"From about 1751 until his death, Everard lived and raised his family in a house near the Governor's Palace. In addition, he owned about 600 acres in James City County and another plantation in Brunswick County containing more than 1,000 acres. Everard managed to live well. He owned at least four liveried male slaves, two who served in the house and two who were postilions. Governor Botetourt occasionally borrowed some of the Everard slaves to assist at entertainments at the Palace. Botetourt even gave Christmas boxes to Everard's servants.
"Because of the circumstances in Williamsburg at the time (the city was occupied by the British), no will or inventory survives of Everard's estate. His restored house offers the visitor an opportunity to see how a poor orphan from London rose to prominence in the new world of Virginia." (1)