Lt. Rufus Hawkins was granted to administer the personal estate of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth (Howland) Saunders of Smithfield who died on 5 May 1753.[1]
Sources
↑ Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts. Notes: "Abstracts Copied From Council and Probate Records 2," page 14. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649952_00039.
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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