Portions of the will of Bartholomew Tallefer read as follows:

"To my four sons Scipio, Fraunces, Isak, and Jeromme two hundred pounds sterling when they shall be of the age of twenty one years.

To Elizabeth my daughter to be given at her marrige one hundred pounds sterling, meaning that she shall not marry until she be of the age of sixteen years or according to the will of her mother.

To Jone my wife one hundered pounds sterling, if she marries again. If she does not, she is to have all the profits of my estate, and then one hundred pounds when my sons are of the age of twenty one years.

I ordain my overseers of the things contained in this my Testament and Last will John Francisco Soprani Fraunces Rizzo and Pillippe Bernardi.

I do give five pounds sterling to our parish of St. Ollaves on conditions that they shall discharge my family of the taxation of the poor of the said parish so long as my wife, sons and daughter shall jointly dwell in the same. And not discharging them of the said taxation they shall pay them nothing.

Unto Margery my servant five schillings sterling.

I declare that I have two obligations of Cornelius De Neme, one of one hundred pounds which is paid, but the other of one hundred and twenty five pounds is in force and is due to me.

Made in the city of London on the eighteenth day of September 1601

SOURCE:  Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volumn 5; Indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak, Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, p. 376.