Family Group Sheet
NamePeter Stringham
SpouseAnne (---?---)
Children
Birth3 Apr 1676, Jamaica, Long Island, NY [666]
Deathaft Mar 1743, Gloucester Co, NJ
SpouseRichard Cheseman
Marriage10 Jan 1694, Hempstead, Long Island, NY [666]
Notes for Peter Stringham
Abstracts of Unrecorded Wills, Vol XI, Prior to 1790, pages 58 & 59:
In the name of God, Amen. I, PETER STRINGHAM, of Flushing, in Queens County,
on Long Island, yeoman, being very infirm in body. I leave to my wife Anne,
the use of all my estate during her life, but if she marries she shall give up
all. An inventory of all personal estate to be made. I leave to my oldest son,
Benjamin (if alive), 10, if he comes or sends for it within seven years. I
leave to my sons, Peter and Charles, each 5 shillings, they having received
their portion. I leave to my daughter Mary, a good bed with good furniture,
and two cows and 10, to make her equal with her married sisters. After the
death or marriage of my wife, I leave all movables to my five daughters,
Hannah, wife of Richard Cheeseman, Anne, wife of William Sexton, Mary, wife of
Adrian Hegeman, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Inman, and Sarah. After the death of
my wife all my lands are to be sold, and 1/2 of the money to my sons, Thomas
and Samuel, and 1/2 to my sons, William and James, and William is to have 2/3
of the half. I make my wife and my four sons, executors. And I admonish my
sons to be faithfull and obedient to their mother, and all my children to be
at unity, and to live at peace among themselves.
Dated August 6, 1726. Witnesses, Ichabod Lewis, Elias Doughty, Samuel Clowes.
Proved at Hempsted, February 13, 1727.
In the name of God, Amen. I, PETER STRINGHAM, of Flushing, in Queens County,
on Long Island, yeoman, being very infirm in body. I leave to my wife Anne,
the use of all my estate during her life, but if she marries she shall give up
all. An inventory of all personal estate to be made. I leave to my oldest son,
Benjamin (if alive), 10, if he comes or sends for it within seven years. I
leave to my sons, Peter and Charles, each 5 shillings, they having received
their portion. I leave to my daughter Mary, a good bed with good furniture,
and two cows and 10, to make her equal with her married sisters. After the
death or marriage of my wife, I leave all movables to my five daughters,
Hannah, wife of Richard Cheeseman, Anne, wife of William Sexton, Mary, wife of
Adrian Hegeman, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Inman, and Sarah. After the death of
my wife all my lands are to be sold, and 1/2 of the money to my sons, Thomas
and Samuel, and 1/2 to my sons, William and James, and William is to have 2/3
of the half. I make my wife and my four sons, executors. And I admonish my
sons to be faithfull and obedient to their mother, and all my children to be
at unity, and to live at peace among themselves.
Dated August 6, 1726. Witnesses, Ichabod Lewis, Elias Doughty, Samuel Clowes.
Proved at Hempsted, February 13, 1727.
