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Generation: 2
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6. | John W. Wiggins was born about 1716 in Surry, Virginia (son of Thomas Wiggins and Ann Stewart); died on 15 Jul 1786 in Martin, North Carolina. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1769, Craven, North Carolina
- Residence: 1778, Martin, North Carolina
- Residence: 1779, Martin, North Carolina
- Residence: 1780, Martin, North Carolina
Notes:
bWill of John W. Wiggins
/b, Martin, North Carolina
Will of John Wiggins: Martin Co., NC ~ In the name of God Amen, I JOHN Wiggins of the county of Martin in the state of North Carolina being of sound & perfect mind & memory thanks be to God but calling to mind the mortality of mankind and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make ordain constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form Following To Wit ~
First I give and bequeath to my wife ELIZABETH Wiggins her heirs and assigns one horse called Blaise and her bridle & saddle. I also give to my wife ELIZ Wiggins two feather beds and the Furniture belonging to them to her & her heirs or assigns. I also give to my said one two cows & calves & one
young steer and one Pine Chest one Woolen Wheel four flag chairs one sett of Tea Ware and ovel Table. I also give to my said wife the one half of all my Hoggs young & old to her and her heirs and assigns. I also give my said wife all the household furniture of every kind whatsoever that belonged to her before I married her.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son LEMUEL Wiggins my horse named Dolphin the said LEMUEL Wiggins paying to my son WILLIAM Wiggins five pounds specie. I give to my son LEMUEL one dark walnut bedstead.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son B. Baker Wiggins one silver hilted sword & money scales.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter ELIZABETH Jones five silver Dollars to be equally divided bet her five children.
Item, I give and bequeath the remainder of my whole estate of every kind whatsoever that is not herein before mentioned or given in legacies to be equally divided bet my two sons LEMUEL Wiggins and B. Baker Wiggins and their heirs or assigns share & share alike.
Item, Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my two sons LEMUEL and BLAKE Baker Wiggins executors to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking & disannulling all other wills by me heretofore by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of December 1783. Signed sealed published & defclared by the said JOHN Wiggins to be his Last Will and Testament in presents of us
JOHN Wiggins (Seal)
Witnesses: NEEDHAM BRYAN, Mason Lee, JOHN BRYAN
Notes: (1) Elizabeth Jones was probably a granddaughter,
mentioned also in will of Joshua Barker; (2) he had previously
given gift deeds to his sons Thomas and WILLIAM Wiggins,
daughter CATHERINE Wiggins Whitaker, PATTY Hoskins, and
WINNIFRED Hoskins
Martin Co., North Carolina, Wills, Book 1, p. 124; quoted in: Descendants of Captain John Wiggins of Martin County, North Carolina, by Agness Wiggins Gunter.
Published by: Agness Gunter, Apex, NC, 2000, pp. 527, 528
bJohn W.Wiggins
/bNotes from Treemakers Genealogy Site: Ancestors of John Carson Crow:
"He was an Englishman who came over and settled on the Roanoke Rive in Martin Co. about 50 years before the Revolution. He was a very land conscious landlord running from Enfield to Hamilton. His mother was a Stuart. His wife was Miss Baker."
Catherine Baker died before 1748. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Bevins on Sept. 30, 1766 in Bertie Co., NC. He was a planter whose crops included flax.
John married Catherine Bray Baker in 1748. Catherine (daughter of Henry Baker and Angelica Bray) was born about 1705 in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina; died in 1766 in Martin, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Ann Stewart was born about 1685 in England; died before 1785. Children:
- Thomas Wiggins was born about 1710 in Surry, Virginia; died on 7 Jan 1760 in Virginia.
- William Wiggins was born in 1714 in North Carolina; died in UNKNOWN.
- 6. John W. Wiggins was born about 1716 in Surry, Virginia; died on 15 Jul 1786 in Martin, North Carolina.
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14. | Henry Baker was born in 1684 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia; died in 1739 in Chowan, North Carolina. Henry + Angelica Bray. Angelica was born in 1695 in Westover Parish, Prince George, Virginia; died on 7 Jan 1761 in Henrico, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Angelica Bray was born in 1695 in Westover Parish, Prince George, Virginia; died on 7 Jan 1761 in Henrico, Virginia. Children:
- 7. Catherine Bray Baker was born about 1705 in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina; died in 1766 in Martin, North Carolina.
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