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John Waggoner was
born about 1643, according to his deposition on August 10,
1708; “John Waggoner aged Sixty five years or thereabouts of South Farnham
Pariſhe in ye County of
Essex in Virginia planter” VI12, TH42. He married Rachell sometime in or before 1674, according to
that same deposition, which stated “on or about the year of our Lord one
Thousand Six hundred Seventy & foure… this Depont. [Deponent
- in this case John Waggoner] was with his wife & Severall other Neighbours
at ye. Funerall
of the Said Nathaniel Pendleton” VI12. The deposition of Rachell Waggoner on the same date, August
10, 1708, stated that she was about fifty years old and that she was his wife
in both 1674 (the year of the incident under investigation) and 1708 (the year
of the deposition and inquiry into the incident) VI12. John
Waggoner was about thirty-one and Rachell was about sixteen years old at the
time of their marriage.
John
Waggener witnessed the sale of property from Thomas Goodrich to John Wells and
Nicholas Putley, all of whom were of Rappahannock County, on July 27, 1666 CE6. John “Wagener” of Rappahannock County, Virginia purchased the
“Tytle & Interest of the wthin specified Conveyance” from Andrew and Anne
Herbert for the sum of “Five hundred and five hundred pounds of good Tobacco
& Caske” on January 22, 1668 CE7.
The specific property he purchased was not mentioned. In this court record,
John was described as “John Wagener of Rappa. Taylor”. He was also called a
“Taylor” in an indenture made on November 2, 1670 in which he leased a parcel of 130
acres for the term of 99 years from Richard and Aubrey White, for which he paid
2600 pounds of “Aronoco Tobacco” and a pair of gloves, as well as the yearly
rent of one fat capon CE7:
This
indenture made the second day of November in the yeare of or: Lord God one
thousand six hundred & seaventy and in the two & twentieth year of the
reign of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England
Scotland France & Ireland King defender of the faith &c. Betweene
Richard White of the Parish of Farneham in the County of Rappa. Cooper of the
one parte and Jno. Waggener of the same Parrish Taylor of the other parte
Wittnesseth that the said Richard White by and with the consent of Audrey his
lawfull Wife and for and in consideration of the sume of two thousand six
hundred pounds of lawfull Aronoco Tobacco in sufficient Caske to containe it to
him the said Richard White and for & in consideracon of one vallueable pr.
of Gloves to her the said Audrey in hand paid or secured to be paid have
demised graunted bargained made over delivered and to farm letten a certaine
parcel commonly called a Neck of Land containing One hundred & thirty acres
(or thereabt:) adjoyning or lying on the Western side by or neare the Plantacon
of John Wells and by or neare the land or Plantacon of Anthony North on the
North East side lying betweene two branches and soe running down to the
Pecosten To Have and To Hold the whole contents & quantity of the said one
hundred & thirty acres of land to him the said John Waggener his heires for
by & dureing the full end space & tenure of ninety & nine yeares
from the day of the date of these psents fully to be completed & ending
yeelding & paying therefore yearly and every yeare to him the said Richard
White his heires by him the said John Waggener all or on the first day of the
Nativity of or: Blessed Lord God & Saviour comonly called Christmasse the
yearely Rent and acknowledgement of one fatt Cappon during the full terme of
ninety & nine yeares before menconed and the said Richard White for
himselfe & for his heires & assignes doth covenant & graunt to him
the said John Waggener his assignes full quiet and peaceable possession and
enjoyment of ye part parcell or Neck of Land wth all rights priviledges
whatsoever in any wise thereunto apperteineing and in the Pattent for the same
contained may appeare during the said Terme ninety & nine yeares before
menconed he the said John Waggener his heires and assignes well & truely
paying & performing and dischargeing all rents services taxes assessments
or leavies which shall heareafter during the said time or space of ninety nine
years be Leavied assessed taxed and awarded to be raised payd & performed
on the same and the said John Waggener for himselfe his heires well &
truely every year as to pay the said yearely rent or acknowledgemt. of one fatt
capon and all other services dues & dutyes on the sd assessed dureing the
time of yeares above menconed and at the full end & expiracon of the said
term of ninety & nine yeares to Restore return and deliver into the
possession of the said Richard White his heires the demised with all houses
buildings whatsoever thereunto belonging In Witness hereof the parties above
menconed have to these psents Interchangeably sett their hands and seales the
day & yeare first above written in the presents of John Watts, George
Davies
He was the father of John VI12,
HI12, James HI12, Samuel FL3, HI12, Andrew HI12, Herbert FL3, HI12, Benjamin FL3, HI12, Margaret FL3, HI12, and Dinah FL3, HI12.
John’s son, John Waggener, died in 1697, and his will, dated February 21,
1696/7 mentioned his brothers, Samuel, Andrew, James (who had moved away, as
the line stated “if my brother James do not return, The horse which he left
me”), and Benjamin, who was called his youngest brother, as well as his “loving
father John Waggoner”, and his mother VI12. John Waggoner, Junior’s will was proved in an Essex County
Court on May 10, 1697 VI12.
At
the Rappahannock County Court held on June 3, 1680, when James Waggener was still a minor, John Wells gave James a cow CE8:
I
John Wells doe by these presents freely give unto James Waggener one Cowe
yearling with all her female increase till ye Child attaine the age of Sixteene
yeares then all her male and female increase for ever which said yearling is
marked with a crop & an over keele on the right Eare & slitt on ye left
eare collored black wth a white starr in the forehead & some white under
her belly
An Essex
County Court document dated April 10, 1696 stated that James Waggener intended to
relocate to Pennsylvania “by the first opportunity” VI12.
John
appeared on the 1704 Essex County Rent Roll, in which he was assessed for 400
acres, and again on the 1715 Essex County Rent Roll, in which he was assessed
for 100 acres NI8. In an Essex County Court which was held on
April 10, 1712, a record stated that John Waggoner had purchased an indentured
servant named Charles McCai from a merchant named David Leitch FL3. This Charles McCai was mistakenly referred
to as John McCai, the son of the deceased William McCai, in an earlier record
made at Glagow on November 21, 1711 FL3. The term of service
that Charles McCai had agreed to perform in Virginia was for six years, and
Daivd Leitch promised to “pay for passage… and allow him meat drink apparell
and Lodging dureing the said terme or time and at the End of the same to pay
unto him the usual allowance according to the Custome of the Country” FL3.
John Waggoner, his wife Rachell Waggoner, and George Ward
were deposed on August 10, 1708 at the Essex County Court in Virginia regarding
the brothers Nathaniell and Phillip Pendleton who arrived in South Farnham
Parish in 1674 and who were consigned to Captain Edmund Crask TH42. John
Waggoner stated in his deposition that shortly after their arrival to the
parish, Nathaniell became ill and subsequently died; John and his wife attended
Nathaniell’s funeral and he stated that “he never heard that the said
Nathaniell Pendleton had either wife of Child” TH42. John also
stated that Nathaniell’s brother, Phillip, served the remainder of his time,
returned to England, and then returned again to Virginia where he took up
residence at King and Queen County TH42. In the deposition of George Ward, George stated that he was
a planter of South Farnham Parish in Essex County who was about fifty-seven
years old TH42. This
indicates that George Ward was born about 1651. The deposition of George Ward
stated that in 1674, he was a servant in the same house where Nathaniell
Pendleton’s death occurred and he witnessed Nathaniell’s interrment TH42. He also
stated that these two brothers who were consigned to Captain Crask had been
sent to Virginia by their mother and that he never heard that Nathaniell was
married or had children, and added that after Phillip Pendleton’s five years of
servitude, he left for England and then returned within the same year to King
and Queen County, Virginia TH42.
The will of John
“Waggner” of Essex County, Virginia was dated February 12, 1715/6 FL3. To his wife, Rachell, who was also the executrix of his estate, he bequeathed his plantation and
three black slaves, named Doll, Martin, and Jugg during the course of her life.
After her death, the plantation and the slave named Martin were to be left to
his son, Benjamin Waggner FL3. His daughter, Margarit
Allen, the wife of William Allen, would then be given Doll, and Jugg was to be
given to his son, Samuel Wagoner FL3. His other son,
“harbert Waggoner” was to receive “one Cow being in full of his portion”, and
his other daughter, Dinah Allen, the wife of Erasmus Allen, was also to receive
one cow FL3. The beds and personal
property were to be left to Samuell and Benjamin FL3. His will was witnessed by
William Daingerfield and Peter Byrom and there was a bond of £150
sterling FL3. The will was recorded on May 15, 1716, and
the inventory of his estate was not appraised, but Rachel Waggener presented it
to the Essex County Court on June 20, 1716 FL3. One month later, on
July 17, 1716, Rachel presented an additional list of six items from John’s
estate, which she stated were “the remaining part of the Estate of John
Waggoner which being before forgott” FL3.
Rachell was born
about 1658, according to her deposition given at the Essex County Court on August 10,
1708 regarding the brothers Nathaniell and Phillip Pendleton VI12, TH14. In
her deposition, Rachell stated she was about fifty years and gave “The very
Same word for word with her Said husband in relation to the Death of the above
named Nathaniell Pendleton and to all other matters above mentioned and further
saith not” TH42, ED19. She
was the mother of five children who were alive in 1717 when she wrote her will VI13. These
were Benjamin Waggner, Dinah Allen, Margaret Allen, Herbert Waggner, and
Samuell Waggner VI13.
Dinah Waggener married Erasmus Allen
HI12, FL3. Dinah
Allen was called deceased on November 19, 1751 when George Coleman, Thomas
Haile, and Thomas Meador were bound to the Justices of Essex County for the
administration and inventory of her estate VI13. The inventory of her estate was conducted on December 17, 1751
and was presented to the Essex County Court on January 21, 1752 VI13. Margaret Waggener married
William Allen HI12, FL3. Herbert Waggoner (as
“harbert Waggoner”)
was named in his father’s will dated February 12, 1715/6 FL3 and in his mother’s will dated April 6, 1717
(as “herbert Waggner”) VI13.
Samuel Waggener of South Farnham Parish in Essex County, Virginia wrote his
will on March 12, 1728 which mentioned his wife, Christian, and his five
children, Lucrecy, Samuell, Price, Winifret, and Temperance Waggener VI13. He
appointed his friend, John Allen, as an “overlooker” in his estate and named
his wife as his sole executor VI13. He was called deceased on September 16, 1729 when his will
was proved at the Essex County Court; on the same date, Christiana Wagoner,
William Allen, and Benjamin Wagoner had a bond for the administration of his
estate VI13.
Benjamin Waggener may have been related to George Ward, for on May 9, 1721
George Ward of South Farnham Parish, Essex County, Virginia called Benjamin Wagoner
(of the same parish and county) his beloved godson and granted him 300 acres of
land as well as all of his slaves and property VI12. Benjamin died about the year 1749 HI12. Benjamin Waggener of South Farnham
Parish, Essex County, Virginia wrote his will on December 11, 1748 which
mentioned yet failed to name his wife, and which named his children, who were
his eldest son, William Waggener, as well as Nathan Waggener and Benjamin
Waggener VI13. He later listed his children as “William and Dinah
Benjamin Nathan and Frances, Rachel, Sarah, and Lette” VI13. He made a bequest of two acres of land to George
Garret VI13. He also sold a slave; his will included
a bequest to “Samel Alen Thirty pounds Currant money for the Molatter that I
sold that his wifes Grand father left her in full of all her portion of my
Estate to him & his heirs” VI13. His will mentioned land at “the
Plantation where I now live to the Plantation where my father liv.d” VI13. He named his sole executors as his wife (unnamed)
and his son, Benjamin VI13. Benjamin Waggoner was called deceased on March 22,
1748 (1749) when his will was presented at a court held for Essex County at
Tappahannock by Martha Waggoner, one of the executors to his will VI13. This indicates that his wife was named Martha.
In a deposition given in the Essex County Court on August 30,
1708 regarding Nathaniel and Philip Pendleton, “Rachell Waggoner the now
lawfull wife of the above named John Waggoner aged fifty five years or
thereabout” was listed as a deponent VI12. Rachell Waggner of South Farnham Parish, Essex County,
Virginia wrote her will on April 6, 1717, which was was
proved in an Essex County Court on September 16, 1718 VI13. It mentioned her children, Benjamin
Waggner, Dinah Allen, Margaret Allen, Herbert Waggner, and Samuell Waggner, her
son-in-law, William Allen, and her granddaughters, Rachel Cheany VI13 (the
daughter of Dinah and Erasmus Allen HI12) and Rachell Waggner VI13:
In
the name of God Amen I Rachell Waggner of South Farnham pariſh Essex
County Dwo make and ordain this to be my last will and Testement in maner and
form following first I bequeeth my Soul into ye hands of allmighty God that gave it hopeing to have full
forgiveneſs of my Sins and to receive a Joyfull Reſurection at the
last & boddy to be Decently buried at the Diſcretion of my Exe.
hereafter mentioned and I Dwo beſtwow those outward bleſsings which
it hath pleased The Allmighty God to bleſs me with as followeth Viz Itm I Give and bequeethe to my Son Benja. Waggner my horse bridle & Sadle: and ten head of Chatle
and to have his Choyce of all my Stock Except one Stear.
I
give my aforesd.
Son Son Benja. all my Stock of
hogs: & my great Iron pot and pot hooks: a Copper Stew Ketle; & a Small
Iron Ketle with Copper ledd; a Small frying pan: a grid Iron: a Iron Spitt a
Corſe meal Sifter & a Searcle: A pewter Flagon: and all my Earthen
muggs: Two new pewter Diſhes and four of my pewter baſons: four
pewter plates: a pr
[pair] of fire tongues: an Iron Chain that hangs ye pots on: all my fine Kersey buttons mohair and Every thing fit
to make up ye Kersey wth
I
give him my Servant boy Charles macay my great Cheſt of [the following
very short word is too faded to read] and ye
Chest that is Call’d my Chest & all my Syder Caske pailes piggings
powdering Tubbs, barrells all my Iron wair of all Sorts whatſoever a new
stock lock: three Sheets and to have his Choyce of all my Sheets: the
largeſt lining Table Cloath three new nappkins & three old ones: Two pr of pillow beers Twenty yards of fine Iriſh lining: a
pewter Chamber pott I give to my Son Benja.
Waggner all my Iron wair of all Sorts whatſoever Except what I shall
hereafter mention and Dispose of, Itm I give and bequeeth to my Daughter Dinah Allen my gold ring a
damaſk gound and pettecoat & Rideing Gound a large baſon a large
pewter dish Two pewter plates a large tinn pan it is my will that all my
wairing lining be Equally dividd.
between my Daughter Dinah and Margaret Allen: I give
to my Dinah Allen a pr. of
gloves a braſs Sauſpan my will is that all my Muſlin silke laces
fine thredd and all my holldswair
be Equally divided between my too Daughters Dinah and margart. Allen Item I give and bequeeth to my Daughter Margaret Allen
all my wairing Cloathes not before given: a flock bed bolſter two blankits
a rugg & one pillow one large pewter baſon a large pewter Diſh
two plates a braſs peſtle and morter a ſmll. Iron pott a large tinn Sauſpan a pr of new parragon boddis all my Shoes a pr. of worſted Stockings a new Iron Candleſtick: Seven yds Jurzeys a pair of Gloves: three new nappkins and three old ones
& a table Cloath; four yards [here it appears that a very
small “½” was written] of Blew Cottn. I
give the all rest of my blew Cotton To my Son Benja. Waggner. I give to my aforesd Daughter Margaret Allen A pewter Chamber pott my leaſt box and a fan biggeſt
box to my Daughter Dinah Allen: Itm. I
give and bequeeth To my Son herbert Waggner a flock
bed & bolster a Rugg and two blankits one pillow his fathers Chest, a three
gall Iron pott a pewter baſon a large deep diſh Two plates a pewter qt. pott an Ivory ha… [the previous short word was faded] Knife
four & a half yards of Grey Kerſey buttns for it. Itm I give and bequeeth To my Son Samll. Waggner a five Gall Iron pott a white Chest a pewter
baſon a Smll. Deep diſh Two
pewter plates a Chamber pott four and a halfe yds of Grey Kersey & buttons to make it up I give Remainder of
ye Grey Kerſey To my Son in Law Wm Allen; Itm I
give and bequeeth To my grandaughter Rachel Cheany my
Silver bodkin a black Silk whoad a pr. of
Thredd Gloves & boddiſs waire Every Day. Itm I give
& bequeathe to my grandaughter Rachell Waggner a Silver Spoon, Itm Itis my will that all my Thred & newlin’ne not before given
be Equally divided between my five Children & that all the remaining part
of my Eſtate of what nature or kind Soever I give to my Son Benja. Waggner and I Dwo Conſtitute & apoynt my aforesd. Son Benja.
Waggner my whole Sole Executor To this my last will and Teſtament Revokeing
& Denying all other will or wills heretofore made by me as witneſs my
hand & Seale this Sixth day of April Seventeen hundd and Seventeen [about seven or eight faded words follow this,
which appear to state “there??? and now lying batng Juſs?? aſsigned”]
Signed
Sealed and published in the preſts of
W. Dangerfield, Mary Byrom Peter Byrom.
