THOMAS, the second son of Richard Betts and Joanna Chamberlain, married in 1683 Mercy Whitehead, daughter of Major Daniel Whitehead and Abigail Stevenson.
The will of Thomas Betts of Newtown, Queens, NY, dated 29 June 1709 and proved 23 September 1709. The abstract reads: "Devised to wife Mary life use of his estate & lands between the road to Capt. Betts & the road to Hell Gate; she to pay L50 to two eldest daughters Mercy Hazard & Abigail Betts, when Abigail is eighteen. To son Richard the land willed me by my father Richard at Mespatt Kills. To sons Thomas & Daniel the homestead, when of age, they to pay L25 to each of their sisters, viz: Mercy Hazard, Abigail Betts, Joannah Betts, Mary Betts, Elizabeth Betts & Deborah Betts, when they reach 21. Executors: wife & son Richard. Overseers: John Berrien & John Stevenson."
source: History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the ..., Volume 3 By William Watts Hart Davis, p. 515
The will of Thomas Betts of Newtown, Queens, NY, dated 29 June 1709 and proved 23 September 1709. The abstract reads: "Devised to wife Mary life use of his estate & lands between the road to Capt. Betts & the road to Hell Gate; she to pay L50 to two eldest daughters Mercy Hazard & Abigail Betts, when Abigail is eighteen. To son Richard the land willed me by my father Richard at Mespatt Kills. To sons Thomas & Daniel the homestead, when of age, they to pay L25 to each of their sisters, viz: Mercy Hazard, Abigail Betts, Joannah Betts, Mary Betts, Elizabeth Betts & Deborah Betts, when they reach 21. Executors: wife & son Richard. Overseers: John Berrien & John Stevenson."
source: History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the ..., Volume 3 By William Watts Hart Davis, p. 515
THOMAS, the second son of Richard Betts and Joanna Chamberlain, married in 1683 Mercy Whitehead, daughter of Major Daniel Whitehead and Abigail Stevenson.
The will of Thomas Betts of Newtown, Queens, NY, dated 29 June 1709 and proved 23 September 1709. The abstract reads: "Devised to wife Mary life use of his estate & lands between the road to Capt. Betts & the road to Hell Gate; she to pay L50 to two eldest daughters Mercy Hazard & Abigail Betts, when Abigail is eighteen. To son Richard the land willed me by my father Richard at Mespatt Kills. To sons Thomas & Daniel the homestead, when of age, they to pay L25 to each of their sisters, viz: Mercy Hazard, Abigail Betts, Joannah Betts, Mary Betts, Elizabeth Betts & Deborah Betts, when they reach 21. Executors: wife & son Richard. Overseers: John Berrien & John Stevenson."
source: History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the ..., Volume 3 By William Watts Hart Davis, p. 515
The will of Thomas Betts of Newtown, Queens, NY, dated 29 June 1709 and proved 23 September 1709. The abstract reads: "Devised to wife Mary life use of his estate & lands between the road to Capt. Betts & the road to Hell Gate; she to pay L50 to two eldest daughters Mercy Hazard & Abigail Betts, when Abigail is eighteen. To son Richard the land willed me by my father Richard at Mespatt Kills. To sons Thomas & Daniel the homestead, when of age, they to pay L25 to each of their sisters, viz: Mercy Hazard, Abigail Betts, Joannah Betts, Mary Betts, Elizabeth Betts & Deborah Betts, when they reach 21. Executors: wife & son Richard. Overseers: John Berrien & John Stevenson."
source: History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania: from the discovery of the ..., Volume 3 By William Watts Hart Davis, p. 515
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