Abstracts of Wills and Administrations of Sussex County, One of the Three Lower Counties of Penn's Province of Pennsylvania

PUBLICATIONS OT THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY or PENNSYLVANIA. Vol. XI. MARCH, 1932. No. 3. ABSTRACTS OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS OF SUSSEX COUNTY, ONE OF THE THREE LOWER COUNTIES OF PENN’S PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. FROM THE NOTE BOOK or THE LATE J. GRANVUJJS LEACH. The occupancy of this section by the Whites dates from 1622. In that year some Dutch traders established business relations with the neighboring tribes of Indians. In 1631, De Vries settled a small colony on the creek which he named the Hoorn Kill after his native place in Holland. The next settlement was by Peter Minuit, on a high ridge of land near the present town of Lewes, called Paradise Point. More by popular consent than by legislative enactment Lewes, or the Whorekill so called, became the county-seat of Sussex from 1681 and continued as such until 1791, when Georgetown was formally made the center for the administra¬ tion of justice and the transaction of county affairs. Few county records of the same Colonial period are richer in social distinctions and economic lore than those of Sussex. The very spirit of the land and its customs has been caught and interwoven in the text of the day’s court proceedings. As an instance : At the Court held at Lewes, 9, 10 and 11th! January, 1682, the Justices present, William Darvall, Luke Watson, John Roads, Edward Southerin, Robert Hart and John Kipshaven. granted the petition of Edmond Warner: (215) 216 Abstract of Wills and Administrations for “the land of the Cape commonly called Cape Inlopen, lying on the north east side of the Creek formerly called the Whoreloll to make a coney warin on, and liberty to build a House and seat a Warriner upon the said land, on condition that the timber and feed of the said land and marshes there¬ unto belonging be and forever lye in common for the use of the Inhabitants of the Town of Lewes and County of Sussex, as also free liberty for any or all of the Inhabitants of the said County to fish, get and take off Oysters and Cockel-shells and gather plums, cranberries and huckelberries on the said land as they shall see fit, always provided that no person whatsoever shall hurt, or kill, any rabbits or hares on the said land, without the consent of him, the said Edmond Warner, his executors, administrators or assigns. >> Liber A, the first book of Wills and Administrations for Sussex, is an exceedingly well-written manuscript in bold hand and the blackest of ink. It is now preserved among the Delaware State Archives at Dover. Some years since a transcript was made, and it is this which is in use in the Begister of Wills office at Georgetown. The pagination of the original volume, from which the abstracts which here follow were made about 1900, differs slightly from that of the transcript now in use at George¬ town, which latter has been used to facilitate research and comparison. The tooth of time has made some inroads on the original record since these abstracts were made, hence a few additions not on the transcript have been possible. The Court Docket of Sussex County, 1681-1709, in posses¬ sion of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, has likewise been drawn upon for early administrations not elsewhere recorded.! The “Papers relating to the Three Lower Coun¬ ties on the Delaware” in the Penn Manuscripts in the His¬ torical Society are also important source material. In connection with these abstracts, attention is directed to the invaluable printed work of the late Bev. Charles H. B. Turner, Some Becords of Sussex County, Philadelphia, 1909, and to his Manuscript Collection of eleven folio volumes in the possession of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. • * Court Docket. t These sources will be noted as : Transcript, Tr. ; Original Liber A, Orig.'f Court Docket, Ct. Doc Pages 5 to S are blanks in Transcript. . of Sussex County. 217 Much valuable concrete knowledge of the families of the section under consideration will be found in the welldoGumented, printed works of Edwin Jaquett Sellers, Esq.: Genealogy of the Kollock Family of Sussex County, Delaware, 1657-1897, Philadelphia, 1897 ; Captain John Avery, Presi¬ dent Judge at the Whorekill In Delaware Bay and His De¬ scendants, Philadelphia, 1898; Allied Families of Delaware, Philadelphia, 1901; Supplement to Genealogies, pp. 36-69, Philadelphia, 1922. The Honorable Richard S. Rodney, Asso¬ ciate Judge of the Supreme Court of Delaware has a recent article in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biog¬ raphy on Early Relations of Delaware and Pennsylvania,* which can be studied with profit as to the manner of men who constituted the early governing group of “New Deal, alias Whorekill, later Sussex County. ** WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS EDWARD BOOTH of Deal County [an early designation of Sussex County] ; will dated 7 December, 1682; proved at Court held 13th and 15th of 11 mo., 1682. John Kipshaven's son John, if I die without wife or issue; John Depree and his son Jacob; John Whittman; Eliza¬ beth Whittman; Martha Kipshaven; Mr. Avery for surveying land; William Emmott; t Mathias Everson; to pay Mr. Norton Claypoole a debt. Witnesses: Jeffery Summerford, Stephen W. Whitman, William Emmott. Letters of administration granted to John Kipshaven and John Depree. Liber A. Tr. ff. 1-2. WILLIAM CLARK of Sussex; dated 24 of 2d mo., 1705; proved 24 July, 1705,$ son William and his espoused wife Rebecca Curtis; grand¬ daughter Elizabeth, wife of David Brown; granddaughter Mary Pem¬ berton £25 when twenty-one; son-in-law Thomas Pemberton; wife Honour executrix; appoints brother-in-law Walton Huling and my loving friend, Thomas Fisher, overseers, and gives each £5 for their trouble. Witnesses : ff. 2-3. Joseph Booth, Robert Burton, Jonas Greenwood. * Volume LIV (1930), pp. 209-240. t Deputy coroner for Sussex County as early as 11 September, 1683. Name variously spelled Emmatt, Emmott, Emmett. $ William Clark's will is also entered in Liber Q of Wills, ff. 7-8. He was commissioned Justice of the Peace and Courts, 14 November, 1682, and, named first in the Commission, acted as Chief Justice; Provincial Councillor from 1683 until his death; Speaker of Pennsylvania Assem¬ bly, 1692, and from 1694 a Justice of the Supreme Court. With wife Honour be conveyed land to William Durnall, 13 October, 1682.— Of. Doc., f. 25. He married 6th 5 mo., 1679, Honour Huling of Rhode Island, at Friends' Meeting, Salem, New Jersey. Honour Clark married Bidwell before 3 February, 1718. Cf. Penn- Logon Correspondence, ii, 55. for account of death of Wiffiaÿn Clark. Abstract of Wills and Administrations 218 -- THOMAS HABFORD of Sussex; dated 25 August, 1709; proved 4 De¬ cember, 1716; wife Rebecca; son-in-law Preserved Coggeshall, both appointed executors. Witnesses: Philip Russell, John Miers, Joseph Tr. fl. 3-4. Russell.* , Sen. JAMES LATTES'. Will dated 13 August, 1677. Robert [name torn away] sole heir and executor. Witnesses: Josias Coudrey, A. orig., f. 4. Thomas Skidmore. No date of probate. EDWARD COOK, Nuncupative will proved in open Court 14, 15 and 16 January, 1678/9. Ct. Doc. NATHANIEL WALKER. Will dated 7 April, 1683, devised all his ‘‘lands and tenements in the Government of Pennsylvania lying at the Whorekills, to his brother Captain William Dyer. ” t In 1677 he was of Accomac County, Virginia, and was called “brother” by Captain Isaac Foxcroft in letter of 8 January of that year, dated at London. . OTTO WOOLGAST. Will dated 20 April, 16. [torn away] ; date of probate missing. The bricks that William [torn] moulded for me I would have burnt and Bold; I would have Robert Johnson build the house I agreed with him for; I do bequeath unto my wife [unnamed] my son Henry Woolgast, daughter Mary Woolgast, and all other living creatures; my son Henry to come into possession of his portion of estate at twenty-one ; my wife to keep my daughter one year and then send her to [torn], to be brought up there till she be of age, or marry; to Wil¬ liam, son of William Warren, a cow ; friends Peter Aldrich of New Castle and Johannes Kip of New York executors. Witnesses: William Clark, Henry Stretcher,t Alexander Molleston. A. orig. page missing. Oreo WOOLGAST. William Carter and Elizabeth his wife, late wife of Otto Woolgast, appointed administrators of said Woolgast, as the execu¬ tors named in the decedent ’s will, have neglected the settlement. 9 OctoCt. Doc. ber, 1881. JOHN HAGESTER, Will dated 1 April, 16. . [badly torn], son John, daughter Elizabeth; wife Ann executrix. Witnesses: Mathias Everson, George Hafford, Thomas Hassold. No date of probate. A. orig., ft. 7-8. Letters of administration granted to Ann Newcomb, late wife of John Hagester, and Baptist Newcomb,5 her present husband, at Court held 13 February, 1082. John Hagester, Jr., son of John Hagester, had grant of land by Court. Ann, widow of Baptist Newcomb, married Richard Starr and they Ct. Doc., f. 75. were parties to a suit at law, 4 June, 1694. * Also recorded in Liber Q, ff. 105-6. t The will is not of record and is known of, by a recital in Book of Patents, ff. 23-27. t Henry Stretcher . . . kept 1‘ public house * 7 and t ‘accommodated the Court” 10 December, 1684,— Ct. Doc. $ Baptist Newcomb agreed with Court to build a Court House and Prison, 9 and 10 December, 1684.— Ibid. — of Sussex County. 219 — ELIZABETH LEVERETT. Nuncupative Will of. Jeffery Summerford, aged forty-three years, and Elizabeth Johnson, aged twenty years, de¬ clared they heard Elizabeth Leverett, eight or ten days before her depar¬ ture from earth, Bay she bequeathed all her estate to Bichard Bundick, only one cow-calf to her son Bichard Bracy. When he came of age the one cow-calf with her increase to be delivered to her said son by Bichard Bundick. Proved at Court at Lewes, 14 August, 1683. Ct. Doc. JOHN VINES* of Sussex; dated 17 January, 1084/5; proved before William Clark, 3d 10th mo., 1089; Honour Clark, wife of William; to William Clark, Junr. son of William; to Jeffry Summerford, Jr,; to Edward Stretcher, son of Henry Stretcher t the first; Sarah Stretcher, wife of said Henry. If my daughter Ann Crosly shall bear a eon whose Christian name shall be Vines, then ho to have 600 acres of land called William and John; to William Emmott Jun* 500 acres, but if he die before 21 then to revert to my executors. Executor: Wm. Emmott, Sen, Tr ft. 9-10. Witnesses: Benjamin Kiri, George Dod[d] Dodd. . JOHN ROADS J of Sussex; dated 17 September, 1687; proved 6th, 7th and 8th , 1687; daughter Patience, 400 acres of land; to Grace White, 100 acres adjoining land of her brother's Wrixham White; son John; daughters Elizabeth and Patience to be put to school and there kept until they come to some perfection; most dear and tender mother; to Nehemiah Field; to Sarah Stretcher, wife of Henry, one cow and calf; to John How, brother Bichard Tull, wife Comfort. Witnesses: ff. 10-12. John Mullington, Nehemiah Field. .. , ANDREW DEPREB (Dupray, Deprey, Deprea) of Sussex, planter; dated 9 January, 1689/90; proved 25th 1st mo., 1690; Wife Bridget; son Thomas my musket; son Andrew, long gun; daughter Margaret when 16; sister Elizabeth Depray. Executrix, wife Ann. Witnesses: Luke Wat¬ ff. 12-3. son, John Crem, Boger Corbett. WILLIAM SWEATMAN of Sussex; dated 16 September, 1693; Wife Jean sole legatee and executrix. Witnesses: Edward Gould, Henry Stretcher, James Peterkin. No date of probate. Widow Jane, or Jean, married before 4 September, 1694, Bichard Painter, Junr. ff. 13-4. CAPTAIN JOHN AVERY. 8 Widow, Sarah AveTy, petitions for right to * Commissioned High Sheriff for Sussex County, 14 April, 1686.— Ct. Doc. t For sketch and family of, vide Allied Families of Delaware. By Edwin Jacquett Sellers. Philadelphia, 1901. t Justice of the Courts, fined for absence therefrom, 14 September, 1681. § Traditionally Captain Avery was a pirate of the Captain Kidd brand; hidden treasure, etc. The county records describe him as of the fibre that commands,— all in Bight. He was commissioned Captain of the Foot Company of Militia at the Whorekill, 26 October, 167 Q. —Pennsylvania Archives, Sec. Ser.} vol. v, 690. Vide Sellers, op. cit. 220 Abstract of Wills and Administrations administer estate, at Court held 13 and 15 February, 1882. Estate in suit with Hercules Shepherd, Ex., who had married Mary, daughter of defendant, deceased. Estate in suit : Matthew Scarborough against Robert Clifton,* who married the relict and administrator of Captain Avery, before March, 1683/4. Ct. Doc., 171, 243. THOMAS GROENDIKE. Samuel Whitman, principal creditor of estate, petitions the Court, sitting at Lewes, 9, 10 and 11 January, 1682, for the right to administer. EDWARD SOUTHERIN.f Estate administered by Mary Southerin before 10 February, 1684.J Ct. Doc. At Court held 14 January, 1678/9, Mary Southerin and George Young took oath that Edward Cook did before his decease give his lands in Maryland to Edward Southerin, Thomas Williams, Mathias Everson and William Emmatt.§ George Young, single man, married Mary Southerin, Ct. Doo. widow, 24 June, 1685, at Lewes. RICHARD SHOUI/TER. Will of, proved by Richard Bundick and Nathan* iel Walker, executors, 15 March, 1682/3. Ct. Doc. RUTH BUNDICK, or BUNDOCK. Estate administered by husband, Rich¬ ard Bundick, before 10 February, 1684. She was mother of Thomas Jones. JOHN DEFRAY. Estate administered by Andrew Depray and John Ct. Doc. Crew, before 10 February, 1684. HELMANS, or HALMANUS, WILTBANK,|| died intestate, his widow Jonakin appointed administratrix before July, 1684. By 14 May, 1685, Ct. Doc. Thomas Hodgkin had married the widow and administratrix. ROBERT RICHARDS. Estate administered by Eleanor Richards, before Ct. Doc. 10 February, 1684. JOHN FISHER. Margaret Fisher, administratrix, party to a suit at Court, 8 and 9 March, 1687. RICHARD DAWSON of Maryland. Estate of, administered by Richard Willis before 9 December, 1687. It is stated that Obadiah Dawson, eld¬ est son of deceased, was under age. Richard Dawson deceased before Ct. Doc. 11 September, 1683. •Robert Clifton and John Futcher ran a race and were fined for so doing, February Court, 1705.— Ct. Doc. t Magistrate at Whorekill before 18 September, 1676.— New York Col. Mss., vol. xxi, p. 8j in New York State Library. t Sussex County Deed Boole, A, f. 103. Sellers, Supplement to Geneal¬ ogies, 70. 5 Magistrate at the Whorekill before 18 September, 1676.— N. Y. CoL Mss., vol. xxi, p. 8; in New York State Library. [j Peter Adolph vs. H. Wiltbank, suit to recover £40 silver-plate. Wit¬ nesses: William Townsend, Peter Designey, physician, Robert Clifton, John Brown. Court held 14 August, 1683. Habnanus Wiltbank one of Penn's Justices of the Peace and Court of Judicature, 7 November, 1682. Ct. Doc. Name also given as Hermanusi or Hannanus Wiltbank. — of Sussex County. 221 JOHN PEARCE. Estate of, administered by Alexander Draper before Ct. Doc. December, 1687. ALEXANDER DRAPER.* Rebecca Draper, administratrix, acknowledged sale of land at Court, held 3 and 4 June, 1691. HENRY BOWMAN. Estate of, administered upon by William dark, 1694. Had eldest son, John Bowman, who was subsequently of Kent County on Delaware,. Ibid. MARY BOWMAN, widow of Henry Bowman, Jr., married before 4 Octo¬ ber, 1702, Thomas Davies or Davis. Ct. Doc. CAESAR GODWIN. Will of, proved by his widow, 5 June, 1694. No record of. Ct. Doc. MAJOR WILLIAM SPENCER. Thomas May, administrator in right of his wife, daughter of said Spencer, 5 December, 1694. Major William Spencer married Prances, daughter of Benjamin Coudray and had at least sons Henry and Samuel. Recited in patent to Frances Spencer, et al. dated 8 October, 1690.t In a letter to William Clark, under date of 12 Ct. Doc. February, 1683, he states he is above sixty years of age. ROBERT BRACT. Left nuncupative will of 6 June, 1694. Son t Robert Bracy applied for letters of administration. Widow of deceased ob¬ jected, claiming that her husband had previous will, “made in the year 1688.” Case continued at Court, 4 June, 1695. RICHARD WILLIS. Frances Willis, executor of, suit by, at March Court, 1695. EDWARD BENBRICK. Drowned about 29 May, 1694, “riding over the Broad Kill.’ Estate of, administered by widow of, who married David Ct. Doc. Jenkins before June term of Court, 1696. Estate sued. RICHARD HILLIARD. William dark, principal creditor of estate, adCt. Doc. ministered thereon, March, 1690, ’ JOHN KING. Estate administered by Thomas Besant § and Jane, his wife, January Court, 1695. JOHN BELLAMY. Estate of, administered by Luke Watson, Sen. and Ct. Doc. Luke Watson, Jun., January Court, 1695. RICHARD GUM. William Clark administered estate of, June, 1696. FRANCIS CONWELL. Estate of, administered by Josias Westcoat and his wife Mary. Suit against, at June Court, 1696. * Sellers, op. cit. t Sussex Deeds: Liber A, 339. $ Had daughters Mary and Elizabeth, to whom he had given land.— Court of 6 June, 1694. § Thomas Besant was deceased and his widow Jane married to Samuel Knowles before 1704. By a prior marriage she had a son, Henry Smith.— Ct- Doc. 222 Abstract of Wills and Administrations NORTON CLAYPOOLE. Nehemiah Field and Bachel his wife adminis¬ tered on estate of, June term, 1690. Mary, daughter of Norton and Bachel Claypoole, born 10 October, 1682. Robert, son of the same, bom 26 January, 1682. Ct. Doe., 192. HENRY SKIDMORE. Will proved June, 1695. Letters to Richard Wil¬ liams. Not recorded and known through this entry in the Court Docket. THOMAS BRANSCOMB being about to take voyage to Barbadoes; dated 16 June, 1693; proved 7th 10th mo,, 1693; daughter Sarah Branscomb; son-in-law William Futcher * land I purchased of John Johnson; sonsin-law Richard and John Futcher; * the remainder of my estate to my wife Mary. Witnesses: Charles Johnson, Robert Walker, Thomas Besent. Tr. ff. 14-15. SAMUEL GHAT;! Will of [date missing]; proved 5 December, 1694; wife Susannah; children, Isaac, Jonathan, David and Thomas, Samuel, John and Elizabeth; the cattle to be held together until my son Samuel be 21 ; Rebecca, Isaac and Sarah 's cattle to be held in common until Re¬ becca be of age; my eldest son Jonathan attain the age of 21. Execu¬ trix: Wife Susannah. Witnesses: Samuel Preston, Mary Doyd, Michael ff. 15-17. Chambers. KNIGHT HOWARD;} dated 2 January, 1693; proved [no date]; to Luke Watson, Jun., all my lands in Great Kill, and he to be Executor and Administrator. I do order my executor to make over in open court all the land I sold to John Hill of this city, also the laud I sold to Captain Thomas Pemberton of this county. [It is possible, though not prboable, there were other legatees, the will book being badly torn at ff. 17-18. this place.] Witnesses: Cathn. Starr, John Pye. . HENDRICK ASUERESE; dated . . November, 1694; proved 4 Febru¬ ary, 1701; to Art Johnson Van Kirk $ all my lands and movables estate, which is due me either in this country or at other part of [tom off], ff. 18-19. Witnesses: John Manlove, Jr., Henry Molleston. THOMAS PRICE, SEN*, of Slator Neck, Sussex, planter; dated 14 March, 1694; proved 25 March, 1695; son Thomas; grandson William Price; granddaughters Catherine Price, Jane Price and Rachel Price; wife Catherine. Executor: son Thomas. Witnesses: Thomas Phelmon, Jere¬ ff. 18-19. miah Barthelmy, William Fisher. PETER GOIT, merchant; dated 10 July, 1695; proved 15 July, 1695; I will and bequeath to a son and a daughter I had by a woman living at Marblehead, in New England. The boy 's name I suppose to be Peter * Probably step-sons. f Member of Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682. Conveyed tract of land known as Gray's Inn, 1st mo., 1683,— Ct. Doc. } Son and heir of Thomas Howard, deceased, acknowledged deed to Henry Bowman, 10 mo., 1687. Ct. Doc. § Andrew Johnson Van Kirk married 8 or 28 July, 1681, Grace Bundick; ceremony by William Clark.— Ct. Doc., 16. — of Sussex County. 223 and the girl’s name is Mary, the son and daughter of Ruth Williams, all my estate in County of Sussex. X will that Mary Duke shall have the moneys I have in the hands of Charles Read, being £27 odd money and 4 barrels and one cask of tobacco I sent to Rarbadoes, the produce thereof I likewise give to Mary Duke in Philadelphia for the child she hath laid to me. I will and devise that John RichardB shall live on my plantation for eight years and leave it tenantable, and if it please God that no heir doth appear before the eight years expire, then it is to be John Richards and his heirs forever. My beloved friends Captain Duke Watson, Mr. Joseph Booth and William Freeman, Executors. Witnesses: Tr. ff. 20-2. Ann Granger, Joseph Hickman, Thomas Manley. JOHN HILL* of Lewes, gentleman; dated 6 October, 1708; proved with codicil, 29 December, 1708; to Nehemiah Field my best horse; cousin Richard Hill of London, Old England, son of my brother Richard Hill of said London, 60 £ silver money of Pennsylvania, together with my silver headed cane and sett of gold buttons, and in case my said Cousin Richard Hill come not to this country within two years after my decease etc. Executrix: wife Elizabeth. Witnesses: Luke Watson, Jr., Henry Molleston. CodiciL Dated 6 October, 1708. I confirm my last will, except the best horse to Nehemiah Field, he being deceased, but to Nehemiah Field, Jr., son of said Nehemiah, one young mare. Witnesses: ff. 23-4. Thomas Grove, Edward Carey, Abraham Parsley. RICHARD WILLIAMS; dated 8 September, 1698; proved 14 September, 1698; son Richard; wife Ann; friend Thomas May, guardian of my son Thomas, he to be brought up in the art and mastery of a Glazier; daughter Elizabeth. Executrix: wife. Witnesses: Henry Stretcher, Thomas May, Roger Corbett. ff. 24-6. THOMAS DAVIS, SENR.;t dated 13 January, 1698; sons Thomas and Richard land called Davis’ Neck; sons Robert, John, Samuel and Ben¬ jamin land in Low House Neck; all not attained to man’s estate; friends Mr. John Nutter and Mr. John Hill, Executors. Witnesses: ff. 26-7. Thomas Tilton, William Stapleton, Thomas Price. WILLIAM PILES, husbandman; dated 7 March, 1700; proved 25 March, 1701; son-in-law Caleb Carwithin and daughter Elizabeth Carwithin; daughter Comfort Piles ; J youngest daughters Lucie and Rebecca when they arrive at eighteen, or marriage, to have debt due me from Nathaniel Sikes of Philadelphia; son-in-law James Carpenter 150 acres; four sons William, Isaac, Joseph fi and John not of age; friends Samuel * John Hill, John Roads and William Clark chosen “Peacemakers,” 13 August, 1684.— Ct. Doc. Captain John Hill of Sussex mentioned as deceased in letter from James Logan to William Penn, 1 July, 1708-9. Penn-Logan Correspondence, vol. ii, 33. — t Sellers, Allied Families of Delaware for sketch of, and descendants. t Comfort Piles married Ralph Burges before 1703.— Ch. Doc. § Joseph Piles, aged fifteen years, apprenticed to Alexander Molleston, May Court, 1703. 224 Abstract of Wills and Administrations Preston and John Miers of Lewes, hatter, executors; 4£ to each of them for their trouble. Witnesses: John Light, William Warring, Wil¬ liam Richards. Tr. ff. 28-30. JOSEPH ALEEFE [Ayliffej; dated 13 November; proved 20 January, 1700; Wife Bridget now with child, land in Angola Neck; daughter Bridget Aleefe; son William land where James Walker now lives in Angola Neck; to Ebenezer Jones Bon of my wife Bridget, Execu¬ trix: wife. Order my wife to deliver to Richard Bracer the land I sold him in Angola. Witnesses: Thomas Carey, Elizabeth Simmons, Judah ... Carey, Roger Corbett.* ff. 30-2. ANTHONY HEAVERLOE,! planter; dated 8 November, 1700; proved 31 May, 1701; wife . • ; sons Anthony,% John, William; to Andrew and Daniel and James Heaverloe; son Antony and my wife Executors. Wit¬ nesses: Elizabeth Hill, Nehemiah Field, William Fanner. ff. 32-3 . JOHN KIPSHAVEN; § dated 4 January, 1700; proved 25 January, 1700; to be buried in the Town burying place next the Prison with the funeral service to be read at the grave according to the Church of England; grandsons John and Albert Jacobs, sons of Alburtus Jacobs by my daughter Martha, one half of all my estate within the Province of Pennsylvania, or Provinces annexed; to daughter Martha, now wife of Adam Johnson; granddaughter Breda Jacobs, sister of above, when 18; to Sarah Kipshaven, daughter of my son John when 18; brother Derick and his children my estate in Holland and Newborough; to Cornelius Plockhoy,|| the blindman; to Simon Pawling; to Peter Clause; my grandchildren Jacobs to be cared for by Mr. John Hill, Samuel Preston and Mr. Jacob Kollock, whom I appoint Executors. Witnesses: James ff. 33-5. Sangster, Henry Hill, Nehemiah Field. CORNELIUS ANDERSON, planter; dated 8 November, 1701; proved 19 November, 1701; “friend William Millinor one cow of a red color for¬ ever friend Thomas Wilson the remainder of my estate in the whole world. Executor: Thomas Wilson. Witnesses: Joseph Hickman, Joshua ff. 35-0. Hickman, John Abbott. — •Commissioned Clerk of Orphans' Court, 10 April, 1708. Liber Q, f. 40. t Anthony Hanson, alias Heaverloe, took oath of allegiance to Penn¬ sylvania government 27/28 April, 1683.— Ct. Doc. X Anthony Haverloe receipts to Alexander Becket, his father-in-law, 27 December, 1706, for legacy left him by his father.— Deeds, Liber C} 34. 5 John Kipshaven of Worcester County, Maryland, assigned head rights in the Province of Maryland to John Avery, mariner, of Somer¬ set County, 30 July, 1673, for transporting himself, wife Margery and daughter Elizabeth.— Maryland Land Records, Liber XVTI, ff. 567. He had a wife Breda, or Bartree, in 1681. HiB third wife, Honour, married Jonathan Sturges.— Sellers, op. cit. || Took oath of allegiance and was naturalized 27/28 April, 1683.— Ibid. of Sussex County. 225 JOHN NUTTEE, yeoman; dated 29 November, 1702; proved 15 Jan¬ uary, 1702; Elizabeth Richardson; Joseph Hinchman; wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary Nutter, if she die before she is twenty-five, wife to have her share; son John; son Christopher, not 21; brother Charles overseer. Witnesses: Joseph Hinchman, James Lyon, John Areskin. Tr. ff. 36-9. GEOROE WEST, planter; dated 11 January, 1702; proved 2 February, 1702; son Thomas West; daughter Elizabeth Barker, widow; daughter Alice Williams; son John; son Robert; grandson John MumpaTsons; children George, Jane and Susan West; when George is 18 and the girls 16 they are to have their respective shares. I commit them to care of my sons Thomas and John, whom I appoint Executors. Witnesses: James Walker [Esq.], Roger Corbett [gentleman], ff. 39-40. ROBERT ABBOTT of Sussex; dated 5 January, 1702; proved 3 March, 1702; son John shall peaceably enjoy the bequest of his Uncle John Abbott; daughter Elizabeth Abbott bequest given her by her Uncle Ralph Justis; daughter Mary Abbott bequest to by Uncle William Abbott; son-in-law Richard Hill a bequest to by his deceased father Robert Hill; son-in-law Robert Hill; wife Elizabeth, daughters Eliza¬ beth, Mary, Susannah and Comfort; friends John Wheeler and Mr, Joseph Booth overseers; if my wife should die, my friend Gabriel Henry to care for my daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Susannah and Comfort, until they attain 16 years; Elizabeth being 12, the 18th of May next; Mary ten, 8 May, next. Susannah is about five and Comfort is aged 2 years the 15th day of this month, January. Executrix: wife. Witnesses: ff. 40-3. Joseph Hickman, William Hedger, Gabriel Henry. ELIZABETH ROADS. Sarah Clifton, relict of Robert Clifton, and Brid¬ get Carey, relict of Joseph Ayliffe, summoned to Court on complaint of John Coe and Elizabeth his wife, John Hinman and Patience his wife, legatees under the will of Elizabeth Roads, deceased, 6 November, 1702 Ct. Doc. and 5 May, 1703. RICHARD HOLLOWAY. His administrator William Orr, defendant in Ct. Doo. suit of James Simaon, in 1702. JAMES ASKEW, died before 2 February, 1702. Sarah Askew adminis¬ tratrix, defendant in suit of John Gibbs, 1702. COMFORT SCOTT. Estate administered by Wrixam White, her son.* Suit by, 1702. Ct. Doc. * Mrs. Comfort Scott was one of the much married ladies of her time and place. As the wife of Ambrose White she accompanied hifcn from the Eastern Shore of Virginia to Somerset County, Maryland, with their eon Ambrose White, Jr., daughter Grace White and sixteen other per¬ sons. For such transportation Ambrose White’ received twelve hundred and fifty acres as head rights for twenty-five persons and assigned the same to Colonel William Stevens of Pocomoke, 14 December, 1678.— Maryland Land Records, Liber 15, folio 533. Ambrose White was commissioned Justice of the Courts of Somerset County, 23 February, 1679. In a deposition in Aceomac County, Vix- 226 Abstract of Wills and Administrations ANN WILLIAMS. John Hagiater, executor of his mother’s estate, made deed for 400 acres of land to Bowland Powell, 10 January, 1702. Ct. Doo. JOHN KIPSHAVEN, JR. Sarah Clifton administratrix of his estate, 5 May, 1703. WILLIAM PILES, JR. Samuel Davies executor of his will. William Piles had brother John apprenticed to James Carpenter, 5 May, 1703. Ct. Doo. JAMES BUCHANAN. Estate administered by John Gibb, mariner j suit against Samuel Bowland, mariner, August Court, 1703. -- ISAAC BOWDE,* estate administered by widow Jane, who married Scott before 1 September, 1692. Ct. Doc. WILLIAM HIGNETT,| died after 18 December, 1701. Charles Johnson administered his estate, which was sued by Samuel Preston at August Court, 1704. ginia, 17 December, 1667, he gave his age as “about thirty-five years. ” He died intestate and letters of administration were granted 1 July, 1680, to Comfort White, relict of said deceased.— Maryland Testamentary Proceedings, Liber 18, Part 2, folios 65, 110, 198. Her son, Ambrose White, died without issue. Her daughter, Grace, married Peter Lewis of Sussex County. Mrs. White married, Becond, John Roads and was named in his will of 17 September, 1687. She married, before 17 February, 1691, as third husband, Jeremiah Scott of Sussex County, when she gave her age as ‘‘about forty years. ' * Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Nicholas Waddelow of Northampton County, Virginia, aged 33 years in May, 1644, who received a patent for land, 2 April, 1655. He died intestate; his estate being administered upon by his widow, Amy, 6 March, 1659. He left three daughters: Comfort, who married Ambrose White ; Temperance, who married Robert Mason, and Patience, who married William Nock. His widow, Amy, married Thomas Fowcks and left a nuncupative will of 10 April, 1678, which mentions Ambrose and Comfort White, Robert and Temperance Mason, William and Patience Nock. Abo her “son William Ander¬ son,” with various grandchildren. Her will shows that she had married at least three times: Waddelow, Anderson and Fowcks.— Accomac Court Records, 1678-16E0, folio 117. * Isaac Bowde, late of Philadelphia, single man, married Jane Mawde of Lewes, single woman, at the home of Norton Claypoole, 15 Septem¬ ber, 1687.— Ct. Doc. He was son of Adlord Bowde of Burlington County, New Jersey.— New Jersey Archives, vol. xxiii, 48. f Richard Hignett, Sen., Court Crier, mentioned in Court entry of 11 September, 1683. Petitioned the Court for compensation for attending Court as “barkeeper,” December, 1684. of Sussex County. 227 THOMAS PRICK.* Widow Elizabeth administered his estate; married Ct. Doc. Matthew Parker and was deceased before July Court, 1703. EDWARD CARRY. Widow Lydia executrix, mitered suit in August Court, 1704, against John Carey who has kept assets from her. , HUGH WILSON, merchant. Joseph Booth, Henry Molleston and Wil¬ liam Morton, executors. Suit against, by John Benson of Penrith, Cum¬ berland County, England, February Court, 1702. ALBURTTS JACOBS. Estate administered by his widow Martha, who, before 1702, married Adam Johnson. Ct. Doc. ANTHONY INLOES; dated 27 February, 1703; proved 10 April, 1703; Wife Francis t executrix; sons Abraham and Thomas as they come of age; daughter Elizabeth; Mr. Samuel Davies and James Simson trus¬ tees. Witnesses: Thomas Smith, John Johnson, John Stuart. Tr.fC. 43-4. WILLIAM FUTCHZR; X dated 26 March, 1703; proved 17 April, 1703; brothers Bichard and John Futcher, Richard not twenty-one; daughter Mary when seventeen; wife Elizabeth executrix. Witnesses: Bichard Paynter, Thomas Stockley, Boger Corbett. ff. 44-5. BOWLIN PERRY of Sussex, planter; dated 22 January, 1703; proved 14 March, 1703; wife Esther sole executrix and legatee. Witnesses: William Farmer, Darby Collins, John Smith. ff. 45-6. JAMES BROWN of Sussex; dated 29 December, 1703; proved 15 Febru¬ ary, 1704; Joseph Booth sole legatee and executor. Witnesses: Henry ff. 46-7. Spencer, Abigail Van Kirk. RICHARD COORE ; died intestate. His widow Esther $ married Row¬ Ct. Doc. land Perry and appeared in Court, 6 November, 1702. HENRY ALLEN. Estate of, administered upon by James Walker. Suit in Court, 2 November, 1702. JOHN RICHARDS, Cooper; dated 7 March, 1704; proved 24 April, 1704; eon John; wife Grace; my children John Richards, Sarah Fleming, Joanna Tyer, Mary Richards, Else Richards, Grace and Elizabeth Rich¬ ards; son-in-law Thomas Tyer. Executors: wife and son John. Wit¬ nesses: Joseph Hickman, John Mullinax,|| Thomas Tyer, Jr. ff. 47-8. * John Draden of Maryland, uncle to the children of Thomas Price and his wife, both deceased, petitioned July Court, 1703, alledging that Matthew Parker, who had married the widow of said Price, had the custody of said children and their estates. Ct. Doc. t Frances Prettyman, widow and executrix of Anthony Inloes, ap¬ peared in Court, 4 March, 1706. t Turner, Some Records of Sussex County, 146. Ct. Doc. 5 Rowland Perry of Sussex County, widower, and Esther Coore, widow, married at house of Jacob Kollock in Lewes, 14 July, 1698. As Esther Parry, widow, she gave land to her son John Smith and to son-in-law Darby Collins. Ct. Doc. || Mullenix, Mullin®11 228 Abstract of Wills and Administrations JANE POTTER* of Sussex; will dated 16 September, 1703; proved 1 August, 1704; My trusty friend Richard Dobson, Executor; to William Parmer; to Frances Gum all my wearing apparel; my son to live with Frances Gum at the mill; my cousin that lives at Duck Creek; to John Davies’ son John; my son, Abraham, to have the mill when he is eighteen, he being, next January, fourteen years of age. Witnesses: Nathaniel Tr. ff. 48-9. Starr, Anthony Heaverly. JOHN HARMONSON of Sussex; dated 12 August, 1704; no date of probate. Son Hendrick; son John, daughters Susanna and Deborah; wife Helen, my last three children not of age. Executors: Joseph Booth and John Donavan. Witnesses : John Wheeler, John Hepburn, ff. 49-50. JOHN STUART, chirurgion; t dated September, 1704; proved 13 Janu¬ ary, 1704. Wife Elizabeth, Executrix, If she shall think well to sell any part of my estate in County Sussex, or New Castle, or Monmouth in East New Jersey, my will is to allow the same, provided she bear the name of Stuart, bring my children up in fear of the Lord and as con¬ venient to learning as to be had in these American parts; my six chil¬ dren, Samuel, David, John, Elizabeth, William, Hannah and Mary when they shall arrive at full age or marriage; friend Alexander InniB of Middletown in East New Jersey and Lewis Morris of Shrewsbury, Esqr., to be overseers, to whom I bequeath a gold ring. Witnesses: James ff. 50-2. Simson, Samuel Knowles, Roger Corbett. The widow Elizabeth Stuart married before February Court, 1705, Thomas Davock. Suit against by Matthew Stevens. CL Bee, LUKE WATTSON4 Sen. Esqr. of Lewes Town; dated 6 September, 1705; proved 6 November, 1705; 8 sons Luke, John, Samuel and Isaac; daugh¬ ter Elizabeth, now wife of Anthony Morris, Sen, of Philadelphia; my now wife Sarah and my daughter Mary that I had by my wife Margery, daughter of Capt. Henry Smith; wife Sarah, Executrix. Son-in-law Richard Paynter and Justice Philips Russell of Lewes, overseers. Wit¬ nesses: Philips Russell, Anna Corbett, wife of Roger Corbett, Dorothy Givina, Sarah Russell. ff. 52-4. * Widow and administratrix of Abraham Potter before 10 July, 1702. t Sussex County was particularly fortunate in physicians, though some were obliged to resort to the Courts for payment of medical attendance bills. Among those before 1700 were John Roads, 1681; Peter DeBigney, 1683; Randolph Shard, 1683; Thomas Wynne, 1687; Richard Fortescue, 1694; Charles Haynes, 1695; Thomas Bowman, 1695. JA pioneer of Elizabethtown, East Jersey; later a potentiality at Lewes. Edward Southerin and Mary his wife conveyed to Luke Watson a tract of land called St. Gillis, containing 106 acres, 10 September, 1677-— Liber B, Deeds, t. 66. § Also recorded in Liber Q, f . 10- of Sussex County. 229 WALTON HULING * of Lewes; dated 10 September, 1705; proved 7 August, 1717; t wife Martha; children Elizabeth, Esther, and the child my said wife goes with, all my lands in the territory of Pennsylvania; wife Martha, Executrix. Witnesses: Samuel Davis, Jonathan Bailey, Tr. ff. 54-5. Rebecca Clark. JAMES SANGSTEE; dated 25 May, 1705; proved 6 November, 1705; children James, John, William and Margery; wife Mary my estate whether it lie in Maryland, this government, or elsewhere. Executrix: wife Mary. Witneses: Philips Russell, Joseph RusselL ff. 55. JOHN DEP&AT, yeoman; dated 30 August, 1706; proved 1 October, 1706; wife Mary; son William bequest of his Uncle Jacob; my brother Andrew deceased; my son William and John not twenty-one; my brother-in-law John Crew trustee. Executrix: wife Mary. Witnesses: ff. 55-7. John Crew, John Futcher, Roger Corbett. TIMOTHY DOUGAN. Benjamin Crosley proved account against Thomas Fisher, administrator of estate, May Court, 1706. HERCULES SHEPHARD. Richard Hmman and wife Mary presented ad* ministrator 's account to Orphans' Court, 9 May, 1706. CAPTAIN LUKE WATSON. Sarah Watson, widow and executrix of, and formerly widow and administratrix of Richard Painter, summoned to appear at Court by Richard Painter, Jr., her son, surety for his mother, May, 1706. The latter had eldest brother, John Painter, and brother Ct. Doe. Thomas Painter. JOHN WILLIAMS. Cornelius Wiltbank, administrator of, proved his account in Court, 8 May, 1706. Ibid. JAMES CLARK. William Mason and wife Margaret, proved her account as administratrix of her former husband, 8 May, 1706. RICHARD FUTCHER, died intestate. Letters of administration granted to John Futcher, brother of deceased, 6 April, 1706. Liber Q, ff. 20-1. GEORGE LILLINGSTON, gentleman, died intestate. Administration of, granted to Elizabeth, widow of said decedent, 26 November, 1705. Liber Q, f. 9. ELIZABETH LILLINGSTON, widow; will dated December, 1705; proved 8 December, 1705; mother Mary Watson my gold rings; tender child Mary Lillingston, £300 when eighteen or marriage; honored father Luke Watson, Esq. Witnesses: John Hill, John Watson, Samuel Watson. LUKE WATSON, yeoman; will dated 10 October, 1707; proved 26 April, 1708; to grand-daughter Mary Lillingston when eighteen all my lands in Prime Hook; brothers Samuel and John Watson; brother Isaac Wat¬ son and wife executors; brother Samuel overseer. Witnesses: Hannah Strosswell, Richard Davis, Samuel Watson. Ibid., 52-3. •Austin's Dictionary of Bhode Island Settlers, 10. f Also recorded in Liber Q , f. 120. (To be continued)