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Sir Isaac Newton left no will ; he refused to make one be- cause he said he considered a legacy no gift. A little before his death, he gave away an estate at Baydon, in Wiltshire, to the sons and daughter of a brother of Mrs. Conduitt, who, in consequence of their father dying before Sir Isaac, had no share in the personal estate. He also gave an estate of the same value, which he bought at Kensington, to Catharine, the only daughter of Mr. Conduitt, and this estate was sold by the Earl of Port...smouth, to whom it descended. The family estates at Woolsthorpe and Sewstern went to John Newton, the heir-at- law, whose great grandfather was Sir Isaac's uncle. This gentleman sold them in 1732 to Edmund Tumor, Esq. , of Stoke Rochford. The personal estate of Sir Isaac, which was worth about 32, 000, was divided among his four nephews and four nieces by the half blood, the grand-children of his mother, by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of North Witham. As we have previously seen, Sir Isaac had no full brother or sister, but by her second husband, Mr.
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