Richard Terry1,2,3
M, b. 17 August 1618, d. before 16 May 1676
| Father | Mr. Terry |
| Mother | Mrs. Terry |
Richard was born on Friday, 17 August 1618 in England. On 13 July 1635, Richard left London aboard the ship, "James", mastered by Jonathan May, bound for New England. Listed among the passengers were Richard [aged 17 years], his brothers:Thomas [aged 28 years] & Robert [aged 25 years]. They landed at Salem, Massachusetts..4 He remained there only a short time before he removed to Springfield and then on to Lynn. Finally, in 1640, he moved to Long Island as one of the thirteen original settlers at Southold. His brother, Thomas later settled at Southold and Robert at Flushing. Richard married Abigail Lines, daughter of father Lines and mother (?), on 22 May 1649 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He was recorder of Southold Town and its clerk from 1664 to 1673. He recorded the names and births of his children there. Richard made his will before 13 May 1676 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
Richard Terry, Southold. Leaves to wife, Abigail, during her life, "the accommodations in Town, and house & lot that properly belongs to the house, that is the 4 acre joins to the house, with the orchard. And 8 acres of land that lyes at the North Sea, and 2 acres in Calves neck, and 1 acre in the old field, and 2 acres of meadow in the Great meadow at Catchache." Leaves to son Gershom, "one half of my wood land at Catchache." To son Samuel the other half, "and a piece of meadow that was my brother Thomas Terry's." Leaves to daughter Abigail 20 acres of land lying in the Fort neck to her and her heirs, "that is to say, Thomas Rider's heirs." Leaves to sons Nathaniel & Richard, "my house and the land which I live upon here at Squash neck," with the meadow in Fresh meadow when Richard is twenty-one. Leaves to son John, after his wife's decease, "the house & accommodations in Town." "I leave all my children to be at my wife's command, to be educated & brought up, both for the good of their Souls and Bodys," til the sons are twenty-one and the daughters are eighteen. Leave to son Samuel two acres of meadow at Ackabache. Not dated. Makes wife and son Gershom executors. Witnesses, Barnabas Wynes, Sarah Wynes.
Postscript.-- When my wife see cause to live in the Towne, my three eldest sons are to fitt and repair her house in a habitable and comfortable manner."
The will having been proved at last Court of Sessions in Southold, the executors were confirmed May 13, 1676. [New York Wills: Liber 1-2, page 136]
His will was probated on 13 May 1676. Richard departed this life before 16 May 1676 in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, at his farm "Quashanecs" in the Town of Southold. He was buried at Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, in the Old Burial Ground (near the Presbterian Church in the Town of Southold.
Richard Terry, Southold. Leaves to wife, Abigail, during her life, "the accommodations in Town, and house & lot that properly belongs to the house, that is the 4 acre joins to the house, with the orchard. And 8 acres of land that lyes at the North Sea, and 2 acres in Calves neck, and 1 acre in the old field, and 2 acres of meadow in the Great meadow at Catchache." Leaves to son Gershom, "one half of my wood land at Catchache." To son Samuel the other half, "and a piece of meadow that was my brother Thomas Terry's." Leaves to daughter Abigail 20 acres of land lying in the Fort neck to her and her heirs, "that is to say, Thomas Rider's heirs." Leaves to sons Nathaniel & Richard, "my house and the land which I live upon here at Squash neck," with the meadow in Fresh meadow when Richard is twenty-one. Leaves to son John, after his wife's decease, "the house & accommodations in Town." "I leave all my children to be at my wife's command, to be educated & brought up, both for the good of their Souls and Bodys," til the sons are twenty-one and the daughters are eighteen. Leave to son Samuel two acres of meadow at Ackabache. Not dated. Makes wife and son Gershom executors. Witnesses, Barnabas Wynes, Sarah Wynes.
Postscript.-- When my wife see cause to live in the Towne, my three eldest sons are to fitt and repair her house in a habitable and comfortable manner."
The will having been proved at last Court of Sessions in Southold, the executors were confirmed May 13, 1676. [New York Wills: Liber 1-2, page 136]
His will was probated on 13 May 1676. Richard departed this life before 16 May 1676 in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, at his farm "Quashanecs" in the Town of Southold. He was buried at Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, in the Old Burial Ground (near the Presbterian Church in the Town of Southold.
Family | Abigail Lines b. c 1629, d. a 1686/87 |
| Children |
|
Citations
- [S270] Joseph Wickham Case, Southold Town Records - Explanatory Notes, page 464 - dates of birth for Richard's children.
- [S185] Edward Doubleday Harris, Ancient Long Island Epitaphs from the Towns of Southold, Shelter Island & Easthampton, New York, page 38.
- [S30] New York Historical Society, Collections of the New York Historical Society Abstract of Wills, Volume 25: pages 35-36.
- [S1742]