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Entered this 28th of Jan. 1701-2, by Sam'l Holly, recorder.
The following choice morceau, found in the New York colo- nial records of this date, will enable us to estimate the influence of Stamford, in what has since become the metropolis of the continent. It bears date, New York, November 28, 1700, and was written by the " Earl of Bellomont," to the English Lords of Trade, his masters. It will give us a pretty clear idea of the Yankee enterprise of at least one of the Stamford boys of that day. The record will also, reveal the natural results of the nearness of Stamford to the great metropolis of the country, in- dieating thus early in its history how strongly our business men are tempted towards the city.
" Theres a town called Stamford, in Conn. Colony, on the border of this province, where one Major Selleck lives, who has a ware house elose to the sea, that runs between the mainland and Nassau, (Long Island). That man does ns great mischief with his ware house, for he receives abundance of goods from our vessels, and the merchants afterwards take their opportu- nity of running them into this town. Major Selleck received at least £10,000 worth of treasure and East India goods, brought by one Clarke of this town from Kid's sloop, and lodged with Selleck."
CHAPTER XI.
NEW FAMILY NAMES BETWEEN 1660 AND 1775.
This chapter proposes to record the introduction of new fami- lies between 1660, to which date our fifth chapter brings down the list, and the opening of our revolutionary war. We shall, as in the former chapters on the settlers, give such account of these new families as we have been able to seeure. A few other names may appear in the text, but of persons probably tran- siently here. We regret a want of space which compels quite an abridgment from our original draft of this chapter on the pioneer names of these new families.
ARNOLD, Joseph, 1685, by vote of the town is allowed to set up a shop on the town lot, towards the northwest corner.
In 1688, with sneh help as he could command, he was found en- gaged in rigging up a brigantine under suspicious circumstances. They could not or would not report the object or destination of the craft. This, too, was at the time when the English govern- ment were continually finding fault with the New England colo- nies for allowing piratical expeditions to be fitted out in their harbors. The fathers of the town, against whom no suspicion of disloyalty or even remissness in eivil duty could be raised, at once issued their injunetion upon the proceeding. The mere faet that the cause for rigging up the brigantine was unknown, was the ground of the injunetion.
He is called mariner, on leaving home, Mar. 20, 1688-9. The record states that "being designed on a voyage to sea, by God's grace," he appoints his brother John and his loving friend
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Peter Chocke his attorneys. Several families of this name must have been here during the first half of the last century.
AYERS, Richard, sen. gives son Philip land, Dec. 19, 1705: and his house and use of land to son "Harence." Mary his wife died, Jan. 19, 1715-6. RICHARD, jr. said to be of Stamford, buys land, April 5, 1703, of Richard Scofield. He, or another of the same name, married, Abigail -, Dec. 18. 1712, and had a son John born in '14. The widow of Richard Ayres, married John Mott ; and in '35, John and Abigail Mott quit claim to their sons John and Ebenezer Ayres and their daugh- ter Mary Ayres, all their interest in the estate of their honored father Richard Ayres.
BAKER, Samuel 1775, buys of Wm. Budd Lueas, on Bald Ilill. The name disappears for three quarters of a century, to re-appear in Luke Baker. whose family now live on South St.
BANKS, John, 1730. This family have continued in the north west part of the old township until the present day.
BEACHGOOD, John and Hannah, had children born here : Mary, Nov. 18, 1721; Martha, March 6, '25 ; Peter, March 17 '26-7; Hannah, Sept. 8, '31.
BELDIN, John, 1691, is a partner with Jonathan Selleck in the purchase of the Pink Blossom, built in Stamford, by John Mills. This family was quite numerous and evidently had both means and influence about the middle of the last century.
BELLAMY, Matthew, teacher, buys land of Robert Usher in 1688, when he is said to be of Stamford. In 1670 he was hired to teach school ; and the town give him a house lot, binding hin to build on it within two years. The name soon disappeared from the roll of citizens.
BLACHLEY, Samuel, blacksmith, Ang. 15, 1695, buys land of Abraham Finch, and next year appears on the list of town offi- cials. In 1708 he is on the school committee. In 1714, he was voted the liberty of Mill river, above Northfield for a mill,
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if he will build on it within three years. In 1723 he had a shop near the meeting house ; and by 1730, he had made such progress in position as to be allowed the honored prefix, Mr. to his name. By his first wife, Abigail Finch, he had Samuel, Sarah, and Abigail ; and by the second whose name was Saralı, a Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1710. ITis death occurred Oet. 14, '56.
BLACKLEY, Joseph, 1736-7, married Abigail Hoyt. Children, Sarah, b. Sept. 20, '37, and Joseph, June 24, '39. The wife Abigail died, June 27, 1739.
This name is spelled Blatehely, Blachly, Blackesly, and in several other ways, making it difficult often to decide what family is indicated. The name appears often on the land re- cords of the town.
BLACKMAN, Josiah, married here, Aug. 5, 1714, Sarah Brown. Children, one who died Feb. 25, '14-15; Josialı, born in 16; Sarah, b. Oet. 15, 1718 ; Joseph, b. Nov. 5, 1719 ; Elizabeth, d April 11, 1730; Josiah, jr., d. Mar. 14, 1738-9. His name is several times on the list of town officials and his death is re- corded, June 17, 1747. His wife died, Aug. 16, '45.
BLANCHARD, William and Abigail, had children; Jacob, b. Feb. 28, 1744-5 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1746 ; William, b. Jan. 8, 1749-50, and a second Jacob, b. Feb. 5, 1752. He is among the officials of the town as early as 1751.
BOARDMAN, Israel, was here in 1724, when his "ear mark" was entered to him. An Israel Boardman, married here March 13, 1745-6, Mary Blackman. Children, one that was b. and d. same day, and Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1753.
BOOLOCH, Richard, then 66 years old, owned a farm here in 1677, which had been given by John Budd to his son-in-law, John Ogden.
BOSTWICK, Ephraim, purchased Dee. 3, 1745, of Peter Quin- tard of Norwalk, and Hannah Quintard and Nathaniel Hubbard of Stamford, the land of Isaae Quintard deceased.
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From similarity of names in their families he was doubtless a grandson of that Arthur Bostwick whom Savage brings with his son John from the county of Chester, Eng. to Stratford. Hle was probably a cousin of the Rev. Ephraim Bostwiek who was recorded here, as married to Mrs. Abigail Allen, March 1, 1738-9, and who was settled as pastor over the First Church in Greenwich, from 1730 to 1746. To this Rev. Ephraim, there were born and recorded here, Zachariah, b. Nov. 39, 1737 ; Ephriam, Oct. 25, 1741 ; Mary, Aug. 4, 1743; Abigail, Aug. 16, 1745; Ebenezer, March 14, 1749; William, April 19, 1751, and Samuel, July 29, 1753. Ephraim Bostwick seems to have been active and prominent in the school society.
BORDEN, Nathaniel is on the list of the town officers in 1737.
BOUTON, Richard, had died here June 27, 1665, when his will was probated. His wife Ruth had the use of his property, and at her death, if there should be any left, it was to go to his son John's son John.
John, 1722, is on the official list of the town, and Nathaniel is admitted an inhabitant the next year by vote of the town. John, jr., and Mary Pettit, m. Feb. 18, 1731-2. Children, Mary, b. Dec. 24, '32; Gold, b. Jan. 24, '33-4. This name has been quite numerous and furnished a good number of respect- able citizens.
BRIGGS, Daniel in 1707 had lands here. He had married, Nov. 24, 1704, Elizabeth Newman at Rye, and his daughter Sarah is recorded as seven years old, March 29, '12-13. They had a daughter Mary, b. Jan. 24, '16-17. The name has con- tinued until the present time though never very numerous.
BROOKER, Samuel, 1748, is on the official list of the town and for several years must have been quite active and prominent.
BRYAN, Samuel and Augustin had families here during the first half of the last century.
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CHESTER, Richard, tailor, in 1708-9 buys dwelling house here of Joseph Lockwood.
CHICHESTER, Daniel, 1722, married Abigail Bishop and had children .; Abraham, b. '25; Abigail, b. '27; Susannah, b. '33; and Daniel, b. '35.
CLEMENTS, William, 1671, seems to have succeeded Mr. Ri- der as teacher. In 1677 he is given a house lot if he and his " do forever maintain all the town fence lying by the two Nortlı- field gates, and for security the above land shall be bound for- ever." Clements, Widow Elizabeth, died here in 1727-8.
CLUGGSTON, John, 1721, takes his cattle mark. He and Eli- zabeth had children, Elizabeth, John, Ann, Deborah, Samuel, Mary, Abigail. He had been twice married.
CLOCK, John, was admitted an inhabitant by vote in 1725. He married Deborah Scofield, and had a daughter Catherine born, Jan. 6, 1725, and a son Albert, May 9, '29. This nanie is still in the eastern part of the old township.
COREY, Thomas, 1720, when the following children are re- corded to him and his wife Elizabeth ; Jane, six years old, Feb. 17th ; Mary, four years old, Oct. 6th, and Thomas, one year old, Feb. 10th.
CONKLIN, Cary, 1728, in north part of the town, has liberty to pay ministers rate in Bedford.
CRAWFORD, James and Abigail had children; John James, b. June 10, 1763, and d. April 21, '66 ; Joanna, b. Nov. 24, '65, and John, July 2, '67.
CRISSY, William, Jan. 16, 1666, testifies in the Stamford court. His son John was born in 1665 ; and probably it was his daughter Mary who died in 1658. In 1672, in a deed of land sold to Nicholas Webster, he is styled planter. This name has been both numerous and respectable.
CROSS, Nathaniel, 1673, was voted a home lot. In 1687, he buys of Ebenezer Mead of Greenwich, land in Stamford. In
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1693, John Cross of Windsor, sells his house and home lot in Stamford to his brother Nathaniel of Stamford.
CURTISS, Cornelius, Oct. 3, 1712, married Deborah Green. Timothy, in '47 was one of the school committee and promi- nent among the town officials afterward.
DAN, Francis, the first of this name in town, bought land of Isaac Finch, March 17, 1684-5. By his wife, Elizabeth, he had children, " born in Stamford;" Abigail, b. March 30, 1699 ; Re- becea, Aug. 25, 1706; Jonathan, Nov. 9, '09. This family set- tled in the north part of the town and gave name to a part of it.
DANIEL, (Daniels) Richard, married Bethiah Hoyt, March 1, 1750, and had a son Abraham, b. Sept. 24, '52.
DAVIS, John, 1709, is admitted by vote an inhabitant of the town.
DAVENPORT, Rev. John, the ancestor of this family eame here as our Chapter of Ecclesiastical history shows in 1693 ; and his family from that date have been prominent in the his- tory of the town. See Biog. Sketches ; and for an account of the descendants of Mr. Davenport, the first of the family here. uee also the Davenport Family, by A. B. Davenport, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
DELAVAN, Cornelius, was probably the first of this name here. HIe had property here in 1713, and his wife Deborah had son Timothy, b. July 29th, of the same year; and in '46 appears among the officials of the town. John Delevan must have been here about as early, as he had a son Cornelius born here in '15. The family settled in the northeast part of the town where the name is still respectably represented.
DEMILL, Peter, of French parentage, was here in business in 1703. He was evidently a man of means and of business en- ergy. He lived on the ground now occupied by the Congrega- tional Church. He died here in '22, when he was styled eap- tain. Peter, son, probably of the above, had son Peter, b.
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May 23, 1731, and son Abraham, Dec. 21, 1735. He and An- thouy Demill a brother, probably, in 1727, were granted the privilege of building a grist mill at the mouth of Mill river, twenty rods below where " Harriss's old mill" was. For several years the name was quite prominent in the records of the town ; and is still well represented among the business men of New York.
De FOREST, Anthony and Martha had son Reuben, b. Dec. 1755.
DIXON, John, married Ruth Hait of Norwalk, and had son John born here, Nov. 25, 1761. He married for his second wife, Rachel Sherwood of Stamford, and they had a son Hugh, b. Oct. 29, '70. The name is still found on our roll of citizens.
DREW, Dr. John, married here Feb. 4, 1714, Elizabeth Green. Mercy Drew, a daughter, probably of Dr. Drew, married here Jan, 8, '35-6, Jonathan Weed. (See list of physicians.)
DUFREES, John and Mary, and Stephen and Sarah had chil dren here between 1760 and '75. They were land owners here during the revolutionary war and occupied a part of "Bauld" Hill, Canaan parish.
EMERY, John, 1668, sells house and land to Richard Law.
FANCHER, John, and Emice Bouton, m. Nov. 19, 1736, '34, fireman, '47, buys land of John Jacklin, and in '50 is on the official list of the town. Hanna, m. Joseph Garusey, June 6, '28.
FOUNTAIN, Mary, dau. of Aaron and Mary, m. John Mills, of Stamford, Oct. 2, 1702.
Fountain, Sam. and Martha Scofield, m. Nov. 23. '74 Moses ; b. June 3, '76 ; Sam. b. June 4, '78.
Fountain Eneas and Elizabeth Smith, m. July1779 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 3, '80.
GAGER, Jeremiah, 1666, in the Court Records is said to be- 25 years of age; and John, has lands assigned him in 1667.
GALE, Joseph, a town officer in 1758. By wife Rebecca, he had children born between '32 and '44.
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GAYLOR, Jeremiah, the first of this name on the town records, had land assigned him in 1668. The name is still well repre- sented in our list of town officials, and in families of other names.
GOLD, John, is on the list of freemen in 1734, and sells land here in 1681. John, his son, probably married here, April 3, 170 7 IIannah Higginbotham. John sen. died in '02. This name is found often on the land records of the town for about fifty vears.
GORUM, George, the first of this family in Stamford, was liceneed to sail from New London to Barbadoes, with his sloop Hennah, in 1727.
He soon after this eame to Stamford and settled on the spot now owned by Capt. Isaac Weed, in Darien. He afterwards went down to the landing, near the mouth of Goodwin's river, where his descendants still remain.
In 1743, Capt. George Gorham, appears among the town offl- cials. He had married, in New Rochelle, July 20, '26, Hannah Banks ; the service being performed by " a Church of England Minister." Their children, recorded, were: Hannah, '28 : Puella, '30 ; Abigail, '31 ; Phebe, '35; Daniel, '37; Jonathan, '40; Sarah, '42; George, '44; Joseph, '45 ; and Deborah, '48.
GRAY, Daniel and Prudence Waterbury, married here, Nov. 15, 1765, and had daughter, Mary, b. May 18, '67. Joshua and Elizabeth Dibble, married, May 20, '66, and had daughter Abigail, b. Feb. 9, '69. The name disappears from the records soon after the close of the war.
HARRIS, Robert and Elizabeth, were hereabout 1710, and had several children.
RICKOX, Benjamin, was here in business in 1715. He married, Feb. 3, '13-4, Sarah Selleck, and had two children recorded to them, Abigail and Bethel.
HIGGINBOTTOM, Richard, 1696, buys land of Daniel Wescot. According to Savage, he had gone from New Haven to Eliza-
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bethtown, whenee he removed to Stamford. He was a tailor and had married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Munson, and had a daughter, Rebecca, b. Oet. 12, 1682. He married, Dec. 11, 5107, Youne Waterbury. At her death, in 1710, She is called Euniee. By vote of the town, Richard Higginbothom, is accept- ed an inhabitant Jan. 31. 1708-9.
HOBBY, John, 1663, had land bounded by William Habbard's of Greenwich, and is, probably, the ancestor of the families of this name in town. The names spelled Huby, Hoby, Hubbe, Hubey. Hubbey, and Hobbey.
How, John, 1710, married Comfort Finch ; Isaac and Eliza beth, had a son David, b. in 1720; Ebinezer, in '23, and James, '25. In '32, Isaac How was chosen ensign of the 1st company or trainband of Stamford.
HUBBARD, William, "formerly of Greenwich," bought lan here in 1697, and again in 1704-5, he buys another parcel, west of Mill river, on "Pepperwood Ridge." The name is spelled Hubert, and Hubbart. He was probably a grandson of George and Mary Hubburd, who came from England in 1635 or '36, and settled at Wethersfield. This George removed to Milford, and had a large family ; John, George, Daniel, William, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, Hannah and Elizabeth.
HULL, Josiah and Hanna, has son Samuel, b. March 2, 1740-1, the father being dead.
HUTTON, Samuel, 1744, buys land of Joseph Judson & Joseph Brown. He was a man of some prominence in the town for a number of years. In '48 he paid forty shillings fine for refusing to serve on the grand jury. By his wife Rebecca, he had a daughter, Rebecca, and a son, Samuel, Feb. 20, '57.
INGERSOL, John, 1721, is the first of this name on record here. and Simon, who appears twelve years later, when he married Hannah Palmer. This family has since then een well repre- sented in all the generations.
JARVIS, Samuel, bought dwelling house, homelet, barn and
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shop, Jan. 11, 1744-5 of Nathaniel Finch. To Samuel and Mar- tha Jarvis are recorded the following children : Monson, b. Oct. '42; Samuel, July 4, '45; Polly, Feb. 21, '46-7; Sarah, Nov. 28, '50 John, Oct. 11, '52; William, Sept. 11. '56; Hannah, Sept. 27, '58, and Lavina, Oct. 5. '61. This family for several years was quite numerous and has always been in all its branches highly respectable. (See list of loyalists.)
JEFFREY, John, admitted an inhabitant in 1727. The children of John and Sarah recorded here, are John, Samuel, and Mary.
JOINTER, Isaac, admitted an inhabitant by vote, 1713 ..
JUDSON, John and Charity Smith, married, Mar. 17, 1768, and had children ; James, Mary, John, and Sarah. In '73 he buys land of Wm. Wheaton.
KING, William, 1728, is allowed a lot, four rods north and south, and two rods east and west, below Long Bridge, west side of Mill river for a tannery.
KETCHUM, John, of Huntington, and Hannah Bishop, m. June 11, 1728; and had, Hannah, Sarah, Joseph, Jonas, Zophar, Re- beeca, and Ruth. This family is still represented here.
KIMBALL, Henry, 1690, blacksmith, late of Boston, binds himself to pay Moses Knap, jun. blacksmith, forty-three pounds.
LAWRENCE, Thomas, sells land in the rear of his house lot to John Thompson, in 1667-8, and was made freeman in 1670. Ile was one of the wealthy men of the town, as the list of 1687 shows. " Lawrence's farm" was a noted locality in that day. Ile died in 1691, as his inventory testifies.
LEEDS. How early this family came to Stamford or whence they came, no records probably show. Our catalogue of the births before 1700, gives us the family of John and Mary, re- corded here; and their children are: Jonathan, b. Oct. 12, 1693; John, b. March 8, '94; Sarah, Feb. 8, '96; Samuel, Feb. 21, '97; Ebenezer, Jan. 12, 1700, and Mary, Oct. 23, 1702.
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An interesting letter from H. H. Leeds, Esq., of New York city, to his kinsman, J. W. Leeds of Stamford, indicates the locality of the family in England.
Two brothers, John and William Leeds, once owned mainly the territory on which the present city of Leeds is built, and from them the city takes its name. One of the descendants of William, was that Doctor Leeds, of Clare Hall, Cambridge, who purchased the manor of Craxton, near the middle of the 16th century. Three of his descendants came to America abont 1650, one of them settling in Stamford, one in New London, and the other in New Jersey. The first record, I think, in Stamford, in which that name occurs is found under date of Sept. 30, 1692. It states that Mr. John Leeds made complaint before Jonathan Bell, commissioner, against a Mr. Johanes Courtland, merchant of New York, " for want of the iron work for carrying on of the vessel which he the said Leades is in building, for the said Courtland". Cary Leeds buys land here of John Waterbury, in 1708.
A Cary and Martha Leeds, were living here early in the last century, having children ; John, b. Dec. 13, 1714; Gideon, b. May 4, '16 ; Israel, b. Sept. 29, '19; and Cary, b. to his wid- owed mother, Sept. 4, '30, the father Cary having d. June 7, '30. This Cary, m. Sept. 6, '57, Mary Giles, and was the grandfather of the present John W. Leeds, president of Stam- ford Bank.
LLOYD -- The first mention of JOHN LLOYD, the ancestor of this family in Stamford on our town records, bears date Dec. 17, 1747. He makes a plea to the town for permission to cart a " parcel of small stones out of his orchard on to the " sloug- hey" place in the road between the town and the common landing place, by Peter Demills especially "in the flat land all along the front of my orchard"; and that he might be credited with this expense on the town-tax account. The record of this family is so exact, on the register of births, that I will copy it. The family did not remain long in town, yet he must have been
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a prominent man during our revolutionary period to have been appointed to offices which he held.
" HENRY was born in Stamford, in Connecticut, unto John and Sarah Lloyd, on Friday ye 22nd day of July, 1743, at ten minutes after eleveu a clock in ye day, and was christened by ye Rev. Mr. Richard Caner of Nor- walk, ye 5th day of August, 1743.
JOHN, was born Feb. 22, 1744, nine minutes after six o'clock, evening, and christened by Rev. Mr. Samuel Seabury of Hamstead, Nov. 31, 1744 ; Rebecca, born in Stamford on Fryday, Jan. 2nd, 1746-7, at four o'clock in ye morning, and was baptized by ye Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Dibble, June ye 29th, 1746.
Abigail, on Wednesday, Feb. ye 13, 1750, at four o'clock in the morning, and was baptized by Rev, Mr. Ebenezer Dibble, March ye 3, 1750.
Sarah, born Monday July ye 2nd, 1763, at 40 minutes after one of the clock in ye morning, and was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Dibble, July 29tb, 1753."
LEWIS, John and Martha Finch, married here April 23, 1729, and had a daughter Sarah recorded to them, Aug. 11, '39, and a son James, March 27, '41-2. Jonathan and Millecent Weed, married, March 20, '74, and had son James, born July 15, '75.
LINES, David and Mary Cheson, married, Jan. 14, 1747-8, and had Mary, born April 9, '49 ; Polly, January 21, '52; Esther, Jan. 12, '55, and Nancy, Feb. 28, '57.
LONGWELL, John and Susannah, had a David born, Feb. 3, 1736-7, and a John in '46.
LODER. Several of this name were living here after, about 1710, the name first occurring in 1685.
LOUNSBURY, Richard, the first of this name recorded, was here in 1684. He and his wife Elizabeth, had son Henry born in that year. Michael Lounsbury in 1702, bought land on "Pep- per Ridge, near Taunton." He married Sarah Lockwood. This name has been quite numerous in the north part of the town.
MARSHALL, John, has land assigned him by the town in 1667 ; and in 1687, he buys land of Richard Scofield. Nehemiah Marshall and Patience Webb, were married April 4, 1743, and had two children, Bethiah and Nehemiah, recorded to them.
MALTBY, Jonathan and Sarah, had son Jonathan, born June 29, 1720. He was one of the prominent men of the town for a
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number of years. He attained colonel's rank in military life, and held various civil offices in the gift of his townsmen.
MATHEWS, Thomas, shepherd, appears as an inhabitant on the land record in 1690, and on leaving town on an expedition for Albany and "Canadey," mortgaged his real estate as security for his debts. The land had been laid ont to him in 1687.
MIDDLEBROOKS, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hoyt, married 1749, and their child Mary was born March 16, '53, at which date the father was one of the town school committee. In '59, Nathan Middlebrook is named on the town committee.
MOTT, John, 1735, had married widow Abigail Ayers, and with her gives quit elaims to her children for their father Rich- ard's estate.
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