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- ↑ Hannah was named in her mother's will dated 6 Sep 1709 as my deceased daughter Hannah Wilson. Of the six pounds to Hannah's children, "my grandson Nathanael Wilson hath received forty shillings already, which shall be reputed his full share, the remaining four children shall have twenty shilling apiece". The 4 other children are not specifically named, except for a later reference to granddaughter Elizabeth Wilson and her 2 sisters. [Middlesex Probate 12418] The accounting of executors Thomas Oliver and Edward Jackson show payment of legacies to Elizabeth Wilson, Hannah Wilson, Susan Wilson, and Edward Wilson (Nathaniel Wilson having already received his portion), and the file includes receipts signed by all four. This would appear to account for the five children whose births are a found in the Newton VRs.
In the probate file for Susannah Wilson [Middlesex Probate 25196] in 1746, a petition signed by Susanna's brothers Nathaniel and Edward identifies Abigail Mellen as a half-sister in claiming Richard Mellen has no right to be Susanna's administrator. In addition, another petition by Mary Bridges, Relief Pike (and Moses Pike), and Thankful Glesen (and Isaac Glesen), calling themselves sisters (and brothers in Law) to the deceased (Susanna), complain about Richard Mellen as administrator, he allegedly being in debt to Susanna and therefore not a good choice to be her administrator. The confusing wording of the second petition is presumably the basis for Barry including those three daughters as Nathaniel's children "by the same wife", i.e., by his first wife Hannah. No record of the births of these three sisters is found, and they do not seem to fit into the accounting of the grandmother's will, nor is it easy to see how their births could all fit prior to the father's remarriage. In fact, estimated births, based on age at death or time of marriage, seems to suggest they were indeed born after the father's remarriage. Careful reading of their petition shows they, unlike Nathaniel and Edward, never refer to Abigail's relationship to the deceased, and so it appears they are actually half-sisters of Susanna themselves, just like Abigail. Barry was confused because they used the term sister, and sided with her full-blooded brothers. - ↑ Source:Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Roxbury Land and Church Records, p. 183, records the burial on 4 Mar 1680 of "a new born infant of [blank] Wilson". It is not known if this belongs to Nathaniel and Hannah.
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