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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.08858
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0001] 1660-1743 
Title Rights of inheritance
Date 21 May 1733
Author Moody, Joseph (fl. 1733)  
Document Type Legal document
Content Description Document stating that as Margaret Houghton, wife of Joseph Houghton is the only surviving heir in her family, she will have the rights to the family estate and possessions.
Subjects Estate  Law  Women's History  
People Moody, Joseph (fl. 1733)  Houghton, Joseph (fl. 1733)  Houghton, Margaret (fl. 1733)  
Place written Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Theme Law; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859