1693 John Taylor, son in law to Daniel Whitehead owned land called Dosoris which he got from Daniel Whitehead. [1]
1709 Mr Urquhart dated his will on August 29, and died within a few days. He bequeathed to wife Mary Urquhart "all my estate in America, both real and personal, of what nature or kind what so ever it be" and named his "well-beloved wife, Mary Urquhart, my sole and whole executrix of this my last will and testament". Mary continued to reside in the parsonage after his death. [2]
A biosketch of Mary Whitehead, daughter of Daniel Whitehead reports [3] [4]:
Mary Whitehead, married (1st) John Taylor, of Oyster Bay; (2d) Thomas Burroughs; (3d) Rev. William Urquhart, the English church missionary to Jamaica, Long Island, from 1704 to 1709. By her first husband, Mary Whitehead had a daughter, Abigail Taylor, born 1695, married in 1714, Rev. Benjamin Woolsey (grandson of George Woolsey, of Yarmouth, England), who lived at Dosoris, Long Island, a homestead that John Taylor had bought of Major Daniel Whitehead. Abigail Woolsey died March 29, 1771. By her second husband Mary Whitehead had a daughter, Mary Burroughs, mentioned in Major Daniel Whitehead's will.
1710 Daughter Abigail Taylor and Benjamin Woolsey were married in 1710 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York. [5]
A biosketch of Benjamin Woolsey, spouse of daughter Charity reports: Abigail Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Mary Whitehead, was born in 1695. Abigail Taylor was married to Joel Barrow and Benjamin Woolsey. They had children named Abigail Woolsey, Mary Woolsey, Hannah Woolsey, Benjamin Woolsey, Sarah Woolsey, and Melancthon Taylor Woolsey. Abigail Taylor died on March 29, 1771 in Stamford, Connecticut. [6]
[1] Eugene L. Armbruster., Long Island : its early days and development, 32, bottom, middle column, [HathiTrust].
[2] Henry Onderdonk, Antiquities of the Parish Church, Jamaica (including Newtown and Flushing) (Jamaica, NY: Charles Welling, 1880), 23-24, [GoogleBooks].
[3] John R. Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson of London, England, and his Descendants (1902), 133, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Benjamin W. Dwight, The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. Vol. 1, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].