Richard BETTS

                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS.  RICHARD BECAME A LANDSOLDER AS EARLY AS 1680, AND SETTLED ON THE SOUTH BOUNDS OF NEWTOWN, (UPON LANDS NOW MOSTLY INCLUDED IN THE CYPRESS HILLS CEMETARY WHERE HE DIED LEAVING ISSUE RICHARD, ROBERT, THOMAS, SARAH, ELIZABETH, JOANNA, ABIGAIL AND MARY, AND A WIDOW SARAH WHO SURVIVED HIM BY MANY YEARS.  ANNALS OF NEWTOWN BY JAMES RIKER.  FHL 974.7243 N1 H2R.
                  

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                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 1052  THIS RECORD SHOWS THEIR MARRIAGE AS 1689, HOWEVER IT SEEMS QUITE LATE.  THE ANCESTRAL FILE HAS THE MARRIAGE DATE AS 1669.  THEY RESIDED IN NEWTOWN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.  SHE WAS THE THIRD DAUGHTER OF CAPT. RICHARD BETTS OF NEWTOWN, LONG ISLAND- PER NATALIE DENSMORE SAVAGE, POPE & RIDER, ANNALS OF NEWTOWN LONG ISLAND, FHL 974.7243 N1 H2, PAGE 373,374.  CAPT BETTS  WAS A MAN OF PROPERTY AND STANDING, ACTIVE IN THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY.  SHE WAS LIVING IN 1713 ACCORDING TO SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS.  THIS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE ANCESTRAL FILE DEATH DATE OF 1711.  DESCENDENTS OF RICHARD BETTS, ROOTS WEB, PAGE 1.  GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, VOL 1, LITTLE, BROWN & CO, FHL 974.D25, 1981, VOL 1, PAGE 173.  GENEALOGH OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF TRENTON AND EWING NEW JERSEY, COOLEY, FHL 974.965 D2G, 1977, PAGE 218.
                  

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