Ancestors of Bill and Kathy Awbrey

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1024. William AWBREY

Brief Lives - Author: John Awbrey - Publisher:Claredon Press


1088. Christopher DEADMON

will probed 4 Jun 1679, York Co, VA
was in Virginia by 1648, York Co


1376. Thomas APPLEGATE

born c1632; died 1699. He married (1)_______, born ; died ; (2) to Joanna Gibbons, born ; died after 1699, daughter of Richard Gibbons, who was one of the twelve patentees of Monmouth Co., NJ. He apparently moved to New Jersey sometime in the 1660's as his cattle mark was recorded in the town book of Middletown on Jan. 4, 1668. On Mar. 8, 1674, Thomas petitioned along with his brother, Bartholomew for land in the Neversinks. On Apr. 21, 1676, John Fenwick gave a deed to Thomas Applegate, weaver, of New Shrewsberry, NJ for 600 acres in Fenwick's Colony. There was a second deed on Sept. 20, 1677 to Thomas Applegate of the Falls in New Shrewsberry in NJ, weaver, of 480 acres in the allotment of Cohanzick along the Marsh, part of Edward Boarnes 2000 acres. On Oct. 19, 1677, he secured by a quit-claim deed, two hundred and forty acres of upland and meadow in Shrewsbury Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ. There are records that he served on jury duty in Middlesex Co., NJ. On Feb. 14, 1679, Thomas Applegate along with 12 others obtained a charter to hunt whales. He made his will on Feb. 1, 1698 and it was proved on Mar. 29, 1699; his death must have occured between these dates, probably in Feb. 1699. His wife, Joanna and her father, Richard Gibbons, were the executors of his estate.


1408. William HILLS

Hale, House & Other Families by Jacobus
sailed from Bristol England 24 Jun 1632 on "Lyon", arrived Boston Harbor
15 Sep 1632

From -- A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. 1677 to 1687. Page 143-4-5 Name: William Hills, Sen. Location: Hartford Died July, 1683. Invt. £ 274-00-02. Taken August, 1683, by Bevel Waters, Nath. Willett, Townsmen. Will dated 21 February, 1680-1. I William Hills sen., of Hoccanum, within the Township of Hartford, doe make this to be my Last Will & Testament: And in the first place, after my death, I desire my Executors & Overseers to take care for a decent Burial, & my desire is that due care be taken for payment of all my just debts. Imprimis. My will is that my wife Mary Hills & my son Jonathan Hills be Joynt Executors of this my will. My will is that my wife shall have the use of the one halfe of my housen & Lands that I now live in and upon, & the halfe of all my stock, catle & moveables during her naturall life, which sayd Lands are 8 acres on the east side of my dwelling house & about 18 acres of the west side of my sayd house. I give to my wife the use of one halfe of 17 rods wide of unimproved Lands Lying on the east end of the foresayd 8 acres which runneth to the east end of the 3 mile Lotts, during her Life. I give and bequeath, & my will is, that my sonn Jonathan Hills shall have the other full halfe of the foresayd housen and Lottments with their appurtenances, & my will is that after my wive's Decease I doe give the whole and full of that Land left in her hand to my son Jonathan Hills & to his heirs forever, with all catle, Stock & moveables, to have and to hold forever. And Whereas I have one Lott of Twenty-five rods broad abutting on the widdow Andrews house lott on the West, running to the end of the 3 mile Lotts east, abutting on the country Highway on the south, & on the widdow Andrews Lott North, that she bought of Deacon Wm. Holton, One Third part of said Lott being taken off which I have sould to Mr. William Pitkin, the other Two parts thereof Left and remaining in my hands I give and bequeath Two Thirds thereof to my Daughter Mary Hills and her heirs for ever, and the other Third of ye foresayd Two parts I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hanna Kilbern, to her and her heirs forever. And Whereas there is a consederable part of that Land I bought of Thomas Hosmore of Hartford, Lyeing in & within the south division, wch I have not yet taken up, I doe give that sayd Land (about six score acres, abutting on Benjamin Hills & Joseph Hills there Lotts on the west, & abutting on James Curtice on the south, & on my Land on the North, running east to the end of the 3 mile Lotts), my will is, & I bequeath, the sayd Land & all of it to my sonn William Hills, to my son John Hills, to my son Joseph Hills, & to my son Benjamin Hills, to my daughter Sarah Ward, & to my daughter Susannah Kilbourn, to be divided by an equal proportion to each child, & their heirs forever; & at the death of my sonn William Hills the proportion given to him I give and bequeath to my grand sonn, the eldest sonn of my son William, whoe is of the same name to him, and to his heirs forever. Farther, my will is, that within one yeare after the death of my wife, Mary Hills, that my son Jonathan Hills shall pay out of the Estate the just & full sume of Ten pounds to my daughter Mary Hills. And my will is that all my Land given to my children shall forever & att all times hereafter contribute & pay a Just proportion of all rates, dues & Leases required toward the Mayntenance of the ministry of that particular Church within the Township of Hartford which my overseers of this my will & Testament shall by their Joynt act in writeing under their hands agree upon. I doe desire Major John Talcott, Mr. Jonathan Gilbert & Corporal Gilbert to be my overseers with full power to fill vacancies in case of the death of any of them. Farther I doe desire & will that the revenues of the Lands in Farmington that I have right unto by & in right of my wife, that it be duly demanded & received for the help of my wife, & desire my overseers with my Executors to take care about the same, which is the final conclusion of this my Last Will & Testament. Pr me William Hill., sen., Ls. Witness: John Hill, Thomas Kilbourn, John Gilbert. Court Record, Page 76--6 December, 1683: Will Proven. Phillis: Statement in Will of Richard Lyman probated 1640 at Hartford, Ct, that "Phillis, the wife of William Hills" received a Legacy.


1409. Mary ARNOLD

First Families of America V 6,pg 801


1412. Thomas LOVELAND

Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from
1635 to 1892 by J.B. and George Loveland

Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from
1635 to 1892 by J.B. and George Loveland

It seems to have escaped prior notice that a sixth sister, Charity Hart, had married Thomas2 Loveland, son of the "widow Lovenam" of Wethersfield (modern Glastonbury), the other administrator of Elisha Hart's estate in 1683. On 20 May 1678, Thomas Loveland "of Wethersfield," for twenty bushels of wheat, sold to John Root of Westfield land "which fell to him the said Loveman {sic} by the decease of Edmund Hart formerly of the said Westfield." The deed recites that the land was Loveland's "proper right by his present wife Charity daughter to the said Edmund Hart Deceased and whatever was willed and ordered by Springfield Court to be the portion of my Said wife out of his Fathers estate." Witnesses John Chester Jr. and Steven Chester were Wethersfield men. Thomas and Charity "Loveman" both signed by marks.

Thomas Loveland of Glastonbury for natural love to son John Loveland of Glastonbury 5 acres with dwelling house. Bounded on highway west, on John Hubbard south and east, and Ephrain Goodrich North. Thomas Loveland has use of house and land for life. 2 April 1707. Thomas T(his mark) Loveland Wit: John Kilbourn,Thomas Kimberley Acknowledged Nov. 8,1700 [?]
1700 to 1712 Thomas Loveland Senor Detter for many blacksmith services and Thomas Loveland Credit many hides tanned. The account went from just Thomas to Thomas & John to almost all John. One of the last entries Nov. 1710 making an iron box for your father Williams. Although not stated this refers to John Lovelands father-in-law [the father of Keziah Williams -

Genealogy of the Loveland Family in the United States of America from
1635 to 1892 by J.B. and George Loveland

It seems to have escaped prior notice that a sixth sister, Charity Hart, had married Thomas2 Loveland, son of the "widow Lovenam" of Wethersfield (modern Glastonbury), the other administrator of Elisha Hart's estate in 1683. On 20 May 1678, Thomas Loveland "of Wethersfield," for twenty bushels of wheat, sold to John Root of Westfield land "which fell to him the said Loveman {sic} by the decease of Edmund Hart formerly of the said Westfield." The deed recites that the land was Loveland's "proper right by his present wife Charity daughter to the said Edmund Hart Deceased and whatever was willed and ordered by Springfield Court to be the portion of my Said wife out of his Fathers estate." Witnesses John Chester Jr. and Steven Chester were Wethersfield men. Thomas and Charity "Loveman" both signed by marks.

Thomas Loveland of Glastonbury for natural love to son John Loveland of Glastonbury 5 acres with dwelling house. Bounded on highway west, on John Hubbard south and east, and Ephrain Goodrich North. Thomas Loveland has use of house and land for life. 2 April 1707. Thomas T(his mark) Loveland Wit: John Kilbourn,Thomas Kimberley Acknowledged Nov. 8,1700 [?]
1700 to 1712 Thomas Loveland Senor Detter for many blacksmith services and Thomas Loveland Credit many hides tanned. The account went from just Thomas to Thomas & John to almost all John. One of the last entries Nov. 1710 making an iron box for your father Williams. Although not stated this refers to John Lovelands father-in-law [the father of Keziah Williams -


1432. Richard STRATTON

"Richard Stratton was born in Concord, Mass., in 1664. '1664. Richard son of Samewell Stratton & Mary his wife born 27. desem.' He seems to have left his native town while quite a young man. He was at Charlestown for a while, and in Boston and Andover, and then settled at Chelmsford where he owned land and a mill. In the records he is styled 'Mr. Richard Stratton, miller.' January 6, 1686, he married Naomi (Hoyt) Lovejoy of Andover. She died December 8, 1687, seven days after the birth of their son Ichabod. Twelve years later, April 8, 1699, Richard married Margaret Sheaf, who was born in Charlestown, May 12, 1673. His will is at Cambridge Courthouse. It is dated March 4, 1724, and proved the following year. His widow, Margaret, married a Mr. Parker, and died in 1750."