William COTTEN & Sarah DEW

Sarah Dew was not named in the will of John Dew. Only daughter 'Patience' was named. John Dew made his will Sept 6, 1740, in Bertie County, and was probated, November Court, 1744, in Northampton County, North Carolina. Genealogy of some of the descendants of Thomas Dew : colonial Virginia pioneer immigrant, lists on page 172, that John Dew had a daughter Sarah Dew who married William Bridgers but she was dead at the time of her father's will. (see will abstract below of Sarah Cotton, dated 1753)
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Abstract Of North Carolina Wills Compiled From Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of State by J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State. Published under Authority of the Trustees of the Public Libraries Raleigh:1910. page 84
COTTEN, SARAH. Northampton County.
December 7, 1753. February Court, 1754. Sons: William Bridgers,
Joseph Bridgers, John Bridgers, Charles Cotten, William Cotten,
Robert Cotten. Daughters: Sarah Cotten, Patience Cotten, Pricilla Wills, Mary Cotten, Martha Scott. Executor: William Bridgers (son). Witnesses: John Dawson, Richd. Wills, John Scott. Clerk of the Court: I. Edwards.
Codicil: Dated December 13, 1753. Mentions sons: Joseph Bridgers, Charles, William. Witnesses: John Dawson. John Scott.
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Named in Father's Will [1819].
Named In Brother's Will [1812].
Named in Husband's Will [1827].
Will Proved [2362].
Named in Mother's Will [1829].
Ibid.
Ibid.
Probate Records [2030].
Named in Mother's Will [1829].
Ibid.
Named in Brother's Will [1813].
The Tarboro Society for Genealogy and Biography-"Compiled by the Ladies' Tarboro, NC Genealogy and Library Association for the Preservation, Dissemination and Exultation of the History of Edgecombe Co., NC, Early Families of Edgecombe Co., NC, Its Past and Present [2186] (1881 (with an appendix added in 1920)).
Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
Named in Mother's Will [1829].
Named in Brother's Will [1813].
Probate Records [2030].
Obituary [1952].