Martha, b. ca 1712, m. Benjamin Merrell, inherited mother's property on Minefords Island for life, entailed to her daughter Mary
Lewis, b. ca 1715, not in his mother's will. He removed to Nova Scotia, to join his son Benjamin a United Empire loyalist and died there.
Thomas, b. ca 1716, probably died before 1771, as not in his mother's will
Benjamin, b. ca 1718, succeeded his brother Joseph as proprietor of Minneford's
Rebecca died in Westchester in 1771, age about 89. In her will dated October 18, 1771, she calls herself a "widow . . . advanced in years." She leaves legacies to or otherwise mentions sons John, Philip, Benjamin and daughter Martha Merrell, plus John's daughters Rebecca, Esther, and Rachel, Martha's daughter Mary, grandson Joshua Pell, his daughter Sarah, and Anne daughter of Benjamin Palmer.[3]
Sources
↑ Davis, Norman, Westchester Patriarchs: a Genealogical Dictionary, (Bowie, MD. 1988, Heritage Books), p. 184
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