Richard HERBERT^[1]

- 1693

• Name	Richard HERBERT
  Birth	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  NUNW	Mar 1691/1692	Sourthern Branch, Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [1, 2]
  	According to the 15 January 1693/4 deposition of George Vallentine, Richard had, while at the home of Thomas Willoughby during March 1691/2, stated " that he the Said Richard Harbert did give all his Estate to...Thomas Willoughby". In her depostion of the same date, Mary Tucker, stated that during the summer of 1693 "Richard Harbert said that if he dyed before he had married, that his Brother Thos Willoughby should have all that he had."
  Death	c. 1693  [1, 3]
  Petition for Administration	15 Jan 1693/1694	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	On 15 January 1693/4, Thomas Willoughby petitioned the Lower Norfolk County Court for Letters of Administration on the estate of his deceased half-brother, Richard Herbert. Maj. ffrancis Sayer objected to the Court concerning the nuncupative will, and stated that Richard Herbert's estate should go to his deceased brother John Herbert's children.
  admin of estate	16 Mar 1693/1694	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [4]
  	Based on the depositions of George Vallentine, Jr. and Mary Tucker, the Lower Norfolk County Court granted Letters of Administration on Richard's estate to Thomas Willoughby on 16 March 1693/4.
  Person ID	I616	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John HERBERT, alias WILKINSON   d. c. 1675
  Mother	Mary BENNETT,   b. c. 1631, England d. Between Jul 1672 and 20 Jun 1682 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Between 10 Jan 1655/6 and 15 Nov 1656  [1, 5, 6]
  	The couple was married after 10 January 1655/6, the date on which Mary was free of her indenture to Capt. Thomas Willoughby, but before 15 November 1656, when she was deposed in Lower Norfolk County Court as "Mary Wilkinson."
  Notes	When Mary Bennett married John Herbert alias Wilkinson, Mary's illegitimate son Thomas Willoughby was taken into his step-father's home and treated as an equal with his half-brothers.
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4395] Mary Tucker deposition (1694), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 5, f. 231. [S4396] George Vallentine, Jr. deposition (1694), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 5, f. 231. [S4685] Richard Herbert, petition for estate administration (1693/4), Norfolk Co, VA Deeds 5, Orders f. 311. [S4686] Richard Herbert, estate administration (1693/4), Norfolk Co, VA Deeds 5, Orders f. 317. [S2319] Mary Bennett purchase of freedom (1654), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds "C", f. 117a. [S4733] Mary Wilkinson deposition (1656), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds Book "D", f. 38.