John Biggs

Abt 1728 - 1789  (~ 61 years)

• Name	John Biggs  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1728	Jamestown, Norfolk, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Aug 1789	Edgecombe, North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Notes	Edgecombe County, NC - Will of John Biggs, 1789 In the Name of God Amen the Twelvth day August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred And Eighty Nine, I John Biggs of Edgecomb County in North Carolina being very sick and weak in body But of sound & perfect Mind and Memory, thanks be Given Unto God for the same, and Calling to mind the Mortality of my body, and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I Recommend it to the Earth, to be Buried in a Christian like man- -ner nothing Doubting But at the Jenerall Resurrecttion I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God and as Touching such worldly Estate as Where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give, Devise, and Dispose of in Manner and form following, that is to say, in the first place I give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved son James and his Heirs forever, a Tract of Land Whereon Francis Haynes now lives, containing Two Hundred acres, more or LeSs to be Divided from this by a Branch that runs this side of his Barns Also I give to my son William and his Heirs foreve the Tract of Land Whereon I now life - - - - - -Also I give To my Daughter sarah and her Heirs forever one feather bead and furniture also one negro girl named Huldy and her Increase ---------.. Also I give to my Daugher Nancy and her Heirs for Ever one negroe Boy named Cain ---- Also I give To my Daughter Lovie and her Heirs for Ever one feather Bad and furniture, and one negroe Boy named Jesse - - Also I give to my Daughter Elizabeth and to her Heirs forever one feather Bead and furniture, and if my Negroe woman Lucy Shall Bear another Child I give that To her and if she shallo not Bring another Child I leave Her fifty pound to be raised out of my Estate at my wife's Death - - - Also I give To my son Tully Three notes of hand for money one against Wm. Simmonds one against James Simmonds & one against John Symmonds., also I give him one grey Horse Called Dolphin & one Grey mair Called pegion and one Ewe and Lamb - - To him and his Heirs forever - --- also I leave one sorrel Horse to be sold Also I Leave to the Use of my well beloved wife Bethiah and Children during her Life, all of my property and Negroes which is not Legacied above and after her Death I give To my son Tulley one feather bead and furniture, and all the Rest of the property to be Equally Divided among my Children ------------Also I Constitute, make and ordain my well beloved wife, and my son Tully my only and sole Executors of this my Last will & Testament I do hereby DiSallow, Revoke and Dis annul all and Every other will, Testament and Legacies Bequeath, and Exr. by me, in ways before this time . Named willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirmin this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have Hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above written------ Sign'd Seal'd publish'd pronounced and Declar'd by the Said John Biggs (Seal) John Biggs as his Last will and Testament in the presents of us Francis Laurence Haynes Kinchen killebrew Jinthia Spinks Edgecombe County Nor. Court 1789 the Within Will was duly Proved in Open Court by the Oaths of Francis Lawrance Haynes & Jenthia Spinks. Excrs Qualified and the Will Ordered to be Recorded Test Edwd. Hance Source: Edgecombe Co NC Wills, NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC Call number: CR.037.801.3, Biggs, John 1789
  Person ID	I29534	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	John Biggs,   b. 1690, Norfolk, Virginia d. 1747, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Etheridge,   b. Abt 1690, Virginia d. Abt 1750, Virginia (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F08654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bethiah Ludgall,   b. Abt 1730, Norfolk, Virginia d. Abt 1795, Edgecombe, North Carolina (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1750  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Lovisa Biggs,   b. Edgecombe, North Carolina d. Aft 1801  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Joel Biggs,   b. 27 Dec 1751, , Baltimore, Maryland d. 15 Mar 1802, Charlotte, Virginia (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Biggs,   b. 24 Feb 1753, , Robeson, North Carolina d. 1823, , Robeson, North Carolina (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarah Biggs,   b. 30 Jul 1773, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina d. 1820, Illinois (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Nancy Biggs,   b. 1775, North Carolina d. 1789, Virginia (Age 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mitchell Biggs,   b. 1 Jan 1775, , Edgecombe, North Carolina d. Aft Sep 1860, Monroe, Alabama (Age > 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Elizabeth Biggs,   b. 12 Aug 1789, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina d. 1815, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. William Biggs,   b. 1798, Edgecombe, North Carolina d. 1860, Shelby, Tennessee (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S003988] JohnPatterson1941, Biggs Family Tree, (Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah). ancestry.com [S005407] Edgecombe Co., NC Vital Records, 1720-1880. [S005414] Edgecombe County, North Carolina Wills, (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina).