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) |
Allen | Alexander | July 10, 1816 | Sept 7, 1816 | Beekman | Abigail | Samuel, Mary wife of Samuel Brownell, Elizabeth wife of Amos Denton, Esther wife of Edward Walsh, Sarah wife of Lewis Baker, Polly wife of Harris Baker | Son Alexander | Archibald Campbell, John Mills, Newell Lodge, Jr. | E (209) | |||
Alley | Peter | Jan. 2, 1815 | Dec 29, 1815 | Beekman | Susannah wife of William Spencer, William, Easter wife of Marten Wittsey, Sarah wife of Henry Smith (possibly deceased) | Grandchildren Elias, Margaret and Peter Smith, children of Sarah | Son-in-law Marten Wittsey, Friends James Alley and Garrit Burtis | Robert Terry, Edward Terry, John possible middle name Eli Pearson | Other | Notes | E (page) | |
Arden | Thomas Boyle | Dec 2, 1808 | Apr. 5, 1809 | "of Dutchess" | Elizabeth | daughter Sally Mary | Father Thomas Arden, father-in-law John Brotherson, brother-in-law Phillip Ver Plank | James Arden, Richard D. Arden, Alletta Brotherson | C (310) | |||
Badgley | Anthony | Apr. 20, 1809 | Nov. 24, 1810 | Clinton | Elizabeth wife of Thomas Barker, George, Stephen | Granchildren: Sarah wife of Jacob Freligh, Dorothy Boid, Phebe Peters, Elizabeth wife of Peter Welling, Ann Wicks, Joshua Badgley, 6 sons of George are John, Anthony, Jonathon, Stephen, George, Elisha | Grandson Jonathon and friends Cort Dubois & Isaac Albertson | William Lawrence, Zaccheus Marshal, M??? Albertson | C (517) | |||
Bogardus | Egbert | Apr 8, 1806 | Nov 6, 1808 | Fishkill | Margaret, probably deceased | Son John Simonton Bogardus, daughter Sarah, both minors | Heirs in case both children died before of age: Peter Bogardus, Shibboleth Bogardus and his wife Catherine, Hannah wife of Charles Cannady, Henry Simonton, Mary wife of Mordica Lester, Elizabeth Simonton | Peter Bogardus, Shibboleth Bogardus | Ann Simonton, William C.(?) Bogardus, Jon (?) J. (?) Jackson | Servant Pegg shall be given her freedom if the estate is not liable for her upkeep afterwards | C (269) | |
Bogardus | Frederick | June 28, 1817 | Aug. 4, 1817 | Fishkill | Mary | Wife Mary | Nathaniel Bice, Peter Cromwell, Ashel Henton (?) | E (317) | ||||
Bowerman (Boreman) | Ichabod (Ecebot) | Feb. 4, 1790 | Mar. 1, 1790 | Oswego | Jane | Timothy, David, Thomas, Ichabod, Jonathon, Elizabeth, Jane, Hanah, Sarah, Lydia, Phebe, Mary, Deborah, Amy | Sons Ichabod & Jonathon | Ganet (sp?) Buster, Josiah Bull, Daniel Haight | A (176) | |||
Bowerman | Silas | Apr. 28, 1797 | abt 1803 | Pawling | sons Mettiah, Sylas, Masa or Masy (spelled both ways), daughters Jane Braley, Hannah May, underage & unmarried daughters Anna, Mary, Phebe, Sarah | granddaughters Mary & Hannah Bowerman | son Sylas, friend Edward Shove | Edward Shrove Jr., Jonathon Shove | B (389) | |||
Carpenter | Samuel, Jr. | Oct. 15, 1815 | Mar. 14, 1816 | Samantha | Anna, Catherine-Amelia | wife Samantha, friends Isaac Smith, John Gurney, Jr. | Isaac Smith, Harria Smith, unreadable | E (133) | ||||
Carpenter | Samuel P. | Jan. 29, 1814 | June 6, 1814 | Amenia | Father Benjamin, mother mentioned but unnamed, brothers Daniel & Morgan, Sisters Maria Mathewson, Sally Ferris, Hannah Tabour with daughter Maria, Cornelia Carpenter | Father Benjamin, brother Daniel | Cornelius Alberton, Coucklin Herrick, Isaac Smith | D (507) | ||||
Case | Nathan, Jr. | Sept. 15, 1790 | June 13, 1796 | Washington | Elizabeth | Huldah, Hannah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Patience, Ruth, Epherian, Levi (received land in Nine Partners), David, Nathan | mentions land was transferred from his father Nathan to himself in 1765 | wife Elizabeth, son-in-law Levi Hoag | William Coffin, Tiddenham Hull, Jr. | B (10) | ||
Cash | William, Sr. | May 30, 1812 | Apr. 20, 1816 | Stanford | David, Joseph, Jonathon, William, Hannah wife of Peter Germond, Amelia wife of David Waldenmyer, Azubah or Aryubah wife of Aaron Warren | David Cash, David Waldenmyer, Comer Bullock. Jr. | Robert Scott, Oliver van Ostrand, Benjamin Story | E (159) | ||||
Clapp | Darius | Apr. 27, 1804 | June 22, 1804 | Fishkill | Aged mother (unnamed), brothers Elias, Benjamin, Thomas, John, Silas, Philip, Henry, Jr., sisters Ruth Robinson, Mary Ricketson who has a son William, Elizabeth Brown who has a daughter Jan, brother [in-law?] John Robinson | brothers John & Henry | Abraham Adriance, Abraham Canniff, Walter Scott | Mentions getting his mother to the meeting (Quaker?) | B (452) | |||
Clapp | James | April 5, 1823 | April 5, 1826 | Pleasant Valley | Phebe | Jacob, Thomas, Nicholas, James or Jane | Grandchildren (of son Jacob) James and Phebe | Son Thomas and friend Joseph Albertson | John Albertson, Elizabeth Albertson, Sarah Hoag | G (376) | ||
Clapp | Jesse | June 12, 1820 | July 16, 1824 | Beekman | brothers William, Ray (?), John who has wife Sarah, sons John & David and 2 daughters, James who has a son Jacob, sisters Phebe Dean, Mary wife of James Allen with children Jesse, Moses, James and other unnamed children, Elizabeth Schilman (I think) with a son Jesse. Brother-in-law John Palmer, nephew Jesse Palmer, niece(s) Gertey Elm ? Maria Palmer (cannot tell if this is a series of names or all one), sister Hannah (?), nephew Samuel Clapp | James Conden, James Alley, Andrew Schilmann | John Dorland, John D, Larson, Andrew Dorland | G (66) | ||||
Clapp | Jesse (or Jepe?) I. | April 29, 1826 | Nov. 13, 1828 | Freedom | Hetty | Son Isaac Balding Clapp, daughters Susan wife of Nathaniel Berry, Caroline wife of Gilbert Vincent, Ruth Fowler, Mary wife of Joseph Weeks, Elisha Clapp Barlow son of first wife Susan | Jesse Clapp Vincent son of Caroline, Jesse Clapp Fowler son of Ruth, Jesse Clapp Rogers brought up from infancy, brother James living in Canada, brother Benjamin, grandson Isaac Clapp Barlow, Nathaniel son of Isaac B. Clapp | Isaac B. Clapp, Nathaniel Berry, Gilbert Vincent | Truman Cowles, Elijah Winters, Abigail Townsend | Cramped handwriting. First name is probably an old-fashioned long "s" and a standard "s", but it looks like a "p". Same for grandson's names -- I have transcribed "Jesse" but could be "Jepe". | H (115) | |
Curry | Samuel | Jan 4, 1802 | May 15, 1802 | Poughkeepsie | Janetje | Sons Samuel & James | Sons Samuel & James | Unreadable Billings, Richard Harris, Gilbert Livingston | B (323) | |||
Currie | William | July 9, 1809 | Oct 10, 1809 | Rhinebeck | Catherine | wife Catherine, friedns John Lewis, Azariah Winegar | George Altheiser, William Pellsore, Gamabel Wheeler | C (394) | ||||
Davis | Isaac | Aug. 23, 1820 | April 8, 1822 | Rhinebeck | Catherine | John, Wiana or Idian, Maria wife of Bart Abraham Delamater, Sarah wife of William Raver (?), Catherine wife of John Stauber, Unreadable wife of Gilbert Tomson (?) | daughter Wiana of Idian, son-in-law Bart Abraham Delameter | Hazzard Champlain, unreadable S. Arvrill, Archibald Smith | On p. 335 notes about further letters testementary provided to probate court June 29, 1822 by Wyan daughter of Isaac | F (290) | ||
Davis | John | May 18, 1815 | July 11, 1815 | Poughkeepsie | Baushe | Wife Baushe, brother Richard Davis, Jr. | John Reed, Philo Ruggles, Henry W. Chadwick | E (46) | ||||
Davis | John | Dec. 8, 1825 | Mar 28, 1826 | Washington | Rachel | William H., John Haight (youngest) | Brothers David, Abner, Jacob, Joseph, Sheldon, George. Partner in store Josiah Haight | John Haight, Robert Coffin | Alfred Treadway, Darius Sherman, Sarah Horton | G (370) | ||
Davis | Benjamin | Mar. 18, 1830 | May 19, 1830 | Pleasant Valley | Sarah | Elisha B., daughters Freelove Brower (sp?), Mariah Young | wife Sarah | Samuel Stringham, Owen Vail | H (313) | |||
Davis | Richard | June 29, 1810 | Sept 12, 1814 | Merchant of Poughkeepsie | Black children Charles and Sarah, sons Henry, Richard and Leonard (is a partner in the business), daughters Frances, Hester (deceased) wife of Robert Noxin (sp?), Mary (deceased) wife of Francis Chardonet | Grandchildren Davis, Frances, Eliza and Richard Noxin; Maryan and Richard Chardonet | sons Richard & Henry, brother John | John S. Frear, Jr., John M. Van Kleek, Isaac Harris | Codicil Mar. 11, 1814, witnesses Isaac Underhill, Samuel Gun, D. Brooks | D (532) | ||
Devel | Silas, Sr. | May 2, 1799 | June 15, 1799 | "of this town", probably Northeast | Mary | sons Silas and Wilber, daughters Mary, sarah, Hannah, Ruth, and Tillah or Tallah Thomson | granddaughters Hannah Tripp and Luse Smith, son-in-law John Macomber | wife Mary, son Wilber, Silas Devel son of Timothy | Asahel Haskins physician, Charles Hoag, Isaiah Dibble | "a girl who now lives with me" Millicent Brownell, under 18 | B (170) | |
Dorland | Jonathon | Jan 16, 1817 | Oct 6, 1817 | "of the City of New York, now of Beekman" | mother mentioned but unnamed, has half-sisters and bothers, unnamed, sister Elizabeth wife of James Noxon | brother-in-law James Noxon, Gilbert Dorland son of John, both of Upper Canada | Enoch Dorland, Shadrach Ricketon, Andrew Dorland | E (377) | ||||
Dorland | Samuel | Oct 6, 1824 | June 8, 1828 | Freedom | Sarah | Andrew, John, possibly Isaac, Seaburn, Philip S., 3 minor children Anna, Jonathon, Mary | Son Philip, Stephen Moore, Gilbert Dorland and George Cougden | Daniel S. Noxon, Edward Dutcher, Dorcas Cougdon | Codicil dated May 13, 1826 witnessed by John D. Sandor, Gilbert Salk (?) and Enoch Dorland | H (90) | ||
Duel | John | Oct 16, 1806 | Nov 28 1806 | Pawling | Anna | Cornelius, Gideon, Peter, Reuben, William, Sarah, Cloah (sp?) Wright, Rebecca Fish, Patience wife of William Russel (?) | Wife's son William Tripp, James Draper son of John Draper | Sons Cornelius and William | Edward Shrove, Jr., Joshua Duel, Edward Shove | neighbours Benjamin Duel, Nathaniel Hoag, Lewis Lyger | C (55) | |
Fish | Preserved | July 25, 1807 | Dec. 10, 1808 | Beekamn | Thomas, Allen, Mary who has a daughter Audra (or possibly Lydia), Amelia, Mercy who has underage children including a daughter Mercy | son Thomas and friend David Butler | Clark Wilbur, Eleazar Haviland, Abigail Haviland | Blacksmith | C (276) | |||
Fish | Thomas | Feb. 2, 1820 | Nov. 7, 1820 | Beekman | Rebecca | Preserved, Benjamin (who has land in Cincinnatus, Cortland), Ira, Mary, Sally Ann | Son Preserved, friend Damiel Butler | James Congdon, George Congdon, Lydiall Congdon | F (120) | |||
Fowler | Caleb | Apr 17, 1797 | Sept 27, 1805 | Southeast | Elizabeth | Caleb, Stephen, Mager?, Elizabeth wife of Timothy Road (or possibly Wood?), Sarah wife of Charles Post, Janney wife of William Drew, Mary, Phebe, Susannah (last 3 unmarried) | grandson John Wood | sons Caleb and Stephen | Benjamin Dyckman, Herman King, David Crosby | B (559) | ||
Fowler | Edmund | Oct. 5, 1814 | Nov. 22, 1814 | Fishkill | Elizabeth | Emmeline, Hislop, Anthony, Ophelia, Meriam, Magdalena, Victor, Margaret |
beneficiaries | Wife Elizabeth, friends James Alley, Cornelius P. Luyster | Cornelius P. Luyster, Henry van Beuschoten, Jacob Warner | D (552) | ||
Fowler | Jacob | May 11, 1806 | Jun 4, 1806 | Beekman | Phebe | Jacob, Joseph, Rubbatt (?? smudged), Isreal, William (Isreal & William are the eldest), Phebe Dunkin, wife of Benjamin | Grandchildren (of Phebe Dunkin) all under 21: Hannah, Jacob, Catherine, Benjamin, Jr., Mary Dunkin | sons Isreal, Jacob, Joseph | Thomas Saffen of Beekman, Benjamin Sweet, Sylvester Howard | C (16) | ||
Fowler | William | July 4, 1820 | Dec 12, 1828 | Washington | Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Satts or Latts, Molly Quick (?), Henry, Hannah wife of Christopher Newcomb, Dorcas wife of John Records (?), Lavina wife of Jacob Pratt, William, late son Benjamin, late daughter Content wife of Eber Crandall | Deceased son Benjamin has daughters Rebecca Albro and Hannh Albro, and son Joseph middle initial possibly R and Benjamin, unnamed sons and daughters of Henry, Dorcas, and Benjamin; Content had 2 sons and 2 daughters | Moses T. Haight, Silas Haight, Elijah Haight, all of Washington | Vaniah Wooley, Isaac N. Wooley, Ann Eliza Wooley (surname could be Hooley) | Codicil dated Aug 5, 1823, states that son Henry has died, mentions property in Carenivic, County of Madison,and is witnessed by Vaniah Wooley/Hooley, R. Hilburton, and John H. Pine | H (123) | ||
Fuller | Nathan | Nov 25, 1811 | Feb 28, 1812 | Carmel | Temperance | nephew Nathan Merritt, under age 20 | Judah Killey, Elisha Merritt of Patterson | Silas Whiting, Barnabas Carv?? Foster | D (27) |
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