Last Will and Testament of William Gunnel

(Father-in-Law to James & William Sanders)

 Prince William County, Virginia, 17 Oct 1741

To all Christian people to whom those shall come, I, William 
Gunnel, planter of Prince William County and the Parish of Truro 
send greetings in our Lord God everlasting know ye that I said 
Wm Gunnel for the love and affection that I can bare to my two 
loving sons William Gunnel and loving daughters Elizabeth 
Saunders wife to the said William Saunders and likewise my son-
in-law James Saunders my loving daughter Sara Saunders wife to 
the said James Saunders planter both of the above said parish and 
County, I the said William Gunnel being of perfect memory haven 
given granted and confirmed and by this writing to freely and 
absolutely give, grant, and confirm unto the said William 
Saunders and Elizabeth wise wife and their heirs the one half of 
the tract or parcel of land they now live upon. The upper part 
thereof containing one hundred and twenty five acres and the 
other half to James and Sara his wife and their heirs the whole 
tract containing two hundred and fifty acres of land bounded as 
follows: 

 Beginning at a white oak on the south side of Four Mile Run 
about two or three miles below the head thereof going forward to a 
tree of Captain Simon Pearson’s and bounded southwest two 
hundred poles along the said Pearson’s side to a black oak on the 
side of a stony hills northwest one hundred and twenty poles.

 (This) will rise a little above a stony hill commonly called 
Brandamore Castle House.

 I the aforesaid William Gunnel grant unto the said William 
Saunders & Elizabeth his wife and their heirs and to the said 
James Saunders & Sarah his wife and heirs the above said two 
hundred and fifty acres of land and appurtenances forever.

 In witness I have set my hand and seal this 17th day of October, 
anno domini 1741

 William Gunnel