Mary ARMISTEAD^[1]

- 1782

• Name	Mary ARMISTEAD
  Gender	Female
  Will	24 Nov 1770	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [2]
  	Mary named William Roscow Wilson Curle as her executor. William Selden & John Selden witnessed the document. Joseph Selden allowed Mary to make a will of her own during his lifetime as long as the stipulations of that will did not interfere with various ongoing legal matters of his own. Mary signed her will with her signature.
  Death	c 1781/1782
  Will proved	24 Jan 1782	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [2]
  Will Recorded	Jul 1784	Elizabeth City Co, VA   [2]
  Person ID	I4215	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert ARMISTEAD   d. 1774
  Mother	Ann WALLACE   d. Bef 1771
  Family ID	F2120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	David Wilson CURLE,   b. After 15 Dec 1725, Virginia Colony d. Before Jun 1767 (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Priscilla CURLE,   b. Before Mar 1768   2. Mary CURLE,   b. Before 22 Oct 1765
  Family ID	F516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Capt. Joseph SELDEN,   b. 1704, , Elizabeth City Co, VA d. 1775, , Elizabeth City Co, VA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Between 29 May 1770 and 24 Nov 1770  [3, 4]
  	Mary and Joseph married after 29 May 1770, the date she signed a Deed of Gift to her daughters as Mary Curle, and 24 Nov 1770, the date she signed her will as Mary Selden.
  Children	1. John SELDEN   2. Ann SELDEN   3. Robert SELDEN   4. William SELDEN   5. Samuel SELDEN   6. Euphan SELDEN   7. Joseph SELDEN   8. Mary SELDEN
  Family ID	F517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S228] Mary Selden Kennedy, Kennedy, Seldens Of Virginia and Allied Families, ((New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co, 1911)). p. 210, Armistead Family. Names her dau of Robert Armistead. [S346] Elizabeth City County, VA loose wills item 328 (1782). [S11] Blanche Adams Chapman, Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800, ((Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1980)), ISBN 0-8063-0909-1. p. 6: Robert Armistead will & p. 82: Mary Selden will. [S5009] Mary Curle, Elizabeth City Co, VA deed of gift (1770).