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The Will of Samuel Appleton, with Remarks by One of the ExecutorsAppleton, Samuel

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The Will of Samuel Appleton, with Remarks by One of the Executors

Name: The Will of Samuel Appleton, with Remarks by One of the Executors
Author: Appleton, Samuel

Appleton, Samuel

Appleton family; Appleton, Samuel, 1766-1853 -- Will; Wills -- Massachusetts

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by
    said Testator to be a Codicil to his
    last Will and Testament, in presence of
    us, who, at his request, and in his
    presence, and in presence of each other,
    hereto set our names as witnesses.

                           JOSEPH TILDEN.
                           FRANKLIN H. STORY.
                           FRANCIS C. LOWELL.




RECAPITULATION.




RECAPITULATION.


  To the widow (by the Will), $108,000 in personal
    property, and $14,000 in real estate; or all in
    personal property, at her option; and (by the
    Codicil), his mansion-house, and all in it; of
    the value of                                            $200,000

  To the descendants of each of his four brothers
    (Isaac, Moses, Eben, and Nathan Appleton), $60,000.
    To the descendants of each of his two sisters (Mary
    Barrett and Emily Jewett), $30,000. In all               300,000

  To Maria Goodwin, $7000; her mother and two sisters,
    $1000 each                                                10,000

  To Rev. Ephraim Peabody, $5000; and to the servants
    in the family, $5000                                      10,000

  To public uses                                             200,000


All the residue to the said descendants of his brothers and sisters,
in sums corresponding to their respective specific bequests. The
residuary legatees will be therefore entitled to claim in the
following proportions, viz.:--

  ISAAC APPPLETON'S DESCENDANTS, $60,000 out of $300,000, or 1/5;
      viz.:--

     1. Mrs. Sarah Todd, wife of James B. Todd, of Byron,
        N.Y., a legatee of $3000, has                          1/100

     2. Isaac A. Todd, of Byron, N.Y.                          1/100

     3. Mrs. Rachel D. Moore, wife of Tom Moore, of Medina,
        Michigan                                               1/100

     4. Mrs. Emily A. Hall, wife of Alfred D. Hall, of
        Sheridan, Calhoun County, Michigan                     1/100

     5. Dr. Daniel Todd, of Canandaigua, Lenawee County,
        Michigan                                               1/100

     6. Samuel A. Todd, a minor, of Byron, N.Y.                1/100

     7. Francis James Todd, a minor, of Byron, N.Y.            1/100

     8. Mrs. Mary Davis, now wife of Asa Holt, of Ashby,
        Mass.                                                  1/100

     9. Her son, Cyrus A. Davis, of Palestine Grove, Lee
        County, Illinois                                       1/100

    10. Mrs. Harriet G. Kendall, wife of Rev. Henry A.
        Kendall, of Concord, N.H.                              1/100

    11. Her husband, as heir of a deceased daughter            1/100

    12. Their minor son, Henry Kendall                         1/100

    13. Their minor son, Samuel Kendall                        1/100

    14. David Appleton, of Dublin, N.H.                        1/100

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The Will of Samuel Appleton, with Remarks by One of the Executors

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