John Wild's will - written in 1805, proven in 1811

John Wild, son of John Wild and Mary Gidge, first married Sarah Andrews, daughter of William Andrews and Mary Over.  Sarah died quite a few years prior to the time this will was written.  By then he had married Mary Laishley and also had children with her.  In this will is mentioned Mary as well as the surviving children from both marriages, namely Sarah, John and William from his first marriage and Henry, Ann, James, Richard and George from his second marriage.  Some of the possessions he mentions are his cottage and premises, household goods, linen, china, money, and livestock.

These images are courtesy of the John Wilde Research Foundation and were copied from  http://www.wildeandclarkancestors.com/

Will of Richard Smith Robinson

I, Richard Smith Robinson, of Kanab, County of Kane, State of Utah, of the age of seventy-one years and being of sound mind and not under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say:

First: I direct that my body be modestly and decently buried at Kanab beside my wife Elizabeth.

Second: I direct that my executors, hereinafter names, as soon as they have sufficient funds in their hands, pay my funeral expenses and the expen¬ses of my last sickness and all my just and lawful debts.

Third: I direct that sufficient means for the proper care and burial of my wife Mary Ann Robinson now an inmate of the State Insane Asylum, be paid out of the income of my personal and real estate, and when she departs this life I if practicable, that she also be interred at Kanab and it is my desire that a fitting monument, bearing my name, etc., and the names of my wives, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, and Mary Kate, be inscribed thereon and it be erected over my tomb.

Fourth: That the residue of my possessions shall go to my children or their heirs, share and share alike in equal division as to value, except my son John W. and daughter Artimitta K., who shall receive one hundred ($100.00) dollars more than the other heirs because of the continual illness of the former and the crippled condition of the latter's husband.



1st.  My son Richard Joseph Robinson
2nd. My daughter Elizabeth Ann Westover
3rd.  My son John Wootton Robinson
4th.  My daughter Artimitta Kate Brinkerhoff
5th.  My son George Heber Robinson
6th.  My son Oscar Attewall Robinson
7th.  My daughter Mary Ellen Brown
8th.  My daughter Sarah Blanch Hamblin
9th.  My daughter Martha Amy Stewart
10th. My son Robert Eccles Robinson
11th. My son Thomas Edward Robinson
12th. My son David Henry Robinson
13th. My son Wilford Smith Robinson
14th. My daughter Mary Elizabeth Robinson Shumway
15th. My son Richard Lafayette Robinson
16th. My son Hyrum Charles Robinson
17th. My son Joseph Eldridge Robinson

 Lastly: I hereby appoint my sons, Robert Eccles Robinson, George Heber Robinson and Joseph Eldridge Robinson, my executors and they may act, if so deposed without bonds. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Two.

Witnesses: Geo. H. Robinson H. E. Robinson

State of Utah, County of Kane In the matter of the estate of Richard S. Robinson deceased.

The Last Will of Richard S. Robinson deceased, a copy of which is hereto annexed having been proved and recorded in the District Court of the County of Kane, George H. Robinson, Robert E. Robinson, and Joseph E. Robinson,





George H. Robinson swore to support, obey the rights and faithfully do his duties as executor of the last will and testament of Richard S. Robinson. Oct. 28, 1902 by J. G. Spencer, clerk.

Recorded in Executors Record A

Page 133--May 4, 1903--Kane County, Kanab, Utah.

There are a few items left out of Richard and Elizabeth I s biography by Harriet R. Judd, which I (Esther Judd) would like to draw to your attention.

While Richard was working with the .Indians with Jacob Hamblin and others, Elizabeth was home taking care of the farm at Harmony. Here her first child, a son, was born on Sept. 4, 1854, and named Richard Joseph Robinson. He was born just four months to the day since they had arrived at this place.

This event could have taken place in Fort Harmony for that is the year the fort was built.

Elizabeth gave birth to a little girl, named Elizabeth Ann Robinson, on Jan. 1, 1856, while the family was still living at Fort Harmony. Elizabeth was cared for by the frontier midwife as there were no doctors.

The family moved to Pinto the fall of 1856, and Elizabeth's son, Edward G. Robinson, was born Dec. 3, 1857. He died Dec. 6,1858, at Pinto, Utah.

Elizabeth lost another child, Emma Jane Robinson, born Feb. 23, 1861, died Dec. 26,1861, and buried at Pinto, Utah.

Richard and Elizabeth Robinson traveled to Salt Lake City and Elizabeth received her endowments on Sept. 5, 1863, in the Endowment House. She was sealed to her husband on the same day. She listed as her father and mother, George and Ann Wootton.

William Alfred Robinson was born Dec. 6, 1863, in Pinto. He died Jan. 28,1865, in Pinto, Utah.

The deaths of these three children was a worry to Elizabeth,- for the gospel taught her that she would be able to raise her dead children and she pictured herself with three babies on her lap at one time, until she was able to talk to one of the Apostles who explained this principle to her.

No doubt the sisters who took care of her had no training and we know there was no medicine but the herbs that grew about their home. Much of the use of these herbs was learned from the Indians as the Indian missionaries went among them.

John Cadwallader - will

WILL

John Cadwalader

“I John Cadwalader of Warminster in the County of Bucks, and Province of Pennsylvania, Being about to go on a Religious visit to the Island of Tortola, tho' in my Declining years yet of a sound mind, memory, and understanding, thought good to make and Ordain this my last will and Testament in manner hereafter Expressed, That is to say, first of all I will that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expenses be fully paid and Discharged.

Item - I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Margaret all the household goods which she brought with her at time of our marriage. The one Gray horse, and one cow, and also all the Bonds that is now lodged in her hand, in lieu and in full recompence for all Third, Dowers, and Demands, whatsoever, to my Estate Goods, and Chattels; and to live in the house we now live in during her widowhood.

Item - I give and bequeath unto my Daughter-in-law, Mary Cadwalader the sum of five pounds Lawful money of the said Province.

Item - I give and bequeath unto my grandson Isaac Cadwalader the sum of five pounds of the like money. But in case my Said grandson should die in his minority, my will is that the said five pounds be equally divided between his surviving Brothers and Sisters, the children of his Deceased father.

Item - I give and bequeath all the residue of my Estate, Goods, and Chattels nothing Excepted Save the Afore mentioned Legacies to be Equally Distributed between my children Viz. John, Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin, Sarah, Jane, Mary and Martha, and my Son Isaac's children whom I would to have an Equal Share with one of my aforesaid Children, to be Equally Divided among them, And my will further is that in case my said daughter Mary the wife of Benjamin Eaton should remove with her said husband to live anywhere out of this Province that her share or Division of My Estate as aforesaid be not paid unto her, but I do hereby Order the same to be Equally Divided between aforesaid Children and son Isaac's Children all to have between them and Equal share of one of my said Children anything herein contained not withstanding.

Item - I give unto my son Benjamin the remainder of John Bryan's Time or Apprenticeship willing my son to fulfill his Indenture and to teach or cause to be taught the Trade my said Son follows anything herein before Contained notwithstanding.

I do hereby Constitute and Appoint my son Jacob Cadwalader and son-in-law John Bond to be joint and Co-Executors of this my last will and Testament.

Also I Do Nominate and appoint my friend George Lewis and John Evans (both of the County of Philadelphia) to be Overseers of this my Last will and Testament to see the same Accomplished.

Finally I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other will and Testament by me heretofore made or declared to be made Either by word of mouth or writing validing and Confirming this only to be my Last in which whereof I have hereinto set my hand and Seal the Thirtieth day of the Seventh month Anno Dom 1742.

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testator as his Last will in the Presence of us and hereunto Subscribed

Witnesses

Jno Evans a friend )

Rowland Evans a friend )

John Cadwalader

Proved June 20, 1743 Then personally appeared John Evans and Rowland Evans the witnesses to the foregoing will and on their solemn affirmation according to Law do declare they saw and heard John Cadwalader the Testator above named Sign and Institute and Declare same will to be his last will and testament and that at the time thereof He was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge.”

Ref. Will No. 28 of 1743, Estate of John Cadwalader, deceased (Certified Copy by Register of Wills, Room 180, City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., 2-8-1956)

Ref. Abstract of will of John Cadwalader (PH 2 A p 808) at the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The names and dates of the ten children of John and Mary Cadwallader have been gathered from many sources. They are not complete as the records of some of the early minutes of the Abington and Horsham Monthly Meetings were destroyed by fire. Also there are almost no records of the early burials in the Horsham MM graveyard, nor any identifying gravestones. Evidently no stones were used in the earliest days of the 1700's.

David Stewart from Something about the Stewarts

DAVID STEWART

from "Something about the Stewarts"

SOURCE: From the database of Mary Stewart Hicks. David Stewart was born in New York City about 1680 or shortly thereafter. He was the son of Dr. John Stewart and Elizabeth Alberti. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jan (John) Alberti and Elizabeth Scudder. It is not known how long he and his parents lived in New York. We do know that he and his Father, Dr. John Stewart, still lived in New York in 1686 when his father was a witness to a land transaction between Adam Wright & William Buckler.

Samuel and Lydia Stewart

SAMUEL STEWART

from "Something about the Stewarts"

Samuel (1710) lived with his family in three locations: Long Island, New Jersey, and Delaware. From there, he along with the Harrison's moved to Augusta County, Virginia.

His wife's name was Lydia, and those who have done much research on it, particularly the Stewart Clan Magazine by Edson, has assumed that Lydia was a member of the Harrison family. There has been much research done on the Harrison family to find if we could locate a Lydia Harrison. However, we've never been able to find out for sure that her name was Harrison. Dr. Valentine found all the Harrison's family names with the exception of Isaiah Harrison, and he couldn't find any of the children of Isaiah Harrison. More research is needed to prove that Lydia was a Harrison and if she came from that family.

Will of Solomon Cox

Will of Solomon Cox copied from "The Hussey Manuscript " page1904

In the name of God, Amen. I, Solomon Cox, late of Hocking County and State of Ohio, considering the uncertainly of this mortal life being weak of body but sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following.

That is to say first I give and bequeath unto my eldest daughterMartha Cox the sum of one dollar which is her full share of my estate with what she hath already had.

I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Cox and her heirs one dollar which is their full share of my estate with what she and they hath alrerady had.

I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Perkins one dollar which is her full share with what she already hath.

I also give and bequeath unto my son, Absolom Cox, one dollar which is his full share of my estate with what he already hath.

I also give and bequeath unto my son Christopher Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he already hath.

And also I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he already had.

I also give and bequeath unto my son Stephen Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he already hath.

I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Amy Mahan one dollar which is her full share with what she already hath.

And as to all the residue and remainder of my estate, goods and chattels of what kind and nature soever it may be to be equally divided between my loving wife Amy Cox and my son Solomon Cox, share and share alike and what livestock there may be the same to keep or dispose of at their election.

And lately I do appoint my son Solomon Cox and William Dixon sole exectors of this my last will and testment hereby revoking all former wills made by me. In witness whereof I have herewith set my had and seal this Ninth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and nineteen.