Wills 1831-1840

From microfilm rented and copies bought by Annette Campbell at the LDS Family History Center.

JOHN BARLOW of Windham Will Probated March 19 1831

Heir: Wife.

Executrix: Wife.

Witnesses: Samuel Comfort, Lewis Post and Charles C. Abeel.

PETER E. PALEN of Cairo Will Probated April 8 1831

    Heirs: Wife, Sarah; Jane Drakes and Sally Ann Northroup (Northrop
    - AC)
    Executors: Wife, Sarah, son Edward.

Witnesses: James C. Blanchard, Benedict W. Hazard and Walker

Noble.

JARED RICE of Lexington Will Probated May 30 1831

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; daughters. Philotheta; sons, John Rice and

Lyman Shepard Rice; grandson, Jason S. Beach; Sally Skiff and

Julia Ann Chaffee.

Executors: Henry Goslie and Amos Rice.

Witnesses: None listed on copy.

ITHAMAR COBB of Greenville Will Probated July 25 1831

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; daughters: Ann and Deborah, --also mentions

Caty, late wife of William Green; Betsey, late wife of Enos Smith;

Esther, wife of John W. Dodge; heirs of daughter, Sally Powell,

deceased; sons: Seth, Ithamar, Jr., and Tyler P.; heirs of late son,

Gideon; heirs of late son, Daniel Tyler P. Cobb; grandson, Ithamar

Cobb; granddaughter, Deborah Smith.

Executors: Erastus Hamilton and Abijah Ried.

Witnesses: Edward Collins and Roswell Collins.

FRANCIS CLAW of Athens Will Probated July 25 1831

Heirs: Wife, Gitty; oldest son, Garret; son, John; daughter, Lena

and her two children; grand daughter, Jane VanHacren.

Executors: Nicholas L. VanLoon and William Tolley.

Witnesses: Abraham D. Spoor, John VanLoon, Jr. and George

Bomes.

JAMES COVEY of New Baltimore Will Probated October 17 1831

Heirs: Wife, Phebe; sons: Walter and James; two daughters:

Salome Dodge and Susannah Gaumans; heirs of son, Eldah;

Ebenezer W. Covey.

Executors: Wife, Matthew Palmer of Greenville and Isaac Titus

of New Baltimore.

Witnesses: Ebenezer Weeks, Barnabas and Benjamin O. Miller.

HEZEKIAH BALDWIN of Durham Will Probated February 27 1832

Heirs: Wife, Rachel; Stephen Tibbals, Jr.; Rhoda, wife of Constant

Bushnell; Lyman Hull.

Executors: Wife and Stephen Tibbals, Jr.

Witnesses: Alfred Hand, Ezra Hand and B. Bagley.

BENJAMIN TRYON of Cairo Will Probated March 12 1832

Heirs: Sons: Stephen and Peter; children of son Benjamin, deceased;

daughters: Rebecca and her children, also Elizabeth, wife of Aaron

Talmadge; John J. Brandow, Olive Palmer.

Executors: Sons, Stephen and Peter.

Witnesses: William Chapman, Peter R. VanDenbergh and John L.

Bronk.

JACOB HORN of Windham Will Probated April 10 1832

Heirs: Wife, Elizabeth; sons: Jacob Jr., John, Peter and Jeremiah;

daughters: Caty, Betsey, Hannah, Peggy, Jane, Lany, Julia Ann

and Mary Ann.

Executors: Wife and Daniel McGarry.

Witnesses: Abijah Datey, Ezra Disbrow and Rival Blin.

ISAAC SANFORD Will Probated April 24 1832

Heirs: Wife, Marilla; five children: Marilla, Amos, David Porter,

Isaac, and James William; only sister, Harriet Sanford. (mentions

wife's father as Grandfather William Chapin).

Executor: None listed on copy

Witnesses: Thomas O. H. Croswell and Silvenes Tarbush of

Catskill, Joseph Prentice of Athens.

FREDERICK SAX of Catskill Will Probated June 1 1832

Heirs: Wife, Maria; Hannah, wife of Clark Lawrence; Margaret,

wife of John Teetshorn.

Executors: John, Paul and Jacob VanOrden.

Witnesses: Isaac Dubois, Abraham VanVechten and Robert

Dorlon.

SIMON LYMAN of Hartford, CT Will Probated July 9 1832

Heirs: Eleven Children of brother Elias Lyman as follows:

Lewis, Normand, Willys, Elias, Charles, George, Simeon, Hannah,

Jane, Anne Dodd and Clementine Tilden; Frances L. Dodd, grand

daughter of said Elias Lyman; brother Asail; Christopher C., son

of brother, Lewis Lyman; Submit, wife of Lewis Lyman; Julia E.

and Jane R. Lyman; Ora A. Bolles; Hannah L. Judson; Ann, wife

of Charles Dodd; Mary, daughter of William Weller; nephew,

Theodore Lyman; nephew, Frederick Lyman; brother, Job Lyman;

sister, Elizabeth James; Julia Hinsdale; daughter, Hannah Lyman;

Elizabeth, cousin, daughter of Uncle Joel Lyman; Gurdon
Huntington.

Executors: Christopher C. Lyman of Hartford, CT and Lewis Lyman

of Hartford, VT

Witnesses: Henry L. Ellsworth, Lorenzo L. Bull and William

Montague.

CATHERINE VANDERZEE of New Baltimore Will Probated Jul 9 1832

(Spelt Vandersee everywhere on copy-AC)

Heirs: Son, Andrew A.; two sons of Storm A. Vandersee; - Albert

and Storm Andrew; Laura, widow of Storm A. Vandersee; daughter,

Elizabeth, wife of Thomas C. Houghtaling; daughters of Andrew A.

Vandersee; daughters of Storm A. Vandersee. (also mentions

Albert S. Vandersee, deceased.

Executors: Thomas C. Houghtaling and Andrew A. VanSlyke.

Witnesses: Peter Jones, Timothy Clancy and Samuel McCabe.

Witnesses to Codicil: Matthew Scott, Mariah Wolf and Elisha A.

Hall.

JOSEPH ADAMS of Durham Will Probated July 23 1832

Heirs: Present wife, Eunice; son, Victor; daughters: Julia Ann

and Huldah Ann; children by first wife, Martha Adams, ---Patty,

Polly, Alma ,Lucinda and Joseph; Second wife, Charity;

children of this wife,---Zopher, Platt, Betsey, Rebecca and Sally.

Executors: Platt Adams, son of Durham and Zadock Pratt, Jr.

of Lexington.

Witnesses: Elias Post, Roswell R. Post and James Conklin.

ELI R. PECK of Durham Will Probated August 1 1832

Heirs: Wife, Lucina; two daughters, Delia D. and Hellen; (mention's

father's name as Daniel Peck).

Executors: Wife, and Levi Tremain.

Witnesses: Maria And Edwin R. Tremain, Abner Flower.

ANDREW A. VANDERZEE of North Baltimore Will Probated Aug 2 1832

Heirs: Children: Catherine, Rachel Magdalen, Mary, Albert,

Martin T. E., and Elizabeth.

Executors: Wife, Anna and Benjamin Fredenburgh.

Witnesses: Leonard Haight, Samuel Mills, Jr. and Peter Chaddon.

JACOB GOETSCHIUS of Catskill Will Probated September 5 1832

Heirs: Sons: John (oldest) and Peter; daughters: Margaret, Ann,

Sally; Rachel, wife of John Merrifield; Polly, wife of Eli White; Nelly,

wife of David G. Abeel; Betsey, wife of Noah Allen; Catharine, wife

of David F. Lester and Sally, wife of William A. Jeffreys; Margaret

McGriggin.

Executors: Son, John Goetschius and John Merryfield.

Witnesses: H.W. Orcutt, L. Kiersted and Charles C. Abeel.

DAVID SHAW of Athens Will Probated September 10 1832

Heirs: Wife, Mary; her sister, Elizabeth McMullin; sons: Alexander

and Robert; (mentions son, William, deceased); four grandsons:

William Alexander and James Tallman Shaw, sons of son Robert

Shaw; Samuel Franklin, son of Franklin Shaw, deceased. Daniel,

son of son Alexander Shaw; Allen Holmes, Thomas Dilyell, William

Shaw Reyna and David Ray.

Executors: Son, Alexander Shaw and William Tolley.

Witnesses: Castle Seely and Elijah Spencer.

JOSEPH GROOM of Athens Will Probated September 17 1832

Heirs: Daughters: Mary, Magdaline, Eytie, Rebecca and Hannah;

Children of daughter, Catherine, deceased; sons of daughter,

Magdaline Gay; all children of daughter, Hannah, deceased.

Executors: Sons-in-law, Barent Gay and John VanLoon; also

William Tolley.
Witnesses: Elijah Spencer, Samuel Paultney and Justin Howland.

SAMUEL POLTNEY of Athens Will Probated September 17 1832

(notice difference in spelling in above Abstract)

Heirs: Brother, William; children of brother William; nephew,

Samuel P. Teneyck and niece, Julia Ann Sickles.

Executors: Elijah and John Lawton.

Witnesses: John H. Wheeler and William H. Spencer.

GARRET T. HOGHTALING of New Baltimore Will Probated Sep. 24 1832

Heirs: Sons: Coenrad (eldest), Ephraim, Peter, Henry, James,

John, Thomas, Amos and William Jacobs Hoghtaling; daughters

Sarah, wife of Jehiel Thorn; Hester and Nancy, wife of Jacob Marsh.

Executors: Son, Coenrad; James and Anthony C. Hoghtaling.

Witnesses: John Gay of New Baltimore; Cuyler Hilton of New

Baltimore and Benjamin B. Fredenburgh of Coeymans.

EPHRAIM BRONK of New Baltimore Will Probated December 3 1832

Heirs: Wife, Nancy; sons: Peter E and Ephraim, Jr.; five daugh-

ters: Rachel, wife of Thomas H. Hoghtaling; Hester, wife of Garrit

L. Hoghtaling; Jenny, wife of Barent VanSlyck; Utrica, wife of Tunis

B, VanSlyck and Polly, wife of John Coonley.

Executors: Wife, Nancy and Peter E., eldest son.

Witnesses: Jabez Bushnell, Gilbert Brown and Elisha D. Hall.

JANE HAIGHT of Athens Will Probated February 14 1833

(widow of Samuel Haight)

Heirs: Nieces: Mrs. Eliza Whitlock, Jane Haight Scott, Jane

Catharine Haight and Jane Haight Dorlon; Robert Dorlon of Catskill;

Joseph Prentice of Athens; daughter-in-law, Lydia Haight; grand

daughter, Sarah Haight; Susan Scott, Elizabeth Dorlon and Jacob

Haight, brother and sisters of the deceased's late husband, Samuel

Haight; Sarah Haight; children of Martha.

Executors: Jacob Haight, Robert Dorlon and Joseph Prentice (also

spelled as Prentiss.)

Witnesses: Thomas O.H. Croswell and Joseph Pierce.

HENRY GREEN of Coxsackie Will Probated March 11 1833

Heirs: Wife, Catharine; children: Betsey, Mariah, Ambrose,

William and John.

Executors: Wife, Jacob J. Shaver and Thomas Burroughs.

Witnesses: Joseph L. and Nathan Burroughs and William L. Sarles.

FREDERICK SAX of Catskill Will Probated March 16 1833

Heirs: Margaret, wife of John Leetshorn; other children, no names

mentioned.

Executors: Sons, John and Paul Sax; Jacob VanOrden.

Witnesses: Isaac Dubois, Abraham VanVechten and Robert Dorlon.

NICHOLAS N. ROWE of Catskill Will Probated March 25 1833

Heirs: Wife, Eliza; children: Jeremiah, Hunting, Cornelius,

Elizabeth and Helen.

Executors: Wife, Cornelius C. Rowe and Francis Sayre.

Witnesses: Malbone Watson, John R. Kirk and Betsey Row of

Milan, Dutchess County.

BUEL WHITE of Windham Will Probated May 6 1833

Heirs: Wife, Lydia; son, Austin; daughters, Abigail and Clarinda.

Executors: Wife and Harry Kinsley.

Witnesses: Consian King, Albert Tuttle and C.H. Goodrich.

SETH BUNKER of Athens Will Probated July 22 1833

Heirs: Wife, Lavinia; three children: Margaret, Mary and Weston;

Castle Seeley.

Executors: Wife and Castle Seeley.

Witnesses: O. E. Osborn, John Bennett and William H. Spencer.

ISAAC SPOOR of Coxsackie Will Probated August 21 1833

Heirs: Brothers: Derick, James W., Charles H. and Abraham.

Executors: Brothers: Derick and James W.

Witnesses: William Tolley and Gitty Mullin.

SOPHIA SPOOR of Coxsackie Will Probated August 21 1833

Heirs: Sons: Charles Henry, Abraham and James W., Judith

Ann, wife of Edward Thurber.

Executors: Sons, Abraham and James W.

Witnesses: William Tolley and Gitty Mullin of Athens.

JOHN BAGLEY of Durham Will Probated September 16 1833

Heirs: Wife, Olive; son, Truman H.; grandchildren.

Executors: Wife and Ira L. Day.

Witnesses: Amasa Mattson and Horace Austin, both of Cairo.

BARENT BOGART of Albany Will Probated November 2 1833

Heirs: Wife, Alida; two daughters: Agnes and Wellempie Gardner;

grandson, Douw B. Gardner.

Executors: Wife and Wellempie Gardner.

Witnesses: H. Bleecker, Richard Varick Dewitt and Bayerd E.

Dana.

SAMUEL HAWKES of Catskill Will Probated December 3 1833

Heirs: Wife, Esther; daughters: Lucretia and Sarah Ann; sons:

Milton, Edward, William and Thomas.

Executors: Abner Austin, Casparus Ben, and John Rouse.

    Witnesses: R.V. Dyke, Jacob Vedder and B. Demyer.
    (Note: email from Gary Fowks indicates that this is the will for
    Samuel Fowks, who died November 1833)

ABRAHAM HALLENBECK of Coxsackie Will Probated Dec 7 1833

Heirs: Wife, Mary; daughters: Eleanor and Gertrude; sons:

Jacob and Samuel.

Executors: Son, Jacob S. and John L. Bronk.

Witnesses: Tallmadge Fairchild and Robert Burns.

JOHN L. HAVILAND of Athens Will Probated December 12 1833

Heirs: Wife, Nancy; sons: George (youngest), James Benjamin

and John L.; six daughters: Mary Ann, wife of William A. Smith;

Harriet, wife of Lambert VanNalkenbergh; Caroline, Emma Jane,

Hannah Loretta and Lavinia.

Executors: Wife and son John L. Haviland

Witnesses: William Tolley and Elijah Spencer.

ANN WILLS of Coxsackie Will Probated January 7 1834

Heirs: Sister, Elizabeth, wife of John VanWie; Judith Ann, daughter

of John VanWie; grandson, John VanDenbergh, son of son, Peter.

Administrator: John VanWie.

Witnesses: William Tolley and Derick Spoor.

JONATHAN HOWARD of Windham Will Probated January 8 1834

Heirs: Sons: Orrie (oldest) and Jonathan; daughters: Jerusha Stevens,

Margaret Waters, Tammy Stevens and Phyllis Tibbetts (youngest);

son-in-law, Daid Reed.

Executors: Son, Jonathan and Meret Osborn

Witnesses: Eli P. Robinson and Tobias Smith

UNDERHILL BUDD of Greenville Will Probated February 4 1834

Heirs: Wife, Caty; sons: Benjamin and George and John;

daughters: Mary and Abby.

Executors: Abel Blackman and Benjamin Budd.

Witnesses: Abd. Blackman, William Dewitt and Sally Kellog.

SALLY BUTLER of Coxsackie Will Probated March 31 1834

Heirs: Son, Ezra and daughter, Caroline.

Executors: The above.

Witnesses: Lois Reed and Epenetus Reed.

STORM ROSA of Coxsackie Will Probated May 12 1834

Heirs: Wife; sons: John and Henry; two sons-in-law: Thomas

Burroughs and William Bliss; daughter, Mary, wife of Robert Bullis

and her children.

Executors: Sons: John and Henry; sons-in-law, Thomas Burroughs

and William Bliss.

Witnesses: Stephen Tryon, James F. Burroughs and Isaac P.

Fitchet.

NEHEMIAH FOSTER of Lexington Will Probated June 9 1834

Heirs: Wife, Ruth; sons: Horace, David N. and Silas; daughter

Elizabeth Lewis.

Executors: Wife and David Cross.

Witnesses: Hezekiah Petit, Alexander White and Daniel Howley.

ISAAC HALLENBECK of Athens Will Probated June 23 1834

Heirs: Wife, Mary; three sons: Isaac, Casper and William;

daughter, Hannah; grandsons: Albert, John and Aaron; grand-

sons: Isaac VanLoon, Isaac Casperson and Isaac Williamson.

Executors: Wife and sons: Casper and Martin.

Witnesses: David VanVliet, John Gay and Joseph A. VanTurck.

SILAS WOOD of Coxsackie Will Probated August 11 1834

Heirs: Brothers: Eliphalet and Abraham Wood; sisters: Phebe,

wife of Abner Wakely; Polly, wife of David Cook.

Executors: Abner Wakely, William Kempton and Epenetus Reed.

Witnesses: Epenetus Reed and William H. Stone.

JAMES PINCKNEY of Catskill Will Probated August 16 1834

Heirs: Wife, Louisa; sons: Charles B., James and Philip; James

D. Pinckney; five daughters: Laura; Maria, wife of George

Hallenbeck; Adaline, wife of John P. Decker; Frances, wife of

John F. Hull; Grace, wife of William E. Pierie.

Executors: Son, Charles B. Pinckney and Joel Bellamy.

Witnesses: Jonathan Rowe, Stephen Bosworth and Lewis Burton.

ISAAC BATCHELOR of Coxsackie Will Probated Sept. 8 1834

Heirs: Wife, Catherine.

Executors: Thomas W. Gay, George Reed and William Mandeville.

Witnesses: William Chapman and William V.B. Adams.

HARMAN VEDDER of Catskill Will Probated October 14 1834

Heirs: Wife, Catherine; daughters: Eliza, Catherine and Maria.

sons: David, Aaron, Peter, Abraham, Isaac and John.

Executors: Son, David and John Vedder, Jr. and William Salisbury.

Witnesses: Horatio Dewey, John O. Dewey and John M. Vedder.

PRISCILLA TENBROOKE of Catskill Will Probated Nov. 27 1834

Heirs: Heirs of Chloe Richardson, daughter of Joseph Richardson,

deceased; Benjamin, also a son of Joseph Richardson, deceased;

Esther E., daughter of Benjamin Richardson; Esther Priscilla,

daughter of Jairus Richardson; Bellinger Richardson; William

Richardson; grandchildren mentioned but not by name.

Executors: Jairus, William and Bellinger Richardson.

Witnesses: Henry Dederick and Jerry William Dederick, both of

Saugerties.

RUTH MARRIOTT of Athens Will Probated December 1 1834

Heirs: Children: Samuel, Martha, Edward, and Phebe Green;

Charles Marriot, present husband of Ruth Marriot; John Lawton;

Caleb Coffin's father Caleb Coffin's heirs; Samuel Coffin; Hepzebeth

Coffin, sister of Samuel Coffin; Tabitha, Lucia Maria and Margaret,

sister of Charles Marriott; (mentions Caleb Coffin, late husband of

Ruth Marriot); son, Caleb Coffin.

Executors: Abraham Lawton and William M. Coffin.

Witnesses: Thomas and Mary S. Coffin.

CASPARUS BENHAM of Catskill Will Probated December 6 1834

Heirs: wife, Gertrude Sauser; children: Peter D., John, Catherine

(also referred to as Mary Catherine), Sarah, Garriche, Cornelius

and Elizabeth.

Executors: Son. Peter D. Benham and Peter Benham of Lexington.

Witnesses: Elizabeth Schunneman of Catskill, Abraham Simmons

and Peter Palmatier of Catskill.

HIRAM LOSEE of Greenville Will Probated February 2 1835

Heirs: Wife, Effa; sons: Townsend, Cyrus, Stephen, George,

Simeon; daughters: Maria, Phebe Ann, Effa, wife of Shubel L.

Newman; Freelove, wife of Henry N. Bogardus.

Executors: Sons, Cyrus and Stephen Losee.

Witnesses: Erastus Hamilton and Ransome Losee.

ELIJAH MORE of Lexington Will Probated March 9 1835

(Also a Probate of same will MAY 31 1836 maybe a codicil.

Heirs: Wife, Mary; Sons: James (youngest) and Elijah (oldest)

daughters: Sally Cline (eldest); Polly Peck, Hannah Reynolds,

Lydia Galloway and Catherine Cole.

Executors: Sons: Elijah and James

Witnesses: Peter T., Bruce C. and Deborah Smith.

ALLEN T. HOLMES of Athens Will Probated April 13 1835

Heirs: Mother; Wife, Elizabeth

Executors: Alexander Shaw and Castle Seely.

Witnesses: J. H. Wheeler and Henry VanLoon.

JOHN F. DARROW Will Probated April 13 1835

Heirs: Wife, Maria; sons: Robert and Burr; daughters: Jane,

Adaline and Caroline.

Executors: Caleb Day and son Burr Darrow.

Witnesses: Abraham Voorhis and S. Spooner.

MARY PORTER of New Baltimore Will Probated May 5 1835

(Widow of William Porter-deceased)

Heirs: Samuel Dodge

Executor: Samuel Dodge

Witnesses: Loriz Palmer and Gilbert Bedell

REUBEN BRUNDYDG of Cairo Will Probated May 11 1835

Heirs: Wife; six children: James B., Stephen, Wesley M.,

Phebe Hill, Lydia Ann and Catharine D.; five sons dead including

Reuben and Ira; Reuben Seaman Brundydg, deceased, oldest,

left six children.

Executors: Wesley Milton Brundydg and Catharine D., son and

daughter of deceased.

Witnesses: Henry Weeks, Tamma Weekes and Patience

Almira Brundydg.

SIMEON HOLMES Will Probated May 18 1835

Heirs: Widow Markey; Margaret and Priscilla, infant daughters

of Widow Clarissa Markey.

Executor: Montgomery Markey.

Witnesses: Abner Flower, Owen Bell and Amos Pierce.

PHILO BUSHNELL of Lexington Will Probated June 8 1835

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; minor children not named.

Executors: Aaron Bushnell, Abraham Hare and Henry Goslee.

Witnesses: Aaron Bushnell and Henry Goslee.

HANNAH BURGESS of Athens Will Probated June 12 1835

Heirs: Sister, Mary; niece, Sarah Pierce, wife of Eli Pierce and

daughter of brother William Burgess; children of Sarah Pierce;

Eli Pierce; niece, Maria M. Haight, wife of Jacob Haight; nephew,

William Burgess, son of brother John Burgess; niece, Jane Burgess,

daughter of Robert Burgess; Sarah Larman McMahan Ogden, an

orphan girl; Elizabeth Burgess, wife of late brother, John Burgess;

Hannah Maria, daughter of brother, William Burgess; brother

William Burgess.

Executors: Rev. Joseph Prentiss of Athens; sister, Mary Burgess,

and niece, Sarah Pierce.

Witnesses: Eilliam Tolley and Joseph Pierce of Athens, Allen

Jordan of Hudson.

ZEPHANIAH CHASE of Lexington Will Probated June 22 1835

Heirs: Wife, Lorie; sons: Benjamin, Joseph, David, West, and

Charles; daughters: Abigail Johnson, Elizabeth Bushnell, Rebecca

Douk; grandson, Benjamin Chase.

Executor: David Chase.

Witnesses: Yado H. Pratt, Charles Vorse and Charles Peck.

JOSEPH WRIGHT of Durham Will Probated June 22 1835

Heirs: Wife, Emeline Peck; sister, Hannah Wright.

Executor: Joseph O'Bryan of Durham.

Witnesses: John O'Bryan, Amos Sterring and John Wright.

JACOB BOGARDUS of Coxsackie Will Probated July 6 1835

Heirs: Sons: Isaac and John; unmarried daughters (not named).

Executor: Son, Isaac.

Witnesses: John L. Bronk and Matthew Spoor.

JOHN PLANK of Durham Will Probated August 17 1835

Heirs: Wife, Catharine; sons: Frederic (eldest) and Abraham;

Daughter, Mary, wife of Daniel D. Howe.

Executors: Two sons, Frederic and Abraham; Bela Strong.

Witnesses: David Williams, Asahel Strong and Althea E. Strong.

DANIEL BENJAMIN Will Probated September 28 1835

Heirs: Wife, Polly; son, Henry.

Executors: Jesse, Benjamin and Silas Stanard.

Witnesses: Eliakim Stanard, Abner Flower of Durham and Dan

Bixby of Greenville.

TIMOTHY BUNKER of Athens Will Probated January 4 1836

    Heirs: Wife Judith; daughters: Ann Stitts, wife of Thomas Stitts;
    Avis Coleman, wife of David Coleman; Maria Raymond, wife of
    Lewis Raymond; Judith C. Smith, wife of Charles Smith; Phebe
    Bunker and Ursula Bunker; three grand children, -- the children of
    son, Seth Bunker, deceased, Weston, Margaret and Mary; Reynolds         Cornell.

Executors: Wife and two sons-in-law, Lewis Raymond and Charles

Smith.

Witnesses: Thomas Wright of Claverack, Columbia County, and
Amos Carpenter of the City of Hudson.

JOHN BARKER WIll Probated February 9 1836

Heirs: Wife Margaret; sons: Charles, John, William, James and

George; daughters: Elizabeth Hubbel, Margaret Pierson, Eleanor

Finkle and Catharine Stevens.

Executrix: Wife, Margaret.

Witnesses: Robert Shields and William Pierson.

GEORGE STEPHENSON of Lexington Will Probated February 29 1836

(Late Minister of the Gospel of Lexington)

Heirs: Wife, Phebe; Rev. Isaac Purkiss of Freehold, Greene Co, NY;

Dr. John W. Sterling of the City of New York; William McLaren of

Lexington, NY; Daniel Sayer of Cairo; Remus Merwin of Lexington;

Joel Hosford of Lexington and Reuben Hosford of the same place;

Dr. Horace P. Beach of Lexington; David Stilton Foot of Windham;

Ruth Woodruff, widow of Mr. Elisha Woodruff of Cairo, deceased;

    Adonijah Baker and wife of Cairo; Mrs. Molly Johnson, wife of
    Stephen Johnson of Lexington; Mrs. Elizabeth Merwin, wife of
    Lyman Merwin of Lexington; Mrs. Samantha Wears, widow of John
    Wears of Windham, deceased; children of Rev. Elisha Wise,
    deceased; George Mann, Isaac Buel and William Osborn of
    Lexington.

Executors: George Mann, Isaac Buel and William Osborn of

Lexington.

Witnesses: Chauncey Hosford, Michael Mann and David M.
Hosford.

JOHN BUDDEN of Athens Will Probated March 15 1836

Heirs: Wife, Rachel; two daughters: Mary, wife of Lewis Cornwell

and Betsey, wife of Morris Edwards.

Executors: Wife, Rachel and Casper Hallenbeck.

Witnesses: Eli Pierce (a doctor, see next entry--AC) and William

Tolley.

JANE R. BURGESS of Athens Will Probated April 18 1836

Heirs: Cousins: -- the children of Henry Bowman: Joshua H., John,

Abigail, Hannah Gomeley, wife of Emer; William Bowman, Mary L.

Bowman; Doctors, Eli Pierce and Joseph Pierce.

Executors: Dr. Eli Pierce and Joshua R. Bowman.

Witnesses: Alonzo Grune and Edward Greene

AARON HALL of Greenville Will Probated April 25 1836

Heirs: Wife, Emma Hall; four sons: Louis, Abraham, Harvey and

William; daughters: Rhoda, wife of John Cowdin; Olive and Polly,

wife of Ambrose Baker; grandsons and grand daughter, Emmelisa

Youmans, William Hudson Kinsley and Addison James Kinsley.

Executor: Abraham Hall

Witnesses: Aaron and Abel Butler; Joel Buckbee

DANIEL JOHNSON of Lexington Will Probated May 31 1836

Heirs: Daughters: Amanda Smith and Hanna; sons: Miles and

Orrin.

Executor: Henry Goslee.

Witnesses: Munson Buel and Isaac Buel.

JAMES C. LISK of New Baltimore Will Probated June 6 1836

Heirs: Brothers: Jacob (eldest), Charles, Jr., and Benjamin C.

(youngest); sisters: Marice Armstrong (eldest), and Hannah

Coonley, wife of Gerry Coonley, (youngest).

Executors: Father, Charles Lisk and brother, Charles Lisk, Jr.

Witnesses: Burling Hoag and Deborah Lisk.

JOHN C. ROACH of Catskill Will Probated June 23 1836

(Formerly of the Island of Barbadoes)

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; adopted son, Nathaniel.

Executors: Wife and Turhard R. Cook.

Witnesses: Turhand R. Cook (notice spelling), Julia Ann

Begnake and Rebecca Gracey.

CONRADT T. HOGHTALIN of New Baltimore Will Probated Jul 18 1836

(Name also spelled Houghtaling)

Heirs: Wife, Catherine; three sons: Thomas C., Anthony C., and

Abraham C.

Executors: The three sons.

Witnesses: Garret T. Hoghtalin, Leonard Haight and Elisha D. Hall.

JOHN P. DECKER of Catskill Will Probated July 26 1836

Heirs: Wife, Adelvine F.

Executor: Brother-in-law, Charles B. Pinckney.

Witnesses: R. Dorlon and Joel Bellamy.

JOSHUA GEDNEY of New Baltimore Will Probated July 25 1836

Heirs: Wife, Mary; children: Peter, Bartholomew, Absolum,

Joshua and Samuel; daughters: Payshance (Patience), Sarah,

Jane, Hester, Mary and Hannah.

Executors: Peter and Joshua Gedney; Benjamin McCabe.

Witnesses: Archibald Stephens, Charles S. Fredenburgh and

DeWitt Stephens.

EFFA RENNE of Durham Will Probated September 13 1836

Heirs: Daughter, Deborah and son, Stephen.

Executor: Son, Stephen.

Witnesses: Julia A. Renne and Lucy Renne.

WILLIAM TOLLEY of Athens Will Probated November 9 1836

Heirs: Wife Rebecca; three children of brother, George Tolley,

deceased; two children: Frederick W. and Altanah L. Tolley.

Executor: Son, Frederick W. Tolley

Witnesses: James Mullen and Jacob Hardwick.

PHINEAS TYLER of Durham Will Probated December 16 1836

Heirs: Youngest son, Jehial; grandson, Albert.

Executors: Deliverance B. Hervey and Lucy Hewey.

Witnesses: James Tyler and Vincent Stilwell.

JOHN C. HALLENBECK of Athens Will Probated December 19 1836

Heirs: Wife; daughters: Harriet, Sarah, Mary and Lany; sons:

Casper, John, William and Walter; two grandchildren, Betsey and

Mary Ann, children of George Lee.

Executors: Casper, William and Walter Hallenbeck.

Witnesses: Jacob Hardick, Reuben Huntington and William Tolley.

BENJAMIN HAXTUN of Catskill Will Probated December 26 1836

Heirs: Wife, Martha; three daughters, Julia Catharine, Phoebe Ann,

and Caroline; grand daughters: Eliza and Mary Ann, children of

deceased daughter, Mary Eliza Fraser; Andrew B. Fraser, son of

Washington M.

Executors: Andrew B. Haxtun.

Witnesses: John Adams and Lewis Benton.

AFTER YOUMANS of Coxsackie Will Probated January 13 1837

Heirs: Wife, Elizabeth: sons: Joseph, After, Jeremiah, Abraham,

and John; daughters: Sally, Betsey and Phoebe.

Executrix: Wife.

Witness: James Wells Sniffen.

RICHARD RUSHMORE of Athens Will Probated January 31 1837

Heirs: Wife, Deborah; children: Solon, Thomas Lembuck, Erasmus,

Delano, Laban Coleman and Mary.

Executors: Wife and son Solon.

Witnesses: Caleb Day and Abel Brace.

BENJAMIN VAN ORDEN of Coxsackie Will Probated Feb. 28 1837

Heirs: Son, Benjamin; daughters: Catharine and Sarah.

Executors: Son Benjamin and daughter Sarah.

Witnesses: Garret Hooghkerk and Ephraim Bronk.

STEPHEN ROOT of Catskill Will Probated March 6 1837

Heirs: Wife, Harriet; three sons: Timothy, William E., and Stephen;

daughters: Eliza, Mary, Martha, Amelia, Charlotte, Adaline, Helen,

Charity, wife of Lewis L. Preston and Catharine, wife of Lyman L.

Cowles.

Executors: sons Timothy and William E. Root.

Witnesses: Cornelius Wynkoop, Richard W. Tappen and Isaac I.

Bogardus.

RACHEL SOUSER of Catskill Will Probated March 20 1837

Heirs: Daughters: Rachel, wife of Abraham Rightmyer; Maria,

wife of John Walker; Sally, wife of Thomas Davis; daughter Anna,

wife of Frederick Overbagh; two grandchildren, -- Charles and

George, sons of daughter Rebecca, deceased; sister, Rachel

Sarah; grand daughter Clarissa, daughter of Sally.

Executors: Frederick Overbagh and Benjamin VanOrden, Jr.

Witnesses: Isaac W. Wyckoff, A.F. Rightmyer and L. Kiersted.

AARON ANDREWS of Catskill Will Probated April 21 1837

Heirs: Three nieces: Sarah D. Wilcox of Columbus, Ohio; two

brothers, John of Connecticut and Drake of Ohio.

Executors: brother, John Andrews of Connecticut, Henry Whittlesey
and Robert Dorlon of Catskill.

Witnesses: Peter F. Mesick and Robert Dorlon.

EBENEZER WEEKS of New Baltimore Will Probated May 15 1837

Heirs: Only son, Selah; only daughter, Elizabeth Palmer.

Executors: son, Selah and son-in-law Epenetus Palmer.

Witnesses: Felix Gage and Gilbert Kniffen.

GEORGE WOOLSEY of Athens Will Probated May 29 1837

Heirs: Wife, Jane; two sons, George D and Henry H.; four daughters:

Jane H./N. Dubois, Mary Ann, Margaret H. and Frances S.; grandson

George W. Dubois; Goelet Dubois.

Executors: sons; George D and Henry H. Woolsey, also Francis

Panton.

Witnesses: John Bennett and John Lawton.

Witnesses to Codicil: Margaret P.H. Woolsey and Frances S.

Woolsey.

JOHN VEDDER of Catskill Will Probated May 29 1837

Heirs: Wife, Christina; sons: Aaron, John M.; William, Jacob,

Ostrander H., Alexander and Henry M.; Two daughters: Catharine

Maria, and Sarah Ann.

Executors: Two sons: Henry M. and Alexander; Luke Kiersted.

Witnesses: John Kinson, Benjamin Comfort and Luke Kiersted.

JACOB CONOVER of Catskill Will Probated May 31 1837

Heir: Brother, Michael Conover.

Executor: Brother-- Michael Conover.

Witnesses: J. E. Simon, Daniel Gunn and Zeba Clark.

GEORGE SCHOONMAKER of Catskill Will Probated June 23 1837

Heirs: Son, David; daughters: Jane, Christina, Eliza, Catharine.

Executors: Michael Sax and Rollin Smith.

Witnesses: Henry Wynkoop, Peter A. Post and William Merrett.

MOSES BURT of Cairo Will Probated June 26 1837

Heirs: Three children: Anthony Edgar, William Augustus and

Mary Frances.

Executors: Brother-in-law, Henry A. TenBroeck of New York City,

and sons, Anthony Edgar and William Augustus.

Witnesses: Amasa Mattoon, Lewis H. Wickes and George Wickes.

TIMOTHY HOLLISTER of Coxsackie Will Probated July 17 1837

Heirs: Wife, Elethea; sons: Timothy, John, Orsmond, Luther,

and William Henry; daughters: Elizabeth, Julia, Ann, Mary, Sarah

and Jane.

Executors: Wife and Capt. Cornelius Rouse, son of John Rouse.

Witnesses: Horatio Dewey of Catskill, Barent Gay of Coxsackie

and Julia Ann Marshall of Catskill.

JONATHAN PALEN of Catskill Will Probated July 26 1837

Heirs: Wife, Catharine; children: John, Gilbert, Charles, Mary D.,

Theodore, Jane R., George, Elizabeth and Ann.

Executors: George Palen, Hollis McKinstry and Giles Isham.

Witnesses: Tobias Wynkoop, Tobias Britt and Lewis Lawrence.

ISAAC HARDENBERGH of Catskill Will Probated August 2 1837

Heirs: Wife, Rachel; sons: John and George; daughters: Frances

Becker; Margaret, wife of Joseph Wycoff; Elizabeth, wife of

Charles B. Wands; Thomas, son of daughter, Frances Becker.

Executors: Wife and sons.--Lewis, John and George.

Witnesses: John V.D. S. Scott, William VanBergen and Susan

Scott.

PETER BRITT of Catskill Will Probated August 14 1837

Heirs: Wife, Leah; sons: William, Nicholas and Tobias; five

daughters: Jane, wife of Benjamin Peck; Hannah, wife of Isaac

Fulton; Polly, wife of William Ramsey; Margaret, wife of Philip

Bare; Caty, wife of Wilhelmus Dederick, deceased; grand-

daughter, Catharine, daughter of son, Peter.

Executors: Son, William; Cornelius Wynkoop and Jonathan

Myer.

Witnesses: Cornelius Wynkoop and Jonathan Myer.

EDWARD FOWKS of Catskill Will Probated September 18 1837

Heirs: Wife, Lucinda; sisters: Lucretia and Sarah F. Fowks;

brother, William F. Fowks.

Executors: Wife and Jeremiah Brandow.

Witnesses: Horatio Dewey, Jacob Vedder and Jeremiah Brandow.

ABEL BLAKESLEE of Windham Will Probated October 9 1837

Heir: Wife Clarissa.

Executrix: Wife.

Witnesses: Whiting Rice, Alvah Munson and Jacob Smalling, Jr.

ELIHU MOSS of Durham Will Probated October 30 1837

Heirs: Wife, Hannah; sons: Justin, Jesse and Elihu (the eldest);

daughters: Emma, Thankful and Duantha.

Executors: Son, Elihu and son-in-law, Ruel P. Bascum.

Witnesses: Joseph Fellows and Linus H. Fellows.

MICHAEL SAX of Catskill Will Probated October 31 1837

Heirs: Wife, Margaret; nephew, Michael Sax Lasher; John Myer,

    son of Christina Myer, now deceased and Adam Mower of
    Saugerties, Ulster county; D. William Lasher of Catskill; Mary, wife
    of Andrew P. Myers; Michael Mower, Jr. son of Michael Mower of
    Kiskatom; Michael Fiero, son of Paul Fiero of Saugerties.

Executors: Wife and Andrew P. Myer of Catskill and Adam Mower

of Saugerties.

Witnesses: John Adams and Lewis Benton.

LAWRENCE L. LAUT of Durham Will Probated November 14 1837

Heirs: Wife Mariah; sons: Jeremiah, William, David, Lawrence,

John, Peter and Abraham; daughters: Mariah, wife of James Dood;

Comarky, wife of David Neeley; Christina; Jenny, wife of Thomas

Dewey; Eliza, wife of Wiley Eighmy; grand daughter, Mariah
Benton; grandson, Lawrence L. Dewey.

Executors: Lawrence Laut, Jr. and William Laut.

Witnesses: Abner Flower, Smith Miller and James Conklin.

SILVESTER BLAKESLEE of Windham Will Probated November 30 1837

Heirs: Wife, Gertrude; son Silvester.

Executrix: Wife.

Witnesses: Whiting Rice and Jacob Smalling.

GEORGE BONISTEL of Catskill Will Probated November 20 1837

Heirs: Wife, Cornelia; brothers: Martin and Charles; sisters:

Louisa, Maria and Julia Ann; Barbara Allen Cleveland; sons:

Horace Cleveland and Baker Oln Bonistel.

Executors: Wife and brother Alonzo Bonistel

Witnesses: John D. Pinckney, John and Alonzo Bonistel.

JACOBUS PERSON of Catskill Will Probated December 18 1837

Heirs: Wife, Eve; daughters: Jeny, wife of Peter Dewit and Hannah,

wife of Henry Burhans, Jr.; sons: James, Jacob, Hezekiah and John

Henry; daughter Catharine, wife of John VanOrden; seven heirs of

son, John, Deceased.

Executors: Sons-in-law, John VanOrden and Peter Dewit.

Witnesses: Frederic Martin, Jacob Schutt and Edmund Macumber.

CHARLES PEARSALL of Greenville Will Probated January 22 1838

Heirs: Wife, Eliza; sons: Henry and Samuel; daughters: Polly, wife
of Lewis Slussan; Betsey, wife of Thomas Soliss; Phoebe, wife of

William Pearsall; Nancy, wife of Hugh Dawson; and Milla, wife of

Richard H. Dawson.

Executors: Erastus Hamilton and John Holley.

Witnesses: Zebulon Cooper and Edward H. Miller.

ELIAS DUTCHER of Cairo Will Probated February 13, 1838

Heirs: Wife, Elizabeth; daughters: Catharine, Sarah and Elizabeth;

great grandson, Elias, son of grandson Seth Dutcher; grand children,

---the four children of son, John Dutcher, deceased.

Executors: Wife, Elizabeth; Isaac Bogardus and Amasa Mattoon.

Witnesses: Ira L. Day and James Lennon.

ABEL WRIGHT of New Lebanon Will Probated February 19 1838

(New Lebanon is in Columbia County NY)

    Heirs: Wife, Eunice; children: Hiram, Henry D., Olney F., Horatio
    N., Eliza Ann, Albert H., Ophelia, wife of James Turner; Adeline and
    Maria, wife of William Redding.

Executor: Son, Henry D. Wright.

Witnesses: Nathaniel Howard of Stephentown, Rensselaer County

and Meshank Strait of Stephentown, Rensselaer County NY.

GEORGE EDWARDS of Athens Will Probated March 6 1838

Heirs: Wife, Rebecca; sons: William and Isaac; daughter, Betsey

Kennedy; grandparents, Andrew and Mary Siloven; Maria Thorn.

Executors: Sons, Isaac and William; Garret W. Sagen.

Witnesses: Alonzo Green and Garret W. Sagen.

WILLIAM WRIGHT of Coxsackie Will Probated April 16 1838

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; seven children-no names mentioned; James

Brundydge.

Executors: John H. Brandow and John P. Lampman.

Witnesses: William Gay, Dorrance Kirtland and Daniel Brundid.

RACHEL TEN EYCK Will Probated July 23 1838

(Wife of Conrad TenEyck)
Heirs: Daughters: Anna VanDuzee and Sarah TenEyck; sons:

Martin H. B., Casper H.B.; mother, Elizabeth, deceased; two

grandsons, Anthony and Martin Holmes.

Executors: Clinton Dewit of Coxsackie and Benjamin B. Frazer

of Coeymans.

Witnesses: J.H.B. Hall and Isaac Coonley, both of New Baltimore.

GEORGE MOESHER of Catskill Will Probated August 9 1838

Heirs: Wife, Maritje; daughters: Vina, Linah and Marian Magee;

George Moesher Magee, Simeon Peter Magee; William H. Brink

and Henry Brink; George and Peter Moesher.

Executors: Jerry William Dederick and John Volk; brother,

Christian Moescher. (notice spelling difference-AC)

Witnesses: Jacob Bear, William Lasher and William Fiero.

ABRAHAM SPOOR Will Probated August 10 1838

Heirs: Elizabeth, wife of Casper Spoor; (mentions brother Derick);

uncle and aunt, David Sharp and Elizabeth, his wife.

Executor: Thomas W. Gay of Coxsackie.

Witnesses: Jacob D. Sharpe and Thomas W. Gay.

EZEKIEL STEWART of Greenville Will Probated October 22 1838

Heirs: Wife, Rhea; daughter, Jane Ann, wife of Russel Wakely;

son: Amasa; Den, colored woman.

Executrix: Wife, Rhea.

Witnesses: Abijah Reed and Mercules Reed (possibly Hercules).

THOMAS I. SMITH of New Baltimore Will Probated Oct. 29 1838

Heirs: Wife, Cornelia; daughters: Anna, wife of Roswell Caswell;

Jane, wife of Nelson Grogran; Susan Catharine, wife of Thomas M.

Williams; grandson, William Smith; children: Francis, John, Peter,

Thomas, Jr. and Henry; grandson, Thomas Jefferson Smith, son of

son John A. F. Smith.

Executors: Francis Smith and son-in-law, Nelson Grogram.

Witnesses: Gilbert Bedell, John W. Bedell and Hiram Miller.

IRA ECKLER of Catskill Will Probated November 8 1838

Heirs: Son, Solomon Palmer Eckler; brothers: Peter M., William B.,

Charles, Robert, Richard, Hiram and Andrew J. Eckler; sister:

Sally Ann Losier; niece, Maria E. Losier.

Executors: brothers, Charles and Andrew Josiah Eckler.

Witnesses: John VanVechten, Sally Ann Loshier and Leir Blank.

CHARLES STURTEVANT Will Probated December 7 1838

Heirs: sisters: Jerusha and Harriet; brothers: Albert, David,

and Homer. (mentions father, but not by full name.)

Executors: David and Albert Sturtevant.

Witnesses: Charles and Robert E. Austin.

SOLOMON ORMSBEE of Windham Will Probated December 29 1838

Heirs: Wife, Sally; sons: Nathaniel and Halek Hubbard Ormsbee;

eldest son, Samuel; other sons, George Hubbard Ormsbee and

John Buel Ormsbee; daughters: Abigail, wife of John Ives, Jr.;

Hannah and Emeline Ives; grandsons: Solomon Ormsbee and

Daniel Merwin, sons of daughter Hannah, wife of Leverett Merwin.

Executors: Wife, Sally and son, Nathaniel Ormsbee and cousin,

David Buel.

Witnesses: Thomas Benham, Jacob Benham and Bethuel

Sutherland.

SARAH ROACH of Catskill Will Probated December 31 1838

Heirs: Daughter, Sarah; Turhand K. Cooke; Rebecca Grayson.

Execitors: Joshua Moses of NY City and Turhand K. Cooke.

Witnesses William W. VanLoan and James D. Pickney.

BERNARD BAGLEY Will Probated January 8 1839

Heirs: Wife, Polly; son, Henry Bernard Bagley; three nephews:

Samuel Bagley of Windham; Bernard and David Bagley of Hew

Hampshire, sons of deceased brother, Ebenezer.

Executors: Wife, Polly and Amasa Mattoon.

Witnesses: Jacob Woodard and Anna Earl, both of Durham.

ELISHA D. HALL of New Baltimore Will Probated February 4 1839

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; sons: Henry B., Jasper B., and Ransom E.;

daughters: Elizabeth and Rebecca, wife of James Ostrander.

Executors: Two sons, Henry B. and Jasper B. Hall.

Witnesses: Leonard Haight and James W. Rea.

AARON VEDDER of Catskill Will Probated February 25 1839

Heirs: Brothers: David (eldest), Isaac (youngest), John Jr., Peter

and Abraham; sisters: Eliza (eldest), Catharine and Maria.

Executors: David and Elias B. Austin.

Witnesses: John M. Decker and Abraham Decker.

JOHN FRAYER of Durham Will Probated May 6 1839

Heirs: Wife, Esther; sons: John, Abram, and Jacob; daughters:

Rachel, wife of Martin Orr and Caroline; John Snider, son of
daughter Caty, now deceased.

Executors: David and Elias B. Austin.

Witnesses: Phineas Cooke and Fletcher Smith.

JACOB H. KELLER of Cairo Will Probated May 9 1839

Heirs: Wife, Clarissa; daughter, Julia.

Executors: George Wickes and Walker Noble.

Witnesses: Leander N. Havena and Samuel Portier, both of Cairo.

CHARLES LISK, JR. of Coxsackie Will Probated May 22 1839

Heirs: Wife, Philena; duaghter, Emeline.

Executors: Father, Charles Lisk and Brother-in-law, John G. Bedell.

Witnesses: John Ely and Henry Heermance.

PETER WOLFE of New Baltimore Will Probated June 11 1839

Heirs: Wife, Hannah; son, John P.; daughter, Maria, wife of

Reuben Cary.

Executors: John P. Wolfe, Samuel T. Powell and Gilbert Bedell.

Witnesses: John J. Youngs, Jonathan A. Youngs of New Baltimore,

and J.C. Dorman of Coxsackie.

ROSWELL REED of Coxsackie Will Probated June 25 1839

Heirs: Wife, Sally; sons: Eliakim B., Almet, Ezra T., William and

Roswell Reed, Jr., daughters: Cornelia and Adaline, wife of H. C.

Adams, four children of daughter Laura, deceased, wife of Robert

J. Vandenburgh, -- Angelica, Walter, Isabella and Eliza
Vandenburgh.

Executors: Theron Skeel, Almot Reed, Ezra T. Reed and Roswell

Reed, Jr.

Witnesses: Robert G. Doller and Henry Hiserandt.

JACOB C. HOAGLAND of Catskill Will Probated July 1 1839

Heirs: Wife Silva; five children of Solomon Grey, deceased: Maria,

Melissa, James O., Adaliza and Jane Grey.

Executors: John J. Ashley and Francis N. Wilson.

Witnesses: Edward Person and Abel Brace.

BENJAMIN MABIN of Lexington Will Probated July 3 1839

Heirs: Wife Diadama; children (not mentioned by name).

Executors: Nathan Rowley, Solomon Lament and Iretus L. Bushnell.

Witnesses: Iretus L. Bushnell and Buel Mabin.

JOEL BELLAMY of Catskill Will Probated July 6 1839

Heirs: Wife, Esther; daughters: Eunice, Corintha, Hannah,

Adaline, Sarah, Delia and Cornelia.

Executrix: Wife, Esther.

Witnesses: Robert Dorlon and John R. Sylvester.

DANIEL MILLER of Greenville Will Probated July 8 1839

Heirs: Wife, Betsey; five daughters: Charlotte, Phebe, Harriet, wife

of Erastus Hamilton; Betsey, wife of Gilbert D. Philips and Sally

Maria Reed; sons: Timothy I., Edward H., Daniel S., and Elisha.

Executors: Timothy I. and Edward H. Miller, sons; and son-in-law,

Erastus Hamilton.

Witnesses: Andrew Lake of Westerlo, Albany County and Levins F.

Hitchcock of the same place.

PHEBE BRADBURY of Athens Will Probated July 29 1839

Heirs: Sisters: Naomi and Martha Bradbury.

Executors: Naomi and Martha Bradbury.

Witnesses: William Bedell, Jr., and Hannah Bedell.

WILLIAM SEAMAN of Catskill Will Probated July 29 1839

Heirs: Wife, Ellen; children mentioned but not named.

Executors: Wife and Peter Brasted.

Witnesses: John Adams and Lewis Benton.

JOSEPH REQUA of New Baltimore Will Probated July 31 1839

Heirs: Sons: Garret, Henry M. Gilbert B., James and William;

daughters: Caroline, Julia Ann, Mariah, Jane Brown, wife of John F.

Brown; grandchildren, children of Rebecca Brown, deceased.

Executors: James and Gilbert B. Requa.

Witnesses: Elisha D. and H.B. Hall.

JOHN A. OVERBAUGH of Catskill Will Probated August 29 1839

Heirs: Wife, Sarah; daughters: Annamaria, Rachel, Catherine;

sons: Addison, John Abraham, William D., Peter and Lyman.

Executors: Sons---John Abraham and William D. Overbagh.

(notice two spellings of surname--AC)

Witnesses: L. Kiersted, Peter T. Mesick and William D. Overbagh.

CASPER VAN HOESEN of Catskill Will Probated October 1 1839

Heirs: Wife; daughter, Sarah; sons: William, Peter, John, Robert,

and Cornelius; Michael Hoos.

Executors: Abraham VanVechten and Isaac Rouse.

Witnesses: Robert Dorlon and John Lusk.

ENOS COLLINS of Greenville Will Probated October 7 1839

Heirs: Wife, Phebe; adopted son, Garret Root; Sally R. Newell, wife

of Silas Newell.

Executors: Garret Root and Timothy I. Miller.

Witnesses: Erastus Hamilton and Caroline A. Hamilton.

THOMAS GEORGIE of Greenville Will Probated October 21 1839

Heirs: Wife, Lydia; sons: David, Lewis and Harvey; daughters:

Lois Francis, Huldah, Charity and Unice Lester.

Executors: Son, Harvey and son-in-law, Joseph Martin and Abijah

Reed.

Witnesses: Gideon Botsfoure (Botsford?-AC), Nathaniel Slawson

and Abijah Reed.

MARGARET REYNOLDS of Athens Will Probated October 28 1839

    Heirs: Children: Mary R. Park, Abraham, Samuel; Tilton, William
    and Thomas Reynolds; brother, Thomas; Tilton's daughter Margaret
    Reynolds; brother Abraham's son, Abraham Reynolds and his sister
    Ruth; Henry H. Reynolds; Patience, wife of Samuel Waring; Susanna,
    wife of John Jewett; Thankful Merritt, wife of Benjamin Merritt; Ruth
    Spencer, wife of Nathan Spencer; Alfred Worden and his sister
    Mariah Worden; Welthy Sheffield and her sister Sinthy; nieces,
    --Margaret Jane Myers, Mary R. Parks, Amanda, wife of Abraham
    Reynolds and Mary Jane, wife of Henry H. Reynolds; Arthur, son of
    Samuel Parks.

Executors: Brother, Samuel Reynolds; nephew, Mathew L. Myers.

Witnesses: William, Henry and William Bedell, Jr.

ALBERT A. VAN LOON of Athens Will Probated November 7 1839

    Heirs:   Mother, Polly Byrne; brother, Ezra; adopted daughter,
    Cornelia, born of Polly Stevens, deceased, before her intermarriage
    called Cornelia VanLoon--married Abner Carter.

Executors: Anthony R. Livingston of Athens and James Powers

of Catskill.

Witnesses William VanBergen and H. Hill, Jr.

JAMES UTTER of Durham Will Probated December 16 1839

Heirs: Wife; sons: Stephen and Beni; daughter, Hannah, wife of
Zena Benjamin. Mentions deceased son as James.

Executor: Son, Beni Utter

Witnesses: Abner Flower and Isreal Pratt

SOLOMON WOOLCUTT of Windham Will Probated December 23 1839

Heirs: Wife, Cornelia; daughters: Dolly, Naomi and Clarry; sons:

Alvia, Solomon, Lyman and Julius.

Executors: Arad Lewis and Merit Osborn.

Witnesses: Whiting Rice and Merrit Osborn

Witnesses to codicil: Arad Lewis and James Lewis.

SILAS LEWIS of Windham Will Probated December 27 1839

Heirs: Wife, Catharine; daughter, Hannah Munson; sons: Nabeth

and John.

Executrix: Wife, Catharine.

Witnesses: Arad Lewis and Whiting Rice.

CORNELIUS FULLER of Greenville Will Probated January 17 1840

Heirs: Children: Phoebe, Hannah, Clark, Peter, Clay, Ornen,

Martha, Horace, Cornelius, Barney, Elijah, Amos, Rebecca, John and

Sally, wife of Hiram Fox; grandson, Cornelius Bump.

Executors: Hiram Fox, son-in-law and Albert Parsons.

Witnesses: Howland Macomber and Ely F. Parsons.

LYMAN WAIT Will Probated February 3 1840

Heirs: Wife, Sophia; son, William S. (other children mentioned, not

named).

Executors: John Bennet and John Clow.

Witnesses: Allen Jorden of Hudson; William H. Morton of Athens

and Casper Hollenbeck.

JOHN ROUSE of Athens Will Probated February 26 1840

Heirs: Sons: Cornelius and John Jr.; Eykie, wife of Henry Sax of

    Cairo; daughter, May Greene, also referred to as Mary, widow of
    William Greene of Cairo, deceased, and her son Barrent; three
    grandchildren, -- sons and daughter of Peter P. Rouse, deceased
    ,--John Scott Rouse, Anna Maria Rouse and Peter Warren Rouse;
    John Platt Rouse, son of Cornelius Rouse; John Greene, son of
    William Greene, deceased; John T., son of John Rouse, Jr.

Executors: Two sons, John Rouse, Jr. and Cornelius Rouse.

Witnesses: John A. Greene of Athens, Amy VanDyke of Cairo and

H. VanDyke of Cairo.

JAMES BROWN of Catskill Will Probated February 29 1840

Heir: Daughter, Margaret May.

Executrix: Margaret May.

Witnesses: Caleb Day and Abel Brace.

GEORGE EVARTS of Athens Will Probated March 31 1840

Heirs: Wife, Susan; children mentioned, not by name.

Executors: Wife and Warren Howland.

Witnesses: Alexander Shaw and William H. Shaw.

CLARK FINCH of Windham Will Probated April 10 1840

Heirs: Wife, Lucinda; nephew, Garry O. Baldwin.

Executors: Wife and Merrit Osborn.

Witnesses: C. H. Goodrich, Hervey Camp and Henry Osborn.

THOMAS SPENCER of Athens Will Probated April 13 1840

Heirs: Wife, Deborah; daughters: Mrs. Margaret Clark, wife of James

Clark, and Mary Parker.

Executors: Elijah Spencer of Athens and Edward S. Clark of New
York.

Witnesses: B.R. Wood and Jacob Winn of Albany.

ANTHONY ABEEL of Catskill Will Probated May 12 1840

Heirs: Wife, Nelly; daughters: Mary E and Elizabeth Ann; sons:

Cornelius, Garret, Henry and Peter M., John C. and William.

Executors: Wife and sons, Garret and Cornelius.

Witnesses: Isaac I Dubois, Josiah Bullis, Isaac F. Bullis.

THEOPHILUS PECK of Lexington Will Probated May 25 1840

Heirs: Wife, Mary; son Charles; children of son, Charles.

Executors: Henry Goslee and Nathaniel Hull.

Witnesses: Henry Goslee and Munson Bull.

DORRANCE KIRTLAND of Coxsackie Will Probated June 15 1840

Heirs: Wife, Agnes; two sons and a daughter, --Ambrose, William,

and Harriet; grandson, Dorrance Kirtland Mandeville; eldest male

child of son, William; grand daughter, Frances, daughter of son,

Ambrose.

Executors: Two sons, Ambrose and William.

Witnesses: Martin C. Hallenbeck, Matthias Vandenburgh

BENJAMIN BEMENT Will Probated April 15 1840

Heirs: Sister, Anna; Harriet Curtis; parents, Benjamin & Kesiah

Executors: Joseph H. Bowman and brother Butler Bement

Witnesses: Peleg C. Mattoon and Anson L. Curtis

DAVID CONINE of Prattsville Will Probated June 22, 1840

Heirs: Wife, Lana; two daughters-Betsey Ann and Ellen;

John Henry Conine.

Executors: Wife and brother Jacob Conine and Leverett Munson

Witnesses: Garwood Tuttle, James Munson and Henry Conine

EM HALL of Greenville Will Probated June 8, 1840

Heirs: Four sons, Abraham, Harvey, William and David; three

daughters, Rhoda, wife of John S. Gowdin, Polly, wife

of Ambrose Baker and Olive Hall; grand daughter, Em

Eliza Yeomans; grandsons, William Hudson Kinsley

and Addison James Kinsley

Executor: Son, David

Witnesses: David Hall, Rhoda Cowdin and Olive Hall

JOHN PINE. SR. of Cairo Will Probated July 15, 1840

Heirs: Oldest daughter, Phebe Miller; second daughter,

Mary Williams; third daughter, Caty Story; fourth

and youngest daughter, Sarah; eldest son, John

Pine, Jr.; second son, Daniel.

Executors: Reuben Brundydge and Richard Brownell

Witnesses: Harry, Joseph and George Weekes

DAVID VINING of Cairo Will Probated August 5, 1840

Heirs: Wife, Hannah; eldest daughter, Polly, wife of James

Brown; third son, David Vining; daughter Sally and son-

in-law Alexander Drew, her husband; son Robert; four

youngest children--son Peter Smith Vining, James

Washington Vining, Sely Jane Vining and Christina

Marie Vining; son, Robert.

Executors: Wife and son Robert Vining

Witnesses: Gilbert Vermilyea, John VanVechten and Morris

Earl.

John Winnea of Cairo Will Probated September 14, 1840

Heirs: Wife Polly; sons, Mathew, John and Richard; Eleanor

M. and John L. Winnea, children of son Mathew, Grace, Hiram,

John Henry, Abigail, Elsie and Sarah Jane Winnea, children of

son, John Winnea; daughter Patty, wife of Albert Hoes;

daughter, Nelly, wife of Lewis Boughton; daughter Maria, wife

of Jonas L. Mow; sons, Abraham and Barent.

Executor: Elisha Blackmar, son-in-law.

Witnesses: Caleb Day, P.A. VanBergen

JAMES INGALLS of Greenville Will Probated October 19 1840

Heirs: Wife, Catharine; four sons, William, Darius, Reuben

and Elihu; daughter Sylvia Husted; grandson, Joseph Sachet

Husted.

Executors: William Ingalls and Thomas Saxton

Witnesses: Exekiel Ramsdell and Henry Williams

ISAAC VanLOAN of Catskill Will Probated November 30, 1840

Heirs: Wife, Jane; sons, William W. and Mathew D.; children

by first wife of Mathew D., Eliza Penfield; grandchildren,

Isaac and Benjamin VanLoan, Betsey Ely, wife of David Ely.

Executor: William W. VanLoan

Witnesses: John Adams and Edward Person

PHILIP A. PINCKNEY of Catskill Will Probated November 30, 1840

Heir: Charles B. Pinckney

Executor: Charles B. Pinckney

Witnesses: Abel Brace and John Adams