Nicholas Brittain (abt. 1703)

Born about 1703 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sally Shreeve [send private message]

Biography

Nicholas was born about 1703. He is the son of Nicholas Brittain and Frances Stillwell.^[1]

He is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Thomas Stillwell, but is not mentioned in the will of his father, Nicholas Stillwell, so he may have died prior to 1740.^[2]The will of his grandfather states, "I give and bequeath to my Daughter Frances now wife of Nicholas Brittin, 60 acres of land joyning to ye land that I now live on, as it is now in his possession during her natural life, and after her decease then to her son Nicholas Brittin & his heirs for ever he paying out of ye same unto his sister, Mary Brittin ye sum of 25 pounds current money of N.Y. at her age of 18 yrs.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Elmer Garfield Van Name, p. 33
2. ↑ John Stillwell, p. 282.
3. ↑ New York Historical Society Collections 1892, Abstract of Wills 1665-1707. Volume 1. Page 404.

• Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy, Early Generations from Somersetshire, England to Staten Island, New York. (Gloucester County Historical Society Publications, Oct. 1970)https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1903552, P. 33.

• John Stillwell, Stillwell Genealogy, Vol. 4, p. 282.

• Abstracts, New York Wills dated May 21, 1704.

Proved May 9, 1705. From New York Historical Society Collections 1892, Abstract of Wills 1665-1707. Volume 1. Page 404.