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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Per book below: "He was doubtless a bachelor. See his will, dated March 16th, 1753,; probated April 30th, 1753. He died between these dates.
Eliphalet Lockwood's will: 'In the name of GOD. Amen - I Eliphalet Lockwood of Greenwich, in Fairfield County, and Government of Connecticut, being in perfect mind, memory and understanding, blessed be GOD for the same, But considering ye certainty of death and ye uncertainty thereof, Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: First and principally I commit my Soul into ye hands of Almighty GOD, hoping thro' ye Merritts, Death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and to Inherrit everlasting life, and my Body I commit to ye Earth to be buried. And as touching such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty GOD to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth -
First: I will that all my just debts be fully paid and satisfied.
Item: I give and devise all my lands and movables to my two brothers Daniel Lockwood and Joseph Lockwood, they paying out of ye value of said lands to my sister Sarah Mead, ye sum of ₤20, current money of New York.
Item: I give to Nathaniel Adams and John Adams, children of my sister Abigail ye sum of ₤10 each when they shall arrive at ye age of 21 years, to be paid out of the value of my lands and moveables, ye same to be current money of New York.
Item: I give to my Sister Hannah's fist child Nattie which she had before she Married Titus Palmer, ye sum of ₤20, York money, when he shall arrive at ye age of 21 years to be paid out of my lands and movables.
Also I give to Netus Son of my Sister Elizabeth ye sum of ₤10 when he shall arrive at ye age of 21 years to be paid out of my lands and movables ye same to be York money.
And all ye rest and residue of my estate both real and personal, I give to my two brothers Daniel and Joseph, and do hereby appoint them full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament -
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16th March AD 1753. Eliphalet Lockwood (Seal) Signed Sealed published and declared in presence of us John Ham Strong, Seth Mead, Richard Budd."
MARRIAGE:
1. Unmarried.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia.
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