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Will of James NUCKOLLS
A Loyalist Claim: The Will of
James Nuckolls of Hanover
County and Other Papers
These land records are found in the Colonial Records Project records at the
Library
of
Virginia.[ii]
The claim was for
Samuel Gist, a British loyalist who was trying to reclaim his
considerable
fortune. This land claim is in Hanover.Howerer, it originally la , in New Kent,
Most importantly,
Coldham
[iii]in
his work transcribes the purchase from
Chiles as Nicol (Nichols) which
was the way this
is written
in the land assigninent from Chiles. However, in all documents thereafter,
including
the release of' dower of' Mary Chiles, John Chile's 's wife', the surname is
most
certainly Nuckols or a variation. Since these are original signatures attested
to by
clerks, of the court; the surname should
most probably be read
as Nuckols.
While many of the documents that pertain to this parcel of land are copies from the court, the patent (recorded in Virginia Land Office Patent Book 8, p. 97), Mary Chiles’s dower release and John Chiles assignment of the patent appear to be original documents with original signatures
In the name Of God Amen,
I James Nuckolls of Hanover County thanks be to
God being of sound and
perfect memory have thought fitt to constitute and
ordain this my last Will
and Testament in manner and form following-—lmprimis I
give my Soul in the hands of almighty, god my heavenly maker in
hopes through the meritorious death and passion of my blessed
Saviour Jesus Christ to Receive free pardon and remission of
all my Sins and my Body I commit to the ground to be
buried at the discretion
of my executrix hearin after named and as to
at Real
[tear] personal effects
which God hath been pleased to bless me with I give and bequeath
in manner and Form föllowing-
Item -I give and
bequeath to my Son John Nuckolls and his heirs
forever the plantation whereon he now Lives and all the Land
belonging to it from my upper Line down to a Run Commonly known
by the name of Basseds Run—
Item -I give and
bequeath to my son Sam' Nuckolls one Shilling
Item - I give and
bequeath to my son James Nuckolls one Shilling
Item - I give and
bequeath to my daughter Isbel Rattlef one
Shilling
Item -
I give and bequeath to my
daughter Susannah Nuckolls all my household
goods and all my stock of Cattle and hoggs and all the Remainder
of my Estate be it what nature or Quality forever I give to her
and her heirs forever-
James } Nuckols Seal
Phill Joyner
Elizabeth Joyner
At a court held for I
Hanover County the fifth day of February 1730
Teste Arth'r. Clayton CC
Henry Robinson Clerk
[ii]
Loyalist Claims,
Series 11, Virginia Claims, AO 13/30,, folder G
II, (Colonial Records Project,
Survey Report
2246, microfilm roll 252, Library
of Virginia, Richmond,
[i] Richmond, Va, Ms Chiarello is a VGS board member with ancestors from a
number of burned record
counties.
[iii] A brief synopsis can be found in Peter Wilson Coldham, American Loyalist
Claims, Vol 1 Abstracted from the Public Record
Office Series 13, Bundles 1-35 and 37
(Washington, D.C., National Genealogical
Society, 1980, 183
[1V]
Abbreviation for “Said”
| Special thanks to Frederick (Pete ) Nuckols who found this document. For 300 years no one has located it because it was indexed at the courthouse as NICHOLS. I suppose people did not wish to take the time to pull all of the Nichols to verify spelling accuracy. |
