John Christmas, Sr.

Abt 1720 - Bef 1783  (63 years)

• Name	John Christmas  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1720	Hanover County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef Aug 1783	Orange County, North Carolina   [1]
  Notes	He owned a plantation located in the Orange County, North Carolina, on the banks of Cane Creek, Moccasin Branch, and Richland Branch. In 1763 he was a Captian in the Granville County Colonial Militia. He had five sons and a son-in-law that were captains in the American Revolution. WARREN CO, NC DEED Christmas, John Sr to John Jr -1771 Transcript below contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ginger L. Christmas (gxmas@gte.net) original not viewed or verified Warren County North Carolina Deed Book 3 p-245 This Indenture made this day of may in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Between John CHRISTMAS {#32}, Sr of the one part and John CHRISTMAS {#58}, Jr of the other part. Witnesseth that the said John CHRISTMAS, Sr for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds current money of Virginia to me in hand paid before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and acquit the said CHRISTMAS Jr of every part thereof I have bargained, sold, alleined and made over a certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Bute County on the south side of the Little Creek and bounded as follows, to wit. Beginning at the mouth of the Planpatch branch and running up the creek to William GREEN's {#509} line and up that to the spring branch and up the branch to the head, form thence along a line of marked trees to the road, thence down the road to Thomas CHRISTMAS's {#30} corner red oak sapling, thence down his line to the head of the Planpatch Branch thence down the said branch to the beginning. Containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, being part of the tract whereon John CHRISTMAS Sr now lives on with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof with the appurtenances unto the said CHRISTMAS Jr his heirs and assigns forever and the said John CHRISTMAS S for himself his heirs, executors and administrators doth covenant, promise and agree to and with the said CHRISTMAS S his heirs executors or assigns that the aforesaid premises are free and clear of all manner of encumbrances and that the said CHRISTMAS Sr committed done or suffered shall and lawful may and even hereafter have , hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the same. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. John CHRISTMAS [seal] Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of: Thomas CHRISTMAS {#30}, Such KEY and Richard CHRISTMAS {#54} Bute County May Court 1771 John CHRISTMAS acknowledged this deed to John CHRISTMAS Jr and on motion the same is ordered to be registered. Test Benjamin McCULLOCK C.C. The foregoing deed from John CHRISTMAS S to John CHRISTMAS Jr having been acknowledged in Bute Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarterly Session and ordered to be registered the same is truly registered this 26th day of July 1771. By William JOHNSON P.R. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tresa&id=I31010 The Will below was copied from LoRetta F. Hughes tree on WorldConnect. Original not viewed or verified Orange County, North Carolina:Clerk of Superior Court: Record of Wills: Volume: A: 1752-1788: No. 162 - Christmas, John Orange County North Carolina Will Book A p-261-268: John CHRISTMAS {#32} Dated: 11 August 1783 Recorded Orange County NC Probated in November Court 1783. In the name of God Amen. I John CHRISTMAS of the County of Orange in the state of North Carolina planter being sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same and calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life and being willing to settle my worldly affairs in order to make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: FIRST I commend my soul to God who gave it hoping through the death and merits of Jesus Christ my Savior to be made partaker of the fading joys of immorality and as for that temporal estate it hath been pleased God to bestow on me I give and bequeath in the manner and form following that is to say whereas my sons Thomas and John and my daughters Mary Elizabeth and Henrietta are all married and have moved from me, such estates as I judge equal proportions of my substance and I do hereby give and bequeath each of them my sons Thomas, my son John, my daughters Mary Elizabeth and Henrietta the sum of five shillings Virginia money. Besides that I do hereby confirm to them and their heirs and assigns an indisputable right to that I have heretofore given them revoking all manner of claim to any part or parcel same from any person or persons whatever. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Mary CHRISTMAS during her natural life the plantation whereon I now live with all the land on the south side Cane Creek and below the branch known by the name Moccasin and also my three negroes Harry, Sue and Aggie, a feather bed and furniture, a horse, bridle and saddle and to enable her the better to raise her children I lend her my eight Negroes Charles, Jacob, wife, Iona, Fatt, Terry, young Charles and Davy together with my other estate of horses, cattle, sheep and household furniture except such as I shall hereafter dispose of and it is my will and desire that my loving wife Mary do keep and enjoy during her widowhood all such estate lent her, but should she marry again then my will is that all the estate be divide among my three sons Robert , James and Charles and it is also my will that at my wife's decease that all the estate in her hand be also divided amongst said three youngest sons by my two sons Thomas CHRISTMAS and Richard. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Pictles my negro girl Ginny and my negro boy Philamon, a feather bed and furniture, a mare, bridle and saddle with two cows and calves, with two bison, two dishes and six plates and should she die without lawful issue that the estate left her be divided amongst my three sons Richard , William and Nathaniel . ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son Richard, his heirs and youngins forever a tract of land lying on the north side of Cane Creek from a line of marked trees running from or near the mouth of Richland branch with land whereon Thomas MASON formally lived also my will is that my son, Richard, have two negroes known by the names of Dick and Fanny with a feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves besides his own amongst my stock with two bison, two dishes and six plates. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my son, William , his heirs and youngins, all that tract of land lying on the north side of Cane Creek below a line of marked trees running from or near the mouth of Richland Branch, also two negroes by the name of Will and Nessy. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Nathaniel , his heirs and youngins, forever two hundred and fifty pounds Virginia money or stock at thirty-three and a third percent in gold or silver to be paid him from my son Thomas CHRISTMAS for my mill and negro Will within nine months from this date, if not paid them the said mill and negro named Tom with a feather bed and furniture. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Robert, his heirs and youngins, forever one negro named Benjamin. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, James, his heirs and youngins, forever all my land that lying on the south side of Cane Creek and above the Moccasin branch with the addition of all the land lying on the same side if creek belonging to the land whereon Thomas MASON formally lived. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my son, Charles, his heirs and assigns, forever all my land on the south side Cane Creek and below the Moccasin branch and it is my will that if either of my three youngest sons Robert, James and Charles die before they come of age leaving no issue then it is my will that their estate so left shall fall into the estate to be divided by my two sons, Thomas and Richard, with the remains of the estate to the two youngest sons it is also my will that if the land I have left to my four sons, Richard, William, James and Charles be lost and they fall on the estate of Michael WHATLEY that what is recovered be divided amongst said four sons, Richard, William, James and Charles. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Henry CHRISTMAS, son of John CHRISTMAS, deceased, my land lying in Warren County on the south side of the road adjoining the land formally Charles ALLEN's. And also my will is that if either of my three youngest sons, Robert, James and Charles come to age before my wife decease wanting their estate it is then my will and desire that my said two sons, Thomas and Richard divide the estate I lent my wife and give them what they see cause to as not to exceed a third, and should there be any remainder at my wife's decease its my desire that it be divided with the estate of my wife at her decease to my three youngest sons, Robert, James and Charles by my two sons aforesaid Thomas and Richard and safely I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving wife, Mary CHRISTMAS, my sons Richard and Robert Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void and null all former will or wills hereafter made and confirming this and none but this to be my last will and testament in the testimony whereof I have hereunto with my hand and seal this eleventh day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. John CHRISTMAS Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the testor to be his last will and testament in presence of us: Richard CHRISTMAS, William RICHARDS and James I. PICKARD. Orange County, November Court 1783 The Execution of the within will and testament of John CHRISTMAS , deceased, was duly proven in open court by the oaths of William RICHARDS and James I. PICKARD two of the subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber
  Person ID	I22222	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family	Mary Graves,   b. Abt 1725, Virginia d. 1810, Orange County, North Carolina (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1748	Hanover County, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Children	1. John Christmas, Jr.,   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Elizabeth Christmas,   b. Abt 1752   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Nathaniel Christmas,   b. Abt 1754, North Carolina d. Abt 1820, Mississippi (Age 66 years)   4. Henrietta Christmas,   b. Abt 1756, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas Christmas,   b. Abt 1758, Orange County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Christmas,   b. Abt 1760, Orange County, North Carolina d. 16 Dec 1811, Jefferson, Williamson County, Tennessee (Age 51 years)   7. Richard Christmas,   b. 4 Jan 1764, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   8. Robert Christmas,   b. Abt 1766, Orange County, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ann Christmas,   b. 28 Jan 1766, North Carolina d. Abt 1809, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 42 years)   10. James Christmas,   b. Abt 1768, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown   11. Charles Christmas,   b. Abt 1770, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2012

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1720 - Hanover County, Virginia Marriage - Abt 1748 - Hanover County, Virginia Death - Bef Aug 1783 - Orange County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1287] Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).