Valentine (Haley) Herndon (1719 - 1799)

Born 1719 in Orange, British Colony of Virginia

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Died 21 Oct 1799 at about age 80 in Virginia, United States of America

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Biography

Valentine was born in the British Colony of Virginia in 1719. She was the daughter of Edward Haley and Catherine Perrin. About 1737 Valentine married James Herndon and together they were parents of eleven children. Valentine passed away in Virginia in 1799 at age 80.

Notes

• Valentine’s Will written 10 Sept 1783 shows her children alive on that date. Her son Benjamin’s widow Rosannah Wade Herndon Mullins’s brother Dabney Wade and second husband David Mullins were witnesses to Valentine’s Will. “In the Name of God, Amen, I Valentine Herndon of Goochland County knowing it is appointed for all once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, being in perfect mind and memory. First I recommend my Soul to the Almighty who gave it, and my body to be buried in a Christian like manner by my Executors hereafter named. Item: I desire all my just debts shall well and truly be paid by my Executors.Item: I give and bequeath unto my sons Lewis Herndon, Reubin Herndon, James Herndon, and Edward Herndon five shillings starling to be equally divided among them four mentioned. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughters Sarah Samuel, Marye Herndon, Elizabeth Baker and Catey Herndon and my daughter-in-law Mary Herndon all my wareing clothes to be equally divided among the five equally or as they can agree. Item: I give unto my daughter Catey Herndon my bed and furniture.Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Herndon and my daughter Catey Herndon all the money due unto me, and my negro fellow Moses to be equally divided or as they can agree between them two. I do hereby revoke all other will or wills heretofore made by me. Lastly I appoint my well beloved son John Herndon Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. Test: Dabney Wade. Valentine Herndon”

Sources

• Family Search Legacy NFS Source: Valentine Haley - Government record: birth-name: Valentine Haley; Government record: female; Government record: birth: 1719; Virginia, United States; Government record: death: 21 October 1799; Virginia, United States

• Will posted on Ancestry as from: The Herndon Family of Virginia, Volume One: The First Three Generations, by John Goodwin Herndon, Ph.D., Fellow, American Society of Genealogists. Page 37; 1986. Transcribed by M. Schlosser, 2015.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.