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From: Norris <>
Subject: [NYSUFFOL] Which Corwin md Mary Roe, bef 1712?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 19:44:26 +0000


Hi:

John Roe, in his 1712 will, mentioned a daughter, Mary Corwin. Torrey
assigns her to Matthias, b 1676, with a question mark. The Corwin
genealogy only says Matthias md a Mary (___). Is Matthias, the Corwin,
who was husband of Mary Roe??

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Corwin Genealogy:
Pg 163


"2 MATTHIAS,3 (John, 1,) b. (???), 1676, d. March 9th, 1769.
M. Mary (???), in or before 1708. A Mary Corwin, wife
ofMatthias,
died December 8th, 1725.

Ch. Matthias? Jesse?


In 1695? received a deed of land from his father. 1705, he
gave a deed to Margaret Corey or Cooper. 1708, he gave a deed to his
brother John. In same year, sold homestead to his brother John,
containing 22 acres, for ?76. 1714, sold 10 acres of land to Samuel
Sweezey, for ?23. His name on census list for 1698. (Doc. Hist. N. Y.
i. 450.) "


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>From Abstracts of Wills - Liber S
Pg 136

This is NOT in the wills at genealogylibrary.com, but is in the one
volume transcription of "lost records" by Pelletrau.


[Record page no] "Page 341 - John Roe. In the name of God, Amen, the
22 August, 1712. I, John Roe, of Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, being
in health. I leave to my wife Sarah, whom I make sole executor, all my
lands, messuages, and tenements, that is to say, my now dwelling
house, with my land, orchard, and Commonage, and all household goods
for her life. I leave one half of my meadow to my eldest son John, and
the other half to my son Nathaniel. I give my wife full power to give
and bequeath, if she thinks fit, oe25 of movable goods, "to that child
of mine that carrieth itself lovingest and kindest to her after my
decease." I leave all the rest to my daughters, Mary Corwin and
Elizaeth Mapes.

Witnesses: William Davis, John Maxwell. Proved July 27, 1714."



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