WILL: Solomon Middaugh; Caroline Township, Tompkins co., NY 
surname: Middaugh, Paige

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Source: Tompkins County Probate
Written: 18 Dec 1840
Recorded: April 24 1843

Will of Solomon Middaugh, Tompkins County Wills, Vol. D, page 314

Soloman Middaugh died Feb. 23, 1843 - abt. 86 years of age-in Town of
Caroline. 
Resident of the Town of Caroline. Will Made - Dec. 18, 1840. Executors-Samuel
H. Dean, Richard W. Middaugh. Witnesses, Samuel H. Dean-Seth Hanford-of
Caroline, Tompkins County.

Probated-April 24, 1843. Tompkins County, New York. Surrogate-George G. Frier.

I will and bequeath $5 to my oldest son Jedediah Middaugh, having given him
what I calculated would be his share of my estate.

I will and bequeath to my son Simeon Westfall Middaugh, an equal share of my 
Jacksonville property, situated in the Town of Ulysses, in the County of 
Tompkins, New York. Consisting of a piece or parcel of land conveyed to me on 
Oct. 22, 1839, by Wm. G. McLune and Sarah, his wife. Containing 1/4 of an acre
of land, also another lot of land adjoining the above piece or parcel of land, 
included in the aforesaid conveyance, containing 5/8 of an acre.

I will and bequeath to my daughter, Jane Middaugh, now Jane Paige, the other
half of the said Jacksonville property, after the above property is sold by my 
executor, the proceeds shall be equally divided between my son Simeon and my 
daughter Jane, and I also will and bequeath to my dau. Jane, one half of the 
household furniture, which belonged to her mother.

I next give and devise to my son Richard W. Middaugh, and to his heirs, that 
certain piece or parcel of land in the Town of Caroline, upon which I now
reside, bounded as follows, on the N. by the Dryden Line, on the E. by lands
belonging to the heirs of Gersham Hanford, deceased, on the S. by the lands of
Charles Cantine, and on the W. by the lands of Wm. Mott 2nd, containing 25
acres; and which was conveyed to me by the said Richard W. Middaugh, and
Angeline, his wife on April 15, 1835.

I next will and bequeath to my granddaughter Janette Betsey Paige, who now
lives with me, the other half of the said household furniture, which belonged
to her grandmother, who is now deceased, and provided she stays with me during
my natural life, I further give and bequeath to her a cow, and the sum of $100
at my decease.

In the matter of the estate of Solomon Middaugh, deceased, affidavit for
pension. 
Filed April 24, 1843-State of New York, Tompkins County. ss: Richard W.
Middaugh of Caroline in said county, being sworn, deposes & says that Solomon
Middaugh was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of two hundred and
twelve dollars and twenty cents per annum; was a resident of the County of
Tompkins in the State of new York and died in the Town of Caroline in said
County & State in the year of 1843 on the 23rd day of February; that he left
no widow but left four children & only four surviving him whose names are
Jedidiah Middaugh, Simeon W. Middaugh, Jane Paige, wife of Rufus W. A. Paige
and this deponent Richard W. Middaugh who are respectively 21 years of age &
upwards. R. W. Middaugh

Subscribed & sworn before me this 24th day of April, 1843
Sam Crittenden Jr. Deputy Clerk, Tompkins County