Will of Susan Wright (written
1852, proved 1857) Submitted by Barb
Will Abstracts
submitted by Sharon:
ARCHER, William
(Residence not given)
Dated: 9 Mar. 1808, Probated 20 Apr. 1808,
Recorded Liber D, p. 103.
Wife: Sally Archer
Children: John;
Jefferson and Mary Archer (all minors)
Executors: Wife, Sally; John
Smith; bro., John Archer.
Witnesses: Willilam Reynolds; Jonathan
Archer; Jno. McKelvy.
BARKLEY, James W., Yeoman of Montgomery, Orange Co.,
NY
Dated: 2 May 1799, Probated: 13 Jun. 1799; Recorded Liber B, p.
68
Wife: Mary Barkley
Children: Son, James (under age); daughters
Sarah & Lurretie (Lucretia)
Brothers: Hugh, Joseph and
William
Sisters: Jane and Mary
Executors: Trusty friends, Samuel
Barkley, Abraham Caldwell & Peter Millspaugh
- "guardians of my
children."
Witnesses: Peter Milspaugh, John Ingraham, Samuel S.
Barkley
BAYLES, Daniel - Florida, Goshen Precinct, Orange
Co., NY
Dated 2 March 1773
Legatee: Richard Bayles, the Elder - 50
lbs. New York money - meadow lying in
Florida adjoining farm where he
now lives.
Nephews: John, Thomas & Joseph Bayles - 5 shares each;
Daniel Bayles - 3 lbs.
Nieces: Jane Jolly, Ruhannan Patterson,
Loraina Clark, Sarah Lewis - 8 lbs.
each.
Executors: Nephew,
Richard Bayles & Dr. Nathaniel Elmer
Witnesses: Jona Wood, N.
Finn & Amzi Lewis
(Note: Daniel was brother of Richard Bayles of
Florida, who md. Deborah Wood.
In his will, written in New York
City, 1762, the above 'nieces and nephews' were
mentioned as his
children. By 1793 Jane Holley had md. a Shoemaker and Loraina
Clark
had md. a Pooler, as mentioned the will of their brother, Richard
Bailys,
Jr.
BELL, Christopher, Orange Town, Orange County,
NY
Dated 16 April 1785; probated 11 May 1796; recorded Liber A, p.
34
Daughter: Marriche, widow of Abel Scott - land where she now lives
in Twp. and
county aforesaid.
Son: Hendrick Bell - lands in Orange
County and in Twp. of Herrington, Bergen
Co., N.J.
Granddau.:
Anneche, wife of John Conklen, and dau. of my son Hendrick
Executor:
Son, Hendrick Bell
Witnesses: Abram Smith, Hendryk Hendrix, James
Demarest
BLAUVELT, Abram, Haverstraw, Orange Co., NY
Dated
28 Feb. 1796; probated 11 May 1796; recorded Liber A, p. 353;
also
recorded in Rockland County.
Wife: mentined but not
named.
Sons: Edward, John, Jacob, Abram & Aury
Blauvelt
Daughters: Lety (oldest), and anny
Executors: Samuel
Goutschies, Christean Goutchies & Halstead Coe.
Witnesses: John
Parkenson, John Crum, Jacob Rose
BLAUVELT, Johannes Jos., Town of Orange, Orange Co.,
NY
Dated 6 Sep. 1782; probated 14 Oct. 1789; recorded Liber A, p.
78
Wife: Margaret Blauvelt
Children: Seven children - Joseph,
oldest son; Johannes, Cornelius; Catherine;
Mary; Margaret; Vrontje.
To son Johannes - farm on East side of Hackensac River
"occupied by
my brother, Abraham Blauvelt."
Executors: Son, Joseph Blauvelt &
son-in-law, Resolvert VanHouten
Witnesses: Gerret Blauvelt, M.
Hogenkamp, John Haring
BROWN, Jemima - Otherwise called "Jemima Dickey" of
New Windsor, NY
Dated 16 jul 1819; probated 11 Sep. 1823; recorded
Liber G, p. 124
Heirs: Daniel Brown of New Windsor - "with whom I
have lived for many years . .
. all of estate until his death or
until my youngest child arrives to the age of
21 years - from that
period property to be given to my children - Archalaus,
Amzi, Fanny,
James, Daniel, Morrison R., Catherine Ann and William Henry."
Daughters, Mary Bonter & Elizabeth Whitaker - $100
each.
Executors: Friends and neighbors, Daniel Seward & Andrew N.
Young.
Witnesses: Henry G. Wisner, David Buskirk, Robert C.
Hunter.
NOTE: A caveat against filing will was signed 26 Jul. 1819 by
James Banta and
John Whitaker but it was later probated. Original
will not found with the
caveat. Above is abstract of the recorded
will.
BULL, Sarah, Widow of Orange Co., NY
Dated 19
Apr. 1802; proved 29 Nov. 1806
Sons: Peter Bull & John Bull -
"ring with initials R. E. given me by my husband
on day of our
marriage to be kept by my son, Peter, until his death, when it
goes
to my grandson, Peter Mulliner Bull, and his male heirs. If he leaves
no
male heirs, ring to my grandson John Mulliner Bull and his male
heirs in like
manner. If he leaves no male heirs, ring to male heirs
of my husband's name to
the latest generation.
Daughters: Anna
Fullerton, Catherine Coleman, Rachel Persen
Grandson: Thomas
Bull
Granddau: Elizabeth Bull
Executors: Charles Bull, Thomas
Booth, David Hawkins
Witnesses: David Hawkins, Sarah Hawkins, Eliphas
Kilbourn
NOTE: Sarah Bull was the dau. of Peter & Ann Mulliner.
She was b. 22 Aug.
1724; d. 4 Sep. 1806; md. Isaac Bull, b. 27 Nov.
1792; d. 11 Aug. 1794. He was
son of Willialm & Sarah (Wells)
Bull, the original ancestors of the Bull family
in Orange County.
CAMMOC / CAMMOK, John, Orange Co., NY
Dated 8
Jan. 1787; probated 28 Jan. 1788; recorded Liber A., p. 15
Wife: Mary
Cammok
Legatee: Elizabeth Smith (relationship not stated), dau. of
John Smith of
Warwick, Orange Co. - if she should die under 21 yrs of
age or without heirs,
her share to revert to John
Smith.
Executors: Friend, John Smith, sole executor.
Witnesses:
Amos Park, James Doyle, Robert Ludlow, Archd Cassedy.
CARPENTER, Daniel of Goshen, Orange Co., NY
Dated
8 Jan. 1789; probated 9 May 1791; recorded Liber A, p. 142
Wife:
Susannah Carpenter
Sons: Eldest son, Daniel; 2nd son, John; younger
son, Robert
Daughters: Elenor; Susannah; Sarah; Ruth, the
youngest
Brother: John Carpenter - farm he now occupies, which I
purchased at public
auciton of Hezekiah Howell, Esq., High Sheriff of
Orange County. Also mentions
hatters' tools and farm purchased from
Jonathan Coony.
Executors: Wife, Susannah; brother, John Carpenter,
son Asa Smith.
Witnesses: John Connor, Theophilus Howell, Ruth
Carpenter
NOTE: Daniel Carpenter d. 10 Mar. 1790, age 59 yrs. 5 mos;
md. Susannah
Thompson, who d. 3 Mar. 1809, age 76 yrs. 24 ds.
COLLONS, Joseph, Cornwall Precinct, Orange Co.,
NY
Dated 8 Jan. 1789; probated 17 Jan. 1790; recorded Liber A, p.
88
Wife: Abigail Dunning
Children: After wife's death estate
equally divided among children (not named).
Grandson, James, under
21, son of dau. Sarah.
Executors: Wife, Abigail; Jeremiah Clark,
Esq.; Cornwell Sands
Witnesses: Samuel Ketcham, Robert Waddell, Jacob
VanDuzer
CONKLIN, Stephen, Yeoman. Town of Haverstraw,
NY
Dated 14 Apr. 1790; probated 18 May 1790; recorded Liber A, p. 97.
Also
recorded in Rockland County
Wife: Anny Conklin
Sons:
Samuel & Elias, under 14 yrs. of age
Executors: Wife, Anny; Jacob
Tenike; Benjamin Coe, Esq.
Witnesses: Elias Gurnee, Gilbert Johnson,
John J. Gurnee
