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Deborah Whitehead

Deborah was born in 1675.¹ Deborah's father was Daniel Whitehead and her mother was Abigail Stevenson. Her paternal grandfather was Daniel Whitehead and her paternal grandmother is Jane Skidmore; her maternal grandfather was Edward Stevenson and her maternal grandmother is Ann Unknown. She had two brothers and five sisters, named Jonathan, Thomas, Amy, Merciful, Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Daniel and Abigail. She died at the age of 37 in 1712.¹

General Notes
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  She is mentioned in the will of her father, Daniel Whitehead, as is her son, Whitehead. (NY Historical Society, Abstracts of Wills, Vol 1, p 396-398)
  
  The contents of her own will are covered in a NEHGR article, Vol 113, July 1959 & Oct 1959 "The Fields of Flushing, Long Island" and is abstracted in NY Historical Society Abstracts of Wills, vol 2, p 96.
  Page 157.--DEBORAH HICKS. I, Deborah Hicks, widow, late wife of Thomas Hicks, being weak in body but well in understanding. I think it convenient to settle and dispose of that estate my deceased husband left me, and make this my last will. Leaves s15 in money to Benjamin Field and Elizabeth his wife, with my youngest son, Stephenson Hicks, to bring him up. I leave all the rest of my estate to my seven children, Abigail, Deborah, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Martha and my son, Stephenson Hicks. My daughter Martha I bequeath to my loving friend, Martha Thorne, and my daughter Hannah I bequeath to my dear cousins, Robert and Phebe Field, desiring them to bring up my dear children in the way of truth and fear of God. I appoint my loving friends, John Rodman, Robert Field, Francis Dougherty and Samuel Bowne, executors. Dated the 14th day of 4th month, 1712. Witnesses, James Scriven, James Jacobsen, John Hasyter. Proved at Flushing, July 24, 1712, before John Coe, Esq., Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and John

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Daniel Whitehead
  - b.1603 in England d.16 Nov 1668 in Newtown, Long Island, NY
  
  Daniel Whitehead
  - b.1646 in Jamaica, NY d.1712 in Flushing, NY
  
  Jane Skidmore
  
  Deborah Whitehead
  - b.1675 d.1712
  
  Edward Stevenson
  - b.~ 1610 d.1662 in Newtown, Long Island, NY
  
  Abigail Stevenson
  - b.1640 in Jamaica, NY d.15 Oct 1715 in Jamaica, NY
  
  Ann Unknown

¹ Copley.FTW
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