Simon Boykin1

Male, #47157, (say 1724 - )

Parent*William Boykin I1 (s 1680 - 19 Jun 1731)
Parent*Margaret Vickers1 (s 1700 - )
Simon Boykin|b. say 1724|p47157.htm|William Boykin I|b. say 1680\nd. 19 Jun 1731|p10010.htm|Margaret Vickers|b. say 1700|p47155.htm|Edward Boykin|b. say 1650\nd. 27 May 1728|p10004.htm|Ann Gwaltney|b. say 1652\nd. circa 1727|p10005.htm|||||||

Birth*say 1724 He was born say 1724.1 
 He was the son of William Boykin I and Margaret Vickers.1 
Will19 Jun 1731 In William Boykin I's will on 19 Jun 1731 at Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, William, John, Thomas, Simon and Martha was named as an heir.
(In the name of God Amen. I, William Boykin being very sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, praise be therefore given to Almighty God, do ordain this my present and last Will and Testament and in manner and form following: (that is to say)
     First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God. Hoping thro merits death and passion of my Saviour Jesus H C to have full and free pardon of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Exec. hereafter named. As touching the dispositon of all such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to Bestow upon me I give and dispose as followeth, first I Will that all my Debts and funeral Charges be paid and discharged.
     Item; I give unto my loving wife Margaret Boykin the use of the Plantation whereon I now live and all the lands thereunto belonging beginning at the Mouth of the Cattail Branch and so up Tuckers Swamp to the Sfourth Branch which said Branch being the first Branch below the Plantation I bought of Thomas Boykin and so up the said Branch to the line quantity in all about one hundred and twenty acres during her Natural life and after her death I give the same to my son Simon Boykin and his Heirs forever.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son William Boykin the two hundred and forty acres of land at Roanoak that I bought of James Spears to him my said son William Boykin and his Heirs forever.
Item. I give to my son William Boykin seven cows and eight Heifers out of my part of the Stock--that John Bruce has at fishing Creek to raise at halves to him my said son William Boykin and his Heirs forever.
     Item. I give and bequeath unto my son John Boykin the Plantation and the land I bought of my Brother Thomas Boykin, beginning at a Branch below the Plantation and so up the Swamp to the Second Branch above the Plantation and so up the said Branch till it winds off, and then straight to the Line; quantity in all about one hundred and forty acres to him my said son John Boykin and his Heirs forever.
     Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Boykin all my lands in the fork of Tuckers Swamp also a Patent for one hundred eighty acres of land where John Phillips formerly lived to him my said son Thomas Boykin and his Heirs forever.
     Item. I give unto my Daughter Martha Boykin Twenty Pounds Current and Money to her my Daughter and her Heirs forever.
     Item. I give unto my loving wife Margaret Boykin the use of my Negro Man named George during her natural life or widowhood and after her death or marriage I give the said Negro George to my son Simon Boykin and his Heirs forever.
     Item. I give and bequeath unto my sons William, John, Thomas and Simon Boykin five hundred acres of land in my patent at Fishing Creek in North Carolina to be equally divided to them my sons William, John, Thomas and Simon Boykin and their Heirs forever.
     Item. All the rest and residue of my Good Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever I give to my loving wife Margaret Boykin my sons William Boykin, John Boykin, Thomas Boykin, Simon Boykin and my daughter Martha Boykin to be equally divided to them my wife Margaret my sons William, John, Thomas, Simon and my daughter Martha and their Heirs forever and I do constitute and ordain my loving wife Margaret Boykin my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Revoking Disannulling and making Void all other Wills and Testament heretofore made by me. In Witness whereof I have put my hand and Seal to this my present last Will and Testament this 19th day of June 1731.
          Willam W Boykin (Seal)
Signed sealed and delivered for his last Will and Testament in presence of us
     Wm (x) Carroll, Thos. T. (x) Moor, Jun., M. Kinchin

On the border of the paper is the following
     Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving friend John Bruce one hundred acres of land in my part at fishing Creek in North Carolina to him the said John Bruce and his heirs forever.

Appraisement of the Estate of Goods and Chattels of William Boykin, Deceased etc., June 25, 1733, Value £379-9-4. (Will Book C, Isle of Wight Co., VA, p. 351-4)
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Charts Edward Boykin Descendants
Last Edited 5 Jan 2003

Citations

  1. Anne Jacobs Boykin (Mrs. Robert Neal) Murphy, History and Genealogy of the Boykin Family Mrs. Robert Neal Murphy and Bernard Carter Boykin, Richmond, VA, 1964.
  2. Anne Jacobs Boykin (Mrs. Robert Neal) Murphy, History and Genealogy of the Boykin Family Mrs. Robert Neal Murphy and Bernard Carter Boykin, Richmond, VA, 1964.
    Cites: Wills of Isle of Wight Co., VA, Book 3, p 321-22.