Lieutenant William Barton of Morris County, New Jersey: And His DescendantsVaile Press, 1900 - 148 pages |
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Lieutenant William Barton of Morris County, New Jersey: And His Descendants William Eleazar Barton No preview available - 2022 |
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Abigail America ancestry April bequeath unto Berea College Bible Boston brother Bushnell Capt Captain colony Congregational Church Conn Daniel daughter Davenport David David Webb descended died eldest Eleazar Barton Elizabeth England Esther Treat father Gabriel Green George give and bequeath Goodrich Guilford Hannah Haven Helen Hoyt Hubbard Illinois Jacob Bostedo James Jane Jersey Joseph July June June 29 King Philip's War Knox Grove land Lewis Bushnell Lieut lived March March 15 Margaret Henderson married Mary McLaren Merrill Methven Milford Monmouth County Morris County mother neighbors Ohio Patterson Portrait prairie Pratt Rachel Barton Rebecca record Regiment regt Richard Richard Bryan Samuel Clark Sarah Saybrook Sept settled Shanger soldier Stamford Stephen Sublette Thomas Treat Bushnell Webb Wethersfield Whiteside County widow wife William Barton William Eleazar William Methven
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Page 44 - I hereby appoint sole executrix of this my last will and testament ; hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
Page 44 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Page 117 - The shad and alewive fisheries. Whereupon Wisely and well spake Abraham Davenport, Straight to the question, with no figures of speech Save the ten Arab signs, yet not without The shrewd dry humor natural to the man : His awe-struck colleagues listening all the while, Between . the pauses of his argument, To hear the thunder of the wrath of God Break from the hollow trumpet of the cloud.
Page 44 - The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits...
Page 117 - I am against an adjournment. The day of Judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment : if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.
Page 85 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 44 - ... to be his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof the said testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory as far as this deponent knows and as he verily believes and that Samuel P.
Page 45 - Neighbour— the executors therein named, proved the same before me, and are duly authorized to take upon themselves the administration of the estate of the testator, agreeably to the said will.
Page 14 - Meg," his hawk, on his wrist, and has a horse called " Bayard " and another called " Py " ; and perhaps also John Barton of Holme beside Newark, the proud stapler who set as a
Page 117 - And there he stands in memory to this day, Erect, self-poised, a rugged face, half seen Against the background of unnatural dark, A witness to the ages as they pass, That simple duty hath no place for fear.