Samuel Buttall's will appears in the American Wills Proved in London collection on Ancestry. His widow's will also appears in that section. It is before 1745, but she does name a lot of the family (she has also forgotten what two of them are called!).
Mary Buttall of Exeter, Devon, widow, dated 23 March 1730.
Bequests to:
- my grandchildren, Joseph, Jory, Nathaniel, Mary, Valentine and Frances Hodges, children of my daughter, Dame Mary Hodges, widow;
-my grandchildren, George, Samuel, Benjamin, Humphrey, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth Wiggington, children of my daughter, Sarah Wiggington;
- my grandchildren, Mary and John Wells and their brother, whose name I have forgotten, children of my daughter, Mary Wells;
- my grandchildren Mary, Sarah, Samuel and their brother, whose name I have forgotten, children of my son, Humphrey Buttall;
- my granddaughter, Mary, daughter of my son Charles Buttall;
- my sons-in-law, Thomas Wiggington and Abraham Wells;
- my estate near New London, Edistow River, Carolina, to go to Dame Mary Hodges, in trust for my son, Charles Buttall;
My sons Benjamin and Humphrey Buttall.
Pr 10 February 1731 by Mary Hodges.
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