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Caleb LINDSEY, Sr.

Male 1730 - Abt 1785  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Caleb LINDSEY 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Between 1725 and 1730  Probably Spotsylvania County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 14 Oct 1784  Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate Feb 1785  Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Abt Feb 1785  Chatham County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Message posted by Gloria Reck to the Lindsey Surname Genealogy Forum on June 27, 2014 <https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/lindsey/4456/>:

      William Lindsey's will . . . mentions chest to granddau Elizabeth Lindsey, dau of his son Caleb; to granddau Sarah Lindsey, a small trunk (location of this behest implies she too is dau of Caleb). . . .

      An examination of the numerous deeds in Brunswick Co. VA between or involving him and his family members makes it clear that son Caleb had wife Rosanna (Martin) Lindsey; this Caleb d 1785 Chatham Co. NC, leaving a will.

      (2) Message posted by Gloria Reck to the Lindsey Surname Genealogy Forum on December 6, 2005 <https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/lindsey/3583/>:

      James Wm. Lindsey SR . . . had a BROTHER Caleb, b ca. 1725-1730 Va. (likely in Spotsylvania Co. Va.), d ca. Feb 1785 Chatham Co. NC, where his will is to be found in Will Book B, pgs 21-23. (Will dated 14 Oct 1784, probated Feb 1785.) He married Rose/Roseanna Martin, supposed to be dau. of Henry & Jane Martin. Researchers, in general, give the children of this Caleb & Roseanna (Martin) Lindsey as: John (b ca. 1748 - 20 Oct 1793, Orange Co. NC); Caleb Jr. (d before 14 Oct 1784, having minor children); Jean b ca 1765, md William Martin; Judith md Wm. Spurling; Sarah md Mr. Dundsey; James md Mary; William (d before 14 Oct 1784, leaving minor children); Susanna md Mr. Baker; Elizabeth md Mr. Durham. [The "Dundsey" info is from a source I cannot verify; I've wondered if she married a "Lindsey," and the name was not legible or was wrongly interpreted, since I've not located the source of this info.]

      (3) North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015:

      Name: Caleb Lindsey
      Probate Date: 1785
      Probate Place: Chatham, North Carolina, USA
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1785
      Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
      Item Description: Original Wills, Hill, Catharine D - Patterson, Caroline

      (4) North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999:

      Name: Caleb Lindsay
      Probate Year: 1784
      Estimated Death Year: Abt 1784
      Inferred Place of Death: North Carolina, USA
      Full Abstract: 1784 LINDSAY, CALEB, John, Joan, Sarah, Susanna, James and William.

      [Note by compiler: The year 1784 in this source apparently relates to the year in which the will was written, not the year in which the will was probated.]

      (5) Last Will and Testament of Caleb LINDSEY:

      In the name of God Amen I Caleb Lindsey of Chatham County & State of North Carolina Planter being in a low state of health in Body Perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is apointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Sole into the hands of almighty God that gave it and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executors Nothing Doubting but at general Resurection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching Such Wordly Estate wherewith Pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner and form Itam I Give and bequeath to my Well beloved Son John Lindsey one Negro man Named David for Which he is to Pay forty Pounds Good and Lawfull Money of this State to be Equelly Divided amongst the Surviving Children of my Son Caleb Lindsey Deceased as they arive at Lawfull age also I give to my Daughter Jean [Joan?] Martain one Negro Girl Named Mary her and her increase to her only use and Benifit also I give to Elizabeth Durham one Negro boy Named Solomon to the only use and benifit of her also I give to my Daughter Judith Spurling one Negro boy Named Harry for Which She is to pay Eight pounds good and Lawfull money of this State to my Daughter Sarah as a part of her Legacy of my Estate Also I give to my Daughter Susanah Baker one Negro boy named Isaac for Which She is to pay Seven Pounds good and Lawfull Money of this State to my Daughter Sarah as a part of her Legascey of my Estate I also Give to my Son James Lindsey one Negro Man Named Rubin With one hundred & thirty Eight acres of Land be the Same more or Less Where my Daughter in Law Mary Lindsey Now Lives together With one fether bead and furniture one Cow and Calf and all my Working tools and one iron pott for Which he is to pay fourty Pounds good and Lawfull Money of this State to be Equally Divided Amongst the Surviving Children of my Son William Lindsey Deceast & as they arive at Lawfull age and Six Pound of Like Money to my Daughter Sarah Lindsey I Like Wise give to my Daughter Sarah Lindsey one hors and Cattle and sheep too feather beds and furniture to gether With all my household furniture other than What is above mentioned and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disanull all and Every other former testament Wills and Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any Wise before Named Wills and Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and No other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto unto set my hand and seal this the fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty four

      Caleb Lindsey (Seal)

      Signed Seald published and Declard by Caleb Lindsey to be his Last Will and Testament in presents of us

      William Pickard [?]
      [Another witness' signature which is illegible]
    Person ID I42545  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father William LINDSEY,   b. Abt 1700   d. Bef 26 Sep 1768, Brunswick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Jane (LINDSEY),   b. Abt 1700   d. Bef 11 May 1766, Brunswick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Family ID F18324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosanna MARTIN 
    Children 
     1. John LINDSEY,   b. Abt 1748   d. 20 Oct 1793, Orange County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
     2. Caleb LINDSEY, Jr.   d. Bef 14 Oct 1784
     3. Jean LINDSEY
     4. Elizabeth LINDSEY
     5. Judith LINDSEY
     6. Sarah LINDSEY
     7. Susanna LINDSEY
     8. James LINDSEY
     9. William LINDSEY   d. Bef Oct 1784
    Family ID F18322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024