William Wade^[1]

Est 1735 - 1772  (~ 37 years)

• Name	William Wade
  Born	Est 1735	Prob. Goochland Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1772
  Person ID	I6546	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2015

  
  

  Family	Ann Cawthorn,   b. Est 1740, Goochland County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Dabney Wade, Sr.,   b. 1758, Goochland, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F3582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Wade History, http://reynoldspatova.org/histories/Wade5_James.pdf. Ann Cawthorn (Cothan), who married William Wade, was a daughter of Christopher Cawthorn. She and eight of their children were named by William Wade in his will which was dated 02 November 1771 and proved on 16 March 1772. (Goochland County Virginia, Deed Book 10, page 200). He left all of his lands on Lickinghole Creek in Goochland County to his three sons, Dabney Wade, William Abinadab Wade and Jonadab Wade, to be divided equally. To wife Ann he bequeathed his 'manour plantation' for the term of her widowhood and 1/8 part of his estate for life, which, at her death, was to be divided equally among his children, when they reached the age of 21, Dabney Wade, William Abinadab Wade, Jonadab Wade, Rosannah Wade, Joannah Wade, Hannah Wade, Anna Wade and Susannah Morriss, which, it was noted, already had her legacy. In case he died before he completed a deed to Pleasant Wallace for 245 acres on Tuckahoe Creek, he instructed his executors, wife Ann, son Dabney and friend Joseph Woodson, to sell it to Wallace, with son Dabney making the deed. He admonished his wife to keep the estate together and divide it as the children came of age. The will was witnessed by Benjamin Herndon, John Herndon and Nathaniel Wade. Since he made to no reference in his will to an expected child, William Wade apparently was unaware that his wife was pregnant at the time. However Ann Cawthorn Wade had a son named Reuben Wade after William died. On 25 November 1776 Dabney Wade, Samuel Coleman Morriss and his wife Susannah, Benjamin Herndon and his wife Rosannah, Devereux Jarrett, all of Goochland County, and Peter Leak and his wife Hannah of Cumberland County, made a deed to Ann (Anne) Wade, widow of William Wade, and her son Reuben Wade. Goochland County, Virginia, Deed Book 11, page 176, abstract, Mrs. Louis C. Hill.) The conveyance stated that William Wade ?lent Anne 1/8 part of his estate and manor plantation as his widow ... she?s raised & educated the children ... and is inclined to accept a proposal of marriage by Maddox Stanley, to secure to her during her natural life and to her son, Reuben Wade, in fee simple at her death, the 1/8th part (but not the manor plantation) in consideration of love and affection to Anne & 10L.? The deed was signed by Dabney Wade, Samuel C. Morriss, Benja. Herndon, Devereux (Deverex) Jarratt and Peter Leak.