In 1772, Ann Williams, who owed an estate consisting of Negroes, stock, household furniture, farming utensils, and "ready money," published her will. She bequeathed to her son, Joshua Williams, a yearling steer and, for one year, a "negroe man named Will," who afterwards, for eight years, would be split between him and her daughter. She devised to her daughters, son, and granddaughter various other property, including "a negroe wench named Patience." Following her death, Joshua accuses his siblings and others of refusing to show him Ann's will and conspiring to deprive him of his legacy.
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