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Sarah Devin

Female Abt 1761 - Bef 1848  (~ 87 years)


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  1. 1.  Sarah Devin was born Abt 1761, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died Bef 16 Oct 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Sources:

    1) Pittsylvania County VA Deed & Will Book 11, page
    243-244, Will of William Devin, Sr. names Sarah as his
    daughter. She inherited his house and a parcel of his land.

    YOB & POB from Ancestral File

    Will in Pittsylvania Co Will Bk #2 p 59-60 & dated 16 Sep
    1848; entered into
    probate 16 Oct 1848.
    Said land & property to be sold & money be equally divided
    between James Oakes & Elizabeth Herndon (wife of James
    Herndon)

    QUESTION: Who were James Oakes & Elizabeth Herndon?
    Father's will said if "my daughter Sarah Devin should die
    without a lawfull heir of her body that in that case she
    has a right only to dispose of half the property to her
    given as she
    may think proper...."
    Will of father, William Devin, Sr., in Pittsylvania Co VA

    Sarah never married.

    !NAME:Deed & Will Book 11, Virginia. Pittsylvania County.
    Deed & Will Book 11, County Clerk's Office, Virginia.
    Pittsylvania County., page 243-244; Will of William Devin,
    Sr.

    !NAME:Deed Book 02, Virginia. Pittsylvania County. Deed
    Book 02, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
    Virginia, pages 59-60; will of Sarah Devin dated 16.Sep.1848