Tabitha Budlong (abt. 1746 - aft. 1763)

Born about 1746 in Rhode Island

Ancestors

Biography

She was the daughter of John Budlong and 1. Tabitha Pearce

Sources

Last Will and Testament of her father, John Budlong:

"To son John, all lands at Brush Neck, Warwick. To son Nathan, house and land where my son John lives. To son Pearce Budlong, land at Rocky Hill, Warwick. To sons William and James, three lots of land adjoining homestead, and rights at Otter Creek. ****To wife Renew,*** quarter of house and homestead while widow, and at her decease said quarter to be to sons Joseph, Benjamin and Stephen and the other three-quarters of homestead to these three sons at decease of testator. To sons John, Pearce, William and James, L500, each. To daughter Isabel Greene, wife of Elisha Greene, Jr., L500. To daughters Sarah and Tabitha Budlong, L500, each. To granddaughter Tabitha Greene, L50. To wife Renew, all household goods. His sons John, Nathan, Pearce, William, James, Benjamin, and Stephen, to each help maintain their brother Joseph, who hath had the misfortune to lose his sight. To son John, daughter Isabel Greene, son Nathan, daughter Sarah Budlong, sons Pearce, William, James, daughter Tabitha and sons Joseph, Benjamin and Stephen, all the rest of personal estate. Inventory, L14,269, 11s., 6d., viz: 15 Spanish milled dollars, 3 1/2 pistareens, and 1 English shilling (in Old Tenor) L108, 12s., wearing apparel L213, cash in Old Tenor and lawful money computed in Old Tenor (at the rate of 18 1/3 for 1), L251, 6s., bonds and notes L6,447, 17s., 6d., pewter, 6 large silver spoons, linen wheel, 2 churns, cider barrels, eel spear, 1,100 lb. tobacco, large bible, &c., a black mare, bull, pair of oxen, pair of steers, 8 heifers, 2 yearlings, 3 calves, 9 cows, 47 sheep, 9 shoats [young hogs], 18 fowls, &c." (Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 265); executor of his will was son John; buried at Historical Cemetery #74 in Warwick, Rhode Island, also known as the John Budlong Lot; dark stone headstone has winged head at top."