Nathaniel Wilson

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WILL OF NATHANIEL WILLSON
Source: LDS Microfilm #876299, Probate Records, Volume 24, Pages
389-391, Berkshire Co., MA
In the name of God, Amen: I, Nathaniel Willson, of West Stockbridge in
the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman,
considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound and
perfect mind and manner, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make
and publish this my last will and testament in manner following (that
is to say).
Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto by beloved wife Mehitabel, two good
cows, ten good sheep, and the one-third part in value of my household
furniture for her own use and disposal forever.
I give and bequeath to my several daughters, viz, Sarah Knapp,
Philinda Andrus, Chloe Spencer, Huldah Hart, & Jemima Burghardt, the
remaining two-third parts of my household furniture, to be equally
divided among them, to be theirs forever, except my daughter Sarah
Knapp, to whom I only give the use of her share of my household
furniture during her natural life, and at her decease, the same to
descend to her children in equal shares, to be theirs forever. I also
give and bequeath to my several daughters the following sums over and
above their several shares in my household furniture, (viz), to Sarah
Knapp twenty dollars, to Philinda Andrus, twenty dollars, to Chloe
Spencer twenty-five dollars, to Huldah Hart one dollar, and to Jemima
Burghardt thirty dollars.
I give and bequeath unto the children of my late son Shubael,
deceased, two dollars to be equally divided among them. I give and
bequeath unto my son Fairring all my wearing apparel and thirty
dollars.
I give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniel ten dollars.
I give and bequeath unto my son Lewis ten dollars.
I give and bequeath unto my son Jared one dollar.
I give and bequeath unto my son Gilbert one dollar.
I give and bequeath unto my son George twenty-five dollars.
I give and bequeath unto my son Rufus all the residue of my estate,
both real and personal, not herein before bequeathed and devised,
whenever the same may be found, to have and to hold to him and his
heirs & assigns forever, subject however to the following conditions
to be performed on his part (viz).
That the said Rufus maintain & support me and my wife during each of
our natural lives in a kind, Christian-like, & comfortable manner,
with suitable medical aid & nursing if wanted, and otherwise carry and
behave himself towards each of us in a filial and affectionate manner.
And in case my wife should survive me, that he provide a home for her
out of his family if it be her choice, and such an one as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to her with all things necessary for her
comfortable support, pay all my debts at my decease, the funeral
charges of us both, the several legacies before mentioned in my will,
which I have bequeathed to my other children, within three months
after my decease (if demanded of him by them within that time), &
which several legacies as before expressed are to be understood to be
over & above what each of them have had (prior to the date of this
will) out of my estate, and pay the whole expense of the settlement of
my estate agreeable to this my last will and testament. And in case my
son Rufus shall not perform the above condition agreeable to the true
intent and meaning thereof, I give and devise all my real estate to my
beloved wife Mehitabel in fee simple on condition of her paying the
legacies to my several children as before directed to be paid by my
son Rufus. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Rufus and
Lemuel Moffitt, Jun. executors of this my last will and testament,
hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal at West Stockbridge this seventh day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
Nathaniel Willson (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above named Nathaniel
Willson to be his last will and testament, in the presence of us the
subscribers who signed the same in his presence at his request, as
witnesses to the same.
James Picket, Solomon Reed, John Ford, Jun.

Family/Spouse: Jemima Turner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mehitable Gilbert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 21 Jul 1780; American Revolution (US) Capt William Foord's Co., Col. John Brown Regt. Discharged Oct 27, 1780

Shubael married Elizabeth Henry on 16 Oct 1785 in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born about 1765 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Canandaigua

Gilbert married Electa Hendrick on 22 Jan 1810 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Electa (daughter of Daniel Hendrix and Lydia Phelps) was born on 14 Feb 1789 in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Mar 1816 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Selecta Spencer about 1820. Selecta died in Feb 1845 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Charles Foote on 17 Nov 1806 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York. Charles was born on 4 Feb 1781 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; died on 1 Sep 1883 in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1820 and 1830 living in Pomfret,Chautauqua Co.,NY

Henry married Sally Munn about 1815. Sally (daughter of Abner Munn and Sarah Ives) was born on 16 Dec 1795 in Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Dec 1864 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Lee. Anna was born about 1794 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Adams. John (son of Jonathan Adams and Abigail Sperry) was born on 19 Oct 1794 in Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in 1884 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Althea married Jeremiah Fisher on 23 Jan 1823 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Jeremiah (son of Sergeant Nathaniel Fisher and Hannah Reed) was born on 25 Sep 1799 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 20 May 1861 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Watrus Peck. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Marietta M. McKinney about 1845. Marietta was born in 1828; died in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to East Bloomfield when he was 14 and lived with his brother
Oliver Edson Adams working at the Blacksmith trade
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Arthur T. Adams, East Bloomfield, a native of Adams' Basin, Monroe
county, born July 29, 1838, is a son of John, who was one of seven
children of Jonathan Adams, who settled on a farm in East Bloomfield
in 1795; a part of the farm is now owned by subject. John was born in
Massachusetts in 1794, and learned the gunsmith's trade. He went to
St. Charles, Mo., and there followed his trade for some time, then
returned on horse back to New York, a distance of 1,000 miles. Soon
after he arrived he exchanged his pony for household furniture,
manufactured in what was then "Mechanic's Hall," E. B., some of the
chairs being still in existence. He owned part of the farm settled by
his father, which he sold to a brother and moved to Adams' Basin,
where he engaged in growing silk-worms and in manufacturing silk. He
also worked at his trade and at saw-milling. He served in the War of
1812, and drew a pension. He was twice married, first to Philinda
Wilson, a native of Bristol, by whom he had three sons and five
daughters. Second, to Margaret Adams, of Palmyra, by whom he had one
child who died in infancy. Mrs. Adams died in 1872, and Mr. Adams in
1884. Arthur T., when fourteen years old, came to East Bloomfield to
visit relatives, and from that time lived and worked with his brother,
Oliver Edson Adams, at the blacksmith trade for eleven years,
attending school winters at the academy. At the death of his uncle he
fell heir to the farm of ninety-five acres, on which he has since
lived. Here he has put up good buildings and made many other
improvements. The wife of Arthur T. Adams is Laura Parmele, a native
of East Bloomfield, and a daughter of Nelson and Laura (Childs)
Parmele. To subject and wife were born two children: Woodbry B., born
in 1868, educated in East Bloomfield Union School, and graduated from
Buffalo School of Pharmacy in 1891. He is at present a druggist in
Buffalo; and Nellie Blanche, a student in East Bloomfield Union
School. Mr. Adams is a Republican, but not an aspirant to office. He
is a natural musician, and for a number of years was leader in the
Congregational choir, but at present he and his daughter are engaged
with the M. E. Church choir, his daughter an organist. A number of
years ago, Mr. Adams organized a male quartet in East Bloomfield,
which is still in existence. It is composed of Mr. Adams, Jesse
Wheeler, William Spitz, and Charles Munson.

Birth:
Adams Basin

Notes:

East Bloomfield, Dec. 23.—Oscar N. Fisher, a highly esteemed resident of this town, died this afternoon, aged 70 years.
Mr. Fisher suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago, and had been failing since. He was a prosperous farmer and retired from active work about two years ago.
He leaves besides his wife, four sons, Arthur, of Michigan, Mortimer, of Allens Hill, Martin, of Chautauqua county, and Marion, of Utica, and two daughters, Mrs. Ida Westcott and Mrs. John Hallock.
(Rochester D&C, Saturday, Monroe County, New York, December 24, 1904)

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bristol, N. Y. - Died in Bristol, July 29, Louisa, wife of Jerome Fletcher, aged 78 years. Mrs. Fletcher was a native of Bristol, the daughter of Jeremiah and Altha Wilson Fisher, sister of the late O. N. Fletcher. In early life she became the wife of John Coole, who died with smallpox, and she later married Mr. Fletcher, who survives. She leaves four sons, Everett, Orestes, Oscar and Cooley. Only one of her own family survives, Dr. Leroy Fisher of Elkhart, Ind. Burial at East Hill, where many of her friends are buried.
(Canandaigua Chronicle, Canandaigua, New York, August 8, 1906)

Louisa married Jerome Fletcher in 1855. Jerome was born on 17 Nov 1817 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York; died on 16 Aug 1919 in Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles G. Fisher, a well-known and highly respected resident of this village, died at his home in Lower Main street yesterday afternoon, aged 72 years. Mr. Fisher suffered a stroke of paralysis about four years ago, and he had been continuously ill from that time. He was a man of genial disposition and was widely known throughout Ontario County. Barring a short time he was in business for himself in this village, he had during the last quarter of a century been connected with the dry goods house of J. Levy and J. Levy Sons. He is survived by a wife and three children, Charles of Rochester; Mrs. W. E. Green of Detroit; and Mrs. H. L. Ricolton of Schenectady. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
(Ontario County Chronicle, January 7, 1903)

Notes:

Orestes J. Fletcher, aged 70 years, of Wood street, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leon Turner, of Gorham, Monday night, following a long illness. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Izora Pool Fletcher; a son and three daughters, Harold L. Fletcher and Mrs. Leon Packard of Canandaigua, Mrs. Leon Turner of Gorham and Mrs. Gertrude Shay of Coldwater; two brothers, Everett Fletcher of Rochester and J. Cooley Fletcher of Holcomb; also 18 grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Turner home, Thursday afternoon, Rev. Charles N. ST. John officiating. Interment was made in Woodlawn cemetery.
(Ontario County Times Journal, Canandaigua, NY, June 2, 1933)

Orestes married Izora Jane Pool on 8 Dec 1886 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Izora (daughter of Edward Byron Pool and Almeda Jane Blake) was born in 1867 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 6 Jun 1952 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Holcomb Mar. 6--Funeral services will be conducted at the home Tuesday at 2 o'clock for Oscar Fisher Fletcher, 85, who died yesterday. Mr. Fletcher was born in the town of Bristol and came to Holcomb in 1900 where he became a rural mail carrier, a position he held at the time of his death. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Emma Martin Fletcher: three brothers. Everett of Rochester, Orestus of Canandaigua and J. Cooley Fletcher of Holcomb, and several nephews and nieces.
(Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, March 7, 1932)

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HOLCOMB, June 8 - J. Cooley Fletcher, 89, a resident of Holcomb for many years, died yesterday (June 7.1959) in Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua, after a long illness. A tenth-generation descendant of John Alden, he was born in Bristol, the son of Jerome and Lovice Fisher Fletcher. He was employed as a carpenter and machinist for the W.N. Clark Canning Co. until his retirement in 1940. In recent years he had made his home with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Blodgett in East Lake Road, Canandaigua. Other survivors are nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Wheeler Funeral Home in East Bloomfield Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by the Rev. Duane Smith, pastor of the Congregational Church of East Bloomfield. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, at the convenience of the family.
(Democrat And Chronicle, Rochester, NY, Tuesday, June 9, 1959)

Family/Spouse: Veva May Hayes. Veva was born in 1889; died in 1977; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leon G. Turner. Leon was born on 3 Nov 1884; died on 13 Aug 1977 in Rushville, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]