Continuation of the First Generation of the Descendants of Benjamin Cave 1.
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Will of Benjamin Cave (3)
From Orange County, Virginia Will Book 2, 1744, 1778; Page 330
In the name of God, Amen, the 26th day of June in the year of our Lord God
one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two (1762). I, Benjamin CAVE of the county
of Orange being of good and perfect memory thanks be to God do make and
ordain this to be my last will and Testament in manner and Form following Make to
say first. I bequeath my soul and spirit into the hands of the Almighty God my
Heavenly Father by whom of his---and only grace I trust to be saved of
received into Eternal rest through the death of our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ
in Whose precious Blood. I set the whole and only hope of my Salvation. I
commit to the Earth to be Buried and as Touching the Distribution of my Mortal
Goods I dispose of them as followeth--
First I lend all my houses and plantation whereon I now live to my Dear and
Loving wife HANNAH CAVE during her life and after her dec'd to my son WILLIAM
CAVE and his heirs.
Item: I give unto my son JOHN CAVE in Culpeper County the hundred and
twenty-five acres of Land in this county to be laid from the River to the Back of an
Equal Wealth to him and his heirs. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son
BENJAMIN CAVE, Jr. Two hundred acres of Land in the said Tract in Culpeper County
(Virginia) to be laid of at the upper end to him and his heirs. Item: I also
give unto my son David CAVE the ramining part of my Land in said County one
hundred and seventy-eight acres of land more or less to him and his heirs. Item: I
give unto my son WILLIAM CAVE my right of lease in this county during this
Term. I lend unto my wife HANNAH CAVE five negros Viz; JACK, MALL, CATE, DINAH
and PRESTON During her life and after her decease to be equally divided among
my four sons, BENJAMIN, WILLIAM, DAVID, RICHARD CAVE, my four daughters,
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, ANN CAVENDER (CAVENAUGH OR KAVENAUGH) , SARAH and HANNAH CAVE and
their heirs and assigns. Item: I give unto my son BENJAMIN CAVE one negro
fellow named PARKER to him and his heirs forever. I give unto my son WILLIAM two
negros named TOBY and SAM to him and his heirs forever. I give unto my son
DAVID CAVE two negros named TOM and MILLEY a wench to him and his heirs and
assigns forever. I give unto my son RICHARD CAVE three negros named PHILLIS a wench
on boy named HARRY and a boy named BOB to him his heirs and assigns. I give
unto my daughter SARAH CAVE three negros a wench named LUCY, a boy named SAM
and a girl named JENNY to her and her heirs and assigns. I give unto my daughter
HANNAH CAVE four negros named JUDA, POMPY, JAMES and GEORGE to her and her
heirs and assigns. I give unto my daughter ELIABETH JOHNSON two negros a wench
named JUDE and a boy named JACK to her and her heirs and assigns and lastly I
give unto my daughter ANN CAVENDER one negro wench named VIOLET to her and her
assigns and as to my other estate I give unto my son WILLIAM CAVE one feather
bed and furniture and I give unto my son DAVID CAVE one feather bed and
furniture and I give to my daughter SARAH CAVE one bed and furniture. I give also
unto my son DAVID CAVE one young horse named Prince. Item: I give unto my son
JOHN CAVE one large square table. Item: I give unto my daughter HANNAH CAVE one
feather bed and furniture. I give also unto my son RICHARD CAVE one feather
bed and furniture and also the other part of my estate I lend to my loving wife
to dispose of as she shall think proper and necessary during her widowhood.
I do hereby appoint my loving wife HANNAH CAVE and my two sons JOHN and
BENJAMIN Executors and Exec (?trix) of this my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year
above mentioned.
Benjamin Cave {seal}
Test: John Crittenden Webb
John Bledsoe
Anthony Galson
At a court held for Orange County (Virginia) on Thursday the 26 day August
1763 this last Will and Testament for Benjamin Cave dec'd was presented into the
court by Benjamin Cave, Jr. one of the Executors therein and proved by the
oaths of John Crittenden Webb and John Bledsoe two of the witnesses thereto and
ordered to be recorded.
Test: Geo. Taylor G.A.G.
and the court held for this County and Thursday the 25 day of November 1762
on the motion of Benjamin Cave on of the Executors therein named who made oath
according to law Certificaate is granted for obtaining Letters of Probate
thereof in due form giving security on which he and Eras Taylor, Tho's Jameson and
Tho's Barbour acknowledged.
Test: Geo. Taylor C.O.G.
NOTE: This will of Benjamin Cave (3) was written 26 June 1762 Orange County,
Virginia. Proved 26 August 1762 Orange County, Virginia. Naming Wife Hannah
Cave nee Hannah Bledsoe the d/o William
Sons: William, John, Benjamin Jr., David, Richard
Daughters : Elizabeth Johnson, Ann Cavender, Sarah, Hannah
Slaves:
Jack, Lucy,Toby, George, Mall, Sam, Jude,Cate,Jenny, Tom
Dinah , Juda, Milley, Violet, Preston, Pompy,Harry, Bob, Parker,James,
Phillis
Benjamin was married to Hannah BLEDSOE (daughter of William BLEDSOE and
Anne) between 1725 and 1727 in Spotsylvania, Orange Co, Virginia. (4,7) Hannah
BLEDSOE(1 ) was born in 1698 in Spotsylvania, Orange Co, Virginia.(1,4) The LDS
Ancestral File gives her birth date as 1711. (4)
Hannah died after 1770 in Orange Co, Virginia. (1,4) She was buried in a
private Cemetery; Orange Co, Virginia.(4,6) Information per Virkus's work, pg
264.( 6 ) Hannah Bledsoe lived in Virginia. There is discrepancy in who was the
mother of Hannah Bledsoe. This site shows two different mother's in two
different references. The person sheet for Benjamin Cave states that Anne? was her
mother. However, the 1st Generation Benjamin Cave info states that her mother
was Elizabeth. (6)
Benjamin CAVE I and Hannah BLEDSOE had the following children which are
listed on the following page:
+2 i. Elizabeth CAVE (born about 1728)
+3 ii. John CAVE (born on 22 FEB 1732)
+4 iii. Nancy Ann CAVE (born in 1734)
+5 iv. Benjamin CAVE (born on 20 DEC 1735)
+6 v. William CAVE (born in 1738 or 1740)
7 vi. Anna CAVE was born about 1743 in Orange, Culpepper, Virginia (4)
8 vii. David CAVE born,1739, Orange, Culpepper, Virginia. (2,4)
Died 1792. (2 )
+9 viii. Sally (Sarah?) CAVE (born in 1745)
+10 ix. Hannah CAVE (born in 1748)
+11 x. Rev. Richard CAVE (born in 1750)