Was just checking out some surnames on this search site when I saw something very interesting.....(not my line however, I'm still trying to figure out the parents of Cornelius Bradley b. abt 1755 m. Mary Hogan Bradley, Maryland Revolutionary War soldier who ended up in Posey Co., Indiana. by way of KY?) Early New York Wills Database is free at this time http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3476.htm SAMUEL BRADLEY. "In the name of the Lord, Amen. This 5 day of July in ye year of our Lord 1693................. I will that all my goods and chattels be equally divided into three parts, amongst my loving father, Samuel Bradley, my brother in law, William Kidd, and my loving brother, Henry Bradley. And lastly ...my said brother in law, Captain William Kidd, to be executor. ~~~~ SOoo...William Kidd was hung in England in 1701 and became even more infamous with the publication of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island" ~Paula Morgan Larkin~