ohn3, b. 18 Jul 1700; d. 1775
aged about 73 (Sandwich Friends Meeting records). He was an
active Quaker, and a dissenter to the towns agreement to
employ Mr. Palmer as minister in 1730. In his will, 24 Mar 1774,
proved in 1775, he gives: "To my nephew Freeman Landers...
three quarters of all my estate, both real and personal.... To
Abishai Landers, eldest son of sd Freeman Landers, the other
quarter of all my Estate, and I constitute the above Freeman
Landers and David Covel, executors" (Barnstable County
Probates, 17:266). The inventory taken by David Boardman, John
Bowerman, and Stephen Crowell, totalled £1,977.19s. Dated 29 Jul
1775, proved 11 May 1780 (ibid., 11:99). He had
witnessed the will of his brother Amos in 1764, but when the
instrument was presented for probate 12 Jun 1781, the executor
deposed that John Landers was then deceased. [Lydia B. (Phinney)
Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas1 Landers
of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:51-52]
Also have birth as 18 Jul 1700 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [Plymouth & Cape Cod MA Genealogy]