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- On 02 October 1736 and on 06 November 1736 Richard and Sarah Wilson declared their intention to marry before the Chesterfield Council monthly meetings. This council on 03 November 1739 signed a paper of condemnation against Richard who "having been tenderly dealt with, and much labor in love bestowed on him, neglects making satisfaction". Although a paper received from Richard on 07 December 1739 condemning his "outgoings" was referred to the Council for further consideration. He was finally "downed" on 01 February 1742. His second wife, Mary, was also a Quakress. Richard inherited from his father six-hundred acres on Musconetcong Creek, a branch of the Delaware River. On 09 October 1738 his name appears on the Poll of Freeholders from Bethelem Township to select a representative to theGeneral Assembly of the Province of New Jersey, indicating he had a personal estate or owned one hundred acres of land. On 10 March 1737 he morgaged about ninety-five acres and on 30 April 1741 about eighty acres to the commissioners of the Hunterdon County loan office. The mortgaged land was bounded by his other land and that owned by Samuel Wilson Sr. His widow, Mary, and Samuel Ketchum of Bethlehem Township were granted letters of administration on 10 April 1749. Peter Smoch made the final payments on the mortgaged land after Richard's death,On 16 May 1757 an accounting was made of his estate by Mary Park, formerly Mary Heath, indicating she had remarried between 1747 and 1757. Richard and Sarah had one known child, Esther.
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