Died
at about age 37
in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
Peter Hepburn may have been born in Abbeymilne, Scotland as per an unsourced ancestry tree.
Peter Hepburn m. Fairfield 13 Mar 1726/7 Sarah Clark. Sarah was admitted to the church 5 May 1728[1]
His will is dated 16 June 1738 at Stratford, CT and proved on 4 January 1742/43 in Fairfield. Named wife Sarah to have one part of the lands, eldest son Joseph to have a double portion more that the other children Peter, George, Sarah. He names a Sarah Navol or Newal (sp?) to have 15 pounds when aged 18...lives with me. He names wife Sarah as sole executrix. Wits Jo and Martha Thompson and Prudence Wells. [2]
The distribution of his estate was recorded on 4 April 1744. Fairfield, CT.[3]
Sources
↑ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Vol 33.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W34 : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 104, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 186-187.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W63 : 20 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 391-392, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 182-183.
Page 45: "In 1761 Peter Hepburn, ferryman, was granted the right to keep a public house and tavern at the ferry. From that time until the building of the present Washington Bridge in 191 9, there was always a tavern at that location."
Page 46-47: "As early as 1674 the town had taken the first step toward establishing a ferry house and boat on the Milford side of the Milford-Stratford ferry, when it sequestered forty acres of land for the purpose... A boat was provided in 1759, Peter Hepburn being the first Milford ferryman..."
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