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Alexander Bruce

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
4 Feb 1796 (aged 78)
Virginia, USA
Burial
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There is no proof that Alexander Bruce is connected to Rev. Alexander Bruce of Scotland line.

His father may be the Alexander Bruce d. Aft 1753, a Jacobite Rebels captured at the Battle of Preston, tried in London and expelled to Yorktown, Virginia. That Alexander Bruce was named on the Ships Indenture List of the 1716 voyage of the ship Elizabeth and Ann to Virginia. He was listed as one of the 86 men who were Not Indentured along with a Robert Bruce also going to Virginia.

Revolutionary War. Reference: List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia B. page 24 Excerpt: Bruce, Alexander, Wash. Mss., 112, 96.

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILLS, ALEXANDER BRUCE

Will of Alexander Bruce, Senr.
Nottoway Co., VA Deed Bk 1:200
Dated 7 Sep 1795; Proved 3 Dec 1795; Probate 4 Feb 1796

In the name of God-Amen, I, Alexander Bruce, Senr. Of Nottoway
County, being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this
my last will and testament viz

I lend unto my beloved wife Ann Bruce during her life one half the
land whereon I now live, including the houses, also the negroes as
follows: Jim, Doll and John, including the household and kitchen
furniture with five head of choice horses with all my cattle, sheep &
hogs except five head of cattle to my son Woodson Bruce & one
feather bead and furniture, one horse & two negroes, named Peter
and Isham, with the other half of my land, whereon I now live not
devised to my wife Ann to him and his heirs forever.

I give unto my son Alexr. Bruce the land whereon he now lives to
him and his heirs forever, the land divised to my beloved wife Ann
Bruce I give after her death to my son James Bruce to him and his
heirs forever with one negro named Jesse.

I give to my daughter Lucy Bruce one negro girle named Molly to
her and her heirs forever, my household and kitchen furniture with
my stock of all kind to be divided between my three youngest
children as my beloved wife may think proper as they become of
lawfull age or marry that is to say to Lucy, James and Janey Bruce
also the 3 negroes Jim, Doll & John to be divided between my three
youngest children before mentioned.

I give unto my son Lamma Bruce one negro boy named Charles to
him and his heirs forever.

I give unto my son Armsted Bruce one negro girle named Agga to
her and her heirs forever.

The residue of my negroes with every other property not yet devised
to be equally divided between my children as followes, Prudance
Hudson, Rachl Clay, Polley Cushenburg and Lamma Bruce, Alexr.
Bruce, Armsted Bruce, Woodson Bruce, James Bruce, Lucy Bruce
and Janey Bruce when my youngest daughter becomes of lawful age
or marryes to them and their heirs forever.

It is my will and desire that my stud horse be sold by my executors
to pay my just debts.

Lastly, I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Ann Bruce,
executrix and my sons Alexander Bruce, Lamma Bruce, Armsted
Bruce with my friend Daniel Verser executors to this my last will
and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this 7th day of September 1795.
Signed, sealed and published and declared to be my last will and
Testament in presents of

Daniel Verser
John MANN Junr.
John HALL
Alexander [his X mark] Bruce Senr. (Seal)

At a court held for Nottoway County at the Courthouse on
Thursday the 3rd of December 1795.

This last Will and Testament of Alexander Bruce, Senr. Deceased
was offered for proof by Alexander Bruce, Jr. an executor herein
named, and was proved by the oath of Daniel VERSER and John
MANN, Jr. witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded

Test:
Peter Randolph, C. N. C.

Truly recorded

Test:
Thomas Waring Todd D. C

Alexander Bruce was the father of several children.

Alexander married
First Dorothy May [3524.M.4] by whom he had several children.
His second wife is unknown.
Third he married Ann Penick in Prince Edward County 15 March 1785.

Alexander died in Nottoway County in 1795 (will dated 7 Sept. 1795). He remembered his wife, Ann, and his many children.

On 4 August 1797 John Queensberry and Polly, his wife, and Levi Clay and Rachel, his wife, brought suit against the other heirs of the estate of Alexander Bruce.

The defendants were the following: Joel Johns and Dionetia, his wife; James Hudson and Prudence, his wife; Ridley Ellington, the widow of Hezekiah Ellington; Alexander Bruce; Josiah Ellington and Elizabeth, his wife; Armistead Bruce; Lemuel Bruce; Nelson Jennings, Lemuel Jennings, Sterling Fowlkes and Elizabeth, his wife, Daniel Crenshaw and Nancy, his wife; William Walker and Chloe, his wife; Charles Hardy and Dolley, his wife; and Mary Jennings, William Jennings, James Jennings, Nelson Bruce, John Bruce, Lucy Bruce, James Bruce, and Jenny Bruce, infants of Alexander Bruce, deceased by their next friend and guardian.

21 January 1747. Deed Book 3, page 371.
Indenture made 21 January 1747, between Alexander Bruce Senr. of Raleigh
Parish, Amelia County, and John RANDLE of St. Andrew Parish, Brusnwick
county, £42, 420a, on South side Maherrin river, formerly granted to the
said Alexr. Bruce by Patent dated 28 September 1728. Signed Alexr. Bruce
(bhm). Wit: Josias RANDLE, Peter Ware, John McGuffee. Court February 4,
1747, Indenture and Memorandum proved by the oaths of Josias RANDLE, Peter
Ware and John McGuffee.

04 Aug 1797, a petition was filed in Nottoway Co. VA by various legatees seeking their share of the Woodson Bruce estate. Since Woodson was a minor and unmarried, the names mentioned may be siblings. Besides the siblings listed in the family tree, there were: Sterling Fowlkes and Elizabeth, his wife (could be Elizabeth, widow of John Bruce); Daniel Crenshaw and Nancy, his wife; William Walker and Chloe, his wife; Charles Hardy and Dolley, his wife; also Nelson Jennings, Lemuel Jennings, Mary Jennings, William Jennings, James Jennings, Nelson Bruce, John Bruce (children of Philadelphia Bruce Jennings and her brother John Bruce, both deceased).

Children:
Philadelphia Bruce
John Bruce
Ridley Ann Bruce
Elizabeth May Bruce
Dionisha Bruce
Lemuel Bruce
Alexander Bruce
Prudence Bruce
Armistead Bruce
Mary Bruce
Rachel Bruce
Woodson Bruce
There is no proof that Alexander Bruce is connected to Rev. Alexander Bruce of Scotland line.

His father may be the Alexander Bruce d. Aft 1753, a Jacobite Rebels captured at the Battle of Preston, tried in London and expelled to Yorktown, Virginia. That Alexander Bruce was named on the Ships Indenture List of the 1716 voyage of the ship Elizabeth and Ann to Virginia. He was listed as one of the 86 men who were Not Indentured along with a Robert Bruce also going to Virginia.

Revolutionary War. Reference: List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia B. page 24 Excerpt: Bruce, Alexander, Wash. Mss., 112, 96.

NOTTOWAY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILLS, ALEXANDER BRUCE

Will of Alexander Bruce, Senr.
Nottoway Co., VA Deed Bk 1:200
Dated 7 Sep 1795; Proved 3 Dec 1795; Probate 4 Feb 1796

In the name of God-Amen, I, Alexander Bruce, Senr. Of Nottoway
County, being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this
my last will and testament viz

I lend unto my beloved wife Ann Bruce during her life one half the
land whereon I now live, including the houses, also the negroes as
follows: Jim, Doll and John, including the household and kitchen
furniture with five head of choice horses with all my cattle, sheep &
hogs except five head of cattle to my son Woodson Bruce & one
feather bead and furniture, one horse & two negroes, named Peter
and Isham, with the other half of my land, whereon I now live not
devised to my wife Ann to him and his heirs forever.

I give unto my son Alexr. Bruce the land whereon he now lives to
him and his heirs forever, the land divised to my beloved wife Ann
Bruce I give after her death to my son James Bruce to him and his
heirs forever with one negro named Jesse.

I give to my daughter Lucy Bruce one negro girle named Molly to
her and her heirs forever, my household and kitchen furniture with
my stock of all kind to be divided between my three youngest
children as my beloved wife may think proper as they become of
lawfull age or marry that is to say to Lucy, James and Janey Bruce
also the 3 negroes Jim, Doll & John to be divided between my three
youngest children before mentioned.

I give unto my son Lamma Bruce one negro boy named Charles to
him and his heirs forever.

I give unto my son Armsted Bruce one negro girle named Agga to
her and her heirs forever.

The residue of my negroes with every other property not yet devised
to be equally divided between my children as followes, Prudance
Hudson, Rachl Clay, Polley Cushenburg and Lamma Bruce, Alexr.
Bruce, Armsted Bruce, Woodson Bruce, James Bruce, Lucy Bruce
and Janey Bruce when my youngest daughter becomes of lawful age
or marryes to them and their heirs forever.

It is my will and desire that my stud horse be sold by my executors
to pay my just debts.

Lastly, I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Ann Bruce,
executrix and my sons Alexander Bruce, Lamma Bruce, Armsted
Bruce with my friend Daniel Verser executors to this my last will
and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this 7th day of September 1795.
Signed, sealed and published and declared to be my last will and
Testament in presents of

Daniel Verser
John MANN Junr.
John HALL
Alexander [his X mark] Bruce Senr. (Seal)

At a court held for Nottoway County at the Courthouse on
Thursday the 3rd of December 1795.

This last Will and Testament of Alexander Bruce, Senr. Deceased
was offered for proof by Alexander Bruce, Jr. an executor herein
named, and was proved by the oath of Daniel VERSER and John
MANN, Jr. witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded

Test:
Peter Randolph, C. N. C.

Truly recorded

Test:
Thomas Waring Todd D. C

Alexander Bruce was the father of several children.

Alexander married
First Dorothy May [3524.M.4] by whom he had several children.
His second wife is unknown.
Third he married Ann Penick in Prince Edward County 15 March 1785.

Alexander died in Nottoway County in 1795 (will dated 7 Sept. 1795). He remembered his wife, Ann, and his many children.

On 4 August 1797 John Queensberry and Polly, his wife, and Levi Clay and Rachel, his wife, brought suit against the other heirs of the estate of Alexander Bruce.

The defendants were the following: Joel Johns and Dionetia, his wife; James Hudson and Prudence, his wife; Ridley Ellington, the widow of Hezekiah Ellington; Alexander Bruce; Josiah Ellington and Elizabeth, his wife; Armistead Bruce; Lemuel Bruce; Nelson Jennings, Lemuel Jennings, Sterling Fowlkes and Elizabeth, his wife, Daniel Crenshaw and Nancy, his wife; William Walker and Chloe, his wife; Charles Hardy and Dolley, his wife; and Mary Jennings, William Jennings, James Jennings, Nelson Bruce, John Bruce, Lucy Bruce, James Bruce, and Jenny Bruce, infants of Alexander Bruce, deceased by their next friend and guardian.

21 January 1747. Deed Book 3, page 371.
Indenture made 21 January 1747, between Alexander Bruce Senr. of Raleigh
Parish, Amelia County, and John RANDLE of St. Andrew Parish, Brusnwick
county, £42, 420a, on South side Maherrin river, formerly granted to the
said Alexr. Bruce by Patent dated 28 September 1728. Signed Alexr. Bruce
(bhm). Wit: Josias RANDLE, Peter Ware, John McGuffee. Court February 4,
1747, Indenture and Memorandum proved by the oaths of Josias RANDLE, Peter
Ware and John McGuffee.

04 Aug 1797, a petition was filed in Nottoway Co. VA by various legatees seeking their share of the Woodson Bruce estate. Since Woodson was a minor and unmarried, the names mentioned may be siblings. Besides the siblings listed in the family tree, there were: Sterling Fowlkes and Elizabeth, his wife (could be Elizabeth, widow of John Bruce); Daniel Crenshaw and Nancy, his wife; William Walker and Chloe, his wife; Charles Hardy and Dolley, his wife; also Nelson Jennings, Lemuel Jennings, Mary Jennings, William Jennings, James Jennings, Nelson Bruce, John Bruce (children of Philadelphia Bruce Jennings and her brother John Bruce, both deceased).

Children:
Philadelphia Bruce
John Bruce
Ridley Ann Bruce
Elizabeth May Bruce
Dionisha Bruce
Lemuel Bruce
Alexander Bruce
Prudence Bruce
Armistead Bruce
Mary Bruce
Rachel Bruce
Woodson Bruce


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