Children... iii. Thomas, b. say 1628 (adult by 20 Dec 1650 [NS] when "Thomas Aplegate Junionr" purchased land in Gravesend from Randall Huett [Gravesent TR 1:50]; m. Joanna Gibbons, daughter of Richard Gibbons. (On 9 October 1678, "Richard Gibbons of Midletowne, freeholder," deeded to "Thomas Aplegate Senior of the Falls, inhabitant," "one hundred acres in or upon a certain place called the Nutt Swamp" [East Jersey Deeds AII: 142]. In his will of 1 Feb 1698/9, "Thomas Appell[gate] of Midlton in East Jersey" bequeathed to "my son Benjamine fifty acres of land" and to "my son Richard & his heirs fifty acres of land which aforementioned hundred acres I had of my father-in-law Richard Gibbons"; he also bequeathed to "my loving wife Johanna" [East Jersey Deeds G:1]. On the basis of this will, Stillwell concluded that Johanna was a second wife and only Benjamin and Richard were her children, a possible but not a necessary conclusion.)
