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Subject: [D-Col] Edward Wright, abstract Will of
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 19:00:54 EDT

Edward was the son of Edmund Wright and Sarah Wright (daughter of Peter and
Alice Wright) and grandson of Nicholas and Ann Wright. His wife was Sarah
Townsend. His daughter Zerviah Wright was married to John Wright, son of
William Wright and Elizabeth Rhodes and grandson of Caleb Wright and his wife
Elizabeth. I posted John's Will yesterday. He died in 1750.
Wayne

Abstracts of Wills Vol III 1730-1744, pages 126 & 127:
Page 96.--In the name of God, Amen. December 2, 1731, I, EDWARD WRIGHT, of
Oyster Bay, in Queens County, being in indifferent health. I appoint James
Dickerson, Sr., Samuel Underhill, Sr., and Jotham Townsend and Micaiah
Townsend, all living at Oyster Bay, and Thomas Pearsall, Sr., of Hempstead
Harbor, and my wife, executors of this will. And they have power to sell all
estate, "except only my estate in the Town of Oyster Bay or Town Plot
commonly called, and my meadow at Beaver Swamp," all of which shall be
possessed by my wife during her widowhood. I leave to my eldest son, Nicholas
Wright, £50, "as his heirship." After the death of my wife Sarah, my estate
in Oyster Bay, containing 54 acres, and my meadow at Beaver Swamp, and my
right of common lands in the New and Old Purchases, are to be divided among
my sons Nicholas, Jotham, Daniel, Thomas, Edmund, and Jacob. I leave to my
daughter Zerviah £100 and a bay horse.

Witnesses, Jurian Hoff, Thomas Bowne, Jacob van Nestrupp, Samuel Cook.
Proved, November 3, 1733.

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