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Alice (Brittain) Coward (1707 - 1766)

Alice Coward formerly Brittain aka Britton
Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, Province of New Yorkmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1727 in Middleton, Burlington, New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 59 in Imlaystown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jerseymap
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Biography

13 Sep 1707 -- Alice Britton was born at Staten Island, Richmond County, Province of New York.[1] Alice was a daughter of Judge Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth Gerritsen.

1727 -- Alice Britton and John Coward married at ??

John and Alice Britton Coward had 12 children: daughters and sons.

Child: Joseph Coward
Child: Samuel Coward
Child: Elizabeth Coward
Child: Thomas Coward
Child: Jonathan Coward
Child: John Coward
Child: Joseph Coward
Child: Thomas Coward
Child: Alice Coward
Child: Deliverance Coward
Child: Patience Coward
Child: Rebekah Coward
Date: 1727
Place: Middleton, Burlington County, Province of New Jersey[2]

October 30, 1766 -- Alice Britton Coward died at Imlaystown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey.

October 31, 1766 -- Alice Britton Coward was buried at Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Imlaystown, Red Valley, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey. [3]

Alice Britton Coward's Find A Grave Memorial #48527128 " In / memory of / ALICE COWARD / wife of / Rev. John Coward, / who departed this life / October 30th 1766."

Sources

  1. findagrave.com
  2. #S2750
  3. #S3079
  • S2750. New Jersey Historical Society, compiler, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc. (Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901); "John Coward June 12, 1760 Location: Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. III 1751-1760 COWARD, John, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Alice. Children - John, Joseph, Jonathan, Thomas, Alice BROWN, Deliverence FITZ RANDOLPH, Patience, Rebeckah, and Elizabeth. Farm now occupied by son, John, bought of Jeremiah STILLWELL; home farm on North side of Burlington Path. Personal property. Executors - sons John and Joseph with James HOLMES. Witnesses - Richard HERBERT, Content HORNOR and Anthony WOODWARD, Jr. Proved Sept. 12, 1760. Lib. G, p. 295."
  • S50. Ancestral File Number MHCW-DL. Repository #R155 Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.
  • MyHeritage.com family tree 6800689-2; Ralph Stevens. Record ID Number MH:S31.
  • S3570. Charles Shepard, compiler. Hugh Coward's Descendants to the fourth generation (A Chart). Troy, New York: Charles Shepard. 1922. FamilySearch.org
  • john Matthews. Complete American Armoury and Blue Book : combining 1903, 1907 and 1911-23 editions. 1991. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company. Page 57B.

Acknowledgements

  • Britton-1230 was created by Audrey Kern through the import of deRos2.ged on May 23, 2015.
  • Brittain-57 was created by a GEDCOM import of berdine.GED on February 8, 2011.
  • These profiles were merged on 7 August 2015




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Your reference to findagrave shows her mother as Elizabeth Gerritsen which I believe is correct. It is possible she was a child of his first wife but I have never seen an Elizabeth Sayre as a wife of Nathaniel's except on this page. Is there a source for a Sayre as a wife?

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