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NEW JERSEY COLONIAL
DOCUMENTS
CALENDAR OF WILLS

Note: Database RIN or Record Numbers are enclosed in { } brackets.

1730-1739

1732, Nov 24 -- Wright, John, of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., blacksmith; will of.
Wife, Orka (or Orcha). Children-Harmanus, John, Hannah, William, Elizabeth, Katherine and Affea. Wife, executrix.
Witnesses-Daniel Woolverton, Ruth Woolverton, Samuel Green. Proved May 3, 1732. Lib. 3, p. 305.

1732, Dec 1 -- Wright, John, {11157} of Burlington Co.,; will of.
Elizabeth Branson and her son David, that part of the saw mill I had of Thomas Fox. Personal estate of said Thomas Fox to the next six following children of Elizabeth Branson. Son, Samuel, 20 acres adjoining Thomas Earl, late widow Fox and Preserved Brown. Daughter, Mary, under age. Remainder of estate to wife, Abigail. Executors -friends, John Steward and Benjamin Kirby. Witnesses-Tho. Earl, John Marshall, Wm. Cooke. Proved Feb 13, 1732-3. Lib. 3, p. 301.

1732, Dec 29 -- Inventory (£159.17.6) includes Bible. Made by John Holcomb and Samuel Green.

1732-3, Jan 5 -- Inventory, £356.14.3; made by Wm. Cooke and Will Montgomery. Includes bond payable March 1, 1729, for £100; bond of Rob't Lawrence (£15), and debts of Tho. Fox Estate and Anthony Woodward.

1733, April 30 -- John Steward and Benjamin Kirby refusing executorship, Abigail Wright, widow, appointed administratrix, with Benjamin Kirby and Silas Crispin of Burlington, Taylor, fellow bondsmen.

1736, July 2 -- Account of Abigail Wright. {11158} Paid Ann Lamb, Sarah Cutler, Samuel Wright, Robert Hulitt, Wm. Coates, Thos. Hough, Mathew Champion, Joseph Arney (debt due his father, John Arney), Thos. Leonard, Wm. Cooke, Peter Bard, Thomas Dikes, David Curtis, Preserved Brown, Jun'r, Gilel Faizer, Margaret Stelle, Robert Lawrence, George Harrison, John Ryno, Samuel Lovett, Josiah White, Dan'l Smith, Thos. Harrison. Dubious debts due from Nicholas Mills, dec'd, Nich's Martineaux, who hath been many years removed to a distant colony, Rich'd Croxall, Thos. Fox, deceased, Jon. Wright (legatee), Wm. Webster, Thos. King, Thomas Lovelattey, who ran away, and Thos. Harrison.

1736, Sept 18 -- Wright, John, of Gloucester Co.; will of
Wife, Elizabeth, executrix. Sons-John, the 100 acres he lives on; Richard, personal estate after death of my wife. Witnesses- Tobias Holloway, Thomas Edgerton, Robert Stephens. Affirmed 9 Dec 1736.

1736, Oct 30 -- Wright, Richard, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of.
Children - Abner, Jeremiah, Richard, David (a minor), and Mary. Real and personal estate. Executors - wife,Sarah, and Joseph FitzRandolph.

    Witnesses:
    - Joseph FitzRandolph
    - Solomon Tharp
    - Charles Murray
Proved Dec 5, 1736. Lib. C, p. 133.

1736, Nov 29 -- Inventory, £265.07.2; made by Tobias Holloway, Robert Stephens. Lib.4, p.78.

1737, Jan 10 -- Wright, Richard,(above 14), son of Jon. Wright, late of Gloucester Co., yeoman. Guardian-Joseph Ellis, of Newton Township. Bondsman-John Kaighin.

1737, Jan 10 Wright, Elizabeth, {18766}of Gloucester Co., widow (deceased during minority of Richard Wright, son). Int. Adm'r John Kaighin. Bondsman-Joseph Ellis. Both of Gloucester Co. Lib. 4, p. 126.


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