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03 October 2023

Aquilla Rice

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:


Aquilla Rice

01 October 2023

Porters Mentioned In Will

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:


Ellen Mattingly's Will
January 1857
Harriet M. Porter, daughter of Thomas M. and Nancy Porter
Catherine Porter, "             "
Brothers Moses and John Porter
William C. Porter mentioned
William R. Porter
James Porter
Mary Porter, witness

21 September 2023

Thomas R. Wilson Of Nebraska

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:


Image 77
 Thomas R. Wilson Of Nebraska

03 September 2023

John Porter Mentioned

 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:


Image 74
Porter mentioned

04 October 2022

Langworthy Index

 New York Land Records,  Allegany Grantee index 1807-1929 H-L:


Langworthy Index

20 June 2021

London, England


 Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999  Allegany Wills 1851-1863 vol B:



Image 84, 83, 82, 81..78...
London, England

25 February 2021

Detroit Mentioned In Rial Thompson Estate


New York Probate Records, 1629-1971  Allegany Estate papers 1870 box 61-63



Kansas mentioned too




20 October 2018

John Porter's Appointment


Maryland, Register of Wills Books, Allegany Wills 1790-1850 vol A:


Page 647 [Image 344]
John Porter
Appt. Associate Justice of Orphan Court

19 March 2018

Uriah Duckworth Made An Oath


Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1629-1983 Allegany Wills 1790-1850 vol A...:



Page 494  [Image 268]

Uriah Duckworth made an oath

15 September 2017

Will Of William D. Jones



Will of William D. Jones

In the name of God Amen” I William D. Jones,” of Charleston near Lonaconing Allegany County,” in the State of Maryland,” Being sick and weak in body,” And of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof” And being desirous to settle my worldly affairs; and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence,” do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say…………………
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named, “ after my debts and funeral charges are paid; I devise and bequeath as follows I give and devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Margaret all my real estate and personal property of every kind and description which I own or possessed at the time of my death wheresoever located; during her natural life And from and after her death I give devise and bequeath unto my children as follows “to wit” Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter, Eliza McFadyen wife of James - Ruth Hyde, Sarah Frye - Cinderella Moran; Margaret E. Rowan, William D. Jones Junior, James L. Jones, Edward W. Jones and Hattie Dawson to be divided, share and share alike between all the above named children and step children without preference to none; of them and lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Porter to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament;
                 In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this Tenth day of December 1895 AD;    
                  William D. Jones (Signature)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named William D. Jones as and for his last will and testament; in our presence, who, at his request, in his presence and in presence of each other, have hereto set our hands as witnesses hereto;

1. C.S. Murphy
2. Thomas Connor, Sr.
3. Joseph Dick
=========================
To Margaret Jones                 widow                                                       $49.85

       Statement of Executor
Showing Real Property belonging to estate, subject to collateral Tax.
 In order to put upon record the condition of the estate and to collect the collateral tax thereon from Joseph Porter, John T. Porter, Henry Porter and Eliza McFadyen, stepchildren of deceased, This executor makes return of the appraised value ($1200.00) of the real estate returned to the Orphans’ Court in Inventory filed April 9th, 1897, of record in Inventories Liber No. 3 Folio 31, one third of the same being subject to collateral tax.. $400.00
Less State collateral tax of 2 ½%                                                                        10.00
                                                                                                                         $390.00

18 March 2017

James White In Maryland


Maryland, Register of Wills Books,  Allegany Wills 1790-1850 vol A:




Page 472  Image 256
James White 
August 5, 1840

Researching a James White and also researching in Allegany County, Maryland; this particular James White is not the one I need to find.

24 February 2016

Guardian Of The Porter Children


An Allegany County, Maryland, family.....

Source: Allegany Couonty, Maryland

The Porter children were the son(s) and daughters of Joseph (1845-1903) and Amanda (1851-   ) Porter.  They were also the nieces and nephews of Eliza Ann (Porter) McFadyen, who was Jim's great-grandmother.


Guardian: John Moran

Guardian: John Moran

Guardian: John Moran


 Lonaconing, Allegany, Maryland
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Joseph Porter Head M 55 Maryland
Manda Porter Wife  F 49 West Virginia
Lelia F Porter Daughter F 12 Maryland
William E Porter Son M 11 Maryland
Joseph A Porter Son M 4 Maryland
Catherine Pendlebury Servant F 19 Maryland




09 August 2015

Sarah Prather's Will


Maryland, Register of Wills Records, Allegany Wills 1790-1850 vol A:

Will of Sarah Prather
9 August 1824

Image 134  Page 230
Granddaughter, Elizabeth Riely
Daughter, Ruth Collins
Children: James, Sarah, Ruth, Charles, Basil, and Je__? - daughter Jane has had an advance...
...sufficient and legal proof that she [granddaughter] will liberate Jane at the age of 28 years...

...said children of [slave] Susanna....

Witnesses: John Jacobs, Susan Jacobs, Sophia Lantz

Transcription can be found here.




03 July 2015

11 May 2015

William And Lorenza Watrous In 1855




New York, State Census, 1855
E.D. 1, Scio, Allegany, New York, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William Watros M 38
Wife Lorenza Watros F 39
Child Ester Watros U 1

William and Lorenza (Backus) Watrous lived in Allegany County, New York, for 2 years when the 1855 census was taken.  Whoever responded to the census taker didn't know where William and Lorenza were born.


29 December 2014

Will Of John Barcus Porter





Will [Image 2] (Transcription)
F-I-L  David Percy
Wife Ellen


Not sure if he's related to Jim's Allegany, Maryland, family.


18 July 2014

Loree Family In 1855


Samuel was born in New Jersey; Elizabeth (Richmond) Loree was born in Onondaga County [New York]. They had lived in Allegany County for 20 years in 1855.


New York, State Census, 1855
Name: Samuel J Lorce
Event Place: Almond, Allegany, New York
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Samuel J Lorce M 54
Wife Eliza Lorce F 51
Apprentice Armàon Palmer U 17


Charles Loree was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Loree:


Source


New York, State Census, 1855
Event Place: Almond, Allegany, New York
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Chas Lorn M 27 [Loree]
Wife Mary Lorn F 23
Son Fred Lorn M 0


10 July 2014

Moses Porter's Will


From Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1629-1983, AlleganyWills 1790-1850 (at FamilySearch):

Will of Moses Porter
10 July 1794


[Witnesses - Page 14 in Will Book]


The will was transcribed and posted here.

Here is a blog post on the Nuts From The Family Tree blog concerning the Porters of Allegany County, Maryland.





26 June 2014

John Rice's Will


Maryland, Register of Wills Records, AlleganyWills, vol A:


Image 128  Page 218
2nd Page of John Rice's will
14 May 1823

Image 127  Page 217
1st Page John Rice's will
wife Mary
grandchildren, children of daughter Anna [Priscilla Wineland and Samuel Siource???]
sons George and Frederick

See a transcription of John Rice's will here.