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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


VANCLIEF, Mary Anne Of Waterford Township. Will made 8-29-1852, Probated 8-29-1852.  Children- Daniel, Abigail (Cheedle), Betsey (Morris), Lehana (Smith), Mary Anne (Frisby). Witness: Alexander Hill, John Hill
Book 9, Page 226
VANCLIEF, Peter Of Waterford. Will made 3-3-1816, Probated March 1816. Wife, Mary Anne- children not mentioned. Witness: Titus Kemble, Seymour Peoples.
Book 1, Page 294

Note: Peter VanClief was a Revolutionary soldier- died 3-5-1816, aged 53 years; Mary Anne, his wife-died September 1832, aged 87 years 6 months and 12 days; Jane their daughter doed 2-12-1816, aged 20 years.
VANGILDER, Jeremiah Will made 11-18-1838, Probated July 1850. Children- Jesse H., Hubbard, Amelia, Asenath, Clarissa and Louisa N. Witness: Augustus S. Curtis and C. C. Eustis.
Book 8, Page 450
VAUGHN, Alexander B. Administration 7-15-1853. Wife, Mary; children- John and Jesse.
Book 9, Page 521
WILLIAM, Vincent Of Waterford Township. Will made 11-5-1845, Probated March 1846. Brothers Thomas and Henry Vincent; sister Mary. Witness C. S. Carey, Henry White.
Book 6, Page 304
WADSWORTH, Benjamin Of Danvers, Essex County, Mass. Will made 8-1-1825, Probated December 1826. Wife , Mary to have dower land brought by her marriage, located at Lynn, Mass, inherited from her mother and father, late deceased); daughter- Betsey (Ruggles), grandchildren-John, Betsey, Elizabeth and Mary Ruggles. Also, a bequest to President and Fellows of Harvard. Witness: Nathan Felton, Jonathan Proctor, Daniel Felton.
Book 3, Page 504

Note: Benjamin Wadsworth was a Doctor of Divinity, and pastor of the North Parish Chruch at Danvers, Mass.
WAKEFIELD, Utley Will made 12-1-1843, Probated March 1843. Wife, Eleanor; children- Utley, Jr., Edward, Sally, Matilda, Liddy and Lucy. Witness: Jamas Ferguson, Rhomas W. Hill.
Book 7, Page 56
WARD, Eliza Of Providence, R.I.- Will made 6-30-1840, Probated in Rhode Island 4-8-1845, authenticated copy to Marietta in March 1847. Heirs- niece Harriett E. Ward; to daughters of the late Rev. Stephen Gano; to Cornelia Halroyd, a married daughter of the late Stephen Gano; to Joseph Brown Benedict, to John Brown, son of;Hugh H. Brown; to kinsman, Moses Brown Ives; to niece Eliza B. Rogers; to Joseph B Rogers, husband of Eliza. Witness: Franklin and Richard W. Greene, Samuel W. Peckham.
Book 7, Page 465
WARD, William K. Of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.: Administration 1832.  Children- Frances Maria, Joseph Buell and William Hand Ward; to Marian B. Ward, dormerly Marian Buell, late of Rochester and deceased wife of William S. Ward.
Book 4, Page 571
WATSON, John Of East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Will made 4-15-1824, Probated at Hartford 11-2-1824, authenticated copy to Marietta June 1851. Wife Anne; children- John Jr., Polly (Tudor), Sarah Ann (Perry), Nancy (Hall), Harriett (Watson), children of my son Henry, children of my son William.
Book 8, Page 589

Correcton: Sarah Anne Perry is a granddaughter.
WATER, Patrick Will made 1-14-1832, Probated 4-16-1852. wife, Mary L- sons- James Louis, and John B. Witness: T.J. Westgate, Martin McCarty, C.F. Buell.
Book 9, Page 113
WATERS, Bernard Will made 3-18-1839, Probated April 1839. Requests that he be buried according to the rites  of the Roman Catholic Church.  Specifies that his brother James support their mother. EXR'S: James Waters, Michael Tarpy. Witness: James McCaffrey, Michael Kelley.
Book 6, Page 534
WELLS, Robert Will made 6-7-1852, Probated 11-17-1852. Wife Hannah; children- Mary, Susannah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Harriett, Timothy, William Case, Polly Hannah, Julia Adelia Wells. Witness: John and J.H. Broadhurst.
Book 9, Page 252
WESTON, Samuel Date of probation only- August 1840. Wife, Eliza Anne to have the land which he inherited from his parents in Huntington County, Pennsylvania
Witness: Otis Wheeler; Robert Crawford.
Book 6, Page 86

Note: Cemetery record-Samuel Weston died 4-22-1840, aged 26 yr.
WHIPPLE, Abraham Of Fearing Township. Will made 10-23-1813, Probated July 1819. Wife, Sarah; daughter Katharine, widow of Col. Ebenezer Sproat; grandchildren Ebenezer Sproat Sibley and Henry Hastings Sibley to have a quadrant and sword belonging to their illuetrious grandfather. Witness: Andrew Harris, Solomon Sibley.
Book 2, Page 138

Note: Cemetery record-- Abraham Whipple, Commodore of the Rhode Island Fleet in the Revolutionary war, conducted to sea the first square rigged vessel built on the Ohio River at Marietta, thus opening commerce resources. Born 9-26-1733, died 5-27-1819. Mrs. Sarah Whipple, his wife died 10-14-1818, aged 79 years. She was a native of Providence, R.I.
WHIPPLE, Levi Late of Muskingum County, Ohio. Will made 4-15-1845, Probated June 1845. Wife Eliza; children-Warner W., Edward Augustus and his wife Anne, and their children Anne Eliza, Sarah and Levi; Eliza W. (Putnam); Francis R; Lucy R. (Allen); William Wells; Lucy Maria; nephew Rev. George Warner; son-in-law Douglas Putnam. Witness: Augustus Stone, David Putnam, Jr.
Book 7, Page 179

Correction: Lucy Maria Whipple was a niece, not a daughter.
WHITE, John H. Of Fearing Township. Will made 4-18-1827, Probated July 1827. Wife, Matilda; children- George-L., Mary Ann, James Howe11, Edward Howe11, Abraham Whipple, Isaac William, Hannah Matilda and Esther Leven White. Witness: Silas Hobby, Abraham Daniels.
Book 4, Page 63
WHITNEY, John Will made 1-3-1846, Probated October 1849. no heirs mentioned. Witness: Wm. Cline, Sam'l Burgess.
Book 8, Page 345
WHITLOCK, Maria Of Fearing Township. Will made 6-2-1848, Probated October 1850. Sister Sophia, wife of John Collins, Witness: W.J. Morris; Joseph G. Colliis.
Book 8, Page 517
WHITLOCK (or Whitlock), William Of bearing Township.  Will made 9-14-1822, Probated November 1822. Children- Henry, Elizabeth, John, William, Samuel, Sophia and Maria. Present: John True and Mary Anne Fisher.
Book 2, Page 269
WILKES, Charles Of New York City. Will made 6-9-1833, Probated March 1835. Wife, Janet; children- Charlotte (Jeffrey), Fanny (Golden), Horatio, George, Hamilton; niece Eliza Henry; nephews John, Henry Wilkes, Edmund and Charles Wilkes; friend Chas R. Cadman of Boston.
Book 5, Page 176
WILLARD, Joseph Rev. Will made in 1825, Probated 1826. Heirs- George J. Willard, Caroline (wife of Henry P. Wilcox; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Carpenter of New York City; Joseph Willard of Pike County, Ohio; Ellen Willard of New York City; Peter Willard of Parkersburg, Va. (now West Virginia). Note: The last three mentioned are children of Joseph Willard.
Book 4, Page 52
WILLIAMS, Williams Will probated June 15, 1805. Wife, Martha; children: William and Alvin or Alvira. EXR: Simeon Demming. Witness: Simeon Starling and Simeon Starling, Sr.
Book 1, Page 65
WILLIAMSON, Moses Of Grandview Township. Will probated 1-22-1804. Wife, Christena; other heirs Jacob, son of Andrew Brown; David, son of Jeremiah Williamson (deceased); Susanna, mother of Jacob Brown and wife of Andrew. EXR'S: Christena Williamson, and his brother Samuel. Witness: James Riggs, Anthony Sheets, John Collins, Isaac Wilson. 
Book 1, Page 78
WILLIAMSON, Robert Will probated 8-3-1830. Heir-William Pitt Racer. Witness: Royal Prentis, Feliz Regnier, Jonathan Jennings.
Book 8, Page 452

Note: Robert Williamson died 6-3-1830 aged 86 years.
WILLIAMSON, Samuel Of Grandview Township. Will made 11-14-1807. Wife, Deborah; children- Moses, James, William, Samuel, Ruth, Jane (Caldwell), Elizabeth (Bryson), Sarah Williamson. Witness: Philip Whitten, James Riggs, Henry Jolly.
Book 1, Page 123

Note: Samuel Willimason was a Revolutionary soldier-Ensign 1778 in Virginia Militia. Born 1745; married Sarah Claypool- died 1808. Ref: D.A.R. Lineage book Vol 66, pg 156, Natfl # 65458.
WILSON, Amos Of Adams Township. Will made 5-14-1837, Probated June 1837.  Wife, Elizabeth; children-Newell, Nelson, Lorenzo, Charles, Eliza, Polly (Lewis); grandchild Emeline Lake. Witness: George Bowen, Wm. A. Whittlesey.
Book 5, Page 384
WILSON, Elwood Administration, 7-25-1853. Widow, Jane now residing in Noble County, Ohio; children- Rhoda Elizabeth, Eleanor Eliza, Nancy Delila, Wm. Alonzo, all children under the age of 15 years. Note: Jane Wilson, widow later married John C. Paxton.
Book 9, Page 491


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