1817 Estate Receipt Daniel Purdy d.1817 Signed John Purdy Executor RI CT For Sale

1817 Estate Receipt – Daniel Purdy (1759–1817) – Signed by Executor John Purdy

Offered here is an original handwritten estate receipt dated June 16, 1817, documenting a payment made by John & N. Purdy, executors of the estate of Daniel Purdy, late of Greenwich.

The document reads in part:

“Rec’d of John & N. Purdy Executors to the Estate of Daniel Purdy late of Greenwich Deceased eighteen Dollars and twenty cents in full of all Accounts.”

Signed at the bottom by John Purdy, executor and son of Daniel Purdy.

This document directly corresponds to Daniel Purdy (1759–1817) of the Greenwich, Connecticut / Rye, New York region, who died on April 17, 1817.

Dated just two months later, this receipt falls squarely within the probate settlement period, when executors were actively paying debts and closing accounts of the estate.

John Purdy (b. 1781), identified in genealogical records as Daniel’s son, appears here acting in his official capacity as executor—making this a signed, family-connected estate document.

• Written in Newport, Rhode Island, a major early American port and financial center
• Refers to the deceased as “late of Greenwich,” consistent with Purdy family records in the Connecticut–New York border region

• Date: June 16, 1817
• Amount: $18.20
• Medium: Ink on laid paper
• Condition: Very good for age; clear handwriting with expected light fold lines

• Tied to an identified individual with documented life dates
• Signed by executor (son of the deceased)
• Tight alignment with recorded death and probate timeline
• Clean, legible early 19th-century handwriting
• Strong genealogical and regional research value

A well-preserved and historically grounded early American probate receipt, directly connected to the Purdy family of the Greenwich–Rye region, and signed by a known executor shortly after the decedent’s death in 1817.