(Information abstracted from PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) MSA S538 Liber 31 1760-1764)
Liber 31, folio 1 - 13 Aug. 1758
SUMMERS, JOHN, Somerset Co.
- To David Summers, eldest son, part of Marsh Pasture.
- To dau. Mary Ward, son Benjamin Summers, & [son?] Lazarus Summers, 1 sh. apiece.
- To grdson Isaac Summers, at age 16, a heifer.
- To dau. Deborah Sterling, a linen wheel.
- To grddau. Grace Sterling, at age 10, a yearling heifer.
- To son Richard Summers, a yoke of oxen & part of land & marsh, & if he d. s. p., to son Isaac Summers.
- To wife, Joannah Summers, for life, all my g. & c., & on her d., equ. div. among Richard, Isaac, & Betty Summers, my sons & dau.
Witn: Cornelius Ward, George Summers, Jonathan Martin.
--- Nov. 1760, sworn to by Ward & Martin.
Extrs: Richard & Isaac Summers.
[Note: not all individual identified at this time.]
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[Identifies Grace Sterling as a daughter of Deborah Sterling and granddaughter of John Summers.]
