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Edward Antill (20 March 1658/1659–bef. 7 April 1725) is an English-born American merchant and attorney prominent in the early history of Province of New York and the Province of New Jersey during the colonial period. He was the father of colonial politician and plantation owner Edward Antill (1701-1770) and grandfather of Lt. Colonel Edward Antill (1742-1789) who served as an officer in the Continental Army notably at the Battle of Quebec.

Antill was born on 20 March 1658/1659^[1] in Richmond, County Surry, England. On 20 November 1686, he purchased one quarter of a one-twenty-fourth part of the East Jersey colony from David Toshack, the Laird of Monibaird. This propriety interest formerly belonged to James, Earl of Perth.^[2]

His exact date of death is not known as his will was written in 1704 but not probated until 1725. It is thought that he died when his son Edward (1701–1770) was young, due to his son's adoption by pirate Giles Shelley.^[3]^[4] It is thought because of his name disappears from the legal history of New Jersey and New York that Antill died in or shortly after 1704.^[5]

References

^ Because of the Old Style/Julian Calendar that began on 1 April, by the New Style/Gregorian Calendar, Antill's birth year would be 1659.
^ New-York Historical Society. "Abstracts of Wills Liber 10 page 42" in Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1893. (New York: New-York Historical Society, 1894).
^ The Morris Family: Edward Antill 17 Jun 1701 - 15 Aug 1770. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
^ Will of Giles Shelley, filed 19 February 1710, in Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, Volume 2, 1708-1728. in Collections of the New York Historical Society (Volume 26). (New York: New York Historical Society, 1894).
^ Van Duesen, Mary S. Edward Antill the 1st. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

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[1] Because of the Old Style/Julian Calendar that began on 1 April, by the New Style/Gregorian Calendar, Antill's birth year would be 1659.

[2] New-York Historical Society. "Abstracts of Wills Liber 10 page 42" in Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1893. (New York: New-York Historical Society, 1894).

[AntillMorrisGen-3] The Morris Family: Edward Antill 17 Jun 1701 - 15 Aug 1770. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

[4] Will of Giles Shelley, filed 19 February 1710, in Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, Volume 2, 1708-1728. in Collections of the New York Historical Society (Volume 26). (New York: New York Historical Society, 1894).

[5] Van Duesen, Mary S. Edward Antill the 1st. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

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