John Seay, son of James Seay, Sr.,King William County, VA
James Seay (Sr) of King William County, VA, drew up his will dated February 15, 1752. For a copy of the will see Amelia County Chancery records, Ridgeway v. Hubbard et al., available now online through the Library of Virginia. His will mentions his wife, but not by name, other than she was the widow of Nathan Breedlove.
After first making allowances for his wife, James then makes allowances in his will for the following named children:
1. Gideon Seay
2. John Seay
3. James Seay
4. Jesse Seay
5. Phebe Ridgeway
6. (L?)erviah Breedlove
7. Anna Seay
The line of James Seay has been well studied, James being ofthe same generation as Jacob, Isaac and Abraham.
However, I don't recall seeing anyone else who has mentionedJames' will or son John or daughter Lerviah Breedlove. I find John Seay to be particularly interesting. We know from reading the will that as of 1752, John was not yet of age, not married and that he had no children.We know this because father James put conditions on John's inheritance (provided he lives to the age of 21) which allow us to draw this conclusion. None of the other children had such restrictions. I believe John was the youngest son. I estimate John was born between 1730 and 1750.Split the difference for the sake of argument and say he was born c. 1740.
John, son of James, interests me simple because he would have been the right age to have grown up, married and moved away to Hanover County, where we see a John Seay, Sr. appear on the 1782 tax list and thereafter when in 1787, John's estate shows up on the tax list. (Thank you Paul Reed for that information). I'm not saying this is the same person, just that the timing appears to be right.
Best I can tell, this John Seay, son of James, appears to be unaccounted for by all other James Seay researchers. I would invite others who have studied James Seay, and there are many on this board (especially Vi and Sandy) to let us know more about this John Seay.