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     William H. Shanklin married Catharine A. Alexander, daughter of Michael Alexander and Mary Benson, in 1831.¹

     Isabella E. Alexander married Benjamin F. Steele.¹

     Delilah Alexander married Hugh Caperton
; Her 2nd? husband.¹ Delilah Alexander married George Beirne in 1827
; Her 1st? husband.¹

     George Beirne married Delilah Alexander, daughter of Michael Alexander and Mary Benson, in 1827
; Her 1st? husband.¹

     Isabella Alexander married Rev. John Pinkerton.¹

     James H. Alexander was born in 1810.¹
James H. Alexander died in 1866.¹

     Elizabeth Alexander married Newton E. Keenan in 1834.¹

     Newton E. Keenan married Elizabeth Alexander, daughter of Henry Alexander and Elizabeth Cathron, in 1834.¹

     Frances C. Alexander married Lewis E. Caperton.¹

     Harriet B. Alexander married William G. Caperton in 1834.¹

     William G. Caperton married Harriet B. Alexander, daughter of Henry Alexander and Elizabeth Cathron, in 1834.¹

     Mathew Alexander was born in 1756 at near Waynesboro, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Jane Black in 1782 at Virginia, USA.²

Mathew Alexander died in 1825 at Gap Mills, Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA.¹

His estate was probated in August 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA.³

     Mathew Alexander and Jane Black appeared in the census of 1810 at Monroe Township, Monroe Co., Virginia (now West Virginia), USA;      [NB Next door to a Michael Alexander (line 17).]
p. 577, line 16
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Monroe, Monroe, Virginia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94]
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1765] Mathew [1756]
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Mary 1795
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1765] Jane (Black) 1757
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     5
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     8.⁴

Mathew Alexander left a will on 27 April 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Probate Date:     Aug 1825
     Probate Place:     Monroe, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1799-1829
     Text:     [Transcribed by G. A. Vaut] "The Last will & testament of Mathew Alexander.
     "I Mathew Alexander of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will & testament in manner and form following. That is to say.
     "1st I give to my son Mathew Alexander the tract of land on which I now live with all its appurtenances forever with these provisions that he pays to his brother John Alexander the sum of four hundred Dollars the first hundred to be paid in three years from the date of this instrument then one hundred dollars per annum until the whole is paid. Likewise some small priviledges hereafter mention are excepted.
     "2ndly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross a certain piece of land which I reserved to myself of the purchase made of Henly & John Chapman & agreed upon between my son James Alexander * myself to him & his heirs forever, with this provision if he pays to Henly & John Chapman two hundred & fifty dollars for which I am bound in the purchase of the above named tract of land.
     "3dly. I give to my son John Alexander the whole benefit of an entry made in my name of fifty acres of land lying on the waters of (illegible) Creek joining the land I sold to Wm. Lunch forever.
     "4thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all my Negroes with their increase forever.
     "5thly. I give to my son Mathew Alexander my farming utensils blacksmith tools & rifle gun forever.
     "6thly. I give to my two sons Mathew & James Alexander jointly my waggon & hinder (sp?) geers forever.
     "7thly. I give to my son Andrew alexander two hundred Dollars in bonds which I hold on Henry Hoke forever.
     "8thly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross one young bay horse called whip (sp?) forever.
     "9thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all the rest of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind it may be not heretofore particularly disposed of forever.
     "10thly. I give my son James Alexander & son-in-law Robert Ross jointly the one third of the hay of the big meadow where I now live for the terms of three years they are to cut & put up the hay themselves. Also I give them jointly the priviledge of making sugar at a camp called the Mountain field camp & one third of the fruit of my orchards for five years. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons John and James Alexander Executors & my wife Jane Alexander an Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as the last will & testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: J M. Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel
     "A Codicil
     "1st. I do hereby remove so much of the second clause of the above will acts give to my wife Jane Alexander full possession of that ??? of the house in which she lives during her life.
     "2ndly. I remove so much of the 9th article of the above will as to allow out of that part of my estate therein mentioned twenty five dollars to the poor of Monroe County. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this as a codicil to my last will & testament this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as a codicil to the last will and testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: JM Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel.
     "At Monroe August Court 1825
     "This last will and testament of Mathew Alexander decd was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of James M. Haynes & Owen Neel two of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and the same is ordered to be recorded. & on motion of James & John Alexander Executors therein named (It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Jane Alexander refuses to take upon herself the execution of said will) who made oath and together with Henry Alexander their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars condition as the law directs, certificate for obtaining probate thereof in due form is granted them.
     "A Copy - Teste Isaac Hutchison (illegible)?
     Source Citation: Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.³

     Jane Black was born in 1757 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married Mathew Alexander, son of Andrew Alexander and Catherine Stuart Thompson, in 1782 at Virginia, USA.¹

Jane Black died in 1833 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA.¹
     Jane Black and Mathew Alexander appeared in the census of 1810 at Monroe Township, Monroe Co., Virginia (now West Virginia), USA;      [NB Next door to a Michael Alexander (line 17).]
p. 577, line 16
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Monroe, Monroe, Virginia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94]
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1765] Mathew [1756]
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Mary 1795
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1765] Jane (Black) 1757
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     5
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     8.²
In Mathew Alexander's will dated 27 April 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA, Jane Black was named as executor; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Probate Date:     Aug 1825
     Probate Place:     Monroe, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1799-1829
     Text:     [Transcribed by G. A. Vaut] "The Last will & testament of Mathew Alexander.
     "I Mathew Alexander of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will & testament in manner and form following. That is to say.
     "1st I give to my son Mathew Alexander the tract of land on which I now live with all its appurtenances forever with these provisions that he pays to his brother John Alexander the sum of four hundred Dollars the first hundred to be paid in three years from the date of this instrument then one hundred dollars per annum until the whole is paid. Likewise some small priviledges hereafter mention are excepted.
     "2ndly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross a certain piece of land which I reserved to myself of the purchase made of Henly & John Chapman & agreed upon between my son James Alexander * myself to him & his heirs forever, with this provision if he pays to Henly & John Chapman two hundred & fifty dollars for which I am bound in the purchase of the above named tract of land.
     "3dly. I give to my son John Alexander the whole benefit of an entry made in my name of fifty acres of land lying on the waters of (illegible) Creek joining the land I sold to Wm. Lunch forever.
     "4thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all my Negroes with their increase forever.
     "5thly. I give to my son Mathew Alexander my farming utensils blacksmith tools & rifle gun forever.
     "6thly. I give to my two sons Mathew & James Alexander jointly my waggon & hinder (sp?) geers forever.
     "7thly. I give to my son Andrew alexander two hundred Dollars in bonds which I hold on Henry Hoke forever.
     "8thly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross one young bay horse called whip (sp?) forever.
     "9thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all the rest of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind it may be not heretofore particularly disposed of forever.
     "10thly. I give my son James Alexander & son-in-law Robert Ross jointly the one third of the hay of the big meadow where I now live for the terms of three years they are to cut & put up the hay themselves. Also I give them jointly the priviledge of making sugar at a camp called the Mountain field camp & one third of the fruit of my orchards for five years. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons John and James Alexander Executors & my wife Jane Alexander an Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as the last will & testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: J M. Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel
     "A Codicil
     "1st. I do hereby remove so much of the second clause of the above will acts give to my wife Jane Alexander full possession of that ??? of the house in which she lives during her life.
     "2ndly. I remove so much of the 9th article of the above will as to allow out of that part of my estate therein mentioned twenty five dollars to the poor of Monroe County. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this as a codicil to my last will & testament this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as a codicil to the last will and testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: JM Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel.
     "At Monroe August Court 1825
     "This last will and testament of Mathew Alexander decd was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of James M. Haynes & Owen Neel two of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and the same is ordered to be recorded. & on motion of James & John Alexander Executors therein named (It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Jane Alexander refuses to take upon herself the execution of said will) who made oath and together with Henry Alexander their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars condition as the law directs, certificate for obtaining probate thereof in due form is granted them.
     "A Copy - Teste Isaac Hutchison (illegible)?
     Source Citation: Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.³

     (?) Alexander married Robert Ross.¹

     Mary Alexander was born circa 1795 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA.¹ She married Robert B. Wallace on 16 November 1808 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA,
; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
     Name:     Mary Alexander
     Gender:     Female
     Spouse's Name:     Robert B Wallace
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     16 Nov 1808
     Marriage Place:     Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.²
Mary Alexander died on 5 April 1855 at Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
     Name:     Mary Wallace [Mary Alexander]
     Birth Date:     abt 1795
     Birth Place:     Monroe County, West Virginia
     Death Date:     5 Apr 1855
     Death Place:     Greenbrier County, West Virginia
     Death Age:     60
     Race:     White
     Marital Status:     Married
     Gender:     Female
     Father Name:     Matt. Alexander
     Mother Name:     Jane Alexander
     FHL Film Number:     595030
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records.".¹

Her estate was probated in May 1855 at Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, USA.³

     Mary Alexander was listed as a resident in Mathew Alexander and Jane Black's household in the census report in 1810 at Monroe Township, Monroe Co., Virginia (now West Virginia), USA;      [NB Next door to a Michael Alexander (line 17).]
p. 577, line 16
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Monroe, Monroe, Virginia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800]
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94]
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1765] Mathew [1756]
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800]
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Mary 1795
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1765] Jane (Black) 1757
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     5
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     8.⁴

Mary Alexander left a will on 19 August 1850 at Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mary Wallace
     Probate Date:     May 1855
     Probate Place:     Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1855
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Books, Vol 2-3, 1825-1863
     Source Citation: Will Books, 1777-1969; Will Book Index, 1777-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Greenbrier County); Probate Place: Greenbrier, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.³

     Robert B. Wallace married Mary Alexander, daughter of Mathew Alexander and Jane Black, on 16 November 1808 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA,
; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
     Name:     Mary Alexander
     Gender:     Female
     Spouse's Name:     Robert B Wallace
     Spouse Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     16 Nov 1808
     Marriage Place:     Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "West Virginia Marriages, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.¹

     In Mathew Alexander's will dated 27 April 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA, John Alexander was named as executor; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Probate Date:     Aug 1825
     Probate Place:     Monroe, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1799-1829
     Text:     [Transcribed by G. A. Vaut] "The Last will & testament of Mathew Alexander.
     "I Mathew Alexander of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will & testament in manner and form following. That is to say.
     "1st I give to my son Mathew Alexander the tract of land on which I now live with all its appurtenances forever with these provisions that he pays to his brother John Alexander the sum of four hundred Dollars the first hundred to be paid in three years from the date of this instrument then one hundred dollars per annum until the whole is paid. Likewise some small priviledges hereafter mention are excepted.
     "2ndly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross a certain piece of land which I reserved to myself of the purchase made of Henly & John Chapman & agreed upon between my son James Alexander * myself to him & his heirs forever, with this provision if he pays to Henly & John Chapman two hundred & fifty dollars for which I am bound in the purchase of the above named tract of land.
     "3dly. I give to my son John Alexander the whole benefit of an entry made in my name of fifty acres of land lying on the waters of (illegible) Creek joining the land I sold to Wm. Lunch forever.
     "4thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all my Negroes with their increase forever.
     "5thly. I give to my son Mathew Alexander my farming utensils blacksmith tools & rifle gun forever.
     "6thly. I give to my two sons Mathew & James Alexander jointly my waggon & hinder (sp?) geers forever.
     "7thly. I give to my son Andrew alexander two hundred Dollars in bonds which I hold on Henry Hoke forever.
     "8thly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross one young bay horse called whip (sp?) forever.
     "9thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all the rest of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind it may be not heretofore particularly disposed of forever.
     "10thly. I give my son James Alexander & son-in-law Robert Ross jointly the one third of the hay of the big meadow where I now live for the terms of three years they are to cut & put up the hay themselves. Also I give them jointly the priviledge of making sugar at a camp called the Mountain field camp & one third of the fruit of my orchards for five years. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons John and James Alexander Executors & my wife Jane Alexander an Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as the last will & testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: J M. Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel
     "A Codicil
     "1st. I do hereby remove so much of the second clause of the above will acts give to my wife Jane Alexander full possession of that ??? of the house in which she lives during her life.
     "2ndly. I remove so much of the 9th article of the above will as to allow out of that part of my estate therein mentioned twenty five dollars to the poor of Monroe County. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this as a codicil to my last will & testament this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as a codicil to the last will and testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: JM Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel.
     "At Monroe August Court 1825
     "This last will and testament of Mathew Alexander decd was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of James M. Haynes & Owen Neel two of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and the same is ordered to be recorded. & on motion of James & John Alexander Executors therein named (It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Jane Alexander refuses to take upon herself the execution of said will) who made oath and together with Henry Alexander their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars condition as the law directs, certificate for obtaining probate thereof in due form is granted them.
     "A Copy - Teste Isaac Hutchison (illegible)?
     Source Citation: Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.¹

     James Alexander was a mentioned with John Hannum.²
In Mathew Alexander's will dated 27 April 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA, James Alexander was named as executor; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Probate Date:     Aug 1825
     Probate Place:     Monroe, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1799-1829
     Text:     [Transcribed by G. A. Vaut] "The Last will & testament of Mathew Alexander.
     "I Mathew Alexander of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will & testament in manner and form following. That is to say.
     "1st I give to my son Mathew Alexander the tract of land on which I now live with all its appurtenances forever with these provisions that he pays to his brother John Alexander the sum of four hundred Dollars the first hundred to be paid in three years from the date of this instrument then one hundred dollars per annum until the whole is paid. Likewise some small priviledges hereafter mention are excepted.
     "2ndly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross a certain piece of land which I reserved to myself of the purchase made of Henly & John Chapman & agreed upon between my son James Alexander * myself to him & his heirs forever, with this provision if he pays to Henly & John Chapman two hundred & fifty dollars for which I am bound in the purchase of the above named tract of land.
     "3dly. I give to my son John Alexander the whole benefit of an entry made in my name of fifty acres of land lying on the waters of (illegible) Creek joining the land I sold to Wm. Lunch forever.
     "4thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all my Negroes with their increase forever.
     "5thly. I give to my son Mathew Alexander my farming utensils blacksmith tools & rifle gun forever.
     "6thly. I give to my two sons Mathew & James Alexander jointly my waggon & hinder (sp?) geers forever.
     "7thly. I give to my son Andrew alexander two hundred Dollars in bonds which I hold on Henry Hoke forever.
     "8thly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross one young bay horse called whip (sp?) forever.
     "9thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all the rest of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind it may be not heretofore particularly disposed of forever.
     "10thly. I give my son James Alexander & son-in-law Robert Ross jointly the one third of the hay of the big meadow where I now live for the terms of three years they are to cut & put up the hay themselves. Also I give them jointly the priviledge of making sugar at a camp called the Mountain field camp & one third of the fruit of my orchards for five years. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons John and James Alexander Executors & my wife Jane Alexander an Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as the last will & testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: J M. Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel
     "A Codicil
     "1st. I do hereby remove so much of the second clause of the above will acts give to my wife Jane Alexander full possession of that ??? of the house in which she lives during her life.
     "2ndly. I remove so much of the 9th article of the above will as to allow out of that part of my estate therein mentioned twenty five dollars to the poor of Monroe County. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this as a codicil to my last will & testament this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as a codicil to the last will and testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: JM Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel.
     "At Monroe August Court 1825
     "This last will and testament of Mathew Alexander decd was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of James M. Haynes & Owen Neel two of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and the same is ordered to be recorded. & on motion of James & John Alexander Executors therein named (It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Jane Alexander refuses to take upon herself the execution of said will) who made oath and together with Henry Alexander their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars condition as the law directs, certificate for obtaining probate thereof in due form is granted them.
     "A Copy - Teste Isaac Hutchison (illegible)?
     Source Citation: Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.¹

     In Mathew Alexander's will dated 27 April 1825 at Monroe Co., West Virginia, USA, Mathew Alexander was named as an heir; Ancestry.com - West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985
     Name:     Mathew Alexander
     Probate Date:     Aug 1825
     Probate Place:     Monroe, West Virginia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     West Virginia, USA
     Item Description:     Will Book, Vol 1-2, 1799-1829
     Text:     [Transcribed by G. A. Vaut] "The Last will & testament of Mathew Alexander.
     "I Mathew Alexander of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia do hereby make my last will & testament in manner and form following. That is to say.
     "1st I give to my son Mathew Alexander the tract of land on which I now live with all its appurtenances forever with these provisions that he pays to his brother John Alexander the sum of four hundred Dollars the first hundred to be paid in three years from the date of this instrument then one hundred dollars per annum until the whole is paid. Likewise some small priviledges hereafter mention are excepted.
     "2ndly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross a certain piece of land which I reserved to myself of the purchase made of Henly & John Chapman & agreed upon between my son James Alexander * myself to him & his heirs forever, with this provision if he pays to Henly & John Chapman two hundred & fifty dollars for which I am bound in the purchase of the above named tract of land.
     "3dly. I give to my son John Alexander the whole benefit of an entry made in my name of fifty acres of land lying on the waters of (illegible) Creek joining the land I sold to Wm. Lunch forever.
     "4thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all my Negroes with their increase forever.
     "5thly. I give to my son Mathew Alexander my farming utensils blacksmith tools & rifle gun forever.
     "6thly. I give to my two sons Mathew & James Alexander jointly my waggon & hinder (sp?) geers forever.
     "7thly. I give to my son Andrew alexander two hundred Dollars in bonds which I hold on Henry Hoke forever.
     "8thly. I give to my son-in-law Robert Ross one young bay horse called whip (sp?) forever.
     "9thly. I give to my wife Jane Alexander all the rest of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind it may be not heretofore particularly disposed of forever.
     "10thly. I give my son James Alexander & son-in-law Robert Ross jointly the one third of the hay of the big meadow where I now live for the terms of three years they are to cut & put up the hay themselves. Also I give them jointly the priviledge of making sugar at a camp called the Mountain field camp & one third of the fruit of my orchards for five years. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons John and James Alexander Executors & my wife Jane Alexander an Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as the last will & testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: J M. Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel
     "A Codicil
     "1st. I do hereby remove so much of the second clause of the above will acts give to my wife Jane Alexander full possession of that ??? of the house in which she lives during her life.
     "2ndly. I remove so much of the 9th article of the above will as to allow out of that part of my estate therein mentioned twenty five dollars to the poor of Monroe County. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this as a codicil to my last will & testament this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord 1825. Mathew Alexander
     "Signed sealed & declared as a codicil to the last will and testament of the above named Mathew Alexander in the presence of us: JM Haynes, Isabella Haynes, Owen Neel.
     "At Monroe August Court 1825
     "This last will and testament of Mathew Alexander decd was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of James M. Haynes & Owen Neel two of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and the same is ordered to be recorded. & on motion of James & John Alexander Executors therein named (It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Jane Alexander refuses to take upon herself the execution of said will) who made oath and together with Henry Alexander their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars condition as the law directs, certificate for obtaining probate thereof in due form is granted them.
     "A Copy - Teste Isaac Hutchison (illegible)?
     Source Citation: Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, West Virginia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.¹

     Barnett Payne Sr. was born at King & Queen Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Elizabeth Trigg, daughter of Daniel Trigg and Susan/Susannah (?), circa 1682.¹

Barnett Payne Sr. died after 1741 at Drysdale Parish, King & Queen Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
1722-1749 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A, Administration Bonds; [William Armstrong Crozier]; £100 Barnett Pain, admr. of Barnett Pain, Jr., decd., with William Johnston, sec. Dec. 3, 1740.

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1730-1735 Essex County, Virginia Will Book 5; [Antient Press]; Page 248-249
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN in ye year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & thirty four April ye fourth day WILLIAM HOLT of Southfarnham Parish in Essex County in Virginia being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore calling to mind ye mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and for my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Christian like manner at the discretion of my Exr. & as touching such worldly things or Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give devise & Dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form: Imprimes
I give to my well beloved Son ROBERT HOLT one hundred acres of land whereon I now live at ye age of Eighteen for him and his heirs lawfully begotten but in case he should die haveing no heirs then to fall to my beloved Sons WM. HOLT & ye sd Robt. Holt to give to my beloved Sons. WM. & RICHD. HOLT five hundred pounds of good & lawfull Tobacco to be paid to each of them at ye age of Eighteen which at that age I set them for their selves.
Item I give to my daugter ANN HOLT a loome & all belonging to it one cow & hearer & two Ewes to be paid her at ye age of Sixteen by my Ext. which is BARNET PAIN JUNR,
Item I give to my daugter ELIZA. HOLT one cow & a heater to paide her at ye age of Sixteen,
Item I give to my Son Wm, Holt my gun at ye age of Eighteen,
Item I give to my son Wm a cow yearling which his God father left him.
Item I give to my daughter MARY HOLT a cow at the age of Sixteen.
Item I give to my daughter SARAH HOLT a cow & calf at the age of Sixteen & as for my other estate to be equally divided amongst ye said Children Except one trunk which I give my Daugter Ann Holt & ye aforesaid Barnett Pain junr. I make and ordain my only & sole Exr of this my last Will and Testament and hereby utterly disallow revoke & Disanul all & every other former Testaments wills & legacies requests Exrs by me in any wise before this time named willed & bequeathed ratifying &
confirming this & no other to be my last will & Testament & desire my Exr. to take care of my Children & not let them be bound & to take care of their part of ye Estate til they come to this age ye boys Eighteen & ye girls Sixteen. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & date above written.
Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by ye sd Wm. Holt as his last will and
Testament in ye presence of us Subrs.
Test ROGER BELL William Holt
LAWRENCE FRANKLIN, BENJAMEN FRANKLYN
At a Court held for Essex County on ye xxist day of May MDCCXXXIV
This Last Will and Testament of William Holt decd was proved by Barnett Payne Ext. therein named & being further proved by the oaths of Roger Bell Benja. Franklyn two of ye witnesses thereto was admitted to record.
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1722-1749 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A; [William Armstrong Crozier];
PIGG, EDWARD, St. George's Parish, d. Aug. 15, 1739, p. Apr. 7, 1741.
Wit. William Waller, Samuel Brockman, William Brockman.
Ex. son Charles Fickes Pigg.
Leg. daughter Ann, wife of John Clarke;
son Charles Fickes Pigg, 200 acres of land I bought of my brother Henry Pigg, lying in King & Queen Co., and adjoining Edward Smith, and is now claimed by one Hudson Allen;
son John Pigg;
granddaughter Ann Payne, wife of Barnett Payne, Junr;
grandchildren Jane and Mary Haskew. Page 318)
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1734-1742 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book C; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Dec. 9, 1741. Bernat (Barnett) x Paine of Drysdale Par., King and Queen Co., to John Farish of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co. £103. 350 a. in Spts. Co.—on North side Middle River. Witnesses, Robert Farish, James Martin, John x Warren. Feby. 2, 1741.
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URL (Click on link)
http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=352&last=&g_p=P10&colle ction=LO
Patent
Title Paine, Bernard.
Publication 22 January 1717.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State
Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Related See also the following surname(s): Payn,
Payne.
Note Location: King and Queen County.
Description: 350 acres on the head of Mattapony River about 2 miles above the stones of Great Falls of the said river.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p.
352 (Reel 10).² GAV-8.

; per Neal [1998:296]: "By 4 June 1717 Barnett Paine and Elizabeth his wife brought suit against Thomas Kidd [Executor of Danield Trigg's will] because she had received no part of her father's estate. On 3 June 1718 the Court found: "In the suit in Chancery between Barnett Paine & Elizabeth his wife complts & Thomas Kidd respds on hearing the arguments ... It is the opinion of the Court that the said Elizabeth was sufficiently advance by her father in his lifetime." the suit was dismissed with the complainants to pay costs."³
Barnett Payne Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 5 April 1725 at Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
     Name:     Barnett Payne
     Date:     5 Apr 1725
     Location:     Spotsylvania Co., VA
     Property:     228 a. of land in Spots. Co.
     Notes:     This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
     Remarks:     George Trible of King and Queen Co., Va., to William Johnson of Spots. Co. 12 ster., 228 a. of land in Spots. Co.- the sd. land bought by the sd. Trible from Larkin Chew June 4, 1722, joining the lands of Robert King, Edward Pigg, Barnett Payne and Lawre
     Description:     Neighbor
     Book:     A
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
     Original data:
     Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
      Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
      The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses.
      For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record.⁴
Barnett Payne Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 30 July 1738 at Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
     Name:     Barnet Paine
     Date:     30 Jul 1738
     Location:     Spotsylvania Co., VA
     Property:     100 a. in Spts. Co. on branches of middle River of the Mattapony.
     Notes:     This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
     Remarks:     William Coleman of St. John Par., King William Co., son and heir to Darbey Coleman of King and Queen Co., Decd., to Edward Pigg of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. 12 6s. 10d. curr. 100 a. in Spts. Co., on branches of middle River of the Mattapony. Augt. 1, 17
     Description:     Witness
     Book:     C
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
     Original data:
     Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
      Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
      The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses.
      For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record.⁵
Barnett Payne Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 24 November 1738 at Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
     Name:     Barnet Paine
     Date:     24 Nov 1738
     Location:     Spotsylvania Co., VA
     Property:     100 a. and 10 a. in St,Geo. Par., Spts. Co. on branches of middle River of Mattapony.
     Notes:     This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
     Remarks:     Edward Pigg and Abraham Rogers of Spts. Co., planters, to William Hawkins of Orange Co., Planter. 20 curr. 100 a. [formerly sold to sd. Pigg by Wm. Coleman, as by Deeds, July 30, 1738], and 10 a. [part of a tract belonging to Abraham Rogers] in St. Geo.
     Description:     Witness
     Book:     C
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
     Original data:
     Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
      Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
      The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses.
      For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record.⁶
Barnett Payne Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 9 December 1741 at King and Queen Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
     Name:     Bernat Paine
     Date:     9 Dec 1741
     Location:     King and Queen Co., VA
     Property:     350 a. in Spts. Co. on North side Middle River
     Notes:     This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
     Remarks:     Bernat (Barnett) x Paine of Drysdale Par., King and Queen Co., to John Farish of St. Stephen's Par., King and Queen Co. 103. 350 a. in Spts. Co.-on North side Middle River. Feby. 2, 1741.
     Description:     Grantor
     Book:     C
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004.
     Original data:
     Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
      Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
      The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses.
      For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record.⁷

     Elizabeth Trigg married Barnett Payne Sr. circa 1682.¹

     GAV-8. Elizabeth Trigg was a mentioned with Daniel Trigg.^3,4

; per Neal [1998:296]: "By 4 June 1717 Barnett Paine and Elizabeth his wife brought suit against Thomas Kidd [Executor of Danield Trigg's will] because she had received no part of her father's estate. On 3 June 1718 the Court found: "In the suit in Chancery between Barnett Paine & Elizabeth his wife complts & Thomas Kidd respds on hearing the arguments ... It is the opinion of the Court that the said Elizabeth was sufficiently advance by her father in his lifetime." the suit was dismissed with the complainants to pay costs."⁵

     Daniel Trigg married Susan/Susannah (?)^1,2
Daniel Trigg married Mary (?) after 1687
; His 2nd wife; his 1st wife died 28 Mar 1687.³
Daniel Trigg died on 13 August 1716 at Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2

His estate was probated on 6 November 1716 at Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA.³

     Reference: (an unknown value.)^4,5 GAV-9.
Daniel Trigg was mentioned in a land transaction on 22 January 1666 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Neal [1998:296]: "Dan. Trigg appears as a witness to the deed of Will Gordon and his wife Mary to Francys Porter on 22 Jan 1666, recorded in Lancaster Co., Va. on 13 Sept. 1671."³
Daniel Trigg was mentioned in a land transaction in 1672 at Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Neal [1998:296]: "The name 'Daniel Trigg' appears ... as a headright in a grant to Robert Lassiter in 1672."³
Daniel Trigg was mentioned in a land transaction on 24 October 1691 at Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Neal [1998:296]: "The name 'Daniel Trigg' appears ... as a headright in ... Edwin Thacker's grant of land in Middlesex Co., Va. on 24 Oct 1691."³

Daniel Trigg left a will on 16 June 1716 at Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA; per Neal [1998:296]: "The will of Daniell Tridge [sic] left his whole estate moveable and immoveable to be divided into three equal parts. One part was for wife Mary and the other two for his daughters Alise Kidd and sarah Baskitt or their heirs. Son-in-law Tho. Kidd was named executor. Daniell made his mark and the witnesses were Tho. Kidd Junr and John Kidd who proved the will. the Middlesex Court ordered an appraisal on 4 Dec 1716 which was returned on 1 jan 1716 [1717] by John Alldin, Jno. Lewis, James Meacham and Tho. Kidd with a total valuation of [pounds] 18.18.3."³

     Susan/Susannah (?) married Daniel Trigg.^1,2

Susan/Susannah (?) died on 28 March 1687 at Middlesex Co., Virginia, USA; His 1st wife.¹
     She was a mentioned with Daniel Trigg.^3,4 GAV-9.