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- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH X.
RICHARD WOODHULL, (V.), (Hon.), fifth generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the eldest son of Richard Woodhull IV., and Margaret Smith. He was born June 3, 1741.
He was one of his Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in 1763.
He is credited with having first built and owned "Brighton
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House" at Perth Amboy, as a residence. New Jersey records show that this could not have been, as said Colonial Mansion was used by the Proprietors of the Province of New Jersey, as an official residence.
It is possible, that Richard Woodhull may have occupied it from 1771 to 1774, between the time of its occupancy by Chief Justice Smyth and Governor William Franklin, but so far as is known "Brighton House" did not become private property until after the Revolutionary War.
Richard Woodhull married, July 11, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Richard Miller and Dorothy Woodhull, of Miller's Place, Long Island.
He died January 16, 1774.
(See Genealogy, No. 41.)
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1741 - 1774 (32 years)
d. 13 Oct 1788, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States 