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1730 The will of Richard Newberry, carpenter, of Philadelphia, was dated May 19, 1730 and was on proved June 13, 1730. The will named wife Dorothy; brother John; and cousins William and Jacob Newberry, Rebecca and Mary Newberry, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mercy Newberry. The executors were Dorothy Newberry, Patrick Imlay, and Jacob Newberry. [1] [2]

1730 Richard Newberry was buried on June 6, 1730 at Christ Church, Philadelphia. [3] [4]

1731 The Will of Dorothy Newberry, widow of Richard Newberry, carpenter, of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was dated April 7, 1731/2, and was proved on June 1, 1731. The will named sisters: Catherine Stout, Anne Hutchinson; brothers: William and Peter Simpson; cousins: John and Haskar Newberry; friends: Jenkin Jones, Jane Pearce; nurse: Alice Haig; brother-in-law: William Hutchinson; executrix: Anne Hutchinson; trustee: Jenkin Jones; witnesses: John Kearsley, Jno. Cadwalder. [5] [6] Dorothy Newberry was buried on April 9, 1731 in Philadelphia. [7] [8]

1731 Dorothy Newberry was buried on April 9, 1731 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [9]

1830-44 William Simpson was a jeweler in Philadelphia. [10]


Footnotes:

[1] USGenWeb Archives, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Will E-132, [USGenWeb].

[2] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819, [AncestryRecord].

[3] Charles R. Hildeburn, ed., Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Burials 1709-1760 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 5 (1881), at 464, [HathiTrust].

[4] Philadelphia Church Records, 1709-1760, [AncestryRecord].

[5] USGenWeb Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Will E-163, [USGenWeb].

[6] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/WilliamAnnHutchinson.htm).

[7] Charles R. Hildeburn, ed., Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Burials 1709-1760 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 5 (1881), at 464, [HathiTrust].

[8] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819, [AncestryRecord].

[9] Philadelphia Church Records, 1709-1760, [AncestryRecord].

[10] U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].