Benjamin Venables Sr.

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Benjamin Venables
SoW-EB1:158
28 Jan 178215 Feb 1782
NanticokeWicomico
Joseph Venables --son; Negroes "Betty" "Sarah" "Cuff" "Cipio" "Sam" "Dick", named executor of the will
Benjamin Venables --son; tract of land originally intended for "my son Richard before his death" called HENRY'S out of the original tract WESTERN FIELDS adjoining the lands sold to the Rev. Hugh Henry cont. 300 ac., Negro men "Robin" and "Big Jack" Negro woman "Esther"
Jereboam Venables --grandson; Negro "Little Jack"--Benjamin to have the use of him until Jereboam arrives at age 21
Nelly Venables --granddaughter (daughter of Benjamin); Negro womna "Jane"
Elizabeth Venables --granddaughter (daughter of Benjamin); Negro girl "Ebby"
Anne Venables --granddaughter (daughter of Benjamin); Negro girl "Martha"
Leah Venables --granddaughter (daughter of Benjamin); Negro boy "Moses"
Peggy Venables --granddaughter (daughter of Benjamin); Negro girl "Alec"
Betty Bosman, Nelly Bosman --granddaughters; all that part of a tract called BRAKE (?) being part of WESTERN FIELDS
Tommy Venables --grandson (son of William ); part of a tract called BRANCH cont. 95 ac and that a line be drawn north from the first bounder of DARBY across the branch until it intersects a line on the opposite side of the branch and all above that to be his, Negro boy "Levin", use of Negro man "Isaac" until grandson Robert comes of age.
Robert Venables (son of William); Negro man "Isaac" when he arrives at the age of 21.
Benjamin Venables --grandson (son of William); part of a tract called WHITE HALL lying at the mouth of Barren Creek, Negro boys "Daniel" and "Jesse"
Richard Venables --grandson (son of William); Negro boy "Reuben"
Nancy Wilson --granddaughter (daughter of William Venables); Negro woman "Leah"
Betsy Venables --granddaughter (daughter of William); Negro girl "----"
Rachel Venables --daughter-in-law (widow of son William ); Negro woman "Fender" and her daughter "Minty" for her life and then to children of son William .
Witnesses: [ink blocked out--too faint to read
Then came: Joseph Venables
Then came: William Turpin, Charles Weatherly, and William Benson

Benjamin married Ann (?) in 1730 in Somerset Co., MD. (Ann (?) was born about 1710 in Somerset Co., MD and died on 02 Jan 1782 in Somerset Co., MD.)