Person:William Yeaw (4)

LAND: The Yaw -Yeaw Family in America The Yaw - Yeaw Family Society 1962 Page 9 William Yeaw purchased land in Scriba Patent, Oswego Co.,N.Y., 1823 In 1830 William and Sally (Knight) Yeaw deeded land in Oswego Co., to Mary Brownell, probably the same above mentioned land.

BIOGRAPHY: The Yaw -Yeaw Family in America The Yaw - Yeaw Family Society 1962 Page 149 Will of Gideon Brownell; 1827, " to daughter Nancy Yeaw one dollar after decease of her mother and to have a home with her mother together with her three children as long as she remains single and in case she outlives her mother she shall still have a home there as long as she remains single."

From the above it is clear that Nancy Brownell had m. William Yeaw and in 1827 was divorced from him after having three children. She d. in 1828 and the three were left in the care of their grandmother. In 1823 Wm. Yeaw-4 (David-3, Joseph-2, David-1) purchased land in the Scriba Patente, Oswego Co., N.Y. Later he returned to Scituate, R.I. and m. Sally Knight. On 3 Dec. 1830 Wm. & Sally Yeaw deeded that land to Mary Brownell, widow of Gideon & Gideon, a son, both of Oswego, Tioga Co., N.Y. The deed, was signed in Scituate, acknowledged in Washington Co., N.Y. and registered in Oswego Co., N.Y.

From the circustances it seems that William Yeaw of Scituate, R.I., was the husband of Nancy Brownell, that there was a divorce, that he left his property in N.Y., returned to R.I., and shortly thereafter deeded his N.Y. land to Mary Brownell, probably as a trust for his one surviving dau., Lucy, although the deed does not specify that.