General Notes

(Research):George SUGG - b. about 1665; d. winter of 1734/5
, Norfolk Co., VA. His will, naming wife Sarah, was writte
n Sep. 2, 1734, and proved Feb. 21, 1734/5, Norfolk Co., V
A (Will Book 12, page 77). George, son of William SUGGE, wa
s named in his brother William's will of 1704. Juryman 1708
. A Family Called Fort, by Homer T. Fort, Jr. and Drucill
a Stovall Jones (Midland, TX; 1970) is subtitled "The Desce
ndants of Elias Fort of Virginia", and provides much SUGG f
amily information in tracing the genealogy of George's gran
ddaughter Sarah (SUGG) FORT, wife of Elias FORT. Married fi
rst by 1696, a daughter of Timothy IVES as revealed in a De
ed of 1696 in which he names his granddaughter Margaret, da
ughter of George SUGG. Married second, possibly shortly aft
er 1696 to Sarah (possibly the daughter of Lemuel WILSON)
, who may have been the mother of the younger children. I
t is also possible that George had another wife (mother o
f one or more of his youunger children) between his marriag
e to Miss IVES and his marrige to Sarah
Will: !WILL: George SUGG's will appears in "Norfolk Count
y Wills 1710-1753", by Charles Fleming McINTOSH. The will i
s from Book 12, page 77. It was dated 2 Sep 1734 and prove
d 21 Feb 1734, "by all the witnesses & Acquilla SUGGS one o
f the Ex/rs... other... refused... unto my Son Thomas Seven
ty Acres of Land be in more or less bounding as follows t
o Witt begining at a marked Oak Standing by the Line that b
ounds the s/d Land... If my Said Son Dies without Heirs o
f his Body imediately after the decease of Said Son, the sa
id Land shall return to my son Acquille... to my son Acquil
le y/e Plantation y/t Plantation w/ch my said Son liveth o
n w/th the remaining part of the Land adjoyning thereto w/c
h I parchass'd of Tho/s DANIS (sp?) deced to him being Seve
nty acres of the said Land, be It more or less... if my Sai
d Son Dies without Heirs the said Land returns to my Son Th
o/s SUGG... unto my Son George, the Plantation and land w/c
h I purchased of Thomas CUTHRALL fifty Acres thtat I Patent
ed adjoyning thereto... If my Said Son Die without Heirs th
e said Land and Plantation return to my said Sons Tho/s an
d Acquilla being Equally Divided between them... to my Daug
hter Presilla (sp?) MAUND my Water Mill w/th Ten Acres of L
and & the Houses and Tenements belonging thereto... if my s
aid daughter Dies without Heirs the said Water Mill and Lan
d and Houses and Tenement belonging thereto to Descend to m
y youngest Daughter Mary SUGGS... to my Daughter Sarah Wall
ace my Negro Wench named Jenny... to my Daughter Mary SUG
G my Negro... comes to the age of Sixteen... to my Daughte
r Preccilla MAUND, a Feather Bed... after the death of my W
ife... to my Grand Daughter Ann BEAK (sp?) and Margaret BEA
KE, Rachel MERCER and Margaret MERCER ten Shill/s Eeach i
n Country productions... to my Dear and loving Wife Sarah f
or the Suport of her Self and the bringing up of her younge
r Children... appoint my two Sons Tho/s SUGG and Acquilla S
UGG my whole and Sole Ex/rs... Witnesses: Jn/o HANBURY, Rut
h HANBURY, and Tho/s CATTON."
ID: I1238
Name: George Augustus Sugg , Sr.
Sex: M
ALIA: George Augustus /Suggs/, Sr.
Birth: ABT. 1665 in Norfolk County, VA 1
Death: 2 SEP 1734 in Norfolk Co., VA
Will: 2 SEP 1734 Norfolk, VA 2
Note:
A Family Called Fort,by Homer T. Fort Jr., and Drucilla Sto
vall Jones, Midland Texas, 1970 is subtitled "The Descendan
ts of Elias Fort of Virginia" and provides much informatio
n about George's granddaughter Sarah SUGG Fort, wife of Eli
as Fort George SUGG, 1665 Norfolk County, VI abt 1690 Norfo
lk County, VA
to Sarah IVES, d/o Timothy IVES and Elizabeth HARLE. 1734 N
orfolk County,VA -- put together by Scott Trimble, 14 Marc
h 1995
In the following transcript of George SUGG's will, the "/
" shows that the letters following the slash were super scr
ipted above the rest. For Example: Tho/s = Tho = Thomas