Snapshot: | lived on colonial Virginia's shore |
Parents: | unknown |
Born: | unknown |
Died: | between 11 November 1687 and 28 March 1688 probably Northampton County, Virginia |
Buried: | unknown |
On 1 March 1668/9,
In the name of God Amen I William Gelding Sen Northampton County in Virg having a pfect memory praised be god for it & calling to minde the uncertainty of this mortall life Doo hereby will & ordain this to bee my last will & testam keing & Disanulling all other wills or Testam made Imp̃ris I bequeath my Soule to allmighty God & my body to bee buried with a Christian funerall in sure & certaine hope of my Resurrection to life Everlasting - through the only merritts & mercy of my savio and my worldly Estate to bee disposed of as followeth ; | |
Item | I hereby Ratify & confirme my Deed of gift for two hundred acres of Land to my well beloved son Charles Gelding & to his heires & assignes forever which said Deed of Gift I and my wife acknowledged to him my said son Charles in open court as on Record may appeare, more[?] I give unto my said son Charles ,one little gunne & one pistoll., |
Item | I give and bequeath unto my other well beloved sonne William Gelding and to his heirs & assignes for ever the other half of my Devidend of Land it being the Homestall |
up | on which I now live; and I give more unto my said son William one greate gunne |
Item | I give more to my aforesaid two sonnes Charles & William Gelding to bee Equall betweene them while they shall both remaine upon the Plantations I have given ^
to them my millstones But if either of my said sonnes Charles or William shall remove from off their aforesaid plantation then my will is that the said millstones shall bee my aforesaid son - Williams and I hereby give them to him my said son William I give more to bee Equally Devided betweene them at my demise[?] all the wearinge apparrell I shall then leave ., |
Item | I give unto my Eldest Daughter Elizabeth Griffin one hundred pds of ___ |
Item | I give unto my Daughter Katherine Moore one hundred pds of tobacco |
Item | I give unto my Daughter Danirus Pike one hundred pds of tobacco |
Item | I give unto my Daughter Elleno |
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Item I give all the rest of my whole Estsate unto my most loving wife Elizabeth Gelding whome I make & hereby appointe my whole and sole Executrix of this my last will & testam confirmac̃on that this is my last will & testam sett my hand & seale the Eleventh day of Novemb |
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SignumSignum Thomas TC CoffinWilliam ![]() William HowardThe 28 Jn | |
— — — — — The 28 ___ ___ ___ of this ___ ___ made in open court by ye oath of Tho: Coffin & allowed of[?] ___ to be Recorded ____ at foli ___ Recorded[?] |
William Gelding Sen by the corporall oathes of John Burroughes and William Howard & allowed of & ordered to be Recorded Tes Record |
* | "Mr. Argoll Yardley" was another of the jurors. |
1: Virginia Land Office, patents book 1 (1623-1643), page 713. Library of Virginia, <https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990007300500205756>, accessed 15 August 2025. This patent is abstracted in Cavaliers and Pioneers, volume 1, page 121; the abstract reads, "WILLIAM BURDETT, 1,050 acs. Accomack Co., Mar. 18, 1639, page 713. To be augmented, etc. E. upon the Sea-board side, N. upon Henry Wilsonn, S. upon Edmond Scarburgh on W. upon land lately belonging to Roger Sanders. Due for his per. adv. & trans. of 20 pers: John Stanley, William Annis, Clemt. Donn, Owen Harris, Daniell Stocke, William Johnson, John Dallion, Arthur Raymond, John Johnson, Thomas Pagett, John Coss, Randall Renall, Giles Budd, Thomas Lancton, Annis Sutton, Thomas Browne, James Head, John Wallis, William Gelding, William Caper."
2: Virginia Land Office, patents book 5 (1661-1666), page 593. Library of Virginia, <https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990007577170205756>, accessed 15 August 2025.
3: Northampton County, Virginia. Tithables list for 1662, entry for W
4: Northampton County, Virginia. Tithables list for 1663, entry for W
5: Northampton County, Virginia. Tithables list for 1664, entry block for W
6: F. B. Robertson, writer, "List of Tithables in Northampton County, Virginia, August, 1666," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 10, page 260, an entry block for Wm. Geldinge, Luke Geldinge, and Charles Geldinge. HathiTrust, <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uga1.32108057272638&seq=278>.
7: Northampton County, Virginia. Orders book 9 (1664-1674), page 61, jury list for 1 March 1668[/9] court. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99PX-XW4L>, accessed 12 August 2025. The microfilm title card for this book is mislabeled as being for years 1764-1774; it's actually 1664-1674.
8: Northampton County, Virginia. Orders and wills book 12 (1683-1689), pages 348-349. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-Y714>, accessed 11 July 2025.
9: Northampton County, Virginia. Deeds, wills, etc. book 4 (1651-1654), page 228. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-Y7NN?cat=370362&i=233&lang=en>, accessed 10 July 2025.