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POVALL, Robin

POVALL, Robin

Male - Yes, date unknown   Has one ancestor but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name POVALL, Robin  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will-Executor 11 Oct 1784  Henrico County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Role: Executor
      It was probated on 6 Dec 1784. Executors were Isaac WINSTON (brother), Robin POVALL (brother-in-law), Patrick HENRY (cousin), Edmund WINSTON (cousin), Capt. John PRICE of Hanover County, and neighbor Hodson OWEN. Witnesses were James LITTLEPAGE, John WARRINGTON, Elizabeth LONGAN and J. K. READ.

      His instructions for educating his children: "Testator's brother Isaac Winston to have direction of my sons education and that he put them to business as soon as they are capable of engageing in it - and my brother-in-law Robin Povall and his wife have the direction of the education of my daughters."

      He disposed of his land as follows:
      - "Son Isaac Winston land on Chickahominy Swamp and Merideths branch purchased by my father [Major Isaac WINSTON] of William Harris, containing six hundred acres."
      - "Son Peter Winston land known as Gadberry's adjoing lands of James Britton, Josiah Mosby and James Royall, the quantity of which may be known by application to the Sheriff's books"
      - "Son John Povall Winston all land testator possesses in Hanover Co. viz: one hundred and sixty acres called Pagistus Point, also tract testator purchased of John Priddy adjoining the aforesaid tract, containing about one hundred and seventy five acres also two hundred acres purchased by testator of john Christian called Rough Neck."
      - "Son John Povall Winston my grist mill on Chickahominy Swamp with one acre of land adjoining thereto on said swamp to be laid off in the most convenient manner at the dam of said mill."
      - "Son William Winston the land whereon the testator now lives in two different tracts which I heired by the death of my brother William Winston (the acre excepted above devised to my son John Povall Winston)."

      His 57 slaves and the remainder of his estate were to be divided equally among his children as they became of age.
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3436  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2017 

    Father POVALL, John   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill-Executor - 11 Oct 1784 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1664-69.
      1784, Peter Winston; Henrico County Will Books, Vol 1, p 167.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1664 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1664 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1665 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1665 - Peter Winston


    2. [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. IV: p 2376.
      Peter Winston.
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Peter Winston



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