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Richard Shipp (Richard, Mary) was born circa 1710 in St.
Anne’s Parish, Essex County, Virginia SH6.
St. Anne’s Parish, which originally had two churches, served upper Essex County
HU21. Only one of these two churches has
survived, and this is Vauter’s Church in Loretta, which was built in or before
1731; the name of the other church has been lost HU21. After Richard became an orphan, his
guardian, William Thomas, was named in a bond record dated June 20, 1727 VI1:
Know all men by these presents that we
William Thomas Joseph Reynolds & Samuel Hawes are held & firmly bound
unto William Daingerfeild gent of the County of the Essex for and in behalf of
the Court of the aforesaid County of Essex in the sum of two hundred pounds
Sterling to the true payment whereof we bind our serlves our heirs Ex:rs and adm:ts [Executors and administrators] jointly
& Severally firmly by these presents Witness our hands & seals this 20th day of June 1727.
The Condition of the above obligation is
such that if the above bound William Thomas Guardian of Richard Ship his heirs
Ex:rs & adm:ts do and shall well & truly pay or
cause to be paid unto the said Orphan all Such Estate & Estates as now is
or hereafter shall come to the hands of the Said William as soon as the Said
Orphan Shall attaine to Lawfull age or when thereunto required by the Justices
of the peace for Essex County Court as also to Save & keep harmless the
said Justices then this obligation to be void else to be in full force &
Vertue
Richard was said to
have married a woman named Martha, with whom he was the father of John and
Richard SH6. John
Ship was said to have
been born about 1730 in Essex County, Virginia and married Sally Johnson on
March 4, 1778 in Fauquier County, Virginia SH6,
however, neither John or Sally or any of their children were mentioned in the
will of Richard Ship, dated August 23, 1778 NO16. If Richard had been married to someone named Martha, she
likely died prior to October 1764 when Richard was married to an individual
named Elizabeth ED8.
On
December 2, 1740, Thomas Ship of Spotsylvania County, Virginia sold 194 acres
of land in Spotsylvania County to Richard Ship of Caroline County, for the sum
of twenty pounds and five shillings CR8.
Caroline County is sandwiched between Essex County on its eastern corner, and
Spotsylvania County on its northwestern side. Richard Ship then sold that same
land to William Carr of Caroline County for thirty pounds on February 1, 1742 CR8. This deed was
witnessed by Larkin Chew, Robert Seayres, and Patrick Dowdall, and at
that time, Richard’s wife was named Elizabeth, who acknowledged her dower CR8. He was appointed as the guardian for the
orphaned Mary Roy, the daughter of James Roy, on October 6, 1741 CR8. Richard Shipp was a witness to a grant
of land from Robert Spilsbe Coleman of Essex County to Richard Couzens of
Spotsylvania County on July 2, 1745 CR8.
Richard and Elizabeth Ship
purchased a parcel of about 400 acres of land in Edgecombe County, North
Carolina for approximately ₤193 from Ignatius and Francis Winset on
October 29, 1764 ED8:
This
Indenture made this twenty ninth of October in the Year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred & sixty four Between Igntius Winset & Francis
his wife In the Province of N Carolina of the One Part and Richard Ship of the
County of Edgecombe in the Province above said of the Other Part Witnesseth
that the aforesd Ignatius Winset & Francis his Wife for & In
consideration of the Sum of one hundred & Ninety three Pounds Six Shillings
& eight Pence Proclam[ation] money of N Carolina to us in hand paid by the
s.d Richard Ship as or before the Ensealing & Delivery of these
Presents the Receipt where of we the sd
Ignatius Winset & Francis shall Acknowledge our Selves to be fully satisfied
Contented & paid for four hundred Acres more or less sold Conveyd set over
& Confirmed & Assgnd by
the s.d Ignatius Winset & Francis his wife unto the s.d Richard Ship & his heirs & assigns for ever the above
said Ignatius Winset & Francis his wife for & In consideration of the
above Mentioned sum of one hundred & Ninety three Pounds Six Shillings
& eight Pence Proc[lamation] money of NoCarolina
have Bargained & sold & by these Presents to Grant Bargain Sell &
Convey unto him the s.d
Richard Ship & his heirs forever the s.d
Tract or Devidend of Land abovementioned to be Devised to him as above said
Containing four hundred Acres more or less Situate Lying & being in the
County of Edgecombe in the Province of N Carolina
This Indenture witnesseth Likewise that the above mentioned Tract of four
hundred Acres in Part of a Survey Granted by the honour. Earl of Granvil to
Tho.s Price and Bounded as follows Beginning on the Creek (on henry Homs Line…
Eighty Degrees west a hundred & Sixty Pole to an oak, then Joining John
Prices Corner thence… Sixty Seven Degrees thirty Pole thence along Prices to
Norrod’s Line thence along Norrods line to Stevans line along Stevans to the
Creek thence the Various Courses of the Creek three hundred Ninety Pole to the
first station To have and To hold the said tract of land with the
appurtainances here unto belonging or any wise appertaining to him the sd Richd Ship & Elizbeth his wife their heirs & assigns…
In Witness whereof the Parties first above Named have Interchangably set their
hands and seals the day & date first above hereunto written
Benjamin Ship was called the son of Richard Ship in
his will, which was written on August 23, 1778 NO16.
Mary
Ship (as Mary Holloway)
was named as a daughter of Richard Ship in his will, which was written on
August 23, 1778 NO16. A marriage
bond for John Holloway and Jacob Sesaums [this surname is unclear] in the sum
of ₤50 was recorded in Edgecombe County, North Carolina on October 21,
1765 which stated that on that date, John Holloway obtained a marriage license
for himself and Mary Ship of Edgecombe County, who was called a spinster NO15. Mary was probably the Mary Holloway mentioned in the will
of John Holloway, Sr. of Wake County, North Carolina, which he wrote on January
27, 1816 and which was signed by Elisha Pope, Jesse Broadwell, and John Ship NO16. John Holloway’s will named his wife, Mary, his children, William Holloway,
Francis Bledsoe, Martha Burton, Polley Head, Elizabeth Harris, Nancey Barker,
and John Holloway, and his grandchildren, Dillah Holloway (the daughter of
William Holloway) and Hinton Holloway (the son of Elizabeth Harris) NO16. He also mentioned Susanna but did not
state her surname or claim her as a daughter or granddaughter NO16. John Holloway was a slave owner; his
will mentioned his black slaves, named Dorcus, Jude,
Davey, Ned, and Crecey, and black slave children who were named Cador, Hawkin,
Stephen, Squire, Lucey, Toney, and Salley NO16. These individuals were bequeathed to his various children and
grandchildren, indicating that they would likely be physically and
geographically separated from each other. Further, his will stated that any
child born from his slave named Jude would also forever be a slave under the
possession of first Mary, then William, and then the heirs of William NO16.
Susanna
Ship (as Suhe or Suke Wall) was named as a daughter of Richard Ship
in his will, which was written on August 23, 1778 NO16. A marriage bond for Jesse Wall and Jeremiah Irwin was recorded
in Edgecombe County, North Carolina on January 4, 1765 which stated that on
that date, Jesse Wall obtained a marriage license for himself and Susanna Ship NO15. Richard Ship was born about 1740 in Essex County,
Virginia SH6 and was named as a son of Richard Ship in his will, which was
written on August 23, 1778 NO16. William
Ship was named as a son of Richard Ship in his will, which was written on
August 23, 1778 NO16. Ephraim Ship
was named as a son of Richard Ship in his will, which was written on August 23,
1778 NO16.
Teller
Ship was named as a son of Richard Ship in his will, which was
written on August 23, 1778 NO16. A
marriage bond for Tiller Ship and Ezekial Bledsoe was recorded in Edgecombe
County, North Carolina on January 23, 1787 which stated that on that date, Tiller
Ship obtained a marriage license for himself and Nancy Velven NO15. Tilla Ship of Wake County, North Carolina died intestate
sometime in 1837, according to a petition to the Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions for Wake County, North Carolina in February 1838 which stated that
Tilla Ship and his widow, Nancy Ship, were the parents of William Ship, Susan
(who married Turner Tate), Elizabeth (who married Alsey Jones), Martha (who
married Mark Grady), Candis (who married John B. Johns), and Mary (who married
Michael Thompson, who was the administrator of the estate of Tilla Ship) NO16.
Richard
Ship of Edgecombe County, North Carolina wrote his will on August 23, 1778,
which mentioned his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, Benjamin Ship, Mary
Holloway, Suhe Wall, Richard Ship, William Ship, Ephraim Ship, and Teller Ship;
his will was proved in open court in Edgecombe County, North Carolina in
November 1778 NO16:
In
the Name of God, amen. I, Richard Ship, of Edgecomb County In North Carolina,
being at this time in a loe state of health In Body,
and of sounde & Perfict mind and memory, Praise almighty God for it, do
make and or Dain this my Last Will & Testament; in Maner & form
following. That is to say first & principally, I recommend my Soul into the
hands of almighty God, hopen thro the Meritts Death & passion of my savour
Jesus Christ, to have full and perfect pardon and forgiveness of all my sins,
and to inherit Everlasting Life my body I Commit to the Earth, to be Decently
buried at the Decression of my Executors; theareafter Named, and as touching
the Dispositio[n] of all such Worldly Estate that I leave that I have in this
World Which it hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I give and Dispose
thereof as followeth: first I Will my Just Debts and funeral Charges should be
payd and Discharged_
Item
I Give to my son Benjamin Ship, to the Worth of five Pounds prock
[proclamation] Money Which he has got in possession
already, to him and his Heirs_
Item
I Give and bequath to my Daughter Mary Holloway, the Worth of five pounds
proclamation Money Which she has got in possession Already
to her and her Heirs.
Item
I Give to my Daughter Suke Wall the Worth of five pounds proc Money Which she has got in possession Already to her and her Heirs.
Item
I Give and Biquath to my son Richard Ship to the Worth of five pounds proc Money
Which he has got in possession Already to him and his
Heirs.
Item
I Give to my son William Ship One Colt Which he has got
in possession Already, and One Hundred and fifty pounds to be Raisd out of my Estate,
Item
I Lend to my Loving Wife Elizabeth Ship, all my Estate both Real or personal, In
What place soever it should lye, being of What Nature or Quality soever, to her
my s,d Wife During her Widowhood or When she Doth die then its my
Desire that my Land in Wake County near Nuce [Neuse] River Should be Equally
Devided between my Two Sons Ephraim Ship and Teller Ship I Give my Land to my
Two sons Above Mentioned, and their Heirs; and if Ither my sons die With out
Lawfull Heir Tis my Desire his Land should go to the Other One that is a Live
and his heirs I Desire that at my wifes Deseas That [the previous word is faded
and is uncertain] all my house hold goods & movables Should be Eqaly Devided
Betwext my three sons William phram [probably “Ephraim”; this name was faded]
and Teller I like wise apoint My wife Elizabeth Ship and Benjamin Ship Executor
I do [an illegible word was written after “do”] Hear by acknoledg this to be
last will and testament Asigned this 23, Day of August in the year of Christ in
one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Eight Signd and acknoledg
Richard
Ship his mark
Samuell
price
Sarah
thomas
Richard
Ship