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 |
| 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 |
