Will of George Bradshaw - 1692


Captain GEORGE BRADSHAW. "In the name of God, Amen. I, Captain George Bradshaw, of New York, Gentleman, being sicke, Do make this my last will and testament.

I leave to my sister Susannah Bradshaw alias Wentworth, of Doncaster, in the Co. of Yorke, England, widow, for the use of my son Richard, all sums she may obtain by virtue of a letter from me to her, out of the estate of Owen Fritton, late of Gardins in Wales. She paying to my loving wife Elizabeth $100. Leaves all rest of his estate to his wife.

Dated November 4, 1692. Witnesses, Peter Jacobs Marius, Silvester Salisbury, John Basford.

Proved by the affidavits of the above witnesses, January 16, 1693, and is confirmed. Davis Jamieson, Dep. Sec.

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notes

Will printed in Abstract of Wills, vol. XXV (1892), p. 211. However, also uncovered in the same source: Letters of Administration were granted to Elizabeth as "Captain George Bradshaw lately died intestate" on November 17 [same year].

Will abstract transformed from an online resource by SB


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