Col. William Custis ¹

He made a will on 27 November 1725 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Col. William Custis. To wife Bridget 200 acres where Churchill Darby now lives & whole personal estate except what I have already given my daughter Bridget Custis; also 1/3 of all my lands & Islands besides the above 200 acres, for her life. To daughter Bridget Custis & heirs, except what is above named, all my lands, Islands, marshes &c. but should she die without heirs then to my grandaughter Joanna Custis Hope, & for want of heirs to my wife Bridget Custis & heirs. To grandaughter Joanna Custis Hope when she arrives to 18 years or marriage, provided my wife Bridget should die without disposing of them, 2 of the slaves given my wife, viz: Joe & Daniel, also the 2OO A. devised my wife, provided she die without disposing of it, but should the said Joanna Custis Hope die without heirs, then I give the two slaves & the 200 acres to my daughter Bridget. To grandaughter Joanna Custis Hope slaves' increase that I lent to my daughter Joanna Mary Hope, & should she die without heirs to my daughter Bridget. Wife & daughter Bridget Exrs. Witt: Robert Coleburn, William Burton, Charles McClester, William Wood. William died before 1 November 1726 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.

He was named in a land cause on 27 November 1732 at Accomack Co, VA. John Jackson vs Thomas Parramore & Joanna Custis, his wife. That the said John and the aforesaid Thomas and Joanna, in right of the said Joanna, together and undivided hold two orchards, 1 garden, four dwelling houses, two kitchens, one barn, 1013 acres of land and 200 acres of Marsh, upon Matompkin Creek, in the Parish of Accomack, late the inheritance of William Custis, dec., whereon unto him the said John and to his heirs it belongs to have one orchard, one dwelling house, 200 acres of land and Marsh, and to the said Thomas & Joanna, in right of the said Joanna, the residue of the premises according to the last will and testament of the said William Custis, the said 200 acres being devised by the said William Custis, dec., to his wife, Bridget, and conveyed to the aforesaid John by William Arbuckle and the said Bridget, then his wife. (Joanna Custis Hope, wife of Thomas Parramore, dau. of William Hope and Gr. Dau. of Capt. George Hope; also gr. dau. of Capt. William Custis.)

William married Joan (?). (Joan (?) was born about 1660 in Accomack Co., VA.)