Saturday, August 18, 2018

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 12 to 18 August 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 18 August 2018, there were 2,356 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):

The deleted. added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---


*  France, Brittany, Public Records, 1793-1896     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2854372); 26,623 indexed records with 26,623 record images, ADDED 15 Aug 2018

*  France, Vienne, Military Draft Cards, 1867-1921 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2807503); 143,016 indexed records with 143,016 record images, ADDED 16 Aug 2018

*  Georgia, Atlanta City Census, 1896      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765183); 80,935 indexed records with 80,935 record images, ADDED 15 Aug 2018

*  Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); Index only, no images, ADDED 14 Aug 2018

*  France, Ille-et-Vilaine, Cancale, Census, 1836  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2856584); 4,951 indexed records with 4,951 record images, ADDED 16 Aug 2018

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 516,989 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 474,297 records with 337,976 images), Updated 15 Aug 2018

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 17 Aug 2018

*  New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1865481); 384,626 indexed records with 5,946,421 record images (was 384,626 records with 5,545,491 images), Updated 17 Aug 2018

*  Spain, Province of Granada, Catholic Pre-Marriage Investigation Files, 1556-1899        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1865748); Index only (456,927 records), no images (was 456,927 records with 456,927 images), Updated 14 Aug 2018

*  Canada Census, 1881     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804541); 4,281,160 indexed records with 88,543 record images (was 4,281,160 records with 88,543 images), Updated 16 Aug 2018

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 4,281,198 indexed records with 405,213 record images (was 4,281,198 records with 405,213 images), Updated 15 Aug 2018

*  North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2550852); 143,417 indexed records with 93,526 record images (was 115,141 records with 93,526 images), Updated 16 Aug 2018

*  Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 171,514 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 162,373 records with 829,309 images), Updated 14 Aug 2018

*  United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765178); 76,966 indexed records with 5,834 record images (was 76,966 records with 5,834 images), Updated 16 Aug 2018

*  Russia, Samara Church Books 1748-1934   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807365); 1,951,604 indexed records with 1,909,956 record images (was 1,843,816 records with 1,909,956 images), Updated 16 Aug 2018

*  Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 642,279 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 597,962 records with 3,416,801 images), Updated 14 Aug 2018

*  Wales Court and Miscellaneous Records, 1542-1911        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040546); Browse 408,660 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 288,946 images), Updated 17 Aug 2018

*  Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1930     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503045); 2,571,622 indexed records with 1,756,678 record images (was 2,571,622 records with 1,445,574 images), Updated 17 Aug 2018

*  Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987615); 1,818,867 indexed records with 1,097,134 record images (was 889,495 records with 1,097,134 images), Updated 14 Aug 2018

*  Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1447341); 867,300 indexed records with 3,133,093 record images (was 836,573 records with 3,133,093 images), Updated 14 Aug 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949338); Index only (5,069,619 records), no images (was 5,069,621 records with 0 images),  6 Nov 2013

*  Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,159 records), no images (was 17,102,160 records with 0 images),  17 Feb 2012


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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Known Immigrant Direct Ancestor Time Span

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):


1)  Reader Doug Greenhill suggested this challenge:  "What is the time span between your first known immigrant direct ancestor to your last known immigrant direct ancestor?"


2)  Tell us in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post or in a status line on Facebook.  Leave a comment with a link to your blog post if you write one.


Here's mine:

My earliest known immigrants to North America are my direct ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at Plymouth, Massachusetts - William White, Susanna (Jackson) White, Richard Warren, George Soule, Francis Cooke, John Cooke, Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Fuller, and William Brewster.

I may have an aboriginal North American ancestor if my autosomal DNA ethnicity estimate is correct (about 1%, so perhaps a 4th or 5th great-grandparent?), but I have not found that ancestor yet, nor their immigrant ancestor, and probably never will.

My most recent immigrant direct ancestor was my great-grandfather, Thomas Richmond (1848-1917), who came to New York on 14 November 1856 on the ship Osprey out of Bristol, along with his mother and siblings.  

So 1620 to 1856 is 236 years time span between my first known immigrant ancestor and my last known immigrant ancestor.

Thank you to Doug for suggesting this challenge.  By the way, Doug's time span is 283 years.


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Surname Saturday -- LNU (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2145 who is Deborah LNU (1637-1679). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)

67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)


134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785)
135.  Abigail Peirce (1750-1775)

268.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752)
269.  Sarah Allen (1717-1796)

536.  Nathaniel Knowlton (1683-1760)
537.  Mary Bennett (1685-1717)

1072.  Nathaniel Knowlton (1658-1726)
1073.  Deborah Jewett (1664-1743)

2144.  John Knowlton, born 1633 in probably Kent, England; died 08 October 1684 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4288. John Knowlton and 4289. Margery LNU.  He married 03 May 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2145.  Deborah LNU, born 1637 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died about 1679 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Knowlton and Deborah Grant are:
*  John Knowlton (1656-1719), married 1680 Sarah LNU (1660-1732).
Nathaniel Knowlton (1658-1726), married 1682 Deborah Jewett (1664-1743)
*  Elizabeth Knowlton (1660-1738), married 1688 Timothy Dorman (1663-1740).
*  Thomas Knowlton (1662-1750), married (1) 1692 Mary Goodhue (1664-1706); (2) 1706 Mary Coe (1683-1730).
*  Abraham Knowlton (1664-????).
*  Catherine Knowlton (1668-????).

Some books state that Deborah LNU's maiden name was GRANT, and some online trees say that her parents were James and Agnes (LNU) Grant of Maine.  I have done no original research on this Grant line.


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Friday, August 17, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 17 August 2018


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Articles:


 
FamilySearch’s Strategy to Help Preserve the World’s Archives

MyHeritage LIVE: Schedule Now Available
2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 17 August 2018

*  TheGenealogist adds Old Bailey calendar records

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for August 2018

BYU Family History Library Webinar Series (August 2018)

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 August, 5 p.m. PDT:  GPS: Finding Your Way Through Tough Research Problems, by James Ison

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Researching Forces Ancestors (England and Wales), by Kirsty Gray

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Untangle the Web of German Websites, by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Researching a Spanish American War Soldier, by Craig Scott

*  Kenneth R. Marks YouTube:  75 Techniques to Research Historic Newspapers A to Z


*  Kenneth R. Marks YouTube:  The Complete Chronicling America Tutorial

*  Kenneth R. Marks YouTube:  How To Become An Awesome Newspaper Researcher

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? YouTube:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 65: After the War Has Gone: Civil War Pensions & the Grand Army of the Republic

*  Ancestry YouTube:  Are These Really My Ancestors? | The Barefoot Genealogist | Ancestry

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  AmericaGen Study Group 8

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube:  US Military: Morning Reports

*  AmericanAncestors YouTube:  Applying for Dual Citizenship by Descent

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  How to Add Text to Layouts - Scrapbooking with PSE 2018
4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, August 17,  2018


5)  DNA Success Stories:

*   Two sisters born in Jacksonville reunite after being separated for more than 60 years

*  In One Ear: The secret family

6)  Fun Stuff:


Is This the Best Family Tree “Chart” Ever?

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 14 August 2018?

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 17 August 2018

I received this information from Findmypast today:


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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday









There are more than 1.5 million new records and newspaper articles available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;


Did your ancestor have a clandestine or irregular marriage ceremony? Explore over 881,000 clandestine marriage records covering the years 1667 to 1775 to find out. Each result will provide you with a transcript along with an image of the original hand-written record. Records will reveal a combination of the couple's names, marital conditions, occupations and residences.

This collection originates from The National Archives' Register General (RG) series 7 and pertains to marriages performed outside of the Anglican Church. Until Hardwick's Law of 1754, the laws around marriage ceremonies were lax. While marriage was technically required to take place in an Anglican church, those performed outside such a church were still recognised and categorised as common law marriages.

There are a number of reasons why individuals would have participated in these ceremonies. The couple may have wanted to be married in secret and away from their home. There may have been a reason that the marriage needed to be performed quickly. A clandestine marriage also cost far less than a traditional wedding. However, not all reasons were innocent, and the courtrooms heard many cases of people coerced or forced into a marriage or cases of bigamy. At this time, the age required for marriage was 14 for men and 12 for women.


Over 329,000 additional records have been added to our collection of directories & almanacs. The new additions include English & Welsh publications spanning the years 1766 to 1919. Inside you will find the names, addresses and occupations of prominent people, tradesmen, people who held office, business owners and local civil servants.

Almanacs and directories are an excellent resource for anyone researching their family history and want to understand more about their ancestor's life. They provide topographical accounts of towns, social statistics and comprehensive guides of towns or cities, as well as full listings of gentry, business owners, trades people, civil servants, church leaders, school teachers and much more. Furthermore, you can explore the history of your home by searching the publications by address, where you may discover previous proprietors.


Discover your ancestor who died and was buried in the Scotland county of Lanarkshire. This index of more than 64,000 death and burial records covers 31 burial places across the county and spans the years of 1642 to 1855.

Each result includes a transcript taken from an original document that will reveal a combination of your ancestor's birth year, death and burial dates, age at death, burial place, and mortcloth price.


Discover your Australian ancestor in this index of Queensland seamen. From this index, you may learn the name of the ship your ancestor worked on. The registers this index was created from pertain to the years from 1882 to 1919.

The 19,554 names included in this index were taken from the registers kept by the Harbours and Rivers Department. The registers pertain to the years from 1882 and 1919. Each result includes a transcript of the original documents held by the Queensland State Archives.


Over 62,000 additional transcripts of baptisms, marriages and burials have been added to our collection of New Zealand Indexes.

These civil registration records date back to 1848 and will provide you with all the information you need to order a copy of your ancestor's original certificate from the NZ government website.


This week we have added 131,666 new pages to The Archive. We have updated six of our existing titles, spanning England, Scotland and Ireland, including;

·         Liverpool Echo 1991-1993

·         Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal 1873-1904, 1906-1912, 1917, 1922, 1927

·         Evening Herald (Dublin) 1988

·         Scottish Referee 1894

·         Irish Independent - 1918-1919, 1986, 1988, 2002

·         Mid Sussex Times 1914-1918

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

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52 Ancestors - Week 239: #364 John Horton (1696-1796) of Bristol County, Mass. and Providence County, Rhode Island

John Horton (1696-1796) is #364 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #365 Mary Chase (1696-after 1734) in 1719 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.


I am descended through:

*  their son, #182 Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819) who married #183 Sarah Pray (1734-1820)  in about 1755.
*   their daughter #91 Phebe Horton (1772 - after 1820) who married #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857)  in 1790.
*  their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850) , who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.
*  their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                         John Horton[1–9]    

*  Sex:                            Male    

*  Father:                       John Horton (1672-1752)    
*  Mother:                     Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742)

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                         21 March 1696, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,8]    


*  Deed:                        13 April 1728 (age 32), sold 30 acres in Rehoboth, Mass. to Jotham Carpenter for 115 pounds; Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]    
*  Deed:                        9 March 1733/4 (age 37), sold land on eastern side of Palmer River to John Baker for 56 pounds; Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1,5]    
*  Deed:                        13 January 1779 (age 82), sold 60 acres of land in Scituate to Noah Miller for 900 pounds; Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1,6]    

*  Death:                      10 January 1796 (age 99), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1,7–9]
*  Burial:                      after 10 January 1796 (after age 99), Jones-Hammon Lot, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[8]    
*  Probate:                    20 February 1796 (age 99), will proved; Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[9]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1.                  Mary Chase (1694-after 1734)    
*  Marriage 1:               9 July 1719 (age 23), Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Child 1:                    Ruth Horton (1720-    )    
*  Child 2:                    Mehitable Horton (1723-1806)    
*  Child 3:                    Mary Horton (1725-1827)    
*  Child 4:                    John Horton (1727-1776)    
*  Child 5:                    Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)    

*  Spouse 2:                  Elizabeth --?--  (1705- after 1784)    
*  Marriage 2:               after 1733 (after about age 37), probably Rhode Island, United States  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Information about the life of John Horton was published in a book:

Margaret R. Jenks and Frank C. Seymour, Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts (no place, Margaret R. Jenks, 1984)[1].

John Horton was born 21 March 1696 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the fourth child (of seven) of John and Mehitable (Garnsey) Horton of Swansea and Rehoboth[1-2].  

He married Mary Chase on 9 July 1719 in Swansea[3].  Mary was born 15 January 1694/5 in Newbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Follansbee) Chase.  The Chase family moved to Swansea before 1719.

John and Mary (Chase) Horton had five children, all born in Rehoboth, Mass.[1]:

*  Ruth Horton (1720-????), married George Round (1781-1791) in 1738 in Rehoboth, Mass.
*  Mehitable Horton (1723-1806), married Amos Hammond (1734-1813) in 1756 in Rehoboth, Mass.
*  Mary Horton (1725-1827), married 1744 Joseph Round (1720-1791) in 1744 in Rehoboth, Mass.
*  John Horton (1728-1776), married about 1756 Sarah Hicks (1739-????), probably in Rhode Island.
*  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819), married about 1755 Sarah Pray (1734-1820), probably in Rhode Island.

On 13 April 1728, John Horton Jr. of Rehoboth, yeoman, sold 30 acres of land in Rehoboth to Jotham Carpenter of Rehoboth, yeoman, for 115 pounds[1,4].  The land was in Rehoboth near Manwhague Swamp, bounded west and northerly by the highway. Signed by John Horton and Mary Horton, and was witnessed by Hannah Ganzey and Seth Ganzey.  The deed was recorded 16 October 1761.

On 9 March 1733/4, John Horton Jr. of Rehoboth, husbandman, sold a tract of land in Rehoboth for £56 to John Baker of Rehoboth[1,5].  The land was on the easterly side of Palmer River, and a part of his homestead farm. The deed was signed by John Horton and Mary Horton, and was witnessed by David Horton, Hannah Round, Gershom Wood and Stephen Lee. 

Mary (Chase) Horton died after 9 March 1733/4, when she signed a deed.  Her death date is not known.

John Horton married Elizabeth --?-- at some time after 1734, probably in Rhode Island.

John Horton probably bought land in Scituate, Rhode Island after his parents had died and several children had married in Rehoboth by 1756.  He resided there in 1779.

On 13 January 1779, John Horton, yeoman of Scituate, sold 60 acres of land in Scituate, Rhode Island to Noah Miller for 900 pounds[1,6].  The tract included the dwelling house and outhouses and was located on both sides of a highway, bounded by land of Nathaniel Horton, Joseph Round, Job Randall and George Wescot. John and Elizabeth Horton signed the deed.  Waight Wood and Caleb Arnold witnessed the deed.  The deed was recorded on 15 February 1779.

In about 1779, John Horton may have bought land in and moved to Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island with his second wife, Elizabeth. 

On 7 April 1784, John Horton, yeoman of Glocester, wrote his last will and testament, which is in the Glocester, Rhode Island Town Council records.  The will says[9]:

"In the Name of God Amen I John Horton of Glocester in the County of Providence & in the State of Rhode Island yeoman being now an ancient Man but of sound mind & Memory (blessed be God) do this Seventh Day of April in the Eighth year of American Independence AD. 1784. Make and Publish this my Last Will and testament in manner following (that is to say)

"Imprimus I Give & bequeath unto Elisabeth My well beloved Wife all her wearing Apparel that she brought with her and what was made for herself since she Married me with all the Household goods she brought with her at the time of our Marriage.  Also I Give her Nine Pounds Lawful silver money to be Raised & Levied out of my Estate all Which I give unto my said Wife in Lieu of her Right of Dower and no otherwise;

"Item I Give to my Beloved Son Nathaniel Horton all My wearing apparel and farming Tools.

"Item I Give unto my three Beloved Daughters namely Ruth Round Mary Round & Mehitabel Hammon all the Remaining Part of my Household Goods that belongs to and Which I had in my said Daughters own Mothers lifetime Equally to be Divided between my said three Daughters.

"Item I Give unto my four Grandsons namely Nathan Hammon son of Amos Hammon John Round son of George Round Moses Round son of Joseph Round & Nathaniel Horton son of Nathaniel Horton the sum of one Pound and ten shillings Lawful [Silver lined out] Money a Piece to be raised out of my Estate.

"And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain William Ross & Jonathan Harris both of said Glocester yeoman my sole Executors of this my Last Will and testament and for the true Performance of this my said Will. I think it Proper that my farm be sold; therefore, I do hereby and Impower my said Executor to sell and give a Deed of sale of all my Homestead Farm Situate in Said Glocester as soon as they Conveniently Can after my Decease and that the Deed so Given by my Executors aforenamed shall be as Good and valid as though I had given a Deed of the same in my life time.  And that my said Executors shall pay all my Just Debts and Charges that shall be due for the Execution of this Will or otherwise, as also the aforesaid Legacies out of my Estate.

"Item I Give unto my beloved Grand Daughter Mary Horton the Daughter and only child of my son John Horton late of Scituate Deceased all my Estate whether Real or Personal that shall Remain after the Paying my Debts and Legacies as aforesaid.  And I hereby order my aforesaid Executors to take Care of all the said remainder of my Estate And after the Sale of my Farm as aforesaid they shall Let out the money to Interest in the Best and safest accountable for the bad Debts for the use of my said Grandaughter Mary Horton and in Six months after her Marriage shall Pay her the aforesaid Legacy and Whether my said Grand Daughter Mary be married or not I order my said Executors to pay to her, her aforesaid Legacy when she shall arrive to the age of twenty one years and in Case she Die unmarried & under that age then her said Legacy to be paid to her Right heirs.

"In Witness Whereof I the said John Horton have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year first above Written.

"Signed sealed Published & Pronounced
by the said John Horton as and for his
Last Will & Testament in the Presence of us
Who at his Request in his Presence and in
the Presence of each other have subscribed
our names as Witnesses hereto --- John Horton 
John Howland
George Brown
Willard Eddy"

John Horton died 10 January 1796 in Glocester[7-9], according to an article in the United States Chronicle newspaper and included in Volume 15 of the "Rhode Island Vital Records Extracts, 1635-1899" collection on Ancestry.com.  The extract says:

"HORTON John, at Glocester, aged 99 years, 9 months and 20 days, Jan. 10, 1796"

He was buried in the Jones - Hammon lot in Foster, Rhode Island[8].  His rough-hewn gravestone inscription is:

"John Horton
Born 21 March 
AD 1696
Died January 10
AD 1796"

After John Horton's death, the will was proved on 20 February 1796 by the Glocester Town Council[9].  The record says:

"At a Town Council held at Glocester on the 20th day of February AD 1796
this Will presented to this Council by the Executors for Probate and John Howland and George Brown two of the above Witnesses Declared on solemn Engagement that they Saw the testator John Horton Sign and seal this Paper and heard him Declare the same to be his Last Will and testament and that they together with Capt. Willard Eddy in his Presence & in the presence of each other Subscribed their names as Witnesses hereto.  And he then appeared to be of sound mind & memory. Wherefore it is voted and Resolved that this Will be proved approved & hereby is allowed of as a Good and Lawful Will and that the same be Recorded.
Witness Richard Steere Junr, Assist. Court Clk.

Recvd the 20th of February AD 1796 and Recorded per Richard Steere Junr Assist. Court Clerk."

An inventory of the estate of John Horton was taken on 9 February 1796, and was accepted by the Council on 21 May 1796.  The record says:

"A true Inventory of the Personal Estate of John Horton Who Departed this Life at Glocester on the 10th day of January AD. 1796.  Taken by us the Subscribers the 9th day of February AD. 1796.

Imprimus to his Wearing Apparel ................................................................ 2-04-0
to Pewter .....................................................................................................  0-10-7
to Iron Ware ................................................................................................. 0-03-6
to old Wooden Ware ...................................................................................  0-02-6
to one bed & bedstead and other furniture ................................................... 2-07-6
to one old Chest and old box ......................................................................  0-04-0
to an old Coverled and an old tea Kittle & Chest ........................................ 0-12-0
to one Staff with an Ivery head .................................................................... 0-01-0
to articles in the Possession of Arnon Hammon of Foster .........................  1-12-0
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                                                          .........................             L-s-d             7-17-7
Whole amount 26 Doll. 26 Cts
Timothy Dean
George Brown
appraisers."

[In margin on page: Further addition of this inventory on page 325.]

"Glocester May ye 21st 1796 In Town Council it is voted and Resolved that this Inventory be accepted & hereby is ordered Recorded Voted & Post as Per order.
Richard Steere Junr Assist. Court Clerk.

"Whereas Mr. John Horton of Glocester in the County of Providence &c Husbandman Who Departed this life on the tenth Day of January AD. 1796 Did in & by his last Will & testament name and appoint William Ross yeoman and Jonathan Harris Esqr both of said Glocester Sole Executors of his said will and the said William & Jonathan having since proved said Will by and before the Town Council of said Glocester on the 21st Day of May AD 1796.  These are therefore in the Name of the Governor & Company of the State of Rhode Island &c to order and fully Impower you the said William Ross and Jonathan Harris to take into your Case Custody and Possession all and singular the Personal Estate of him the said John Horton that did belong to him at the time of his death and on the Same fully to administer by paying all his Just Debts and Legacies and to act and do in all matters & things Relating the aforesaid Premises as you by law and the aforesaid Will are Required & Directed to do.  And be ready at all times to render a Just and true account of your doings Relating the aforesaid Premises Whenever you shall be Legally called thereunto unto the said Town Council or their successors in said office, Given by order of the said Town Council aforesaid the said 21st Day of May and sealed With their seal by their order.  Per Richard Steere Junr Assist. Court Clerk, and Recorded by Richard Steere Junr Assist. Court Clerk."

On 12 December 1796, the executors added items to the inventory:

"Added by William Ross & Jonathan Harris Executors to the Personal Estate of John Horton late of Glocester Deceased as follows (viz.)

"To one Note Signed by Daniel & Elisha Sayles in Company Dated April.14.1795 on Interest from Date for one hundred and fifty Dollars

"To one other Note Dated April 14th.1795 on Interest from Date signed by Daniel & Elisha Sayles in Company for one Hundred & fifty Dollars.

"To one other Note Dated April 14th 1795 on Interest from date Signed by Daniel & Elisha Sayles in Company for one Hundred and sixty Dollars.

"Glocester Decemr 12th 1796
N.B. this addition Refers to John Horton's Inventory Which is Recorded in the 327 page of this book.  Recvd Jany 4th 1797 and Recorded by Richard Steere Junr Assist. court Clerk."

There is no estate distribution or account in the estate papers.  
 
5)  SOURCES

1. Margaret R. Jenks and Frank C. Seymour, Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts (no place, Margaret R. Jenks, 1984), John Horton (1696-1796) sketch.

2. H. L. Peter Rounds, Jane Fletcher Fiske, and Margaret F Costello, Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 ( Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), John Horton birth entry.

3. H. L. Peter Rounds, Jane Fletcher Fiske, and Margaret F Costello, Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850, John Horton and Mary Chase marriage entry.

4. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Bristol County, "Deeds 1761-1762, Vol. 45," page 320-1 (images 168-169 of 295), John Horton Jr. to Jotham Carpenter, dated 9 February 1731/2, recorded 16 October 1761.

5. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, FamilySearch, Bristol County, "Deeds 1765, Vol. 48," page 375 (image 203 of 302), John Horton Jr. to John Baker, dated 9 March 1733/4, recorded 17 October 1765.

6. "Land evidence records 1731-1879, indexes to records 1731-1930 [Scituate, R.I.], Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 23 microfilm reels, Volume 6, page 515, John Horton deed to Noah Miller, dated 13 January 1779, recorded 15 February 1779 (accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,941,136).

7. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Volume 15, "Newspaper Marriages and Deaths," page 517 (image 574 of 634), John Horton death notice.

8. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Jones-Hammon Lot (Foster, R.I.), John Horton memorial #20723516.

9. "Probate Records, 1731-1915 (Glocester, Rhode Island)," on 6 FHL Microfilm reels,  Volume 2, Pages 324-328, John Horton estate papers, on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 0,941,847.

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