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Will of Elizabeth Martiau Reade:

....Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my sonn Robert Reade, one Negro man named Peter and Brigitt his wife, and one mollotta boy named Dick, one negro woman named Tony, one ffrench Nickolice Morell, and one woman servant named Mary Jane Tisso, the Said neegroes I give unto my said sonn Robert with their increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Ffrancis Reade, one negro man named Sandy one negro woman named Bess, one negro boy named Peter with their increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Benjamine Reade one negro man named Will and Jane his wife with their increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Thomas Reade one negro man named Jeffry Nimino his wife with her child, a Boy named Tom, and one negro boy named Will also one negro man named Jack my said son Thomas Reade Shipping Tobacco for England until he hath paid the full summ of twenty five pounds unto my Executor after named, provided itt be not paid before my decease, the said negroes I give unto my said sonn Thomas with their increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Chisman one negro Woman named Kate, one negro woman named Pegg with her child a Mollatta Girle named Dina with their Increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Mildred Chisman one negro Girls named Murriah with her Increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Eliz. Chisman one negro Girls named Hannah with her increase.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Benjamin the ffeather bed I lye on with the furniture belonging to itt three pairs of sheets three silver spoons three peuter Dishes and one Iron pott.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Elizabeth Chissman and Mary Reade all my wearing Apparill to be Equally Divided between them.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin one young mare of three or fouer years old.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my sonn Thomas one young mare of three or fouer years old.
Item. I give unto my son Benjamin two cows of ffouer years old and one heafer with his pportion of the stock of Cattle which belonged unto his Brother George Reade Dece’d according to ye Division already man.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mildred Warner the mourning Ring I usually ware.
[the rest has to do with cattle, etc.].

Birth	Aft 1620	Elizabeth City, Virginia
Marriage	Ca 1641	Col. George Reade
Death	Bef 24 Jan 1686/87	Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Spouse	Col. George Reade (1608 - 1671)
Child	Mildred Reade (1643 - 1686)