Partial list of Kent County freeholders, their families, and their servants made around 1688, listing their names, ages, and amount of land they owned.
(Page six) FREEHOLDERS AND FAMILIES
NAMESAGENO.ACRES OF LANDNAME L.Nicholas Bartlett5550John Newell505500Elizabeth his wife (Newell’s)22John Newell Jr.3William his son1Thomas Hethard505800Anna his wife40William his son15Ralph his son9Mellesent his daughte17John Robbison305200Elinor his wife20George Robbinson his brother23100Thomas Groves58100Tho. Robbison2Robert Edmons353200His wife, Priscilla26John, his son b. 16852Jacob Emerson303150His wife27His son5George Cendall & wife25 or thereaboutsSamuel Mott354200His wife Sarah23His son2One French servant man40Thos. Rouse606500Mary his wife553 negroes, 2 men & 1 womanA negro child3Wm. Nichols455100Margarett, his wife40Robert, his son18One daughter16son more14
RG 0000.003 Proprietary Papers, 1688.
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