Source:Calendar of New Castle Wills (Calendar)

"New Castle County" A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County

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• December 4, 1716 - Will of Richard Hallowell, merchant. New Castle County, Delaware. Richard and Mary Cantwell, the son and dau. of Richard Cantwell; three eldest sons of Henry Garretson, (namely) Richard, Edmund and Cantwell; Hallowell and Bridget Garretson, the son and dau. of said Henry Garretson; Mary Garretson, dau. of said Henry Garretson, four god-children, viz: Jasper Yeats, Jr., William Bedford, John Ross, and Priscilla Robinson; brother, Thomas Halliwell; nephew, Thomas Halliwell; nieces, Bridget and Mary Halliwell, (daus. of Thomas); Elizabeth Garretson, widow. Exc. John Moore; Rev. George Ross.
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• November 22, 1728 - Will of Col. John French. N.C. Wife; Eves French; Capt. William Battell; dau., Mary; son-in-law, Robert Robertson; dau. Sybilla; grandson; granddau., Mary Battell; granddau., Eves; granddau., Mary Robertson; dau., Mary French, Mr. George Ross, John Reynolds. Exc. wife, Eves; son-in-law, William Battell.
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• December 1, 1730 - Will of John Harris. Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Wife, Esther; Mr. Ross; dau. Ann Lewis.
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• June 27, 1737 - Will of Richard Grafton. Merchant. N.C. Four godchildren, viz: Jane Read, George Ross, —— Ogle, son of Thomas Ogle, dec'd, George Gonne, —— ——; brothers and sisters in England; George Grafton, Joseph Grafton, Benjamin Grafton, Elizabeth Denham; friend, John Willis. Exc. dau., Mary Grafton; wife, Mary Grafton. Dau. Mary will be 18 years old on the 4th day of September, 1749. Guardian, Clement Plumstead.
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• October 20, 1774 - Will of William Reynolds. Yeoman. Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Dau., Eleanor Ross, widow of James Ross; son, Thomas; dau. Ann Read, wife of William Read; dau., Martha Carson, wife of Umphrey Carson; children of dau. Eleanor, viz.: Thomas Ross, Margaret and Ann. Exc. son Alexander.
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• March 26, 1798 - Will of Samuel Platt, M.D. White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Daughters, Dinah Worth, Margaret McCrea, Elizabeth Evans, Ann Anderson, Martha Durgan, Jane, and Mary; son, George; grand-dau., Ann Ross. Exc. wife, Margery and William McMechen.
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Sources

• Colonial Dames of Delaware, ed. (1911). A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. New York: F.H. Hitchcock. OL 23376806M.