1816 Will of Andrew Stevenson of Hector Twnshp, N.Y.
Posted by Lynn Stevenson Fisher , [email protected]
Surnames: STEVENSON, AVERY, MCINTYRE, WHITE, HINKLEY, THOMPSON
1816 Will of Andrew Stevenson and Related Court Documents Andrew Stevenson is believed to have been born in the British Isles around 1747. In 1772, he emigrated to the colonies and settled in the Skenesborough and Fort Ann area of Charlotte County (now Washington County) in northeastern New York. As early as 1804, but definitely by 1810, Andrew moved to the township of Hector in central New York. He settled there south of what became the village of Mecklenburg and along the border of what is now the township of Enfield. At that time Hector was part of Seneca County and the county seat was in Ovid; later it became part of Tompkins County; and finally it became part of Schuyler County. Andrew had at least six children, and at least three of them also relocated to the Hector area from Fort Ann - Gilbert, Andrew, and Alexander. Of his other children, Elizabeth moved to Canada, and we do not have information as to where James and Margaret lived as adults.
Andrew died in 1816, which was the year dubbed "The Year of No Summer" due to the global after effects of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia. His wife Susanna was still living in January 1816, for she was mentioned in his will.
Others mentioned in the documents below are: William THOMPSON, Esq.; Isaac AVERY; Gilbert STEVENSON, Andrew's son; William MCINTYRE; Tyler WHITE; and Horace HINKLEY.
Andrew's will and the associated court documents are currently on file at the Seneca County Courthouse in Waterloo, N.Y. Every effort has been made to accurately transcribe these documents and preserve the original spelling, i.e. in the handwritten douments possession is spelled "pofsefsion."
Above information and documents below provided by descendants Lynn Stevenson Fisher, [email protected], and James and Georgianna Stevenson, [email protected].