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- Isabel Bishop's father, Joshua Bishop left a will dated August 23, 1775; probated July 28, 1783, Manor of Philipsburgh, Westchester County, New York, in which he named his wife, Mary; grandson, Ezekiel Bishop; his wife's grandson, Evert Braun; grandson, Samuel Lawrence, son of his daughter, Isabel Bishop by her first marriage. Grandchildren named were Margaret, James, Elijah, Nathaniel, Thomas, Elizabeth and Matthias Valentine, children of his daughter, Isabel Valentine, deceased wife of Thomas Valentine. ". . . to grandson, Samuel Lawrence, son of his daughter, Isabel by her first marriage, with the consent of my landlord, Col. Philipse, to have and enjoy the farm I now live on . . . also a piece of salt meadow which I hold under Col. Philipse, lying at Tappan. . . " Executors were Thomas Volentine, son-in-law, and grandson, Samuel Lawrence. Witnesses were Cornelius McCarty, Henry Taylor and Henry Preshe.
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