Washington County
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Washington County Wills & Estates
| Aborn to Burris | Lake to Miller |
| Cadwell to Cutler | Mixer to Putnam |
| Dallier to Ewart | Quimby to Skinner |
| Fairchild to Guthrie | Slater to Twombley |
| Haas to Knowlton | Vanclief to Wilson |
| HAAS, George | Will made 2-25-1852,
Probated March 1853. Heir, a friend Jacob Avineshano. (Will singed in
German) Witness: Conrad Wilo, Godfried Windling. Book 9, Page 252 |
| HAGERMAN, Peter | Will
made 2-15-1849, Probated 1849. wife, Betsey; children
Betsey, Mariah (Callahan); James, Bailey, Aaron, John,
Letitia (Hamilton), Rebecca Mary, and heirs of my daughter
Hannah, late wife of John Hagerman. Witness: John
D. Chamberlin, Adam Carney. Book 8, Page 252 |
| HALE, Christian | Will made 3-25-1836,
Probated 9-3-1857. Heirs, children, Jacob, Michael, Andrew and Caroline.
(Kroeck) Hale; friends Margaret Jackson and George Hale; Witness: William
Hill, Amos Parten, Simon Parten. Book 5, Page 425 |
| HALLEY, William | Of King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, late of Marietta, Ohio. Will made 11-10-1805, Probated (?). Children not mentioned, having been previously cared for; Witness: Coleman Brown of Fairfax County, Virginia, Edward Stoblee, of Alexandria, Va, Thomas Barker, a friend and relative. Codicil made at Marietta mentions a second wife, Bathsheba. Exr, wife. Witness: William Rufus Putnam, Samuel Denny, Porter Sawyer. |
| HART, Josiah | Administration March
1824, Heirs, Nathan Wheeler and wife Betsey, Hawkins Hart and Josiah
Hart. Book 3, 168 Note: He was a revolutionary soldier - Surgeon's Mate on Staff of Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons- enlisted at New Britain, Connecticut. Married 1st Abigail Sherman (Sloman) born April 28, 1742 Kensington, Conn- died August 1812. Ref: Natl D.A.F. No. 36342 and 30747. |
| HARVEY, John | Of Barlow. Will made
4-30-1850, Probated July 1850. Sisters, Jane, and Nancy Harvey, Anna
Greenlee, Martha Harvey, Catherine McCraig, Martha and Margaret
Breckinridge, Mary Harvey; brother James Harvey, and heirs of Samuel
Harvey. Witness: D. E. Gardiner, James Lawon (or Lawton). Book 8, Page 451 |
| HARVEY (HARVIE), James | Of Warren, Washington
County, Ohio. Will made 12-2-1841, Probated September 1847. Children,
James, Jean, Mary. Amos, Margaret, Jackie, Martha and Agnes. Witness:
Thos W. Lewis and Frederick Lewis, William P.
Cole. Book 8, Page 7 Note: Amos R. Harvey died July 21, 1854, aged 81 years. |
| HATCH, James | A native of Olive
Township, Morgan County, Ohio. Will made 9-4-1840, Probated Octobe 1840.
Daughter, Sally; grandchildren, Barzilla, Uriah, Lyria and Harriett
Pinkham. Witness: Joseph Tilton, Davis, Tilton and Josejph J.
Tilton. Book 6, Page 117 Note: James Hatch born in Mass, died 10-8-1839 aged 76 years. |
| HAYWARD, Rothen | Of Waterford Township.
Will made May 1842. Wife, name not mentioned; children, Rothens, Edward
N., Ben Benjamn T., George B., Daniel W., Columbus F., Cyrus B.,
Minerva (Shaw), Charlotte G., Parthea Nye Hayward. Witness: C. S. Carye,
E. T. Hayward, Samuel McCallum. Book 6, Page 313 Note: Parthea Nye Hayward died 1821, born 1788. |
| HAYWARD, George | Will made 5-9-1852,
Probated 5-12-1852. Wife, Henrietta, son George W. Witness: Mahlon Nixon,
James and John Oliver. Book 9, Page 161 |
| HAZARD, Ebenezer | Of Philadelphia, Penna.
Will made July 1839. Wife, Abigail; children, Samuel, Elizabeth and
Erskine. Book 5, 567 |
| HEALD, Levi | Will made 1-14-1853,
Probated 1-24-1853. Wife, Lydia; son, Samuel. Witness: Thomas Emmons and
James Bowman. Book 9, Page 377 |
| HEALD, Smith | Will made 1-8-1853,
Probated 3-28-1853. Wife, ?achsah; children not mentioned. Witness:
William S. Heald, Milton Fowler. Book 9, Page 378 |
| HEART, Alies Evelyne | Of Hartford,
Connecticut. Will made 4-4-1805, Probated June 1837. Wife, Charlotte;
mother, Mrs. Abigail Strong, wife of Rev. Cyprian Strong, of Chatham,
Mass; near relation, Edmund Riley, son of Ebenezer Riley of Berlin,
Hartford County; father-in-law, Seth Overton, Esq. of Chatham, Middlesex
County, Mass. Witness Jonathan Brace, A. Kinsburg, Seth Overton,
Jr. Book 5, Page 384 |
| HEART, Jonathan | Will made 8-27-1791,
Probated September 1817. Heirs, William Heart, son of Dr. Josiah Heart of
Weathersfield, Connecticut, who came into this country with Janathan
Heart. He is to live with Selah Heart. Witness: P. Fearing and Noah
Fearing. Book 2, Page 30 |
| HELLET, Isiah | Will made 4-13-1823,
Probated March 1824. Wife, Annie; children not mentioned (but states they
are all minors.) Witness: Dudley Davis, Stephen Otis, Benjamin
Blake. Book 3, Page 122 |
| HENDERSHOT, Elizabeth | Administration
4-18-1854. Heirs, husband Jonathan Hendershot; children, Francis M.,
Louisa, Lucinda, Jonathan, Jr., Chauncey, Perry M. Book 9, Page 519 |
| HENDERSON, Adam | Administration 4-9-1852.
Widow, Isabella; children, Eliza Jane, Daniel, John F., Robert D., Joseph
C. W. Henderson. Book 9, Page 370 |
| HENRY, Robert, 3rd | Of Watertown. Will made
9-1-1844, Probated April 1845. Children, Joel, Joseph, Daniel W., Prussia
Ann, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Harriet, Lucy G., Benjamin Franklin, George
Owen, John. WItness: John and David Henry. Book 7, Page 146 |
| HENRY, Robert | Of Watertown Township.
WIll made 2-22-1840, Probated August 1840. Wife, Elizabeth; children John
Henry, David Henry, Hannah, Elizabeth and Mary Henry. Witness: Betsy and
Elizabeth Henry, Snne Starling. Book 6, Page 83 |
| HENSEL, John | Will made 7-14-1845,
Probated October 1848. Wife, Margaret; children John, Katherina (Haught)
Anne Mary Hensell. Witness: John Young and Archibald Magill. Book 8, Page 177 |
| HILDEBRAND, George | Administration 1828.
Wife, Elizabeth; Children, John Hildebrand of Wesley, Washington County,
Ohio, Susan, wife of Peter Depro of Missouri, George Hildebrand of Freeport, Penna, Betsey, wife of ____ Little of Jefferson County, Ohio, Nancy, wife of George Booker of Canton, Stark County, Ohio, Solomon Hildebrand, Sarah, wife of ___Wood of Pittsburgh, Penna, Polly, wife of Daniel A. Vial of Waterford, Joel Hildebrand of Pittsburgh, Penna, Book 4, Page 302 Note: George Hildebrand was a Revolutionary War soldier in Captain George Reese' Company of Lancaster County, Penna,, Militia. B, 1753 in Lancaster County, Penna- married Mary Elizabeth Kinsley in 1766- had a daughter Mary who married Daniel Vial. Soldier died 1827. Ref: D.A.R. National # 107765. |
| HILL, Ira | Of Salem, Ohio, Will
made 5-24-1823, Probated May 1842. Wife, Esther; children, Ira,
Harry, Sally, Urania (Stanley), Guy, Daniel and Spedy (not mentioned
in will.) Witness: John, Sarah I,, Mary, and William Magee,
Jr. Book 4, Page 313 Note: Captain Ira Hill born 7-17-1755, Goshen Conn. Son of Zenas nad Keziah Hill- married Esther Post Feb 2, 1786. He died October 13, 1841. Moved to Marietta, Ohio in 1800 with his wife and six children from Timmouth, Vt. Ref: William's History of Washington County, and Andrews Family History. |
| HILL, Matthew | Will made 7-24-1848,
Probated March 1849. Wife, Mary; son, David. C; Witness: Wm Kester and
Levi Arnold. Book 8, Page 248 |
| HILL, William | Of Lawrence, Washington
County, Ohio. Will made 12-19-1823, Probated August 1830. Wife, Sarah;
children, John, William Sr., Mary (Green), Elizabeth, wife of Jasher
Taylor, Margaret, wife of Reuben McVey, Maria (Hill). Witness: Margaret
Twiggs, Maria and Sarah Hill. Book 4, Page 352 |
| HORTON, Amos | Of Providence, R. I.
Will made 5-9-1811, Probated 3-4-1840. Wife, Chloe, children, Mary
(Walker), Andrew; granddaughter, Bessie (Betsey) Streeter, daughter of his
son Samuel. Witness: Moses Brown, Samuel W. Bridgham, Philip
Allen. Book 6, Page 37 |
| HOWARD, Edward W. | Of Marietta, Ohio. Will
probated 4-9-1804. Heirs, Bridget Howe and Edward Howard, son of Henry
Howard. WItness: Aaron Howe, Joseph Cummings, Thomas Ramsey. Book 1, Page 60 |
| HOWE, Aaron | Will made 2-27-1812,
Probated August 1812. Wife, Rachel; son, George. Witness; Alexander
Oliver, John Greene, Edwin Putnam. Book 1, Page 202 Note: Aaron Howe formerly of Conway, Mass died 7-18-1812. |
| HOWE, George | Will made 7-3-1823,
Probated November 1823. WIfe, Mary; Mother, Rachel Howe; children not
mentioned probably minors. Witness: Milton Foster, Sophia Foster, Mary
Carver. Book 2, Page 438 |
| HUGGINS, Benjamin | Of Union Township. Will
made 8-17-1841, Probated March 1847. Wife, Elizabeth B; children, David,
Phoebe Mary, Beulah, Enoch, John, Jason, George, William and Justin.
Witness: Russell Fearing, James McLaughlin, Absalom Rousch. Book 7, Page 472 |
| HUMPHREY, Elisah | Of Watertown, Ohio. Will
made 7-5-1845, Probated September 1845. WIfe, Hannah; Two orphan children
now in family (not named); a nephew of my former wife; Elisha Dowling;
Sister, Mary Oviatt, Nieces, Eliza H. Alderman, Amanda E. Oviatt; nephews
Joseph S, James S. Cromwell, Julius, Mark and Stephen Humphrey. WItness:
David Downing, R. P. Parke. Book 7, Page 254 |
| HUMPHREY, Isaac | -Will made 10-30-1848,
Probated May 1850. Children, Joseph Bloomfield, Henry Nelson Humphrey
(the latter of Sheawassa County, Corinna, Michigan; Elizabeth, wife
of Caleb Bates, Cincinnati druggist, Ann Mary, wife of Ives Deming, Polly,
wife of William Walls of Tioga County, Little Marsh, N.Y., Stephen Newton,
husband of my late daughter Harriett and their children Almira, Mary and
Charles Newton; To Charity, who is the sister of my late wife Mary
Humphrey, who is the wife of Ebenezer Lindenberger, Witness: David
Barber, James Whitney. Book 8, Page 447 Note: Isaac Humphrey (ies), bo,rn in Dublin, Ireland, January 1766, died 6-2-1850. |
| HUNT, Joseph | Of Salem Township. Will
made 1-2-1827, Probated August 1830. To Hannah Hale, all money I have in
Asher Hunt's hands for collection in Pennsylvania; Son-in-law, Aaron Hale;
grandchildren Joseph Hunt and Elizabeth Hunt Hale; Daughter Phoebe Matson
in Pennsylvania. Witness: Jos. Dowling, Asa and Ezra Perkins. Book 4, Page 356 |
| IDLEBUS, John | Of Union Township. Will
made 7-17-1849, Probated July 1850. Daughters, Christiana Foyus, Malinda
Geig, Mary Peterson, Margaret Young. Witness: John C. Betz, Frederick
Gelbert. Book 8, Page 451 Note: Signed in German, and witness signed in German. |
| JAMES, Ryan | Will made 10-7-1813,
Probated March 1824. Wife, mentioned not named; step-daughter Peggy
Cotton. Other children not mentioned. Witness: Wm. Thornelly, Elijah
Cooper. Book 5, Page 123 |
| JARVIS, Peter | Of Roxbury Township.
Will made 12-3-1845, Probated September 1845. Wife mentioned but not
named, children, Lyman, Jane (Acheson), Elizabeth (Stiles), George;
Son-in-Law, Daniel Van Cleef. Witness: Adam Nulph, Wm. Milhous. Book 7, Page 248 |
| JENKS, Rebecca Carter | Of Providence, R. I.
Will made 10-13-1834, Probated September 1840. Children, Francis Carter
and Amos Throop Jencks; niece (daughter of her sister, Elizabeth Ann, wife
of Walter R. Danford, Esq. Witness: Thos. F. Carpenter, Henry Martin and
Philip Crapo. Book 6, Page 107 |
| JOHNSON, George | Administration April 2,
1853. Heirs, Rowena, Samria, Elizabeth, Bloomfiled, Joseph, Jacob and
Isaac French Johnson. Book 9, Page 473 |
| JOHNSON, Jonas | Will made 10-2-1815,
Probated March 1816. Wife, Ruth; children Perley (a minor), Amy H., Lydia
Ann and Mary Johnson. Witness: Christopher Carpenter, Elizabeth and
Catherine Clark, George Dunlevy. Book 1, Page 294 Note: Jonas Johnson born 2-14-1771, died 2-6-1816, Ruth, his wife born 1-3-1700 (?), died 8-26-1823. |
| JOLLY, Albert G. | Of Ludlow Township. Will
made 4-1-1830, Probated April 1830. Wife, Ethelinda; father, Henry Jolly
(Executor of estate). Witness: Joseph Dickerson, Kenzie D. Jolly. Book 4, Page 324 |
| JOLLY, William H. | Administration
8-23-1839. Wife, Cynthia; children not mentioned. Witness: William Pitt
Putnam, O. P. Loring. Book 6, Page 25 |
| JOY, Benjamin | Of Boston, Mass. Will
made 10-6-1817, Probated May 1831. Wife, Hannah, brother, Charles, and
other children mentioned but not named. Book 4, Page 441 |
| JUDGE, William | Will made April 13,
1849, probated July 1849. Children, Michael, James, Samuel, Nancy, Ruth,
Dolly and Eunice. Witness: George Gilliland and John Husel. Book 8, Page 274 |
| JUDSON, Abigail | Of Plymouth, Mass. Will
made 1-12-1842, Probated 4-2-1842. Children, Adoniram and Abigail B
Judson. Witness: Levi Hubbard, Jacob H. Land, Lydia C. Churchill. Book 7, Page 140 |
| JUDSON, Adoniram | Of Plymouth, Mass. Will
made 10-6-1923, Probated 1-15-1827. Wife, Abigail; children Abigail Brown
Judson, Elnathan and Adoniram, Jr. (a missionary in India.) Witness: John
Punchard, Benjamin Blouchard, and Benj., Jr. Book 4, Page 579 |
| KEHOE, Ann | Will made 3-20-1852,
Probated August 1852. Heirs, mother, Mary Johnson, sisters, Matilda and
Amanda, brother, Abraham. Witness: David White, Cummings Porter, Almira
Porter. Book 9, Page 199 |
| KERR, Charles | Administration September
1845. Wife, Jane; children, Jonathan, Margaret (Reese), Jane (Brown);
grandchildren, Charles F., and Phoebe J., McKibbins. Witness: Ezekiel
Slagle, Alfred Doud. Book 7, Page 256 |
| KIDD, Nathaniel | Of Fearing Township.
Will made 5-5-1823, Probated October 1824. Wife, Hannah; children, John,
William, Joseph, Thomas, Isaac, Amos, Nathaniel and Mary. Witness: Abe
Hill, John Sewers, Richard Hill. Book 3, Page 157 Note: Nathaniel Kidd was a revolutionary soldier from Westmoreland, Penna born 1743, died 1824. Came from Greensboro, Pennsylvania to Washington County, Ohio in 1805. Served under Lt. Col. John Pomeroy-Militia. |
| KINGSBURY, Jacob | Of Franklin, New London
County, Conn. Administration September 1837. Wife, Sarah; other heirs,
James Wilkinson, William Eustis and Sarah Hill Kingsbury, Julia Ann and
Ellis Hartshaw, Thomas Humphrey, Charles Ellis and Cusihing Kingsbury.
Witness: Jesse Lathrop, William Ladd, Frederic Ladd. Book 5, Page 414 |
| KINSMAN, Jeremiah | Of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn. Will made 3-22-1830, Probated August 1839. Children, Sarah,
wife of Roswell Adams, Joanna, wife of Benjamin Bacon. Witness; Joseph
Eaton, Lemuel Spalding, Pamela Eaton. Book 6, Page 22 |
| KNOWLES, Jesse | Of Belpre, Ohio. Will
made 9-14-1840, Probated October 1840. Children, Sylvester B., Cynthia A.
(Guthrie), Esther R. (Knowles.) Witness: Walter Curtis, W. F.
Pilcher. Book 6, Page 22 |
| KNOWLTON, William | Will made 7-23-1828,
Probated October 1828. Wife, Isabel; children, Jeremiah, Calvin, William,
Luther, Robert, John. Witness: Charles McIntyre, Isaac Brown. Book 4, Page 212 |
