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Opinion for [illegible]
My opinion is asked whom the [illegible]
[illegible] of the [illegible] following of the [illegible] 13 [illegible]
[illegible] of the [illegible] of Princess Anne , the date of the [illegible] being "_
day of June 1830," and the [illegible] having been [illegible] to how
[illegible] in the [illegible] Court of Princess Anne, 3 [illegible] 1834.
[illegible] submitted to me are as follows:
(1) "I [illegible] and [illegible] to my daughter Elizabeth [Jacomire Walke?]
and her hushand Daniel M. Walke, [illegible] this joint lives, and to
the [summer?] of them during the life of such [illegible], the land and
plantation whereon I now live in the country of Princess Anne and
if my said daughter should die leaving issue at her death I do
[sin?] and bequeath the said land and plantation after the
termination of the life. [illegible] to such issue and to
his her or their heirs forever: but if my said daughter should
die without leaving such issue, then my will and desire is that
after the death of my son in law, Daniel M. Walke that the said
land and plantation should pass and [illegible] to my heir,
according to the laws of descent in Virginia, and their heirs forever."
(2) "[illegible]. I [illegible] and bequeath to my said daughter, Elizabeth Ja
comine Walke all the [illegible] and residue of my lands and
real estate, during her natural life, and if she should leave
issue [illegible] her death, then to such issue and their heir forever.
But if she should die without such issue, then the said lands to
pass and descend to my heirs according to the laws of [illegible]
in Virginia, and to their heirs forever."
(3). "[illegible]. I [illegible] and [illegible] to my said daughter Elizabeth
Jacomine Walke all the [rest?] and residue of my estate of which
[illegible] or kind forever."
It seems that [Ms. Walke?] was the only child of the [illegible]
and that if she had been dead at the period of his death , his
heirs would have been his sister, [illegible] Elizabeth [illegible], and [illegible]
daughters and a son of a deceased mother, which sister, neph
ew and nieces were alive at the [illegible] death, and some of
them, or their descendants, may be assumed to be living now.
It appears also, that the [testator?] at his death, was the
[illegible]-simple owner of a fishery, not [illegible] to his own lands,
but attached or adjacent to the lands of a [illegible], on the [illegible]
site side of a creek [illegible] the bay-shore, which which fishery be purchas
ed from the owner of that land some years before his death, and
it was conveyed to him and his heirs: but [whom?] the [illegible] to their [illegible]?
no [illegible]
Daniel M. Walke is now dead, and Ms. Walke is [illegible] far
advanced in years, having never had issue and now is without the