BIOGRAPHY: will in Lunenburg County,Virginia Will Book #1 page 290,1746-1762 Parish of Cumberland signed 6 May 1759;codicil signed 7 May 1759;probated 5 Feb 1760;recorded 12/16/1763;mentioned wife Elizabeth,pregnant(a daughter named Elizabeth was born after William's death);sons William & Henry;daughters Ermine,Martha;executors:David Ragland,John Ragsdale & Thomas Edwards;also in Early Wills 1746-1765 Cumberland Parish Lunenburg County,Virginia;Lunenburg County Virginia Wills 1746-1825 by Landon Covington Bell(L.C.Bell died on Aug 8,1960)
died before Col Henry Embry,his father.
Member House of Burgesses1754,replaced Clememt Read(after Clement accepted a surveyor's position);also served in 1755-1758
William was vestryman of Cumberland Parish,ref.Vestry Book 1746-1816 by Landon C. Bell
mentioned :in the probate of Nicholas Hobson's will;ref.Virginia Lunenburg Will Book 1,1746-1762 page 216.
in 1744-1749 Virginia Brunswick Co. Deeds Book#3 pages37,39.
Ref. "Sunlight on the Southside"by Landon C. Bell listed William in Cumberland Parish Lunenburg tithe list 6/20/1748 96 tithes page 64);6/10/1749(4 tithes page 102);1750(4 tithes page 159)1751 (6 tithes page 164)1752(4 tithes page 180);6/10/1764(after his death)John Ragsdale,his estate executor,& Jno Beavers listed 18 tithes & 1317 acres,page 229;6/10/1764 1 tithe 1200 acres,page 272.
William mentioned in The Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Vol I-IV Burgesses of Lunenburg Assemblies of 1754,1755,1756-58 with sons William & Henry
William's property lines(119 acres;Lunenburg Co. Va in Reedy Creek)adjoining Blackston's property lines ref LVA,LOP#29,1749-1751(v.1&2 p.1-532)p.488(Reel 27)
William's property lines(400 acres;Lunenburg Co. Va in Wynn's Creek)adjoining Mary Sizemore's property lines ref LVA LOP#31,1751-1756(v.1&2 p.1-751)p.549(Reel 29).this property also recorded in Halifax Co.Virginia Deed Book #1 p.18,20 dated 1755/54 Nov p.198" William Embry,Gent of Lunenburg Co. to Robert Wooding of Halifaz Co. 400 acres on the fork of Wynnes Creek beginning @ Mary Y.Sizemoore lines crossing Wynnes Creek.witness Peter Fontaine Jr,Matthew Marable.Robert Wade Jr recorded 17 June 1756"
BIOGRAPHY: older son;inherited father's plantation
BIOGRAPHY: Henry Jr.'s will in Virginia Brunswick County Wills & Administrations(1732-1800)Will Book #3 1751-1761;1765-1769 (Reel 20)pages 180-182 Inv.& Appr. rec.25 May 1756 pp.183-184 Accts.cur.rec.25 May 1756,The Library of Virginia
undersheriff for Brunswick Co. Va 1749
Gentleman Justice for the Court
Member House of Burgesses fr Lunenburg 1748-1749(serve with Clement Reade)
ref Brunswick Co Va Deed Book #3 pages 111,115,270,480,522,524
land grant,400 acres dated 9/10/1755 Lunenburg Co. Va(adjoining Hugh Moore's property)Library of Virginia,Land Office Patents#31,1751-1756(v.1 & 2.1-751),p556(Reel 29)
BIOGRAPHY: Library of Virginia Brunswick Co. Wills & Adm.Will Book #5,1778-1795(Reel 21)pp.338-339,Inv.& appr. rec. 23 Nov.1789
BIOGRAPHY: Brunswick Co. Virginia Will Book 5 9/22/1788 p.266-268;inventory 6/28/1790 p. 368-369
moved fr Prince George to Brunswick in 1748
ref. for the Merritts book by L.S. Turner "The Merritt Families of Virginia,1635-1800".