Washington County
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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 |
| QUIMBY, Deborah | Of Fearing Township. Will
made 3-5-1821, Probated June 1835. Heirs-
Underhill, Elizabeth and Polly Lynch and John Wesley
L. Brown. Witness: Sarah Craft, Elizabeth Lynch. Book 5, Page 218 |
| QUIMBY (or QUINBY), Pheobe |
Of Fearing Towns!p. Will
made 8-26-1830, Probated June 1835. Heirs- Underhill and
Elizabeth Lynch, and John Wesley. L., son of James
and Ziporah Brown. Witness: Ephriam Quimby, Abrahal
Daniels, William White.
Book 5, Page 219 |
| RACE, William | Of Wesley Township. Will made 8-9-1840,
Probated 8-9-1841. Heirs- David and Jane Amanda Hart
(husband and wife) and William R. Hart, their son; Charles
Bowman; John Duck; Wife, Letitia to have land in
Columbiana County, Ohio. Book 6, Page 250 |
| RAINEY, Elias W. | Administration Mar 13, 1855.
Heirs-Edward, Elias, William,
Winchester, Zacharia, Jacob, Elizabeth (wife of James Mummey)and Mary (wife
of Samuel Brown, all of Noble County, Ohio. Book 9, Page 616 |
| RAMBO, Jacob | Of Waterford. Will
made 6-20-1803, Probated 9-7-1803. Wife Catharine; son
Jackson (other sons mentioned, not named), grandson Jacob Rambo, son of
Rebecca Turley. Witness: Ezekiel Denning, Wm. W. Williams, Jesse McFarlin. Book 1, Page 57 |
| RATHBUN, Gideon | Will made 6-21-1837, Probated September 1838. Wife
Anna; children- Edmund, Marcey Frances, David, Daniel, Elzy (Cole), Hiram,
William, Lavina (Lepy), Elvira and John C. Rathbun.
Book 5, Page 510 |
| RAYNE, Gabriel | Of Barlow Ohio. Will
made 7-7-1836, Probated April 1839. Children-
Abigail (Eliason), John, Samuel, William, Joseph
and Gabriel Payne, Hannah (Pugh). Witness:
Horatio Ford, Isaac Castle, Wm. Woodward.
Book 5, Page 535 Note: Query- Should this name be Rayne or Payne. The name heading the will was Rayne, but the names of the heirs in the body of the will was Payne) |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas | Will made _________, Probated 2-16-1852. Wife,
Sarah; Children- Daniel, Abraham, John, Benedict,
Thomas, Emily (Larue), Elizabeth (Blackley), Phobe (Knepper) Minerva (Knepper), Catherine (Knepper), and heirs of my deceased daughter Rebecca
Thompson. Witness: L.B. Smith, L.E. Smith. Book 9, Page 102 |
| RICE, Nathan |
Will made 4-6-1833, Probated April 1841. Wife, Jemima;
children- Zelpha, Thomas, Subrina, Lucy Witness: Joel Stacy, Sohpia Wood. Book 6, Page 150 Note: Nathan Rice was a Revolutionary soldier in Capt.John Nixon's Company of Minute Men, Col. John Nixon's Reg't. Born in Vermont in 1763, married Jemima NcClure-died in 1841. Ref: D.A.R. Lineage Book 66-pg 224, Nat'l # 65663. |
| RICE, Oliver |
Of Belpre, Ohio. Will made December 1836,
Probated 10-29-1836. Granddaughter, Abigail
Rice Brown, daughter of Ann Brown; nieces- Mary, wife of Cyrus
Ames, Esq., Betsy, wife of Wm. T.
Plowe, late of Belpre; nephew-Oliver Rice, son of his
late brother Charles; friends-Andrew Ballard and his wife
Olive, Oliver Rice Loving, William Pitt Putnam, Cyrus Ames,
Mary, wife of Brooks Blizzard. Exr's: Brooks Blizzard and
William M. Niles.
Book 5, Page 331 Note: Major Oliver Rice in Col. John Nixon's-Regiment, born 1752 in Massachusetts, died 1836, Beihpre, Ohio. |
| RICE, Thomas | Of Providence Rhode Island, (now) formerly of
Warwick, County Kent, Rhode Island. Will probated (or
made?) 1-12-1798, authenticated copy to Marietta
September I845. Late wife, Anne; sister-Barbara, wife of
Benjamin Arnold; brother-Henry Rice and his grandson Thomas
Rice Stafford; nieces- Elizabeth, wife of Michael
Mellone (Malone) and daughter of my brother Henry; Martha
wife of John Stafford, and daughter of my brother Henry;
Nephew-Thomas, son of my deceased sister (name not
mentioned); Caleb, son of my brother Henry Rice; John
Rice Arnold, son of my sister Barbara and her husband Benjamin
Arnold; To Elizabeth, wife of Job Carpetner and to
Rebecca daughter of Caleb Hill, Esq. of North Kingston,
R.I. (relation-ship not mentioned.) Witness David Wightman,
Peleg Wilburn, John Rice.
Book 7, Page 242 |
| RIGGS, James | Will made 5-9-1813, Probated
June 1815. Wife, Mary; children-Basil,
John, Edmund, Samuel, Maye (Sheetz),
Mary (Ridgeway), Jane
(Williamson.); granddaughter of Martin and Maye
Sheetz. Exr: Edmund Piggs. Witness: Richard
Talbot, Henry Jolly, Martin Sheetz, John Collins.
Book 1, Page 281 Note: James Riggs was a Revolutionary soldier in the Pennsylvania Regulars. Born 1742 at Rock Creek, Montgomery County, Maryland, later lived in Bedford County, Pa. |
| RILEY, Betsey |
Will made 9-9-1845, Probated Mar
1846. Children-John, William, Elizabeth, wife of Abner McGee, Mary, wife of
George Posey, Susan, wife of Ezekiel Hoskinson. Book 7, Page 303 |
| RILEY, James |
Will-made 5-3-1841, Probated October 1841. Wife, Betsey. Witness: Oliver Woodward, Jr, William
Riley, Julian Riley. Book 6, Page 251 |
| ROACH, John |
Will made 5-5-1841, Probated October 1841.Wife, Pamela and her son Adolphus. Witness: James
L. Baldwin, Elijah Mason. Book 6, Page 248 |
| ROBBINS, Mary |
Will made 4-12-1838, Probated September 1839. Heirs-daughter Malinda, wife of John Hutson; Her
late father Ebenezer Sweet of Deerfield, Massachusetts.Witness: John Crawford, Walter Ward. Book 6, Page 24 |
| ROBBINS, Reuben |
Administration 1830. Heirs-
Emeline, Reuben, Elizabeth and Leon W. Robbins; wife Charity C. Book 4, Page 464 |
| ROBBINS, Samuel Price | Will made 9-2-1823, Probated November
1823. Wife, Patty; six children mentioned but not
named-all minors. Witness: Robert Crawford, Asa Beach.
Note: Cemetery records- Rev.Samuel Robbins, son of Rev. Samuel Robbins born at Marietta August 25, 1811, was a missionary to Siam for four years. Died July 6, 1846. Martha Read, daughter of Deacon Luthur Pierce of Connecticut, wife of Rev. Samuel P. Robbins, died 8-18-1841, aged 28 years and.three months. Infant son of S. and M. Robbins, named Joseph .Emerson. Rev. Samuel P. Robbins; Pastor of the Congregational Church at Marietta, Ohio died 9-2-1823 aged 47.years. Martha (Burlingame) Robbins, second wife of Rev. Samuel P. Robbins, born at Campus Martius, Marietta, Ohio 8-19-1792 married Rev. Robbins September 1810-died 12-19-1872, aged 80 years. (Correction- This name should be Samuel Prince Robbins) |
| ROGER, Bathsheba |
Of Belpre, Ohio. Will made 6-23-1807 date
of probation not given. Children-Daniel Dunham and Bathsheba
(Tilton). Grandchildren- William and Sarah Wright.
Witness: Edward Halsey., Zadoc Foster,
William Withington. Book 1, Page 129 |
| ROOD, Wine |
Of Fearing Township. Will
made 8-27-1818, Probated November 1823.
Children- Wine, Jr., Carolina and
Matilda. Witness: Edward Postlewaite, Elijah Pose
and Samuel Cook. Book 2, Page 428 |
| ROWLAND, John |
Will made 6-26-1848, Probated October 1850.
Children- Robert, William, Sarah
(Mullen), Betsey (Bunt),
Margaret (Rowland), Jane (Leonard), Isabella
(Rowland.) grandson, Augustus Leonard to have land in Wood
County, Virginia (now W. V.). Witness: Caleb
Emerson, John D. Tiley, Abram Winal. Book 8, Page 514 |
| RUSSELL, John |
Administration
1832 (1833?). Children-Caroline,
Wiilliam, Charles, Jonathan, Jane, Lucy, wife of
Robert Crawford, Polly, wife of Pardon Cook, Betsey
wife of Tillinghast A. Cook. Book 5, Page 31 |
| RUTTER, John B. | Administration 6-19-1852. V/idow Eliza; children
Sarah D., Emeline, John Rutter, and John McCane of
Keokuck, Iowa (relationship not mentioned.
Book 9, Page 467 |
| SALTONSTALL, Nathaniel |
Will made 8-1-1807, Probated 4-12-1808. Children,
Polly and John Latimer Saltonstall. Witness: Hallom Hempstead, Gates
Hempstead.
Book 1, Page 120 Note: Natnaniol Saltonstall was a Captain in Artillery Company from New London, Connecticut. Born in New London, 1727-married Rebecca Young- died in Marietta, Ohio in 1807. Ref: D.A.R. Lineage Book Vol 62, pg 4. |
| SALTONSTALL, John Latimer | Will made 2-6-1821, Probated July 1821. Sisters-
Lucretia, wife of Giles Hempstead, and Nancy, wife of Rev. L. Lindsley.
Witness; Dr. S.P. Hildreth, Lucretia Saltonstall and Lucretia S.
Hempstead.
Book 2, Page 212 |
| SALTONSTALL, Lucretia |
Will made May 1823, no date for probation
given. Children- Lucretia Hempstead and Lucretia Lindsley;
grandchildren. Lucretia and Harriett Hempstead, William and Lucretia
Hannah Lindsley (Lindley). Witness: Samuel Nixon, Samuel \Whipple.
Book 5, Page 129 Note: Cemetery record- Nancy Saltonstall Lindsley, daughter of Rev. Stephen Lindsley, died August 5, 1813, aged 5 years. |
| SAMPSON, Cracker |
Of Kingston County, Plymouth, Mass. Will made
1-8-1806, Probated 7-21-1823. Wife, Rebecca; children Benjamin (a
minor), Harriett, Rebecca, Luciy. Witness: John Gray, Samuel Stetson, Seth
Perkins. Book 5, Page 129 |
| SANDFORD (or SANFORD), Thomas James Harris | Late of Rotherham, County of
York, England. Will made 9-12-1820, Probated 1825. Wife,
Mary; son- Thomas Harris Sanford, land in
Buerton, Chester County, England; brother- Charles Samuel,
Roberts Sanford of Masborough, York
County, England; brother-in-law-Phiiip William Mackwcrth
Yonge of Winson Green near Bingham, Warwick
County, England, and Harriett Anne Maria his wife.
Witness: Frederick Kean 38 Upper Temple
Street, Bingham, England, Frederick Mills, John Mason
Guest Underhill.
Book 3, Page 485 Note: Thomas Sanford born Essex, England. Mary, his wife born in Yorkshire, England, September 17, 1790, died Marietta, September, 1876. |
| SARGENT, Winthrop |
Of Glouster, near Natchez, Mississippi
Territory. Will made 10-11-1816, Probated December 1823.
Wife, Mary; children- William Fitz Winthrop Sargent, and
George W. Sargent to be educated at his own Alma Mater
Cambridge; sister- Mrs- McMurray; Grandchildren of his
deceased sister Esther Ellery; friend- Lucuis Manlius Sargent and
Jonathan Temple to have land in Ohio under the supervision
of Benjamin Ives Gilman. Witness: Martha
Provon, A. Brewer Thompson, Chauncey Pettibone. Will
probated in Adams Co. Mississippi 1823. Book 5, Page 493 Note: Codicil- Sargent Harding and Sargent Gilman, sons of Gilman A. Harding and (nephew) Winthrop Sargent, Jr of Boston, respectively. Cemetery record-Rowena, daughter of General Benjamin Tupper, and wife of Winthrop Sargent (secretary of the Northwest Territory), born 1766-died 1799. |
| SCHIEFFELIN, Jacob |
Of the City of New York. Will
made. 6-20-1829, Probated 1835. Wife,
Hannah; children- Richard
L., Henry, Effingham, Jacob, Edward L., John
L., Anna Maria S. (Ferris). Book 5, Page 246 Note: He was born in Philadelphia 8-24-1747, Registered in the Lutheran Church of that City- married Hannah Effingham. |
| SCHOONVER (or SCHNOOVER), Nicholas |
Administration (or will?) April 28, 1846. Wife,
Sarah; children-Elizabeth, John, Lenoard, Charlotte, wife of John
Rathbone, now living in Illinois, Emeline wife of John Finch, Rosetta
Schoonover of Peoria, Illinois, children of his son Henry deceased,
Adolphus, Alvin, Carolina and Asa Schnoover (last four named children
minors.) Book 9, Page 292 |
| SCOTT, Eliphalet |
Of Aurelius Tonwship. Will made 7-6-1850, Probated
October 1850. Children-Mark E., James B., Charlotte Jane Scott. Witness:
John Smithson, and John Smithson Jr. Book 8, Page 532 |
| SCOTT, John McM. |
Of Franklin County, Kentucky. Will made 8-26-1812,
Probated 9-3-1814. Wife, Kitty; children- William Henry Harrison Scott to
be educated under the direction of Governor Harrison, and the Honorable
Harry Imes, Administrator: Matthew Scott. Book 1, Page 27 Note: john Scott died in Athens County, Ohio. |
| SCOTT, Obediah |
Administration 1832. Wife, Thankful;
children-Celestine, wife of Nathaniel Fuller of Licking County, Ohio,
Almira, wife of John Beach of Morgan County, Ohio, Tracey Scott a resident
of Licking County, Ohio, Obediah, Jr., Hannah, James, Hiram, Rothens,
Adline, Winchester, George Scott all residents of Washington County,
Ohio. Book 4, Page 595 Note: Almira (Scott) Beach, was married first to Samuel Cushing, Jr. |
| SEAMON, Benjamin |
Will made 4-13-1812, Probated 5-23-1812. Sisters-
Mary (Atcheson), Susannah (Olney), Sarah (Craig), brothers-Samuel,
Gilbert, Preserved; friends- Benjamin and Martha Nowell, Samuel
Postlewaite and John Bowman of Adams County, in the Territory of
Mississippi. Witness: Nathaniel Oliver, Gilbert Oliver and Jonathan
Sprague.
Book 1, Page 201 Cemetery record- Louisana Seaman, daughter of Preserved, died September 15, 1812, aged 7 years. |
| SEAMON, Gilbert | Of Adams, Washington County, Ohio. Copy of this will
states Probated at Marietta, Ohio 1-13-1800) He was probably a resident of
Adams County, Territory of Mississippi at the time of his death. Wife,
Martha; children- Gilbert, Preserved, Susanna, Sabra, Martha, Polly,
Samuel, Benjamin, Benijah; grandson William, son of his daurhter Sabra.
Withess: Enoch Ewing, William Davis, Stephen Frost.
Book 1, Page 36 |
| SEARS, Sarah |
Late of New York City. Will made 10-14-1805, Probated
in New York 1806- authenticated copy to Marietta in 1806. Sister Rebecca,
wife of John Blogges, Esq; daughters-Hester (Smith) and Rebecca
(Sterrett); grandchildren- Peregrine, James and William Bordieu, sons of
my late daughter Mary; Harriett Artemissa, daurhter of my late daughter
Sarah Fandall. Witness: W.H.Smith, Julia Bloggs, Elizabeth Smith.
Book 7, Page 297 Note: Sarah Sears was the widow of Isaac Sears of New York City. |
| SEELY, Thomas | Of Waterford, Ohio- Will made 9-28-1827, Probated
July 1829. Wife, Margaret; children- John H., Sarah A. (Dearborn) a minor,
Abijah Thomas, Simeon F., Lucretia A.M., wife of E.S. McIntosh. Witness:
David and Lavena Baldwin, Solomon F. Cogswell.
Book 4, Page 258 |
| SHAFFER, John |
Administration 1832. Wife, Polly; children- Peggy,
Noble, Wealthy, Philip Cooper, and John Cooper Shaffer.
Book 4, Page 628 |
| SHARP, James |
Will made 7-29-1818, date of probation not given.
Wife, Kezie; children William Thompson, Esther, James Madison, John,
Samuel, Louisa, George and Esther, James Madison, John, Samuel, Louisa,
George and Joseph. Witness: Wm. Slocum, John Sharp, George Duilery.
Book 2, Page 84 |
| SHAPP, Peter |
Will made 10-16-1824, Probated March 1825. Wife,
Mary; only child Eliza. Witness: Isaac L. Palmer, Benjamin M. Brown.
Book 3, Page 190 |
| SHEETS, Martin |
Of Grandview Township. Will made 6-14-1844, Probated
September 1845. Wife, Sally; children John E., Henry J., Mary (Kiger),
William, Nancy (Dye), Matthew, Priscilla (Dye), Anthony, Elizabeth J.
(Dye). Witness: Elliott H. Collins, R.K.
Ewart. Book 7, Page 257 |
| SHELDON, Jeremiah |
Administration
1828. Wife, Olive; children- Jeremiah Fayette, William Washington
Sheldon. Book 4, Page 388 |
| SHEPHERD, Enoch | Will made 8-22-1821, Probated Nov. 1821. States that
his daughter Anna is to divide his property among the children of his
first marriage, i.e. Esther, Enoch, Anna, Rhoda, Daniel, Larena, Luther,
Huldah, Calvin. The children of his second marriage by his wife Margaret
were Silas M., and Elizabeth G.
Witness: Caleb Emerson, Emory Keyes, William Morris. Book 2, Page 220 |
| SHERER, Jacob |
Administration July 1, 1853.
Children- Elizabeth and Catherine of Marietta, Ohio, John C. and
Rebecca A., of Madison Indiana. Book 9, Page 579 |
| SHERMAN, Timothy | Administration 1831. Heirs-relationship not stated,
but presumably his children. Herman Sherman, residence unknown, Lyman
Sherman of Sandusky, Ohio, Electa, wife of Daniel Loomis of Rochester,
N.Y., Olive (Ward) formerly Sherman of
Dresden, Ohio, Curtis Herman Sherman of Tupper's Plains, Meigs County,
Ohio, Abel Sherman of Waterford, Washington County, Ohio, Wakeman Sherman
of Morgan County, Ohio Uriah Sherman of Waterford, Washington, County,
Ohio. Book 5, Page 36 Note: Timothy Sherman was a Revolutionary soldier and was aged 58 years in 1818- his wife Polly was aged 64 in 1825. Wakeman, Uriah and Able and six other children all married. Soldier died in 1820. |
| SHIPMAN, Joshua |
Late of Wheeling Virginia (now West Virginia)-
Administration 1831. Wife, Eunice and minor children, not named.
Book 4, Page 517 |
| SHIPMAN, Joshua, Jr. |
Administration 1832. Heirs- his father Joshua Sr, and
heirs of his father; Charles, Frederick, Julia, wife of Nathaniel Holden,
Maria, Samuel, heirs of Eliza and Joseph C. Shipman.
Book 5, Page 43 |
| SHIPMAN, William H. |
Late of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia)-
Administration 1831. Wife, Mary Anne; children-Susan, George, Anne,
William. Book 4, Page 521 |
| SINCLAIR, Martin |
Administration 9-21-1854. Heirs- Mary M., Sarah J.,
William M., Jesse P., and Charles A. Sinclair. Book 9, Page 573 |
| SKINNER, William |
Will made 4-25-1825, Probated April 1841. Wife, Mary;
children- Charles S., David C., Sarah C. (Ward), William P. Witness: John
P. Mayberry, Timothy Cone, A. Warner. Book 6, Page 169 Note: William Skinner was born in Carlisle, Penna. February 1763, died at Harmer, Washington County, Ohio 1840. |
