Greene County New York Abstracts of Wills, 1831-1840

Copied by Jeffrey Tooley

1831-1840 Greene County New York Abstracts of Wills, copied from the records in the office of the Surrogate at Catskill, NY by RAY C. SAWYER, Volume 1, 1933.

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
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.

JOB 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.

ISA 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
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;
MENTIONS: 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.

JOB 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
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 daughters: 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
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.

ISA 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.

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.

ISA 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.

ISA 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, 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
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
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.

JOB 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
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 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. ROH 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.

RHEL 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.

JOB 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.

ISA 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.

JOBUS 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.

RHEL 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.
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.

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 ROH of Catskill

Will Probated December 31 1838
HEIRS: Daughter, Sarah; Turhand K. Cooke; Rebecca Grayson.
EXECUTORS: 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.

JOB 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.

JOB 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.
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, 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.

ISA 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.