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Magdalena Van Etten Ennes / Ennis, Will & Probate, 1819, Spencer, Tioga County, New York
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They had such nice hand writing back then! If only I had a dollar every time I’ve heard that. Yes, many scribes of our manuscripts did have a nice script. But there are plenty of writers who didn’t. My personal favorite is William Penn:
The deponent, 65 years old, resident in Pennsylvania, is not interested in the controversy. He believes Sandy's Town and Montague lie in New Jersey. The 54 persons with F before their names in Exhibit 49 are freeholders, and the others are householders and inhabitants living north of the line run by Clinton and Dennis. All named paid taxes and did duty in New York up to 14 years ago, and since then to New Jersey. Forty years ago, Johannes and Nicholas Westfall [Westphal]; Teunis and Rimerick Quick, Cornelius De Doucher, John Decker Sr. and Henrick Decker, who live at Mackhackamack, told him that they held their lands under New Jersey, but that before the last war, they had been compelled to pay taxes to New York. Rosenkrans has never heard of marked trees on Minisink Island or along the Delaware which indicate the border between New York and New Jersey. Signed, Hermanus Rosenkrans, His mark. In Jay's hand.
Will Book A, 1814 - April 1829: The original index and volume are missing (since at least 1997). Microfilm of the original pages is available for viewing though compiled alphabetically with later Will Books across 30 reels of film. The complete Will index for the county, including part or all of the lost Book A index, is also available in typescript. The accuracy of the typescript is unknown at this time. At least one omission has been found between the Will Index typescript and the Microfilm Index. (Note - another rough draft of the Index does not include Book A.) Index to Will Book A (typescript, as found): George Biddis, p 25; Abraham Cole, p 4; Mathias Clark, p 6; John Coryell, p 7; Samuel Dearborn, p 1; Joseph Hornbeck, p 8; Frederick Harman, p 20; Ephraim Killem [Killam] p 31; Peter Michael, p 6; William Smith p 13; Solomon Westbrook, p 1. (Note - some of these names are repeated in Book B which may be additional estate business, citations or errors. Microfilm comparison of the original document would be required for confirmation.) Index to Will Book B, May 1829 - May 1848: click on the section to enlarge No known copyright restrictions Surnames (including administrators): Ainsley [Ansley], Alexander, Aldrich, Bristol, Brooks, Bowhannon, Brodhead, Bonnell, Benton, Brink, Blackmore, Bradt, Burrell, Bergstrasser, Buckley, Brush, Biddis, Coursen, Cox, Caris, Coryell, Coutright [Cortright?], Cole, Cornelius, Clark, Coleman, Carpenter, Day, DePuy, Decker. Donahey, Dingman, Depui, Eldred, Femster ?, Hanna, Hornbeck, Holbert, Hasledon, Hankins, How, Jagger, James, Kimble, Killam, Lewis, Libengood, Labar, Michael, McCarty, Miller, Mott, Middaugh, Myers, Nyce, Pellet, Pinchot, Parlin?, Price, Ross, Roberts, Rockwell, Rosengrants, Rose, Ridgway, Rop, Rich, Rogers, Roys, Schoonover, Shirley, Seaman, Slawson, Steel, Swartwood, Stanton, Schuman, Smith, Stoll, Turn, Troch [Trach], Taft, Van Etten, Van Auken, Vanauken, Vangorden, Wallden, Walker, Watson, West, Williams, Westbrook, Wallace, Woolstencroft, Woodruff, Yetter, Zimerman. See also: Index to Wills, 1848 - 1868, Pike County, Pennsylvania Researching Pike County has always been problematic; Land Records, Deeds and Wills for the present boundaries of Pike County can be found in Bucks County through 1751, Northampton County through 1798, and Wayne County through March of 1814. FamilySearch.com has added browse only Probate Records for Bucks, Northampton and Wayne Counties should one care to wade through the material with the above dates in mind. Abstracts of Northampton County Wills & Estate Records, 1752-1802 is a helpful tool for pinpointing probate dates in order to find the original material in the browse only records as above.
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Index to Will Book C, June 1848 - May 1868 click on the section to enlarge Note overlap in Smith, Shay, Selden No known copyright restrictions Surnames: Armstrong, Adams, Akers, Aldrich, Angle, Albright, Burley, Bowhanan, Bevans, Brink, Boud?, Bingham, Barton, Burrows, Brady, Brodhead, Biddis, Beam, Brown, Bouiet?, Bennett, Burrus, ?, Bower, Berg, Colony, Courtright, Cox, Carlove?, Cortright, Crissman, Clark, Cross, Croft, Cassidy, Cromwell, Drake, Dickenson, Dimmick, Dewitt, Decker, Dingman, Day, Duric, Depue, Ehrgood, Emery, Eylenbergher, Foster, Fuller, Finger, ?, Frisbie, Fredericks, Greening, Garland, Gallow, Gregory, Holbert, Heuffman, Hawley, Hornbeck, Harden, Heller, Hazen, Hans, Howell, Hafner, Husson, Hoagland, Johnson, Klieber, Kay, Killam, Kleinhans, King, Kirkham, Kip, Kitchel, Kleugler/Kluegler, Kratz, Kellog, Lyons, Lassley, Labar, Lesher?, Laforge, Lawrence, Lattimore, Megargil, McCarty, Malone, Morris, Mooney, Middaugh, Mott, Mead, Mathey, Nearpass, Neuman, Nyce, Ogden, Peters, Pletcher, Pellet, Pettitt, Quick, Ridgway, Rosencrance, Rutherford, Rowland, Reeder?, Steward, Shimer, Smith, Schuman, Stoll, Sayre, Sawyer, Salmon, Schoonover, Shuman, Semons, Shay, Selden, Sanders, Steele, Simpson, Sherman, Sourbeer, Seaman, Shaffer, Stewart, ?, Thrall, Titman, Van Gorden, VanInwegen, Van Etten, Vanauken, Vanwhy, Vanscoten, Westbrook, Watson, Wells, Warner, Wilson, Whitaker, Winfield, Williamson, Westfall, White, Whitehead, Whitmore, Young See also Index to Wills, 1814 - 1848, Pike County, Pennsylvania
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