Dorothy Everard Symes was persuaded to sign over her inheritance fromThomas Everard, to her step-father, John Vernon. John Vernon tried torectify the matter in his will by providing that Dorothy and her 4brothers and sisters receive 50,000 pounds of sugar, payable ten yearsafter his death, Jan. 1699. Litigation lasted for many years concerningthis inheritance.
Information obtained from "William Beckwith of VA" by Mahlon G. Erickson