I should have said that Nathaniel Brittain died before 3 Feb 1803. That was actually the date that Letters of Administration were granted. Sorry about that! I got the date of Samuel's birth from his tombstone at Find A Grave. I'll have to get the Probate file out later when I have more time. As I remember, it's about 18 large pages with a drawing of Nathaniel's land, and, if I remember, the surveyors gave each heir a tiny strip of the small portion of land that had already been cleared for cultivation, and a chunk of the uncleared land. Not a very workable solution! There wasn't much information of a genealogical nature, except for the names of heirs and widow. There may have been an inventory. Anyone can send for a copy from the NJ archives. I've sent for quite a few of these for my NJ ancestors. When there's a will (there wasn't one in this case), they usually send you copies of both the clerk's copy and the original. I like getting to see my ancestors signatures on the originals! Carol Anne On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Sally Shreeve <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not sure who the parents are.  The two sets I think might be are John > Brittain (son of Nathaniel Brittain and Elizabeth Gerritsen) and Rachel Wall > or Nicholas Brittain and his wife (name unknown) that I have seen some > believe is his father.  Wish I could be of more help.  I have no proof as to > what is correct.  Thanks for the date for Samuel; I didn't have that. > Sally Shreeve > > > I should add that, although I have found no other information on > Nathaniel, his wife was born 11 Oct 1740, in Hopewell Township, > Hunterdon Co., NJ, so one might guess that Nathaniel would have been > born around 1740 or earlier. I have so far found a date of birth for > only one of Nathaniel's children, the youngest, Samuel, who was born > 17 Mar 1779, according to his tombstone. The only record I have been > able to get a hold of for Nathaniel Brittain is his probate file. > > Carol Anne > > > > >> Hello Sally, >> >> Would you happen to have any information on a Nathaniel Brittain? I >> have never been able to discover who his parents were. He married >> Thisbe Anderson. He died in Hunterdon County, NJ on 8 Feb 1803. His >> children were Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary, Francina (Frankey), John, >> Nathaniel, Cornelius, William, Anderson, and Samuel. >> >> Carol Anne >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Sally Shreeve wrote: >>> I have four Rachel Brittains in my data base born about the same time. I >>> am interested in whether I have the correct dates for them. If you have >>> any different information, please let me know. >>> >>> Rachel Brittain >>> 29 Dec 1724 - 14 Feb 1814 or 2 Oct 1814 >>> Parents: Nathaniel Brittain and Elizabeth Saunders >>> Married Issac Bullew or Billiou >>> I doubt these both died the same day, so probably one is incorrect >>> Rachel Brittain or the 2 Oct 1814 is correct. >>> 2 Oct 1724 - 14 Feb 1814 >>> Parents: Nathaniel Brittain and Elizabeth Gerritsen >>> >>> Rachel Brittain >>> 1 Mar 1723 or 1 Mar 1724 >>> Parents: Benjamin Brittain and Maude Latourette >>> >>> Rachel Brittain >>> abt 1724 - 25 Apr 1748 >>> Parents: Nicholas Brittain and Frances stillwell >>> Married Thomas Dongan >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Sally Britton Shreeve >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >