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| GIDEON WAS BURIED IN THE QUAKER CEMETARY IN FARMINGTON, N.Y. WILL OF GIDEON PAYNE RECORDED WILL BOOK D, PAGE 220, MARCH 3RD, 1849. I, GIDEON PAIN, AGED EIGHTY YEARS AND UPWARDS, BEING DESIROUS TO DISCHARGE THE DUTY WHICH EVERY MAN OWES TO HIS FAMILY BY MAKING SUCH PROVISIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MY PROPERTY AS SHALL BE JUST AND EQUITABLE, DO MAKE, PUBLISH, AND DECLALRE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, AS FOLLOWS: HAVING HERETOFORE PAID TO MY FIVE SONS, VIZ: CALVIN, REUBEN, WILLIAM, GEORGE, AND GIDEON R. MORE THAN EACH OR EITHER OF THEM WOULD BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BE AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF MY WHOLE ESTATE, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, INCLUDING WHAT THEY HAVE HERETOFORE RECEIVED OF ME, I THINK IT WOULD BE NEITHER EQUITABLE OR JUST TO GIVE THEM OR EITHER OF THEM ANY PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF MY ESTATE, REAL OR PERSONAL. FIRST: I DESIRE THAT THE EXPENSES OF MY LAST SICKNESS AND MY BURIAL SUCH AS SHALL BE PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO MY ESTATE SHALL BE PAID IN PREFERENCE TO ANY OTHER DEBTS, DEVISE, OR LEGACY HEREIN CONTAINED AND: SECOND: I GIVE UNTO MY WIFE PHOEBE THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF MY WHOLE ESTATE, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL OF WHICH I MAY DIE, SEIZED, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME DURING HER LIFETIME AND ALL MY HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. I GIVE UNTO HER ABSOLUTELY FOR HER TO DISPOSE OF AS SHE MAY SEE FIT OR DEEM ADVISABLE AFTER MY DECEASE, AND: THIRD: I GIVE AND BEQUEATHE TO MY THREE GRANDSONS, GIDEON P. POWERS, IRA L. POWER AND FRANCIS POWER, CHILDREN OF MY DAUGHTER SALINDA POWER, LATE WIFE OF NATHAN POWER, OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE PAID TO THEM BY MY EXECUTORS EQUALLY OR TO SUCH OF THEM AS SHALL BE LIVING WHENEVER AND AS SOON AS THEY SHALL RESPECTIVELY ARRIVE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE, AFTER DISTRIBUTION SHALL BE MADE OF MY ESTATE BY MY EXECUTORS AS HEREAFTER PROVIDED, AND I DIRECT THAT AS SOON AS MY PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL SHALL BE SOLD AND CONVERTED INTO MONEY AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE, BY MY EXECUTORS, THAT THE SAID SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL BE KEPT AT INTEREST IN A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY SAID GRANDCHILDREN UNTIL THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED RESPECTIVELY TO RECEIVE THE SAME FROM MY EXECUTORS AS HERETOFORE EXPRESSED, AND IN CASE OF THE DEATH OF ALL MY SAID GRANDCHILDREN IN CASE THEY SHALL DIE LEAVING NO HEIRS, THEN I DIRECT THAT THE SAID SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH THE INTEREST, IF ANY, THAT SHALL HAVE ACCRUED SHALL BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AND PAID TO MY TWO DAUGHTERS, VIZ: ZIMRODA STODDARD, WIFE OF NATHAN STODDARD AND MARY HATHAWAY, WIFE OF SYLVESTER R. HATHAWAY, TOGETHER WITH THE PROPERTY HEREAFTER BEQUEATHED TO THEM, AND: FOURTH: I GIVE AND BEQUEATHE ALL THE REMAINDER OF MY PROPERTY BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL WHERE EVER SITUATED TO MY TWO DAUGHTERS ZIMRODA STODDARD AND MARY HATHAWAY TO BE PAID TO THEM EQUALLY BY MY EXECUTORS WHENEVER DISTRIBUTION SHALL BE MADE OF MY PROPERTY AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE, AND IN CASE OF THE DEATH OF ONE OR BOTH OF MY SAID DAUGHTERS AT THE TIME OF SUCH DISTRIBUTION OF MY ESTATE AS AFORESAID, THEN AND IN THAT CASE I DIRECT THAT MY EXECUTORS SHALL PAY TO THE CHILDREN OF SUCH DAUGHTERS WHO SHALL THEN HAVE DIED, EQUALLY TO SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE SUCH SUM AS THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO IF LIVING, AND IN SUCH CASE I DIRECT THAT MY EXECUTORS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE SAME RULES AND PRINCIPLES IN MAKING PAYMENT TO MY GRANDCHILDREN, THE CHILDREN OF MY DAUGHTER SALINDA POWER, DECEASED. LASTLY: I HEREBY APPOINT MY FRIENDS GIDEON HERNDON AND JOHN LAPHAM EXECUTORS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT WITH FULL POWER TO SELL AND CONVEY BY DEED OR OTHERWISE ALL THE ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL OF WHICH I SHALL BE POSSESSED AT THE TIME OF MY DEATH AS SOON AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE PHOEBE PAYNE (AND IN CASE SHE MARRIES AGAIN) AS SOON AS IT CAN BE CONVENIENTLY DONE AND TO HER BEST ADVANTAGE POSSIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LEGATEES ABOVE MENTIONED, AND CONVERT THE SAME INTO MONEY SO AS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SAID LEGATEES AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICAL PERIOD WITHIN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED FOR THE SAID PAYMENTS TO BE MADE AS AFORESAID--HEREBY REVOKING ALL OTHER WILLS BY ME MADE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1845. WITNESS: GIDEON PAIN JOHN LAPHAM ESEK ALDRICH CITATION TO PHOEBE PAIN, CALVIN PAIN, REUBEN PAIN, GIDEON PAIN, WILLIAM PAIN AND LEVI BROWN, THE GENERAL GUARDIANS OF GIDEON BROWN PAIN, ANDREW PAIN, MARTHA L. PAIN, PHOEBE L. PAIN, HANNAH L. PAIN, FLORENCE PAIN ALL RESIDING IN THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON, ONTARIO, CO., N.Y. NATHAN STODDARD AND ZIMRODA STODDARD HIS WIFE, SYLVESTER R. HATHAWAY AND MARY HATHAWAY HIS WIFE WHO RESIDE SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN AND JOHN SIBLEY OF ONONDAGUA, N.Y. SPECIAL GUARDIAN OF GIDEON POWER, IRA POWER AND FRANCIS POWER, MINORS RESIDING IN THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON, COUNTY OF OAKLAND, MICHIGAN; PUISAT LAW OF GIDEON PAIN. (THE NAME WAS PAIN IN ALL THE EARLY RECORDS). THE STODDARDS RESIDED IN THE TOWN OF ADRIAN, LENAWEE CO., MICHIGAN. THE HATHAWAYS IN THE TOWN OF WHITEFORD, MONROE CO., MICHIGAN. THE MINOR CHILDREN WERE THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE PAYNE. INVENTORY OF PERSONAL ESTATE $573.88 NOTES AGAINST WILLIAM PAYNE, REUBEN CALVIN, GIDEON R., HENRY CHAPIN, ONE AGINST ARTHUR POWER (COLLECTION DOUBTFUL AGAINST POWER). ARTHUR POWER DIED IN 1836. HE WAS THE FATHER OF NATHAN WHO MARRIED SALINDA PAYNE. E. BARNUM POWER, A SON OF FRANCIS IS ASS'T STATE ATTY. OF CALIFORNIA. NATHAN POWER, A SON OF IRA L LIVES FARMINGTON, MI. A LOT OF THE HATHAWAYS LIVE IN MONROE CO., MI. IN TOLEDO, OHIO AND SYLVANIA, OHIO. ARTICLES EXEMPTED FROM APPRAISAL: 4 OLD SPINNING WHEELS. 1 WEAVING LOOM AND APPARATUS. 1 BIBLE AND A NUMBER OF OLD SCHOOL BOOKS, AND OTHERS LESS IN VALUE THAN $10.00. WEARING APPAREL AND FAMILY CLOTHING. 1 TABLE AND 6 CHAIRS AND IN ADDITION THE APPRAISER SET OFF FOR THE WIDOW. 1 BEDSTEAD---------------------------------------$ .50 1 BED AND CLOTHING------------------------------- 10.00 1 SET OF BEST CURTAINS--------------------------- .50 2 OLD TABLES------------------------------------- .75 1 BUREAU----------------------------------------- 4.00 2 OLD CHESTS------------------------------------- 1.50 2 OLD CANDLE STANDS------------------------------ 1.50 1 SMALL MIRROR----------------------------------- .37 1 OLD WOODEN CLOCK AND CASE---------------------- 1.00 1 OLD BRASS KETTLE------------------------------- 1.00 1 OLD CAST-IRON KETTLE--------------------------- 1.50 2 PAIRS CAST-IRON FIRE DOGS---------------------- .50 1 OLD CARPET------------------------------------- 2.50 3 OLD CHAIRS------------------------------------- .12 1 SHOVEL AND PAIR TONGS-------------------------- 50 TOTAL------------------$26.24 RECORDS FROM THE GIDEON PAYNE FAMILY BIBLE, BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS. CHILDREN OF CALEB AND MARY (JOLLS-LUTHER) HILL: 3RD: PHOEBE HILL BORN JAN. 12. 1771 SWANSEA, MA. DIED APR. 2, 1854 FARMINGTON, N.Y. MARRIED: GIDEON PAYNE BORN JAN. 10, 1765 R.I. PROBABLY IN SMITHFIELD. DIED NOV.23 1848 FARMINGTON, N.Y. SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH (HAWKINS) PAYNE. ADAMS, MA. TOWN RECORD OF FEB. 18, 179314 | ||||||||||||||||||
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