Re: Content Titus was married to.,,who?
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Content Titus was married to.,,who?
lori alexander 3/28/13
Lori,
I spoke with (emails) the authors of the article in the NYGBR when they were writing several years ago,The editor had offered to another person who enlisted me to counter the position favoring the Osborn-Moore marriage.We accepted the superior case for Osborne marrying Moore.Banns were published for that marriage, and there are multiple records of the relationship of Wm Osborne, Jr., their child, and his guardian, Samuel Moore, Elizabeth's brother, uncle to the boy.These include his release of his uncle when William reached the age of 21.
The text of the article is on-line.
More importantly, the source of the error about Elizabeth Moore is James Riker in his work Annals of Newtown from 1850.Because of a posthumous grant of 80 acres by the Town of Newtown, and the division of five shares going to the four sons (or heirs) of Rev. Moore, as well as one share to Content Titus, Riker concluded that Titus must have married Elizabeth Moore. Riker's conclusion is understandable, but there is no positive record that says Content married Elizabeth Moore.There is only Riker's logic.
The possibility that Riker didn't consider is that Titus could have purchased the fifth share.In fact, if Elizabeth had inherited the fifth share and married Titus, the record would have read differently.It would have shown the grant of the fifth share to William Osborne, Jr., with William Sr. as guardianas guardian, the same way the record showed one share going to two Moore grandsons who were sons of John Moore, Jr. in trust with their guardian, Thomas Pettit.
Content Titus bought the property of the deceased Rev. John Moore in 1671/2 when he moved from Huntingdon to Newtown.He bought it from FrancisDoughty, husband of Rev. Moore's widow, Margaret Howell.It could be that the fifth share was with that estate.Even more likely is that there was a fifth Moore son, and in fact, a Thomas Moore is mentioned once in the records of Newtown.
This would comport well withthe notion of partible intestate inheritance for sons only, the probable custom of Newtown in New York at that time.Otherwise there would ave been a sixth share for William Osborne, Jr.
The shares that I speak of relate to the joint purchase of the Newtown patent from the Indians in the 1650's.Several dozen parties contibuted differing amounts of money to jointly purchase about 12,000 acres.Distributions of land were made at various times, according to the share of the original purchase price.That's why there were 80 acres owing to the deceased Rev. John Moore in the first place.
Thebottom line is that there is no positive evidence for Content Titus marrying Elizabeth Moore, and Riker's bad assumption doesn't count.
Content Titus was married by 1672 when his mother's will was written.His youngest daughter Phoebe was born around 1705.This thirty year span is too long for one wife.He married again in 1711.I believe therefore he was married at least three times.
I'm a descendant of Content Titus four times. and I know a lot about the family in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon county, NJ.I'd love to know your connection, if you'd like to talk further.
Regards,
David Blackwell
Princeton, NJ.
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