William Armistead (1730 - 1791)

Born 19 Sep 1730 in Warwick, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Jordan) Armistead — married 11 May 1782 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

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Biography

William Armistead was born to Anthony and Margaret Armistead of Virginia. His father mentions that William was born out of wedlock, as he had not yet married his wife. This places William as the eldest of their children.^[1]

He married Sarah Jordan May11, 1782,Bertie County,North Carolina.^[2]

William removed to Bertie County, North Carolina as a grown man. He appears on the first federal census with himself, 4 males and 4 females in his family.^[3]

Last Will & Testament

Will of William Armistead, Senior 19 Jan 1791 Feb Ct 1791 “I give my body to the Earth (…) to be decently buried without Pomp or State…” – Wife SARAH ARMISTEAD – lend the plantation where I now live, Negroes Mon, Nell, Violett, Peter, Nanny, Will, Jenny and Sue, also furniture, china, horses, tools and cattle, all for her lifetime or widowhood for the use of the children who may live with her until they come of age or marry, when each may receive his share. – Wife – 200 barrels of Indian corn. At my wife’s death the land lent to her is to be equally divided from the river back between my two sons JORDAN and STARKEY, and if either dies before he marries or comes of age then the survivor will inherit. – The remaining part of the estate lent my wife is to be divided at her death among my five sons JOHN, WILLIAM, ROBERT, JORDAN and STARKEY. Three oldest sons JOHN, WILLIAM and ROBERT – the rest of my lands to be equally divided. My five sons – all Negroes, horses and cattle, and all my vessels, boats and tacking thereunto, all to be equally divided among them as they come the the age of twenty-one. – Daughter ELIZABETH TURNER – 200 pounds hard money, exclusive of what I have already given. – Daughter SARAH ARMISTEAD – 500 pounds hard money. – Daughter MARY ARMISTEAD – 600 pounds hard money to be paid into the hands of my son WILLIAM to be laid out for Negroes or put to interest and paid to her the day of her marriage or coming to the age of twenty-one. – Daughter PRISCILLA ARMISTEAD – 600 pounds hard money to be paid into the hands of my son WILLIAM to be laid out for Negroes or put to interest and paid to her the day of her marriage or coming to the age of twenty-one. A windmill is to be built on my plantation and paid for by my executors. If any of my children die before marriage or coming of age his legacy will return to my estate, except for the legacy left JORDAN and STARKEY. If JOHN should claim for himself any part of my estate or the estate of WILLIAM and JOHN ARMISTEAD more than is bequeathed him, then that bequest shall re-turn to my estate and be divided between my sons WILLIAM, ROBERT, JORDAN and STARKEY, Ex. wife, sons JOHN, ROBERT and WILLIAM Wit. THOMAS STEWART, JOHN BROMLEY, ELIZABETH MAER^[4]

William Armistead Will Abstract 1791

Armistead, William Sr.July 19 1791 Feby Term 1791 Bertie County NC

Wife Sarah,

Sons

John,

William,

Robert,

Jordon, and

Starkley.

Daughters

Elizabeth Turner,

Sarah,

Mary and

Priscilla

Armistead, (wifes son, John), Robert and William

Exrs. Test. Thomas Stewart, John Bromley, Elizabeth Maer.

^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://sallysfamilyplace.com/anthony-armistead-jane-starkey-margarit-benit/
2. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/bertie/marr_index_1728_1850.html
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-94J : 29 May 2015), William Armistead, 1790.
4. ↑ Bertie County Will Book D, page 173 https://sallysfamilyplace.com/william-armistead-sarah-jordan/
5. ↑ NC, Historical and Genealogical Register 1901

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~enchantedworld/Armistead.html "ARMISTEAD", extracted from The Armistead Family by Virginia Armistead Garber, 2004 Zimmerman, Doug and Linn,

• Garber, Virginia A., The Armistead Family. 1635-1910. (Page 19) Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1910,

• NC, Historical and Genealogical Register 1901