul into the Hands o
f Almighty God my Creator assuredly believing that I shal
l ? full pardon and free Remisson? of all my manifold sin
s and transgressions thro the merits of my only Lord and Sa
viour Christ Jesus. And my Body to the Earth whence it wa
s taken to be buried in such Decent and Christianly manne
r to my Executor hereafter named shall seem fit. And as i
n touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased th
e Almighty God of his most Gracious and B?? Mary to besto
w on me in this Life. I give as followeth that is to say Im
primis My Will and Desire is that all such Debts and Dues a
nd Demands as I owe in Right or consience to any person o
r persons present whosoever be well and truely paid by my E
xecutor heretoafter named within convient time after my dec
ease. Item I give unto my grandson John Corbett my Daughte
r Mary Corbett's son one shilling out of my moveable estat
e & no more. Item I give unto my son James Johnson one shil
ling out of my movable estate and no more. Item I give unt
o my Daughter Martha Mayo one shilling out of my moveable e
state and no more. Item I give unto my Daughter Eleanor Ric
ks one shilling out of my moveable estate and no more. Ite
m I give unto my Grand Dauther Patience Johnson my son Joh
n Johnson's daughter one shilling out of my moveable estat
e and no more. Item I give unto my son Samuel Johnson one g
reat Iron pott and one pewter dish and one pewter plate an
d half of the Increase of my Negro wench from this Time t
o her Decrease and no more. Item I give unto my son Richar
d Johnson the other half of my Negro Wench's increase and t
wo pewter Basons and one feather bed and no more. Item I gi
ve unto my Daughter Catherine Burn one shilling out of my m
oveable estate and no more. Item I give unto my son Rober
t Johnson one heifer out of my moveable estate and no more
. Item I give unto my daughter Grace Powell two cows & cavl
es out of my moveable estate and no more. Item I give unt
o my loving wife Mary Johnson the use of Negro wench durin
g my wife's life and then the Negro wench to return to my s
on Benjamin and his heirs and further my Will and Desires t
hat my wife should have half the Tobacco that is made on th
is plantation every year during her life and further I giv
e unto my wife three cows and calves and one feather bed an
d two sheets, Bolster, and stead and two ruggs, and four Ba
sons and one pewter dish and one pewter plate one pewter po
rringer and two Iron potts and no more. Item I give unto m
y Grand daughter Mary Johnson one Heifer out of my moveabl
e estate and no more. Item I give unto my son Benjamin John
son my five young Negors and all the remainder of my moveab
le Estate within doors and without Doors to him and his dis
posing. Item I do herby Revoke Disallow and make void all W
ills and Testaments and Legacies before hereto forementione
d and do Declare this and no other to be my Last Will and T
estament. And lastly I do hereby Nominate and Apppoint my s
on Benjamin Johnson my whole Executor of this my last wil
l and Testament. In Witness whereof I leave? my hand this T
hirtieth day of January in the Year of our Lord God 1745/6
. Wit: John Darden, John Gwin, Johnson Corbett And furthe
r my Will and Desire is that t