John Stamper

• General Notes
  • Will of John Stamper:
    
    In ye name of God Amen. I John Stamper of ye County of Midlesex being in g ood health of body, and of sound and pfect Mind and Memory, Praise be ther efore given unto Allmighty God, doe make and ordaine this my pesent Last W ill and Testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first a nd principally I commend my Soul into ye hands of Allmighty God, hopeing t hrough ye Merrits death and passion of my Savior Jesus Christ to have fu ll and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherite everlas ting Life, and my body I commit to ye Earth to be decently buried at ye di screcion of my Executors hereafter Named and as touching ye discreti on of all Such Temporall Estate, As it hath pleased Allmighty God to best ow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth;
    
    first I will that my debts and funerall charge shall be paid and discharge d. Item I doe give and bequeath unto My Loving Wife Carew Stamper, & my Lo veing Sonn John Stamper all my Temporall Estate that Lieth of Consiste th in goods and Chattles whatsoever Jointly betwene them boath, who me I do leave my Joynt and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testame nt. Item I leaveth Richard Robinson my Sonns guardian Item That my Lovei ng wife aforesaid Carew Stamper doe Injoy and possess the third part of a ll my Lands for her life, and in Case that my Sonn John die before he come th to age my will is that my aforesaid wife Carew Stamper Shall Injoy a nd possess all my Lands to her and her heirs forever, and I doe hereby Rev oke and disanull and make voide all former wills and Testaments by me here tofore made. In Witness whereof I the said John Stamper to this my Last wi ll and Testament Sett my hand and Seale, this ninth day of November one th ousand Six hundred Eighty and Eight-1688. John Stamper, Seal Sealed and Delivered in ye psents of Robard Vallicot George Wortam William Vallicot Based on two facts, it is presumed that John Stamper w as the immigrant ancestor and that he was from England. (1) At the ti me he arrived, the immigrants of the Virginia Colony were almost exclusive ly from England. (2) John Stamper's handwriting points to English rather t han colonial origins. It is known that John had at least one bound servant. From Court Orders, B ook No. 1, 1673-1680 dated February 2, 1673, page 3: 'Mary Grier, daught er of Anner Grier is bound apprenticed to John Stamper'. About a year aft er John's death, we find in the court orders on April 6, 1691: 'Mary Grie r, Apprenticed to John Stamper decd is this day discharged and set free a nd ordered to be paid Corne and Cloathes according to act'. The Will of John Stamper: In ye name of God Amen. I John Stamper of ye County of Midlesex being in g ood health of body, and of sound and pfect Mind and Memory, Praise be ther efore given unto Allmighty God, doe make and ordaine this my pesent Last W ill and Testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first a nd principally I commend my Soul into ye hands of Allmighty God, hopeing t hrough ye Merrits death and passion of my Savior Jesus Christ to have fu ll and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherite everlas ting Life, and my body I commit to ye Earth to be decently buried at ye di screcion of my Executors hereafter Named and as touching ye discreti on of all Such Temporall Estate, As it hath pleased Allmighty God to best ow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth;
    
    first I will that my debts and funerall charge shall be paid and discharge d. Item I doe give and bequeath unto My Loving Wife Carew Stamper, & my Lo veing Sonn John Stamper all my Temporall Estate that Lieth of Consiste th in goods and Chattles whatsoever Jointly betwene them boath, who me I do leave my Joynt and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testame nt. Item I leaveth Richard Robinson my Sonns guardian Item That my Lovei ng wife aforesaid Carew Stamper doe Injoy and possess the third part of a ll my Lands for her life, and in Case that my Sonn John die before he come th to age my will is that my aforesaid wife Carew Stamper Shall Injoy a nd possess all my Lands to her and her heirs forever, and I doe hereby Rev oke and disanull and make voide all former wills and Testaments by me here tofore made. In Witness whereof I the said John Stamper to this my Last wi ll and Testament Sett my hand and Seale, this ninth day of November one th ousand Six hundred Eighty and Eight-1688. John Stamper /seal/ Sealed and Delivered in ye psents of Robard Vallicot George Wortam William Vallicot [from Jesse Stamper <Leecorydon@juno.com>]
    
    Noted events in his life were:
    
    • Military: Middlesex Co, VA, John Stamper, 1687. 1
    
    • Will Date: Middlesex Co, VA, 9 Nov 1688.