The information below was extracted from microfilms of the records of the Probate Court of Dutchess County, New York. The records are arranged alphabetically by surname. My apologies for any transcription errors -- the handwriting is often difficult to read.
The volume and page number is listed in the last column; the films are available through the Family History Centers of the Church of Latterday Saints. Vols AA-A (1751-1796) are on film #913659, Vol. B (1796-1806) Film #913660, Vol. C-D (1806-1815) Film #913661, Vol. E-F (1814-1824) Film #913662, Vol. G-H (1824-1832) Film #913663. Further films go to 1905. See Library catalogue on www.familysearch.org.
| Surname |
Given Name(s) | Date of will | Probate Granted | Location in Dutchess | Spouse | Children |
Other beneficiaries | Executors | Witnesses | Other | Notes | Vol (page) |
| Lawrence | Daniel | April 22, 1807 | April 20, 1812 | Stanford at time of writing, proved in Poughkeepsie | Hannah | Brother's children at Philadelphia including Benjamin | Friends John F. Hull, Soloman Vail, illegible | Joseph Devel?, Richard B. Mosher, Titus Devel | D (58) | |||
| Lawrence | Jacob | May 18, 1813 | Stanford | Deborah wife of Isaih Wilde, Elizabeth Smith, Maryan Canniff, John, Richard, Samuel, William | Mary, Jeremian, Charlotte and Jocob children of daughter Maryan, Mary, Thomas, Jacob children of son John | Allen Smith, Isaac Alverson | Abraham Gurney, Isaiah Wilde, Abigail Bullock | D (342) | ||||
| Lawrence | John Benedict | July 19, 1809 | Aug. 29, 1809 | Patterson | Hannah | David H. (eldest, under 21) | David Haviland is grandfather "of my son David" | Wife Hannah, Andrew Mead or Read, John Hoyt | Stephen Hoyt, Lemuel Hesick (sp?), John Hoyt | Thomas Veal willed money to David's mother | C (384) | |
| Lawrence | Uriah | Aug. 10, 1800 | Jan 12, 1805 | Northeast | Mary | David, Clark, Chancey, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Lydia | Grandsons Murchant, Boswell, Uriah, Hiram, granddaughters Parne and Fanny Aley, Phebe Lawrence, and unreadable Brooks, 2 great-grandchildren whose mother is Phebe Seinners(??) | James Winchel, Esq., Martin and Winchel and Silas Raeobe (sp??) | Abraham Hartwill, Niles Hartwill | There were a large number of spelling errors suggesting that some names may also be spelled incorrectly in the will -- andthere was the usual troble with the writing | B (498) | |
| Lewis | George W. | April 19, 1812 | May 6, 1812 | Stanford | Phebe | Brother Benjamin | John Wooley of Washington Town | Jepe (sp?) Thompson, Daniel Lewis, Exekiel H. Gernsey or Garusay | D (81) | |||
| Lewis | Isreal | Jan 17, 1805 | Sanford | Catherine | 4 daughters including Mary and Rachel wife of henry Wittric (sp?) who has 6 children. Sons Isreal Jr., George W., Benjamin | Son-in-law Henry Stewart | C (6) | |||||
| Lewis | Leonard B. [Leonard Barent according to IGI record, film # 184316, B. Sept. 13, 1745, Kingston, Ulster, NY] | Aug 9, 1819 | Oct. 6, 1825 | Poughkeepsie | Sutetje (sp?) [LDS Ancestral file (AFN: 9NCS-4S) gives two wives, Maria Fielen m May 24, 1767 and Seltje Laroij m Jun 27, 1773] | Peter, deceased daughter Toyntje (sp?) wife of Henry Baines, Deborah wife of Evert Pells, Elizabeth wife of John H. Ostrum, George Danielson | Grandchildren Henry Leonard Jervis Baines, Catherine Baines, Maraih Baines, David Baines, Peter Baines, Isaac (sp?) Baines. Elizabeth had a friend Amra (sp?) Cook who left a legacy to her. Marcus Van Bomel of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Poughkeepsie [same IGI record gives parents as Barnet Lewis and Catherine Van Slyck; LDS Ancestral file (AFN: 9NCS-4S) gives mother's name as Tryntjen Van Kleek] | Maria K. Brook, Daniel N. Brooks, David Brooks | G (298) | |||
| Lewis | Peter | 1824 | April 13, 1826 | Poughkeepsie | Hannah | Celia Carman | Grandchildren Catherine Morgan (unmarried), Peter Lewis Carman, father Leonard | Friends Lewis Pells, Dr. John Baines. Lewis revoked in codicil Feb. 15, 1826, replaced by Simeon G. Pells | Darius Lee, John Brandman, Leonard Maison, codicil John Baines, John E. Newcomb, Nelle Lewis | G (384) | ||
| Lewis | Richard | Oct. 6, 1805 | June 4, 1814 | Poughkeepsie | Brandon French of Poughkeepsie | Richard Beritt (sp?) and two illegible | D (499) | |||||
| Lewis | Thomas | Mar. 9, 1789 | Sept 15, 1789 | Poughkeepsie | Rachel | Rachel, Jemima, Mary, Leonard, Elias, and one with which his wife is pregnant. Children under age. | Friends Lewis DuBois, Elias Van Bunschooten | Thomas Noxon, Peter Buys, Jr., James Elderkin | A (150) | |||
| Lewis (spelled Luis) | Thomas | Aug 26, 1766 | Nov 11, 1791 | Poughkeepsie | Elizabeth, Cahien (sp?), Cornola (sp?), Magdellan, Hennry (??), Bernt ??, Lennid Luis (deceased) | Cornelius Nestewolt (sp??), Cornelius Van Gees (sp??) | Stephen Thorn or Thom, Isaiah Bartley, John Cain ?? | difficult to read, names are guesses. | A (285) | |||
| Mosher | Benjamin | Mar. 16, 1826 | July 5, 1829 | Hyde Park | Martha | Consider (youngest son, minor), Benjamin, Charles (minor), Abraham, Ambrose (minor), Isaac, Seir or Levi (minor), Jacob, Phebe Hale or maybe Hatt, Anna Cornwell, Mary Mosher, Martha Donaldson | son Isaac, Stephen Briggs, James or Samuel H. Clapp | Noah Du Bois, David S. Dodge, Mary Dodge | Codicil added 1827 | H (201) | ||
| Mosher | Christopher | Feb. 28, 1820 | Dec. 10, 1824 | Armenia | Cathrine | Hugh, Henry, Mary | Amos Briant or Bryan | Hugh Mosher, Henry Mosher | G (110) | |||
| Mosher | Ephram, Jr. | Feb. 18, 1810 | Jun 9, 1810 | Stanford | Mary | Eli, Ephraim, Stephen, John, Joseph, Daniel, Martha, Elizabeth, Mary | wife Mary, son Ephram, Nathan Smith, Laban Coleman | John Gurney, Jr., Stephen Underhill, Asmanth Bignall (sp??) | C (476) | |||
| Mosher | Ephraim | Jan 24, 1823 | June 11, 1823 | Washington | Mary, Eliza, Phebe, Sarah (deceased, has children), Absalom, Zachariah, Benjamin, Joseph, Ephraim (deceased) | Sons of Absalom: Stephen Mosher, Lydia Wood | Grandson Caleb Mosher, Philip Hoag, Jacob Haviland | F (458) | ||||
| Mosher | Mary | Mar. 12, 1824 | Mar 15, 1826 | Stanford | Widow, husband unnamed | Eli, Ephraim, Stephen, John, Joseph, Daniel, Martha, Elizabeth, Mary | Jeptho Wilber, John Gurney | Adnath Bignall, Gutch Gurney, John Gurney | G (351) | |||
| Mosher | Richard B. | Nov. 13, 1828 | Dec. 9, 1828 | Stanford | Phebe or Thebe or maybe Stela | Thomas B., Richard H., Lydia, Susannah Delverg, Anna Maghesa or Haghen, Soinis or Louisa Bunnedt, Phebe Haight, Abigail Smith, Mary Gilbert (there is a big smudge over these names) | son Thomas B. | Isaac Sutherland, Amos D. Knapp, Susannah Smith | H (121) | |||
| Mosher | Stephen | Nov 27, 1820 | Dec. 25, 1820 | Stanford | Susannah | David, Humphrey, Stephen W. (?), Lydia (?) Warton (?), Mary Griffin, Phebe Haight | Phebe's children Stephen M. and Lydia Haight | sons David, Humphrey and Stephen W. | Robinson Underwood, Stephen Gifford, Daniel Young | F (125) | ||
| Mosher | Thomas | Sept. 10, 1804 | Sept 26, 1804 | Stanford | Hannah | Joshua, Ruth, Phebe, William, Mary, Deborah, Hannah, Henry, Sarah | brothers Stephen and Richard | son Joshua, friends John Gurney Jr., Joseph Mitchell | Amos Knapp, Josph Devel, William Lathrop | B (465) | ||
| Mosher | Tripp | Sept. 25, 1821 | Nov, 26, 1822 | Washington | Mary (nee Wing) | Charity wife of Jonathon Marriott, only child | Grandchildren Henry, William, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary Marriott | John H??? (posibly Hoag), Reuben Flowers, Henry Marriott, Jr. | Phillip Hoag, Clark Wilbur, Mary Carpenter | Brother Samuel Mosher, Margaret Marriott, age 23 (granddaughter?), who lived with him, Mary Mosher, relatioship unknown, Leonard Maison (no relationship mentioned), Jeptha Wilbur, John Wintrington, Robert Coffin, Jacob Haviland, amd Moses Haight, friends and aquaintances | Tripp Mosher died November 5, 1821, aged either 77 or 78. Will was challenged on the grounds that Tripp had suffered an appolectic fit and was incompetent. It was claimed that he had indicated that he would leave his estate to his daughter who was trying to get a divorce, and by leaving the money to his grandchildren, he allowed her husband to gain control of it instead. Challenge failed. | F (383) |
| Mosher | Zachariah | Oct. 3, 1819 | Mar. 15, 1827 | Stanford | Anne | Stephen, Hannah North, Phebe Sutherland, Amos, Elizabeth Story, Zachariah, Hugh, Allen, George | Mariah daughter of Elizabeth Story, brother Joseph E. or C. | Joseph E. or C. Mosher, John Gurney Jr. | John Gurney Jr., William Sutherland, Henry H. Gurney | Relationships were rather confused, some may be incorrect, especially Elizabeth Story -- or perhaps there is more than one ? | G (486) | |
| Noxon | Bartholomew | Feb 12, 1784 | June 15, 1791 | Dutchess | "dear departed wife" | eldest son Thomas (deceased), 2nd Simon, daughter Margaret (deceased), 3rd son Bartholomew, 4th Peter, 2nd daughter Gertrude Losee, 5th son James, 6th Benjamin, 7th Robert | Grandchildren Elizabeth Losee, Margaret daughter of Peter, Fanny | David and John Craige (sp?), James & Robert Noxon, Peter ? | Bartholomew Noxon, John DeLong, David Bull | The will states that "funeral charges for my dear departed wife and myself" were to be paid -- yet the will was probated 7 years later?? | A (267) | |
| Noxon | Benjamin | Nov 5, 1816 | Apr. 22, 1818 | Beekman | Catherine | Gilbert B., Elmore, Robert B., Benjamin, Jr., Thomas, Elizabeth, Phebe | sons Robert B., Gilbert B., Elmore | Thomas Hagler, Jonathon Sweet, Egbert Cary | E (394) | |||
| Ostrom | John D. | Nov. 26, 1814 | Mar. 23, 1815 | Clinton | Hannah | Densee (?) wife of Danice Downing, Daniel I. Ostrom | Grandsons John Ostrom Downing, John Clark Ostrom | Son Daniel, friends Eli Augevine, Samuel M. Thurston | Samuel M. Thurston, Joseph Holmes, John Caswell | E (1) | ||
| Ostrum | Roelof R. | July 18, 1804 | Feb. 1, 1809 | Rhinebeck | mentioned, no name | John R., Samuel, Meria (sp?), Catherine | John Walsh (or Welsh) Jr., David Ostrum, Rachel Ostrum | Abraham D. Lamater, Abraham Bran (??) Madenburgh (??), Anthony D. Lamater | C (290) | |||
| Ostrum | James | May 14, 1808 | July 27, 1808 | Poughkeepsie | William, Betsey (eldest, unmarried), Mariah (unmarried) | Friends of the Town of Clinton: John D. Ostrum, Benjamin Davis, John Beadle | James Covel, Oliver Drew, Elisha Beadle | provides for educating son William to be able to be a clerk in a store or teach in a regular English grammer school, and daughters to be educated "so as to appear decent in point of education and then to be put out to the mantua making or some other decent & easy brand of business" | C (225) | |||
| Ostrum | Zachariah | Mar. 20, 1814 | Mar. 25, 1814 | Clinton | Hannah | Isaac, Daniel, Philphind (sp?), Mary, Sally Ann | Father Henry, George Lamoree, Eli Angevine | John Dubois, Thomas Lake, Isaiah van Kiurun (?) | D (486) | |||
| Palmateer | Jacob | Sept. 26, 1816 | July 19, 1820 | Poughkeepsie | Abigail | Michael, Samuel, Mulford, Jacob, Mariah, Nelly (?), Sally, Elizabeth, Marther, Abigail | Wife Abigail, sons Samuel and Jacob | Richard Everitt, Zephaniah Pells, Thomas Payeaux (?) | F (72) | |||
| Palmer | Benjamin | June 3, 1808 | May 11, 1811 | Stanford | Prudence | Abijah, Nicholas, Silas, Lydia wife of Joseph Curtis, Martha, unmarried, Patience wife of Jonathon Merrick or Herrick, Elizabeth wife of Wyman Sprague, India, former wife of William Bell, Esq., Benjamin (deceased), Tryphena wife of Timry (?) Mordock | Grandson Eleezer Bradford, Children of son Benjamin are Stephen, Leonard, Jehara (??) wife of William White, Desire (?) wife of Silas Derwell, Tany Heart, Sally wife of James Rider; children of daughter India Bell are William, Jr., Tryphena, Ann, Rhoda wife of David Rust; great grandchild Rhoda daughter of Tena Mordock, grandson Benjamin Palmer son of Nicholas; grandson Eleezer Bradford, Milla Bradford, relationship not mentioned, and Daptha Warden, also no relationship | son Abijah, friends Jacob Baskin (?), Isaac Smith | Thomas DeLamater, Asa Webster, Ann MacDonald | Also mentions Stephen Palmer son of Eber Palmer; Codicil written Oct 27, 1809, witnesses Thomas DeLamater, Ann MacDonald, Elze Kica??? | C (561) | |
| Palmer | Joseph | Dec 18, 1796 | June 13, 1797 | Northeast | son Joseph, deceased, sons Daniel and Samuel, daughters Rebecca wife of Thomas Brown, Deborah wife of John Fish, Hannah wife of Henry Edgest (sp?), Amy wife of Ellis Bullock, Jr, Rhoda wife of John Tobias Brogue | Grandson Joseph, 2nd son of Joseph, deceased, mentions other sons & daughters of Joseph but no names | Thomas Brown, Ellis Bullock, jr., John Tobias Brogue | Jonathon Alger, Samuel Mulford, Thomas North | also mentions friend Joseph Knapp | B (65) | ||
| Palmer | Mary | Apr 12, 1794 | abt 1794 | Beekman | daughters Jessah and Zephro? Palmer, daughters Anne Guyon, Elizabeth Hooge or Hoge, sons William and Mathus | Joseph Guyson | John P. Storm?, Thomas Van Vookis, Peter ? Schryver | trustees for unmarried daughters are John Montrose Thurston, William Carpenter, Jacob Smith | AA (119) | |||
| Palmer | Micah | Aug. 13, 1801 | probably Feb. 14, 1804 | Washington | Esther | Peter, Micha, Robert, David, William, Titus, and Reuben who has gone to sea, daughters Esther, Bethsheba, Lucretia | son David, Jedediah Tallman, Willaim Palmer | Clark Wilbur, Martha Wilbur, Thomas Wilbur | B (424) | |||
| Palmer | Peter | Mar. 7, 1785 | Feb. 5, 1791 | Charlotte | Sarah | Oldest (unmarried) son Peter, 2nd (minor) John, 3rd (minor) Aaron, 4th (minor) Isreal, Lydia (adult?), minor daughters Phebe, Sarah, Hannah, Anna, Mary | Friends Samuel Butler, Solomon Haight, wife Sarah | David Cook, Samuel Cook of Albany Quaker, Benjamin Cook, Elias Palmer | A (221) | |||
| Pells | Henry S. | Dec. 5, 1808 | Fishkill | present wife Charity | Simon, Peter, Lephaniah (sp?), John, Charity deceased wife of Theodorus Platt, Hester wife of William Wooley, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Casey | C (266) | ||||||
| Potter | Asa | Oct 9, 1805 | Oct 23, 1805 | Rhinebeck | mentioned but unnamed | minor children unnamed | Elisha R. Potter of South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, to hold property in trust for wife and children. | Elisha R. Potter of Rhode Island | David Tomlinson, James R. Manly, William Jacques | B (547) | ||
| Potter | Joseph | June 1824 | Dec 28, 1824 | Freedom | Anne | Alonzo, Horatio (youngest), Sheldon, Robert K., Joseph, Paraclete, Phila wife of John Dorland | sons Paraclete and Joseph | James Allay or Allen, George P. Oakley, Gilbert Wilkinson | may have been Quaker, bequest to Oswego Monthly meeting | G (135) | ||
| Potter | Sylvester | Oct. 13, 1811 | Nov. 18, 1811 | Beekamn | Amos, Oliver, Sylvester, Thomas. Freelove, Haley | Also mentions a William R. Potter without specifying a relationship | Brother Joseph Potter, friend James Congman or Longoson? | Anne Potter, Thomas Potter, Denay ? Potter | C (609) |
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