The 1781 Henrico County Will of William Stone; Widow, Lucy Stone
In the previous blog entry , we explored the 1790 Henrico County deed where John and Lucy White sold the 100 acres of land that she was entitled to per the will of William Stone. And, I'd been fruitless in trying to locate William Stone's will. But since then, guess what happened? My fellow researcher, Welford Jones, came through once again. On his next trip to the Library of Virginia, he was able to obtain William Stone's will which provided a fresh new look at understanding who Lucy Stone was. The will was obtained from the library's microfilm collection on Henrico County, Virginia Wills 1774 - 1783, reel 10. Below are the four pages to the will. In his wishes, William Stone mentioned: "my loving wife" but no name sons William, Daniel, and Osborne Stone daughters Elizabeth, Martha, and Nancy Stone "the child that my wife is now pregnant with" None of the daughters listed were named Lucy! In fact, Lucy Stone wasn't...