Alice Brinley of Long Branch City made her will February 5th of this year. After ordering her debts and funeral expenses paid she left one-third of her estate to her sister, Harriet Britton; one-third to her sister Anna M. Britton; and the remaining third is to be divided equally among the four children of her dead sister, Virginia Britton. Miss Brinley’s sister, Anna M. Britton, and her brother-in-law, James Britton, were made the executors of the estate. The witnesses to the will were Catharine Woolley and George W. VanGelder.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Apr 9, 1902

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 - Ancestry.com

• Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 - Ancestry.com

• Interment.net - NJ ~ New Jersey Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

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