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 |
| LAKE, Caroline | Of Watertown, Ohio.
Will made 7-7-1848, Probated October 1848. Heir, Aunt-Deborah Lake.
Witness: Abner Fish, Ansel B. Ford. Book 8, Page 177 |
| LAKE, Emaline | Of Wesley Township, Will
made 8-9-1840, Probated September 1945, Heirs- Father, Peter B. Lake;
Grandfather, Thomas Lake; Aunt, Deborah Lake; Brother, James Lake;
Sisters, Caroline'and Lydia Lake; Mother, Catherine Lake. Book 7, Page 253 Note: Thomas Lake, grandfather of Emaline Lake, was a Revolutionary soldier, born 1760, son of Archibald and Mary (Bird) Lake, both of whom have revolutionary service. Thomas Lake married Elizabeth Bertine, daughter of James Bertine of New York City, and had the following children; Peter B.(1797-1874), Mary (Mrs, Daniel Dembor), James, Ann (1800-1895) married David Williams, Martha R. married Reuben Morris, Deborah (1808-1856) married John Payne. Thomas Lake was a native of New York, died 8-29-1854 aged 97 years. Ref: Hil&reth's History of Washington Count}, Ohio and William's History of Washington County, Ohio. Archibald Lake, father of Thomas Lake was born in 1720 in England, and married Mary Bird(b.1728) and had the following children; Thomas, William, James,. George, Andrew, Sally, Marguerite. He died 7-1-1798. Came to Marietta in 1789- Ref: D.A.R. Lineage Book-National number 263167. BIRD, Mrs. Mary, wife of Arcbigald Lake was a Matron in General Army Hospital at New Windsor, 'N.Y. She was born 1728. in Bristol, England- died 14-27-1796. Ref: D.A.R. Lineage Book, National number 263167, also William's History of Washington County, Ohio, page 464. |
| LANCASTER, Thomas | Of Salem Township. Will
made October 1844, Probated June 1846. Wife, Elizabeth; children,
Elizabeth (Clay), Rachel (Pixiey), Nancy (DeLong), Mary (Scovil), James,
David and Benjamin Lancaster. Witness: Henry and William
Schofield. Book 7, Page 346 |
| LANKFORD, Stephen | Of Fearing Township.
Will made 9-28-1850, Probated October 1850. Wife, Anne (Littlepage);
children, Thomas, James, Joseph, Anne Elizabeth (Stanley), Patience
(Lane), Mary Lankford. Book 8, Page 515 |
| LAWRENCE, John | Of the City of New York.
Will made 11-9-1810, Probated March 1837. Children, John, Elizabeth, Mary,
Emily, Frances, Margaret (the first two children by a first marriage, the
three latter named by the second marriage; Son-in-law;, George W.
Hookes, husband of his daughter Anne; Brother-in-law, William Tilghman of
Philadelphia. Book 5, Page 352 |
| LAWRENCE, John McDougal | Will made 10-5-1827,
Probated March 1837. Sister, Elizabeth Lawrence. Witness: Patrick
Garvey, James and Mary Thompson, Book 5. Page 355 |
| LAWRENCE, Rufus | Administration made
1834. Wife, Rebecca, children, Henderson, Minerva and Sarah
Lawrence. Book 5, Page 279 |
| LEAVEN, Elizabeth | Late of Belpre, Ohio.
Administration made 1831. Children Esther and Catherine Leaven to
whom she leaves land in Athens Couhty, Ohio. Book 4, Page 592 |
| LEAVEN, Joseph | Administration made
1827. Wife, Elizabeth; children, Evelina, Matilda, Catherine and
Esther. Book 4, Page 128 |
| LEFFINGWELL, William | Of New Haven,
Connecticut. Will made 10-11-1834, Probated September 1839,
Children, Lucius W., Edward H, Caroline (wife of Augustus R. Street), Nana
S. (wife of the late Timothy Dwight), Maria; grandchildren, children of
late son William Leffingwell- To the President and Fellows of
Yale College, a farm in Kingsville, Ashtabula County,
Ohio, which was leased to James Leffingwell by his father and mother,
Christopher and Margaret Leffingwell. Witness: Lewis Hotchkiss, Alvan
Wilcox, James Donaghe. Book 6, Page 16 |
| LEGET, Samuel | Will made at Cincinnati,
Ohio 6-4-1832, Probated October 1832. Mother. Sarah Featherston, Brothers,
James, Henry William, Robert; Nephew, Samuel Leget. Witness: William W and
Anna Bachelor. Book 4, Page 600 |
| LEIPER, Thomas | Of Philadelphia, Penna.
Will made 4-24-1824, probated 2-10-1830, Wife, Elizabeth;
children, George (to have land in Delaware County, Ohio where he now
lives), William, Samuel. Jane Duvall (aken), Anne Grey Leiper, Julia
(Duniap); Granddaughter, Elizabeth, daughter of his son James;
Sons-in-Law, Rev. Jacob J., Janeway, husband of his daughter Martha,
Robert Taylor, husband of his daughter Elizabeth, Dr. Robert W. Patterson,
husband of his daughter Helen. Witness: Nathan Atherton, Mary B. Grey,
V/illiam Glenn. Book 5, Page 455 |
| LING, George | Of Newport Township.
Will made 6-24-1848, Probated December 1848. Wife, Louisa, sons, Augustus
and Henry. Witness: William Rea, Abigail Valentine. (Signed in
German) Book 8, Page 372 |
| LITTLE, Keziah | Of Beipre,
Ohio. Will made 9-3-1811, Probated April 1814. Children, Lydia
(Crane), Christiana (Tisdali), ______(Cotton),
Grandchildren, Theophilus, Lucy, Joshua and John Cotton, Robert, Samuel, Otis Bradford, George Nash, Betsey Seail, Maria Seall, Sally Pier, Children of Nathaniel Little and Pamela (Bradford) Little-Wealthy, Charles. Henry Otis, Lewis Bradford, Nathaniel, Jr., and George Little. Witness: Ebenezer Batelle, Jr, Luther Dana, Philip Green. Exr, Col, Isreal Putnam. Book 1, Page 255 NOTE: Complete infofmation on this family from the Bible of Capt. Nathaniel Little, now owned by the Mayflower Society of Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass also Marietta Public Library "Bible and Family Records." Nathaniel Little, was a Revolutional soldier, see D.A.R. Lineage Book- National number 162941. |
| LIVEPMORE, Jonas | Administration 1830.
Witness, Jonas and Andrew Livermore of Marietta and Oliver Livermore of
Illinois, who were also heirs. Book 4, Page 468 |
| LIVINGSTON, Brackholst | Will made May 17, 1822,
Probated April 1830. He was formerly a resident of New York City, later of
Washington D.C. Wife, mentioned but not named; children, Carroll Ansom,
Henry Brackholst, Jasper Hall, Susan French (Ledvard), Catherine Augusta,
wife of Archibold McVicker; Daughter-in-Law, Mrs Joseph (Eliza) Hall
Livingston and her daughter Catherine Louise; Friend, Joseph Story;
servants, Anne Grout and Mary Leamy. Exr's: Friend, Isaac L. Kip and
Kinsman, Thomas Streatfield Clarkson. Book 4, Page 512 |
| LOOMIS, Libbens | Of Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y. Will made 6-12-1835, Probated March 1837. To Libbens
Loomis White and Mary Elizabeth White, son and daughter of late Dr. Delos
White of Cherry Valley, and his wife Eliza 0. White; Julia E, wife of
David H. Little; David L., son of Eliza 0. White; William S. White; To
Robert Morris, brother of Thaddeus Loomis of Richfield; Sister-in-Law,
Mary Loomis, wife of brother Daniel of Plainfield, Otsego County, N.Y; To
the heirs of Freedom Loomis of Middlebury, Vermont; Brother, Russell
Loomis of Shaftsbury, Vermont; Brother Collins Loomis; Sister
Abigail, widow of his late brother Alpheus; sister, Hannah, widow of
Josiah Bunce, late of Syracuse, N.Y; Sister, Polly Baker, wife of Elihu
Baker; To Julia Seelye, wife of the late Isaac Seelye, and her daughter
Harriett M. Book 5, Page 338 |
| LORING, Daniel | Of Belpre,
Ohio. Will made 9-8-1822. Probated, November 1823. Wife,
Lucy; children, Mary (Beebe), Israel, Ezekiel
Howe, Jesse, Oliver Rice; hiers of daughter Charoltte
Putnam; grandchildren William and Mary Beebe and Elizabeth
Putnam. Witness; Nahum Bent, John Scott, Sylvester
Haynes. Book 2, Page 435 Note: Daniel Loring was a Revolutionary soldier, born in 1740: at Sadbury, Mass; married Bathsheba Horn (or Harm} had the, following chidren; Isreal, Charlotte, Ezekiel, Bathsheba, Daniel, Polly, Oliver Rice, Jesse. Died in 1822 at Belpre, Ohio. Ref: Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. |
| LUND, Abigail | Or Aurelius
Township. Will made 11-27-1844, Probated june 1845. Children,
Sarah, Abigail, Mary (Danforth), Nancy Anne,
Catherine, Isaac Taylor Lund; grandson Charles Doan, son of
Sarah. Witness: Benjamin, and John S. Carp,
J.H. DeLong, William F. Cox. Book 7, Page 175 |
| LUND, Isaac | Will made 5-3-1834,
Probated March 1837. Wife, Abigail; children, Mary (Danforth),
Nancy Anne, Susan, Catharine and Isaac Taylor Lund. Witness: George
Wickers, Jr., John S.. and Banjamin Carp. Book 5, Page 356 |
| McCABBE, Robert | Administration 1824.
Children, Hannah (Jennings), Jacob C., Patience, Polly, Lorenzo D., John
W., Robert. Book 3, Page 320 |
| McCANDLEST, Anthony | Administration 1827.
Heirs, George, William and Elizabeth Jane McCandlish or
McCandlest. Book 4, Page 471 |
| McCLINTOCK, Catherine | Of Marietta. Will
made 8-20-1822, Probated July 1828. Children, Samuel and
Katherine, and Rachel. Witness: John P.
Mayberry, L. Barber, James
Whitney. Book 4, Page 180 Note: Samuel McCIintock was drowned March 30, 1815. Mrs. Catherine McCIintock died 8-30-1822 aged 22 years. James McCIintock, another son was living in Chillicothe in 1832. |
| McCLINTOCK, Mary | Will made April
1840 (or 1846), Probated October
1849. Husband, William H.; Elizabeth
Jameson. Witness: E. D. Buell, R.T. Miller. Book 8, Page 345 |
| McCLUER, John | Of Roxbury
Township. Will made 6-29-1826, Probated October 1837.
Wife, Hannah; children, John,
Orange, Chester, Thomas (to have land in
Middletown, Vermont), Sally, Hannah and
Alexander. Witness: Beth Bather, Richard Poss, Thos S. Cary
and William Carey. Book 4, Page 104 |
| McCONNELL, Talbot | Will made 9-7-1839,
Probated September 1839. Father, Edward McConnell in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Penna to have land mentioned as having been received from his
grandfather, David Townsend; brothers, Townsend and James; cousin, Sarah
Caldwell. Witness: James Lee, Isaac Kinkead, John V. Fairies. Book 6, Page 23 |
| McCOY. Alexander | Administration March
1825, Letitia (McCoy), wife of Jeremiah Grennen, Jr.,
Elizabeth-McCoy, Jane (McCoy), wife of John Macks, Matilda, Hiram,
Alexander McCoy, Elizabeth (McCoy), widow of Alexander
Hagerman. Book 3, Page 314 |
| McCULLOCK, Hugh | Administration 1826.
Wife, Mary to have land in Gallia County, Ohio. Book 5, Page 545 |
| McCULLOCH, James | Administration March
1825. Heirs, Benjamin L. Dodge, Alexander McCulloch and Lovina his
wife, James and John McCollouch. Book 3, Page 409 |
| MCDONALD, Dnaiel | Will made 11-22-1836,
probated 11-17, 1843. Wife, Catherine; children, George (only child by his
first wife Sally), James, Henrietta (Mason), Elizabeth (Fenn), Nancy
(Taylor), Sally and William McDonald (children of his second wife,
Elizabeth; Mary Ann (Sherlock), Mariah, Wallace and Isaac McDonald
children by his third wife Catherine. Witness: Calvin Crawford and William
Culver. Book 7, Page 11 |
| McINTOSH, Nathan | Administration 1827.
Children and grandchildren, Enoch S, William W., Nathan H., Lucy, Samuel
D.; minor children of Rhoda Ann Chamberlin, Gordon and Lucy
S. Book 4, Page 430 |
| Mc1NT0SH, Samuel D. | Administration 1831.
Widow, Deborah; children Rhoda Sophia and Samuel Lewis Mclntosh. Book 4, Page 575 |
| McKEWEN, Lydia | Will made 9-12-1819,
Probated 11-23-1823. Brother, Edmund Moulton, Sister Mary Bond and her
children; Joseph Moulton's grandson; Joseph Haskell, (continued) Enoch Bond and Nancy Plummer. Witness: Benj. Cross, Joseph Haskell, Esther Corp. Book 2, Page 423 |
| McKEWEN, Charles | Will made
5-4-1820, Probated July 1820. Wife, Lidia; children
mentioned, not named; To Joanna and Angelina
Lincoln, children of Obediah Lincoln, Witness: John
Brough, Sampson Frederick, Samuel Whipple. Book 2, Page 184 Note: Charles McKewen died May 10, 1820 aged 75 years. |
| McNUTT, Jane | Will made II-18-1844.
She was late of Harrison County, now of Union Township,
Washingtcn County, Ohio Widow of James McNutt, late of
Harrison County, Ohio, Sons: James and
Joseph; grandchildren, the heirs of Benjamin
McNutt; Son-in-Law, James Welles (or Willis);
Witness: William and Abner Deval. Book 7, Page 177 |
| McVAY, John | Will made 1-24-1823,
Probated November 1823. Wife, Elizabeth; children, Polly, Levinah,
Cynthia, Henry and Samuel. Witness: James Cline, William Knowlton,
Nicholas P. Lisk. Book 2. Page 422 |
| MCWHARTER, (or McWhorter), Frances C. G. | Of New York City. Will
made 5-8-1832, probated 6-3-1844. Father, John Lawrence, Esq; son,
Alexander McWhorter, a minor. Witness: Robert Giles, Jr., 110
Christie St., New York James Agnew, 175 Mulberry St., New York William W.
Betts, 97 Mott Street, New York. 7. Book 7, Page 63 |
| MANBY, Samuel | Administration, made
1834. Wife, Elizabeth (now deceased); children; Thomas, Elizabeth and
Harriett. Book 5, Page 214 |
| MARSH, Marcelius | Of Salem Township. Will
made 4-13-1850, Probated July 1850, Wife, mentioned, not named. Brother,
Robert Marsh; James McCoy, relationship not mentioned. Witness: Henry and
William Schofield. Book 8, Page 446 |
| MARTIN, George | Administration made
1835. Wife, Rebecca; children, John, Mary Ann,
George, Alexander, Nancy, Rebecca, Nathaniel H., Marinda,
Ruth,
Samantha, Nathan. Book 5, Page 505 |
| MARTIN, Simeon | Will made
9-30-1819, Probated March 1837. Wife, Abigail; children, Susan
(Stephens), Edward, Abigail (Fearing), George W, Eliza (Denny), Harriett
(Allen), Amy (Wood.) Witness: Valentine Martin, Martha and
Calvin Blanding. Book 5, Page 350 |
| MASON, Gideon | Of Jolly Township. Will
made 1-26-1849, Probated 3-3-1849. Wife, named unknown; children John and
Catherine, deceased, late wife of William Powell, and to each of their
seven children. Witness: George S. Gilliland, Warren
Wells. Book 8, Page 251 |
| MASON, John | Administration 5 (or
')-22-1849. Wife, Rebecca; children, Horatio W., Manley W., John L., Irene
Jane, Margaret M, Franklin L., Cerlinda. Book 9, Page 156 |
| MASON, William | Of Adams Township. Will
made 9-20-1813, Probated 4-1-1813. Wife, Susannah; son, Adolphus (a
minor), other children mentioned but not named, all minors. Witness:
Oliver Dodge, -William Allison, John Green. Book 1, Page 243 |
| MASON, William | Of Adams Township. Will
made 5-31-1826, Probated December 1826. Wife, Sally; children, Polly
(Chidester) by 3rd marriage, John Starling by second marriage, Nehemiah
Sprague by first marriage, Jane, wife of George Sprague, William, James,
Nancy b.1807, wife of William McAtee, Henry P., Rebecca (Mason) by 2nd
marriage, John D., Rachel, Elizabeth (b 1799) married William Morris,
Isaac (b. 1826), Jacob B. Witness: J.F. Buell, Joseph Mason, Anthony W.
Sprague. Book 3, Page 509 Note: William Mason was born 1764, married first to Rebecca Sharp Jan 9, 1796 in Philadelphia, Penna. She was born in 1765 and died 3-21-1812. He died August 2, 1826. William Mason married second to Sarah Shockley Jan. 7, 1819. She was born in 1799 and died 7-26-1845. William Mason, Jr was born 9-9-1796 at Redstone, Penna at which time the family were enroute to Ohio. He married 1st Luna Sprague, and second to Nancy Sprague. James, another son was born 1793 and married Juda (Sprague) Bartlett, Henry P., was born 6-9-1820, Rebecca born 11-30-1821 married first to Milton Reach and second to Simeon Duvall, Isaac born 8-7-1826, married first to Delia Allison and second to Cynthia Ann Simons, Jacob B, married first to Bathsheba Davis and second to Polly Hickens. |
| MATTHEWS, Abel | Of Union
Township. Will made 4-21-1821, Probated November 1822. Wife, Molly;
children, Hannah Charlotte, Philip, John; Step-son William Woodward, son
of his present wife. Witness: Sardine Stone, Coggeswell
Olney. Book 2, Page 270 |
| MAXWELL, Eliza Jane | Will made 12-26-1843,
Probated June 1845. Husband, Samuel; Father the late William F. Seldon of
Amherst, Mass. Witness; Elizabeth Maxwell , C.A. Nolcini, J.B. Van
Bergen. Book 7, Page 178 Note: William Seldon, son of Anna and Samuel Maxwell, died 1845- Eliza Ann, wife of Samuel, died 9-12-1844, aged 23 years- Eliza H. Maxwell died 1-24-1842, aged 37 years- Solomon Maxwell, died 1835, aged 15 years, drowned in the Muskingum River- Elizabeth Maxwell, died Jan 24-1844, aged 36 years. |
| MEDBURY, Charles | Administration 1850.
Widow, Marcey; children, Abigail, Elizabeth and
Charles. Book 4, Page 392 |
| MEDLEY, William G. | Will made 3-20-1829,
Probated June 1838. Friend, Eliza Payne who is to raise the youngest
of his three children; Daughter, Matilda (Dearborn) deceased. Witness: Vachel Dickerson , Josiah G. H. Hearin, Kenzie D. Jolly. Book 5, Page 481 Note: He was a Revolutionary soldier born 1763, died 3-17-1838. |
| MELLON, Samuel | Of Waterfown
Township. Will made 3-10-1843, Probated 1850. Wife,
Nancy; children, Walter H,, Joanne, Jesse, Susan (late
wife of Hill Dunsmore, Mary, wife of Volney Adams, Nancy Jane,
wife of John Godfrey, and to the four children of my
late deceased daughter Love Prudence, wife of Joel
Adams. Witness: Marcus Green, Simeon Evans,
Jr. Book 8, Page 511 |
| MELVIN, Isaac | Of Roxbury
Towliship. Will made 8-7-1841, Probated September
1845, Wife, Abigail; children Eliza
Ann (Shrader), Louisa (Green); Grandchild,
Isaac Melvin, son of Charles Melvin, deceased. Witness: John
D., Anna M., and Melissa Chamberlin. Book 7, Page 250 Note: Isaac Melvin was a Revolutionary Soldier, born 1753, in Ireland, and died 1842. Ref: D.A.R. Lineage Book, Nat'l # 23,382- Vol 24-pg 135. |
| MENCHON, Michael | Union
Township. Will made 12-25-1847, Probated April
1850. Wife to have all money which will lawfully come from
my father in Germany. (Signed in German). Witness in
German. Book 8, Page 404 |
| MEREDITH, New | Administration April 16,
1853. Wife, Dorcas; children, Betsey, wife of Richard McLeek of Noble
County, Ohio, Mahala, wife of Thomas Law, Susan, wife of John McClure,
Lydia, John, New, Jr., Nancy and Rachel Meredith. Book 9, Page 556 |
| MILLET, John | Will
made 5-3-1841, Probated July 1841. Son, Robert L.
Witness: Jonas Moors, Wm. H. McCIintock. Book 6, Page 177 |
| MILLER, Mary | Of Fearing Township.
Will made 11-12-1845, Probated July 1850. Heirs: Patrick Campbell, John
D., James M. Amlin, Mary Ann, wife of John Amlin, Eliza, wife of
James M. Anilin, Mary Ann and Adeliza, children of John D. Amlin,
Archibald Skinner, eldest son of John D. Amlin. Witness: Roswell and Eliza
A. Tenny. Book 8, Page 449 |
