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William ELSTON
HUSBAND:
[F1760]. William ELSTON.
Born about 1660 in Woodbridge, New Jersey (in England); son of John ELSTON [F3520] and Joan Clapp (S3,S4)./ or of William Seanier Elston (S2).
He was a tanner.
He was a resident of Staten Island, New York and Woodbridge, New Jersey.
He married Elizabeth COLE on (12 MAY-S1)(20 AUG-S1) 1682 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York.
Abraham Cole deeded land to William and Elizabeth 20 Aug 1682.
He was in the Militia in 1715.
He died in 1727 in Woodbridge, Essex County, New Jersey. The administration of his estate was granted on 25 MAY 1727.
WIFE:
[F1761]. Elizabeth COLE.
She was born in 1664 at Staten Island, Richmond County, New York; daughter of Abraham COLE [F322] and Rebecca. She married William ELSTON. She died after 1727.
CHILDREN
- William ELSTON. Born before 1690. He married Sary. He died 9 December 1749 in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
- Samuel ELSTON. Born before 1690 in Woodbridge, Essex County, New Jersey. He married Sarah SPENCER (SPENSER) (S3) or Charity Quimby (S2).
- Abraham ELSTON. He Martha Lee SPENCER. He died about 1751.
- [F880]. Spencer ELSTON. Born in 1690 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He married Mary. He died in 1755 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
SOURCES:
- [S1]. Research of Roberta Reagan. https://resources.oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/rreagan/Filemanager_Public_Files/elston.htm.
- [S2]. ELSTON-L Archives. Norma Nyberg research. RootsWeb. http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/ELSTON/2003-09/1062885368. QUOTES as sources: P.J.Moore; THE ELSTON FAMILY OF AMERICA 1942; Barbados to NY Dep 20 Mar 1678 on the ketch "BEGINNING", Master William Play.
- [S3]. Ancestry.com.
- [S4]. Glen C. Smith research. http://www.danahillfarm.com/glensweb/pafg4159.htm#109518.