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An American Family History

Richard Everett and Elizabeth Clare

 
Hempstead, Queens (now Nassau) County, New York
 

Richard Everett and Elizabeth Clare (also spelled Everette, Everit, Everitt)

  • Priscilla Everett
  • Abraham Everett
  • Richard Everett
  • Mary Everett Oxley
  • George Everett
  • Hannah Everett van Gelder
  • Nicholas Everett
  • Richard Everett married Elizabeth Clare in Hempstead, Queens County, New York.

    Priscilla Everett was born in 1691.

    Abraham Everett was born in 1693.

    Richard Everett was born in 1695.

    Mary Everett Oxley was born on June 16, 1697.

    When the 1698 census in Hempstead was taken Richard Everit, Elizabeth Everit, Prissilla Everit, Abraham Everit, Richard Everit and Mary Everit were listed.

    George Everett was born in 1700.

    Hannah Everett van Gelder was born in 1702.

    Nicholas Everett was born in 1704.

     

    Queens County, New York is on Long Island. Jamaica was called Rustdorp by the Dutch. It was originally settled by English settlers from neighboring Hempstead. Hempstead was founded in 1644 by emigrants led by Reverend Richard Denton. Jamaica and Hempstead are now in Nassau County.

     

    25 Dec. 1680; Bill of sale of Land in Jamaica, Queens, New York by William Creed
    to Richard Everett. Twenty Acres of Upland, laying on the West side of Thomas Wiggins Sr. his lot and
    on the East side of Thomas Wellins lot in the town of Jamaica. Also five acres of meadow lying on the West neck, which is the same five acres which John Oldfield laid out for Mr. C. Cornelius of Bushwick,
    except the five acres of meadow that I saved for myself and my heirs.
    Signed by William Creed, and delivered in the presence of William Taylor, Peter Smith, and Nathaniel Denton, Town Clerk.

     
         
         
         

     

         

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