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Washington County Wills & Estates
| Aborn to Burris | Lake to Miller |
| Cadwell to Cutler | Mixer to Putnam |
| Dallier to Ewart | Quimby to Skinner |
| Fairchild to Guthrie | Slater to Twombley |
| Haas to Knowlton | Vanclief to Wilson |
| FAIRCHILD, Amos | Will made 1829, Probated 1829.
Widow, Hannah; Children, (minors) Daniel, Levi, Joseph W, Samuei A.,
(of age) Hiram, Erastus, Polly, wife of Abel Dafer, Lucy, wife of Eli
Gilbert, Jr. Book 4, Page 306 |
| FAIRCHILD, Major | Will made 6-30-1795, Probated
Sept. 12, 1795. Heirs: Sister, Anne Boler and her children; Abel Rice
& Christiana, wife, of William Burnham (relationship not mentioned)
nephew, William Fairchild to have all of his land in Rhode Island. Exrs:
William Fairchild Magge of Rhode Island and Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr of
Marietta, Ohio. Book 1, Page 18 Present- Josiah Munro, Abraham Whipple, Jesse Beache. |
| FEARING, Noah | Of Marietta, Ohio. Will made
10-5-1799; Probated April 1809. Heirs- wife, Rebecca; children, Silas,
Paul and Lucy (Willis), Exr; (son) Paul. Fearing. Book 1, Page 171 |
| FEARGIN. Paul | Will made 11-25-1820, Probated
Nov. 1822. Heirs: wife, (name not mentioned), children, Henry and Lucy W.
Exrs: Joseph Mayberry of Parkershurg, Va (now W. Va.), Levi Barber;
Witness; William Skinner, James Whiten and George
Dunlevy. Book 2, Page 266 Requests that he be interred by the side of his father, Ft. Harmar, near Marietta, Ohio. |
| FLINT, Eli | Will made 1-14-1800, Probated
3-7-1805. (he was formerly of. Waynesburg, Greene County, Penna.) Heirs;
wife, Mary; children, William and Minerva. Wit: Joshua Hudson, Geo.
Grigsby, Wm Hudson. Book 6, Page 39 |
| F0RD, Horatio N. | Of Barlow. Will made 4-16-1850,
Probated 4-16-1850. Heirs- wife, Lucy Anne and James Merrill
(relationship not mentioned.) Witness: William Beebe, Simeon
Deeming. Book 8, Page 402 |
| FORD, Judah | Will made 4-5-1848, Probated
October 1851. Heirs- Children, Rosanna, Lucy E., Caroline, wife of 0.
Nellis, Louisa F. (Dunham), Chauncey. Daniel; grandchildren; children
of my eldest daughter Harriett, wife of Gilbert Bishop; Witness;
Alexander, Letitia and James S. Hendric. Book 9, Page 70 |
| FORD, William, Sr. | Of Wooster, Washington County,
Ohio. Will made 6-8-1819, Probated November 1823. Heirs; Children,
William, Judah, Cahuncey, Truman & Larey Ford, and Diana (Woodford);
grandson, Giles H. Ford. Witness; Simeon, Lucy and David Demingo Book 2, Page 427 Note: Captain Willliam Ford, Revolutionary Soldier, born Berkshire, Mass 1745, died l823. |
| FORD, William, Jr. | Will made 9-8-1825. Probated
November 1823. Heirs- children, Joseph N., Anselm B., Amos R., Horatio N.,
Romanta B., Josiah M., William P., Mary A., Katharine B., Julia A.;
Mentions aldn [land?] in Illinois. Witness: William Woodford,
Judah Ford, Simon Denny. Book 2, Page 425. |
| FORST (or FARST), John | Will made 1-6-1840, Probated
April 1840. Children- Tamzan, wife of Henry Gaddis, Rachel, wife of
John H. Ralston, Mary wife of John Morris, John M. Forst; Grandchildren-
Susannah, daughter of his late son Joseph. Witness; Elias Pewthers, Daniel
Travis, David Shinn. Book 6, Page 43 |
| FOSTER, Milton | Will made 2-7-1852, Probated
3-6-1852. Heirs- wife, Jane; children, Lewis Dexter, John Milton, Hannah
(Sharlott); Grandchildren, Rhoda Sophia and Samuel Lewis McIntosh, William
Henry Wheeler and Mary Ann Foster. Book 5, Page 100 Note: Monument in Mound Cemetery, Milton Foster, died 2-11-1852, aged 80 years, Sophia, died March 22, 1843 aged 59 years. |
| FOSTER, Peregrine | Of Belpre, Will made 4-29-1802,
Probated 2-23,1803. Heirs- Peregrine Fitt, Frederick Augusta, Theodore
Sedgwick, Polly (Putnam), Seraph (Dwight), Betsey Marietta ( all
children). Mentions land in Newark Township, State of Vermont, now in the
hands of a friend and his brother. Son, Dwight Foster, Esq; Also mentions
an undivided estate, in Wood County, Va (now W. Va.) Book 1, Page 63 Note: Died at Gallipolis, Ohio (now in Athens Coumty) Peregrine Foster, August 28, 1815. He was a revolutionary war soldier of Massachusetts, born in New England 1749, died 1804. He was one of the surveyors for the Company of pioneers who landed at Marietta, April 7, 1788. In 1796 secured a franchise for a ferry across the Ohio River. |
| FOX,William | Will made 3-7-1849,
Probated October 1849. Heirs- wife, Jane, children-
Patrick, James, William, Sarah (McVinnie), Mary (Mc
Anna). Witness; Harvey Holland, Arthur McGinnis, Richard Carey. Book 8, Page 343 |
| FRASIER, Christiana | Will made 5-13-1848, Probated
March 1849. Heirs: children, Elizabeth (Faris), Margaret Sanderson,
Christiana (Lamb), James Frasier. Book 8, Page 251 |
| FRENCH, Isaac | Will
made 3-6-1837, Probated June 1837. Heirs:
wife, Electa; children, Eliza (Buzzard), Melissa
(Dilley), Delila (Posten),
Electa (Hopkins), Lefa (French),
Cynthia (French.) Witness- Stephen Needham, David
Rathburn. Book 5, Page 386 |
| FRENCH. Nancy | Will made
11-6-1834, Probated October 1835. Heir- son, Joseph
French. Witness Solomon Dickey and Hezekiah
Peck. Book 5, Page 253 |
| FROTHINGHAM, Ebenezer, Jr. | Will made at Pittsburgh, Pa.
6-23-1790, Probated in Marietta, Ohio 4-23-1791. Heirs:
wife, deceased (not named), Brothers, Peter, John and
Samuel (and his children, not named); sister, Hannah to
have his personal estate at Middietown, Lydia; Sister-in-law,
Betsey and Sally Boardman, to have his deceased wife's
property. Exr's- Father, Ebenezer Frothingham, Brother Peter
Frothingham; Witness; Jacob Springer,
C. Ormsby, Thomas Love. Book 1,Page 7 |
| FROTHINGHAM, Peter | Will made at Greenville, Ohio
8-12-1795, Probated at Marietta, Ohio 1-10-1798. Ensign in
U.S. Army. Heirs: Sisters, Lydia and Hannah; Brothers,
Samuel and John (and John's children). Witness; Piercy
Pope (Lt. in Artillery), Joseph G. Andrew, George
Strother. Book 1, Page 31 |
| FRY, William | Will made
4-18-1821, Probated July 1821. Heirs: wife
Phoebe, now living in Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia; children, Phoebe, Leah, Gabriel, Rahcel,
Timothy. Witness: Ephriam Cutler, Samuel Brown, James
Brown. Book 2, Page 214 |
| FULHAM, John | Will made at East
Greenwich, R.I. 4-9-1791, Probated at
Marietta, Ohio 10-2-1797. Late of the Kingdom of
Ireland, now a resident of Providence, R.I. mentions
his brother Thomas Fulham, of County Eastmeath, Ireland, a
physician who studied in the College of Edinburgh.
Also wills aldn [land?]in the Ohio Territory at
Belpre, near Marietta, Ohio to Peter Turney of East
Greenwich, R.I. (a physician), and to Wanton Casey of
Belpre, Ohio (these men were also executors,) Witness;
Andrew Boyd, Miss Lydia King, Jonathan Gray. Book 1, Page 29 |
| FULLER, Solomon | Will
made 5-9-1809, Probated April, 1809.
Heirs: wife, Zeporrah; children; Russel, Samuel,
Moses. Stephen, Sally Porter, Leray (Sours or Socers),
Almire and Betsey (Fuller.) Exr; Moses Fulton. Book 1, Page 171 |
| FULTON, William | Administration March 1825-
Widow, Eliza Fulton. Book 3, Page 316 |
| GANNETT, Mary W. | Will
made 2-12-1825, Probated March 1337. She was the wife
of Hartford, Connecticut. Children: Samuel
Wylls, John Polsgrove, Caleb Thornton, Kirldwood, Catherinw
Wendell, George Alfred Gannett, William Talcott,
guardian. Book 5, Page 235 |
| GANSEY, Joseph | Of Wesley Township, Will made
5-10-1847, Probated 6-14-1847. Wife, Mary; children, Thomas, Abraham and
Andrew; Witness Isaac & James Perry. Book 7, Page 588 |
| GARDINER, William C. | Of Alexandria, Virginia. Will
made 10-21-1844, Probated June 1846. Wife Eliza Frances Gardiner to have
land in Athens County, Ohio. Book 7, Page 352 |
| GEDDES, Henry | Administration made 10-1-1851.
Wife, Tamzen; children, John F. of Franklin.County, Ohio, William, Edward,
Susan, wife of Lewis Milton, Julia Anne wife of John Geddes. (Last four
mentioned are residents of Morgan County,
Ohio. Book 9, Page 511 |
| GIBBS, George | Will made 6-3-1833, Probated
March 1837. Wife, Laura to be the guardian of children. names not
mentioned. Withess: Alex. H. Stevens ahd John E. Wolcott of N.Y.,
Bridget Kennedy of Brooklyn. Book 5, Page 343 |
| GIBSON, James | Will made 12-22-1818, Probated
March 1819. Heirs, Elizabeth Gibson (relationship not mentioned) and
Charles Gibson a brother. Witness; Stephen and Nancy
First. Book 1, Page 104 James Gibson was a resident of Adams Township. |
| GIDDINGS, John | Of Decatur Township. Will made
12-7-1824, Probated Febraury 1825. Wife, Hannah; children, George James,
John, Elizabeth, Anne, Maria, Annis (Downing); grandson Johh Giddings
Downing. Exr, James Giddings; Witness: Chas. Medberry, Ebenezer
Batchelder, Joseph Lobdell. Book 3, Page 369 |
| GOLDSMITH, Benoni | Of Fearing Township, Will made
12-21-1821, Probated April 1822. Wife, Angelina, Sons Burnit and John.
Witness: Silas and Anne Hobby, Underhill Lynch. Book 2, Page 234 Note: Benoni Goldsmith was a revolutioiary soldier, Capt Samuel Jordan Cabell's Company, 6th Va. Reg't, also with Morgan's Rifles; also Cap't Benj. Taliferro's Company B, 1-9-1786 from Hampshire County, Va (now W. Va.) Information for Marietta Chapter, D.A.R. states he had other children, Angelina and Elizabeth not mentioned in will. He died March 30, 1822 and is buried on the Hobby Farm, near Caywood, Ohio. |
| GOLDSMITH, John | Administration, 11-4-1852. Heirs, Mary Ann Wagg, Lydia Gibbons, James J. and Susan Goldsmith, Lucy Anne, and Angelina Goldsmith, John and Nancy Unger (his wife). |
| GOODMAN, Elizabeth | Of Fearing Township. Will
made 1-1-1845, Probated 6-25-1846. Heir, John
Goodman, son of Mary Yeo. Witness: John Collins and
Drusilla Garkin. Book 7, Page 345 |
| G0SS, Solomon | Of Fearing Township. Will
made 5-26-1810, Probated April 1828. Children, Noah,
Daniel, Elvi Solomon, Mary Lydia and Elizabeth
(Lake). Book 4, Page 132 Note: His wife, Mary was the daughter of Gilbert Deval, Jr and his wife Mary (Coburn) Deval. See-"Genealogy and History of Hugh and Wm. Mason and Allied Families, by Mary Eliza Mason. |
| GOSSETT, John, Jr. | Administration- 1860. Widow, Betsy;
children, John, Harriett, Betsey, Margaret, Giles, Mary Ann
and Matilda, wife of Robert Miller. Book 4, Page 401 |
| GOULD, Benjamin | Of Salem Township, Will
made 8-29-1845, Probated. April
1850. Children, Ephriam, Daniel,
Philomena, Elizabeth (Eastman), Melissa, Mary and Joseph D.
Gould; grandson, Branerd Page Gould. Witness: Wm. T.
Hovey, Simon S. Porter. Book 8, Page 403 |
| GOULD, Daniel | Administration
4-1-1851. Heirs, Mary, Jonas M., Julia L., Esther, Eliza
and Luther Gould Book 9, Page 242 |
| GREENE, James H. | Will made 6-9-1845, Probated
August 1843, Heir, father-Daniel Greene. Witness: Daniel H. Buell and R.C.
Lovell. Book 6, Page 463 Note: Eunice Clarke Greene, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth McFarland, and wife of James H. Greene born 5-5-1821, died 11-14-1842. This information from monument in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. |
| GREENE, Griffin | Will made 2-22-1851, Probated
2-20-1852. Heirs, Sally, Richard and William Greene, Robert R. Greene of
Illinois, Caroline Hutchinson of Warren. Witness: Isaac Mason and Paul R.
Kendall. Book 9, Page 98 Note: Sarah Greene died 1-19-1870, aged 20 years. Mrs. Sally Greene, relict of Griffin Greene, Esq, formerly of Rhode. Island, died 7-4-1812. Griffin Greene, Sr was a soldier of the Revolution, born 2-20-1749 Warwick, Mass-died in 1804 at Marietta. Ohio. (The above will is that of Gri££in Greene, Jr.) |
| GREENE, Sarah | Of Marietta, Ohio. Will
made 3-10-1812, Probated April 1813, Heirs- Late husband, Griffin Greene,
Sr; son Griffin. Jr; late daughter- Susan wife of John Camock (she
comments upon his sudden death in a distant county); grandchildren,
Carolina, Sarah, William, Robert R. and Richard Greene; friend Bathsheba
Green and Lydia Ackley, Witness:. Return Jo Meiga, Jr., Jabez True,
J. Mc Farland. Book 1, Page 232 Note: Informatiom from monument in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio, Sarah Greene died 1-18-1820, aged 20 years; Bathsheba Green born in New Bedford, Mass 9-28-1769, died 9-28-1843, Richard Greene, born in East _______, R.I. 12-4-1769, died December 1805. |
| GREEN, Duty | Will made August 1842, Heirs,
Duty, Jr., Caleb, Smith, Eli, Pamela (Reynolds), Margaret (Woodruff)
Witness: Levi Eeaid, I. D. Copese Book 6, Page 379 Note: Duty Green was a Revolutionary soldier from Lanesborough, Mass. B, 1761, died 1842. |
| GREENE, Mary | Of Newport, Ohio. Will
made 8-23-1823, Probated November 1823. Heirs, children, Eliza, Ruth and
Mary (Matthews); grandchildren, Eliza W., and Maria Haskell, sons, Daniel,
John and James H, (latter not mentioned in will) Book 2, Page 434 Note: Info. from monument in Mound' Cemetery., Marietta, Ohio. Mary A., consort of James B. Mathews, daughter of Daniel and Mary Greene, born in Warwick, R.I. 3-7-1771, died 2-15-1858, Mary, wife of Captain Daniel Greene, born in London, England June 26, 1788, died 7-26-1842. |
| GREEN, Ezra | Will made 9-12-1822, Probated
November 1822. Heirs- wife, Anna (her first husband was Oliver Dodge,
children, Stephen (to have, land near Ames, Athens County, Ohio, Sally M.,
Elizabetb G.; brother, Willard M. all title to his father's farm, Spencer
Township, Wooster County, Mass. George Brown of Ames, Ohio to be
guardian of his son Stephen, until his majority, Witness; ,Benj. A. Dana,
Joshua Spragoie, Richard H. Dodge. Book 2, Page 271 |
| CREENLEE, Archibald | Administration 1826, The
only heir was William Greenlee, a brother of the deceased, who was a
resident of Ayleshire, Great Britian. Book 4, Page 99 |
| GREENMAN, Jeremiah | Of Waterford. Will made
2-6-1821, Probated April 1829. Wife, Mary; children, Jeremiah, Isaac Eddy
and Mary (Dunham). Witness: Cyrus Eddy, Vincent John, or John
Vincent. Book 4, Page 260 Note: Jeremiah Greenman was' a Revolutional Soldier (an Officer) born 5-7-1758, Newport, R.I., died 11-15-1828. Married Mary Eddy in 1784. Nat'l D.A.R. # 104756. |
| GRIDLEY, William | Of Boston, Sufflok County,
Mass. Will made 12-31-1832, Probated September 1837. Children, William
(whose wife was Sarah T.), Betsey: wife of Joseph Perry, a carpenter of
New Haven, Conn,, Marietta, wife of Josiah Capen, a coachmaker of Boston,
Mass. Witness: John A, Loving, Loving Newcomb, Abner A. Bowman. Book, 5, Page 419 |
| GUILINGER, Marietta | Of Newport Township. Will made
7-8-1851, Probated February 1852. Wife, Eve; children, Michel, Jacob,
Thomas, John, James, Seth, Joseph, Catharine. (Mentions claims due in
Pennsylvania). Witness: Jacob Cooper, Maria Sonkey. Peter Snyder. Book 9, Page 97 |
| GUITTEAU, Adoniram | Administration 1827. Heirs- Maria, Eliza Ann, Adoniram and Patience Guitteau. |
| GUITTEAU, Benjamin | Administration 1832 or 1833.
Wife, Maria; other heirs,William H., Francis, Eliza Ann, Caroline,
Emmaline, Benj. Jr., and John Guitteau, and Jane, wife ot Thomas
Williams. Book 5, Page 82 Note: Minerva Guitteau, died 2-10-1851 aged 64 years. |
| GUITTEAU, Minerva | Will made
5-4-1840, Probated June 1851. Heirs, Abner S. and his sister Sarah
Guitteau. Witness: William R. Putnam and Anna J. Guitteau. Book 8, Page 591 |
| GUTHRIE, Truman | Of Belpre, Ohio. Will made
6-29-1836, Probated April 1841. Sons, Edwin, Augustus S, Charles L.,
Benjamin T., David, Witness: Waltar Curtis, Seymour Clough, William
Smithers. Book 6, Page 151 |
