Last will and testament of John Graham

Containers:

Folder 1

Extent:

1 Sheets

Language:

English

Material specific details:

Manuscript document, October 14, 1704. Document signed by William Penn, Jr., ("WM Penn") as a witness to the last will and testament of John Graham. Also signed by John Graham (and with his red wax seal) and by witnesses James Reignor and William Glen Cross, verso of the will bears the attestation of Lord Cornbury and the letters of administration granted to Thomas Byerly, docketed on verso of integral leaf. John Graham, who identified himself as a "Merchant at present at the City of New-York, son of Sir Richard Graham of Norton Coyners in Yorkshire," bequeathed to Thomas Byerly, Great Britain's Collector and Receiver-General for the province of New York, all of his goods and estate in America, and to John Willson, Postmaster in Darlington, all of his property in England. This document was executed just ten months after Penn Jr. arrived in his father's eponymous colony.

Physical facet:

1 page on a bifolium

Dimensions:

300 x 191 mm

Subjects:

Wills

Names:

William Penn, Jr.
John Graham
James Reignor
William Glen Cross
Lord Cornbury
Thomas Byerly
Sir Richard Graham
John Willson

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