Susannah Underhill should be Susannah Blackwell.
Sorry about that. I rushed it.
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
John Carpenter wrote:
Dear Betty,
We have 2 Thomas Alsops. The father and the son. The father married
Hannah Underhill and the son married Susannah Underhill.
The son Thomas was born in 1687 as was the husband of Thomas' younger
sister Hannah (Thomas Carpenter).
The will you mention is for the son of Thomas Alsop, Thomas Alsop.
I hope this helps explain things.
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
Elizabeth V Brady wrote:
>
> I am very much enjoying the GEDCOM you sent but have come upon an item in my
> records which may or may not differ from what you sent.
>
> In your GEDCOM you show the HANNAH ALSOP, b. Jan. 09, 1690/91, who m. 1708
> to THOMAS CARPENTER, b. Aug. 16, 1687, to have been the daughter of THOMAS
> ALSOP whose will was dated Sept. 8, 1743 and HANNAH UNDERHILL.
>
> This THOMAS ALSOP in my records was the husband of SUSANNAH BLACKWELL as
> stated in "The Annals of Newtown in Queens County," by James Riker, Jr,
> 1852, p. 334-336:
>
> 1. Thomas, was b. Sep. 7, 1687, and m. Feb. 5, 1708, Susannah dau. of
> Robert Blackwell. He served for some years as a magistrate in Newtown, but
> subsequently entered into mercantile pursuits in New York, where he d. in
> Sep. 1743, having the previous year lost his wife and three daughters. He
> left ch. Richard, Robert, Thomas, Mary, wife of James Way, Lydia, and Sarah,
> who m. John Leggett of Westchester. The three sons became Quakers. Robert
> remained many years in Newtown; Thomas located in Hampstead, and Richard, at
> Oyster Bay.
>
> My question is whether you or any other person belonging to this list
> service might have any other documentation on either of these marriages.
>
> Did THOMAS ALSOP, who died in Sept. of 1743 marry twice, one to SUSANNAH
> BLACKWELL and once to HANNAH UNDERHILL or might the HANNAH ALSOP who married
> THOMAS CARPENTER have been the daughter of someone else?
>
> Thanks in advance. A great list service!
>
> Betty Brady
>
> PS. Here's a copy of THOMAS ALSOP's will:
>
> Authority - New York City Wills, 1730-44, page 127:
> In the name of God, Amen. I, THOMAS ALSOP, of New York, merchant, being
> sick and weak. All my debts are to be paid, and I give power to my
> executors to sell my house and lot in New York, bounded west by a lot of
> land belonging to the heirs of one Quick, east by a lot of land of Bergerow,
> southerly upon the street in the Vly. I leave to my children, THOMAS,
> LYDIA, and SARAH, C100 each, and to each of my daughters a bed and
> furniture, a chest of drawers and a table. To my grand daughter, SUSANAH
> FISH, C10. To my grandson, JOHN WAY, C5. All the rest to my children,
> RICHARD, ROBERT, THOMAS, MARY WAY, LIDIA, and SARAH. I make my sons, and my
> son-in-law, JAMES WAY, JR., and my good friend, James Burling, executors.
> Dated September 8, 1743. Witnesses, Richard Hallett, Joseph Sackett, John
> Sackett. Proved, October 14, 1743.