Franklin County MA Archives Biographies.....Goodell, Asa 1764 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com November 11, 2009, 6:03 pm Source: various books, and town and county records Author: Nancy Poquette, compiler of the following sources Asa Goodell /Goodale Birth: 1764 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA, Age deduced from his headstone, died in 1847, age 83. 1847-83=1764. Census: 1790 Wendell, Hampshire Co, MA, listed as Asa Goodale. Census: 1800 Westfield, Washington Co, NY, listed as 'Assahell Goodill.' Census: 1810 Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, listed as Asa Goodell. Census: 1820 Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, listed as Asa Goodell. Census: 1830 Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, listed as Asa Goodell. Census: 1840 Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, listed as Asa 'Goodale' Death: 16 JUL 1847 in Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, Cemetery records of the township of Fort Ann, pg. 69. Also headstone in Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY. Burial: AFT 16 JUL 1847 Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, Washington Co, NY, from headstone in Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, NY. Headstone inscription Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, NY, Hwy 149 and Cartier Rd, "Mr. Asa Goodell died July 16, 1847 in the 83rd year of his age." Death year 1847 minus age 83=1764, gives the year he was born. Father: Jonathan Goodale b: 19 APR 1724 in Marblehead, Essex Co, MA Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" b: Marriage 1 Martha "Patty" Liscom b: 7 DEC 1766 in Gloucester, Essex Co, MA Married: 29 NOV 1787 in New Salem, Hampshire, [later Franklin] Co, MA, from: "Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, pg. 77: "Goodale, Asa and Martha Liscom, Nov. 28, 1787." Children "Polly" Liscom b: 11 DEC 1791 Marriage 2 Patty b: 1767 Asa was the son of JONATHAN and BETSEY GOODALE, of New Salem. One researcher on the internet found some evidence that suggests that 'Betsey' was also a Goodale descendant, her father reportedly being Nathan Estey [descended from Mary Estey, hung as a witch in Salem Witch trials] and Ruth Goodale. This has NOT been proven. His father, [JONATHAN's] line is readily documentable and proven, from Robert Goodale of Salem Village in the 1600's, to Isaac 1, Isaac II, Isaac III and his wife Deborah Hawkins, who came to New Salem. Proving the Parents of James Goodell were Jonathan and Betsy, not Ebenezer and Grace, or Lydia with Jonathan: There exists some difference of opinion concerning who the parents of this generation are. This researcher believes RUTH and her brothers were the children of JONATHAN and BETSY GOODALE. I gently disagree with other relatives in my branch that have misidentified us as being descended from Ebenezer. I understand that professional genealogists in Boston did part of the work from printed records, for the most part. My three sources are strong. The strongest one is the headstone of the daughter of Ebenezer and Grace Phelps Goodale. She died in 1792, and her headstone states: "In memory of Mrs. Grace, consort of Mr. John Chamberlain and only child of Capt. Ebenezer and Mrs. Grace Goodale, who died Jan. 10, 1792 age 37." In other words, Ebenezer had no children other than Grace. This headstone reads as if her father commissioned it, but if the information on his own headstone is accurate, he also died in the same year. Unfortunately it may not be accurate, for I have been reading materials which seem to indicate that he was still living into the 1800s. This 1800s death date interpretation may be right or wrong, because the later material may instead be referring to the nephew Ebenezer [son of James, JONATHAN's brother] living in Danvers. Another difficulty is that the headstone for our New Salem Ebenezer Goodale is missing. It had still existed into the early 1900's when it received its designation as a Revolutionary War national monument, but has likely suffered from the past prejudices against Captain Goodale. Equally as supportive of my argument is the marriage date between Jonathan and Lydia, which FOLLOWS the BIRTH DATES of all of his children, so they cannot be Lydia's children. My third source is David Kenneth Wetherbee, in his publication Heare Lyes Salim New Grant, page 150. This source repeats the evidence for Grace as the only child of Ebenezer and Grace, and his primary source was the last will and testament of JONATHAN GOODALE, and the text of that will confirms that Ezekiel, Jonathan [II], James, Jacob Asa, RUTH, Deborah and Elizabeth were his children. [I now have a photocopy of the actual will.] Asa Goodell's Militia Tour of Duty Another brother of RUTH GOODALE, Asa Goodale, served in the Massachusetts militia under Captain Oliver Coney, and was listed in: "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution," pg. 553: "Goodale, Asa, New Salem. Private, Captain Oliver Coney's Co, Col. Sear's regiment: marched Aug.12, 1781; discharged Nov. 15, 1781; service, 3 mos. 10 days travel included: company raised to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. Roll sworn to at Ware [in Hampshire Co." The list of men who served under Capt. Oliver Coney, Col. Sear's regiment was searched for men who applied for pensions. The service they performed under Capt. Oliver Coney was described by the following depositions beginning with John Magoon, (Nat'l Archives microfilm series M804, Roll #1614, Pension #R6828): "…That he volunteered in the year 1780 at Ware, in the County of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, he thinks about May or June, for three months under Capt. Oliver Coney in regiment commanded by Col. Sears. Does not recollect wheather they were state troops or militia), marched to ___ Hadley, Mass, And was there mustered by a man of the name of Porter, that he marched from there to Albany, remained about a week or ten days, then marched to Saratoga and remained to his best recollection, until about the first of November, when he was dismissed after having served about five months or perhaps five and a half. The regular officers who were there, were John Stark, Col. McKinster, a son of Gen. Stark who was called Major Stark." Lucy Marsh testified in John Magoon's application papers, that she knew that John Magoon had served as waiter to Capt. Coney. William Coney added his deposition to the same application, stating that "…according to my best recollection and belief, about the year 1780, Capt. Oliver Coney went with the service as a captain in the War Department and that Captain Coney told me that John Magoon had enlisted. Once was his waiter and the common report and understanding among the neighbors was that John Magoon was in the war Department and in my own mind, I have no doubt he was." From the deposition given by Christopher Patten, of Geauga, OH in 1834 (Nat'l Archives Microfilm Series M-804, Roll #1889, Pension # S8662): "…In August 1781, being at that time over 15 years of age, and residing in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, to which place his father's family had removed the spring preceding, he was hired of his father, by a militia class which was obliged to furnish a man for three months; ten men were raised in this manner in Belchertown, and having elected one of their number leader, they proceeded to Albany where he was placed in a company commanded by Captain Conel or Coney, lieutenants Ganson and Billings. (the latter afterwards acted as quartermaster). The regiment, he believes, was commanded by Col. McKinster. General Stark took the command, and when all had assembled, they were marched to Saratoga, where they were employed in garrison duty and on scouts. "At one time, the party with which he was out, captured and brought in two Indians, whom he believes were set at liberty in a few days, proving to be friendly Indians of Brothertown. While he was at Saratoga [later renamed Schuylerville], Thomas Lovelace, who it was said bore a lieutenant's commission in the enemy's service, with four men, were captured. Lovelace was hanged as a spy, and the others confined, and he helped erect the gallows by which Lovelace was executed. "Some time in October, he thinks, General Lord Sterling arrived at Saratoga with a large body of regular troops, but as the militia had little intercourse with them, he cannot now recollect the names of any of the other officers. After this time, he was employed in getting out and collecting together timber to build a Blockhouse or Blockhouses, until in November, somewhere about the middle of the month he believes, they were dismissed and returned home, he having served during this tour, three months." The story concerning the spy Lovelace is taken up by the reminiscences of two children of the Revolution, quoted from In the Path of War: Children of the American Revolution Tell Their Stories, gathered and transcribed by Asa Fitch, edited by Jeanne Winston Adler: "In the year of Yorktown, Whigs in northern New York kept a sharp eye out for Tory spies. In 1781, as Jacob Bitely relates, a Tory spy, Philip Lovelace, was hanged in Schuylerville. Lovelace was known locally as Lovett. Jacob Bitely of Ticonderoga: "That year [1781], I attended the execution of Lovett, the spy, at Schuylerville. He had previously resided about there and was well-known to several. Lovett had gone in among the garrison at Schuylerville to spy it out and learn what the plans of the Whigs were. He was taken prisoner. Papers were found on him that showed he was commissioned to enlist men among the Tories in this quarter, to form a company and go to Canada. The papers certified that each man would receive a specified sum in silver on his arrival in Canada, in addition to what was paid down". "I guess it was in September when he was hung. It was the windiest day I ever saw. Of course, a large concourse of people was assembled. He was taken out of the guardhouse; his coffin was placed crosswise on top of the box of a cart drawn by oxen, a rope around his neck, and a mulatto-slave of General Schuyler's, I think-holding the end of the rope, who made him walk close up to the cart. The guards surrounded him, forming a hollow square; thus they marched towards, half a mile, the gallows. The gallows was formed of two long, forked stakes drove into the ground and a pole placed across on the forks. The cart drove under the gallows and stopped. Lovett then got up into the cart, and also the minister who had attended him after he was tried and sentenced. The minister, I think, was Mister Tanner, a Baptist, who was preaching then up Battenkill. He talked and prayed with him, then shook hands with him and bade him farewell- both standing up in the cart- and then descended". "The Negro then tied the rope to the pole; the cart drove out from under him and he hung till he was dead. Then he was cut down and the guards now marched away. The Negro took off the white frock, which he had on over his clothes. He then twitched his silver shirt sleeve buttons and pocketed them; next stripped off his vest; then took the bottoms of his pantaloons and with a violent yank, which drew the body a foot or two forwards, pulled them off and exposed his legs. Some of the spectators could endure the Negro's brutality no longer. They kicked him and forbade his taking off the shirt from the corpse. So the Negro desisted." "For every spy who was hanged, there were many others who simply blended back into the local community. Mary Bain's father was a Tory who was active in the British cause. Mary Gillespie Bain of Argyle: "Lovett was at our house, and stayed in our barn overnight the third day before he was hung on a tree at Schuylerville. Two other men were in company with him at the same time. He was as fine a looking man as ever I saw…" The following deposition and fragment of a letter is from the pension application of Ichabod Nye, pension no. S9444, Nat'l Archives microfilm Series M804: "He… declares that he served as a soldier in a regiment of state troops of Massachusetts, at a campaign of three months. This regiment was organized by one Lieutenant Colonel and one Major and eight companies of men. It was divided for duty. Four companies were stationed at Saratoga, under the Lieut. Colonel. [Those] under the Major was sent up the Mohawk River. This regiment was drawn from the militia of the Counties of Hampshire and Worcester by voluntary engagements, by being apportioned to the several towns in those counties, and the towns enlisted and paid the men for service and the officers took the field on a routine of duty from among the militia." "This part of the Regiment, to which applicant belonged was quartered on the ground, in Barracks, where General. Burgoyne made the treaty to surrender his army to General Gates, October 17, 1777. The Saratoga, commencing about the middle of August, 1781, and ending the middle of November, composing business and employment of the Corps, was to scout and reconnoiter the country around, and General Stark commanded at this station. A small corps of men were stationed at this place, when we arrived, under one Capt. Grey, garrisoned in some small huts and block house, pallisaded on or near the bank of a creek, on which General. Schuyler had mills erected, called Fish Kill Creek. Applicant has forgotten entirely, the name of the Colonel and one of the Captains with whom he served. The other three were Shaddock, Strong, and King. With the Colonel the applicant formed very little acquaintance, he never knew him previous to that time, nor since. The Major's name he has also forgotten. Him, he never saw. The Battalion to which applicant belonged was discharged about the middle of November 1781, by a general order read upon the parade, at the evening roll call. With this division of troops, there was no battles fought, or any skirmishing took place during the campaign. A party of refugees (Toreys) of some fifteen or sixteen, were made prisoners, by one of our scouts, and one of their number was condemned by a Court Martial, as a Spy, and hung on a bluff or high ground, near General Schuyler's house at this post." "Some time in the month of September, a battle was fought with that portion of the Regiment which went up the Mohawk with a party of Indians, and Toreys in which it was said, was well contested. In consequence of this and some other reports relative to the enemy in that quarter, a reinforcement was sent up from below, one regiment of Continentals under Col. Benjamin Tupper, and one of state troops from New York under Col. McKinster and General Starling to command, at that post; but soon after the news arrived of the Capture of the British Army in Virginia, these regiments retired to Albany, and in November the campaign broke up." "The discrepancy of the amount of service was owing to my not having any means of ascertaining the exact time when, or how long I was in the militia service, in the year of 1781. I well recollect that I was in the field 12 or 14 days before the Colonel or the Captain of the company in which I was finally arranged, came up and took the field. I was under the command of Captain Shaddock from Albany and Saratoga, and for some time, in the beginning of service. The troops of this division were all discharged at one and the same time, by a general order read on parade at the evening roll call." "I proceed to give a detailed account of the nine months as charged in my declaration, to show if possible, that I am the person whose name is borne on the books, in the war department." "Early in July 1779, the town of Hadley was called upon for to furnish six men, to fill up the regiments then in service, which had been reduced by the effects of the war. The confederated government at this time had not the means to enlist or pay men for service in the Army. I accordingly, contracted with the Selectmen of the town to perform this tour of service for nine months. I was promised to receive the wages and rations that the troops then in service were allowed, together with a bounty of two hundred dollars from the state of Massachusetts, on producing the certificate of service having been performed by me. But was bound however to furnish arms, ____?, clothing and blanket for and during the service." "On these conditions on the 4th day of July 1779, I passed muster for the tour at South Hadley before one Goodman, the Muster master for that quarter. I was then in my seventeenth year of age, was measured and recorded to be five feet and ten inches in height. The 13th of the same month, I marched in company with Francis Trayner, Ebenezer Pomeroy, Seymour Helsey, Medad Noble, and one Smith for Springfield. We arrived at that place on the 14th; some days after we were conducted into the army, at West Point, by one Captain Nixon, of Nixon's Regiment, and General Nixon's Brigade where we were assigned over to Colonel Graton's Regiment, excepting F. Traynor, he was taken into another Regiment (of which I do not remember.)" "Nixon's Brigade then was laying about 4 miles southerly of West Point, in the woods on the road from New York to Fish Kill, in the high ground, about one mile above Continental Village (so-called), consisting of three regiments, Greaton's, Putnam's, and Nixon's. Colonel Alden's regiment, which had formerly been annexed to it, had been mostly destroyed at the North and nevermore joined the Brigade. The month of August was spent in guarding the bases in the highland and fitting the new levies for more practical service. Headquarters were at West Point. The Enemy's advance lay at King's Ferry and here I would remark that during this year 1779 very little fighting was done. I know of none, save that of General Wayne and taking the fortress of Stoney Point from the enemy, and that of Colonel Thompson being taken the March following at Yong's house, above the Plains." "Sometime about the first of September Nixon's Brigade moved out from the highland to North Castle where we were joined by General Glover's, which had come on from Rhode Island, and General Robert How took the command of the division, during the fall of that campaign. This division made several movements in that quarter of the country, during the fall chiefly at, or in the neighborhood of the Groton River to watch the enemy and Cow Boys, or thieves in these parts, of which it was infested. Nothing very remarkable took place, excepting the scarcity of bread, for the supply of the troops of this division. West Point was the object of the enemy at this time, and it was necessary that that garrison should be supplied with stores. Consequently we in the country had to do with little, as early as the 17th of October. The Regiment was at one time, eight days without bread! This, I thought, was suffering, but this was only the beginning of sorrow." "In November, Colonel Hazen's regiment joined our Brigade, which had been during the summer, into the Connecticut Valley, to the border of the lower Canady, for what purpose, no one could divine, save himself. The season was spent without any good to the public service, at any rate our guarding duty during this campaign was intolerably hard and fatiguing. The enemy evacuated their position at King's Ferry, about the first of December and Nixon's Brigade took a position near to Fish Kill Village. Glover's Brigade and the Congress Regiment crossed the Hudson; and left this Brigade to guard the works at Verplanck's Point (which the enemy had burned). It was the last of December before we took winter quarters." "Greaton's regiment took the huts, built by one Col. Howe, a little below and west of Continental Village. Putnam and Nixon's regiments took the huts built by the Brigade the year previous, in the highlands above. The soldiery now consisted of three divisions of men- those who had engaged for-and during-the- war, those who had enlisted for three years, and those of nine months. The clothing and dress of the troops now made a singular appearance, when paraded. 'During-the-war' men were dressed in a new uniform (brought from France), the three years men, in their old tattered uniforms (some nearly naked) and the nine months men in their country dress, which they had furnished themselves with, but much worn and not much better than those of 3 years men." "By this time, January 7, 1780, instead of rest and better fare in winter quarters, our labours and suffering had but just begun. The men, who enlisted for three years, their term of service had begun to expire, and were discharged daily from service. It was necessary to keep up the guards and detachments, as heretofore. On the last day of duty I had followed the regiment into quarters, from a tour of duty of seven days at King's Ferry, (and the night previous, laying out in a snow storm in the break?wood), I had anticipated some rest and quiet, but not so. The next evening was notified for command, of 30 days tour." "Next morning I marched with a detachment of 4 companys to North Castle under the command of William Shepherd, Colonel, where we relieved a like command which had been on the enemy's lines. I was, with others, quartered in an open old building, with a fireplace in its center. During the night, a storm of snow commenced, and continued, until every passway and avenue was blocked up literally. In this situation we were without provisions, without fuel, except to be cut, and drawn by hand, through the snow banks. Instead of the storm abating in its violence, it increased by the cold winds." "Exertion or starvation, was before us. A detachment of 50 men were ordered out to force their way to Bedford, where a quantity of pork was stored; I was on this command. One day was spent to reach that place, 4 miles, the next day in the evening we returned to our station, with about 15 or 20 lbs. of meat by each man. Two days after, I was again detached to search for flour in the country mills. After a hard day's work, we brought home some, and in this way we subsisted 2 weeks or more, when we moved our station to Yong's house above the White Plains in hope to find better supply, but it was the same thing, the mills were all frozen up and could not grind. I was detached again, for another expedition, to Colonel Phillip's Mills, but found no flour or meal there, but scraped the mills and ground a little by clearing away the snow and ice." "On the first of February we were relieved by a detachment under Lieut. Colonel Tompson, and we returned to our regiment in (huts). Here we found rest for about 10 days, to care for a condition among the troops (the Itch). So destitute was the hospital during the fall and forepart of the winter that a remedy was not to be obtained until this time, for one man." "The first of March, I was again detached for the old station, (the lines so- called) Yong's house. At evening, after we marched, we met a part of Thompson's troops retreating with two wounded officers along. Thompson had suffered himself to be surprised by the enemy's Horse and Light Infantry, from New York. By his incredulity; the most of two companies of his men were killed and taken prisoner, to the city. The month of March was expended in very alive watching and marchings to and from on the enemy's lines, to take those who were employed to feed the enemy with beef and fresh meat and etc, in the City of New York. Yong's house was burned when Thompson was taken." "This month having passed away, the detachment was again relieved by another, and we again returned to our cantonments. By this time the greater part of the men who had engaged for 3 years were discharged from service and of course the duty increased. The second day after I arrived at our station, was ordered on command of 4 days to West Point to assist in preparing the chains to be stretched across the Hudson which had been taken up the fall previous. The river was frozen to cross until the 11th of April, we crossed in boats. On the 11th I was discharged with my comrades. We took our way home by subsisting on the charity of the inhabitants, by begging." The above description is certain to reflect many of the things that the soldiers of the northern army stationed in New York must have suffered during the term of service 1781-1782. Nothing in the above narrative suggests that Ichabod Nye was any different from the other soldiers, but the muster lists provide a revealing detail… Ichabod Nye was described as having wooly hair and black complexion! As a black freeman with a good education, he eventually became a judge in Deerfield or Hatfield, [or Hadley] Massachusetts. Ichabod Nye is one of the men who served with Asa Goodell. From An Account of Marriages consummated by Rev. Joel Foster, at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, in New Salem, MA, page 7: November 29, 1787 Asa Goodall and Martha Liscom, of New Salem. On page 92 of the records of the town meetings of Wendell in October 1790, Asa Goodale, among a long list of other young males, was 'warned" out of town. These young men were born and raised there, for the most part, and the 'warning' appears to be a method used to identify men who were 'of age' and earning a living, that it was time for them to contribute their share of the ministerial and road taxes. They were not forced to leave town if they registered with the town clerk, who then rated their ability to pay the taxes. In 1791, the records of the Wendell town meetings, page 99, show that: "We the subscribers whose names are underwritten do class ourselves to the East part of the Town which is called the East Class or District. We have also agreed to build a School House and Said House is to be set over the Brook east of David Whitaker's by the Barrs leading to the North." Among others, JAMES 'TYRAH' and Asa Goodale signed it. From the 1787-1889 Grantee's Index, page 112: 1793, January 10-David Whitaker to Asa Goodale, Volume 4, page 697, Wendell. From the Franklin County Courthouse in Greenfield, MA, the 1787-1889 Grantor Index, page 130: "1794, October 11-From Asa Goodale to William Sawyer, Volume 8, page 56, Wendell." From: "Whitehall [Washington Co], NY, Local History Sketches," by Clarence E Holden, 1989, pg. 77: "In 1808, the troop of horse, part of which belonged to Whitehall, was disbanded. This year, Asa Goodale, of Salem a progenitor of another prominent Whitehall family, received a commission as lieutenant." From: Vol. III, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821," Pg. 934-936: [Dated 1807 at top of page] "Annual Report of the State Historian: Washington County. Brigade of militia in Washington County, whereof Warren Ferris is brigadier general" [continued on page 936] : "Regiment commanded by Major Pettit: Micajah Pettit, Lt. Col; John Steward, first major; Jonathan Wood, 2nd major; Nathaniel Pitcher, adjutant; Reuben Morgan, paymaster; Leonard Gibbs, surgeon; Adolphus Freeman, surgeon's mate; Benjamin Seelye, ensign; Henry Spencer, ensign, vice West, resigned." "Benjamin Coupland, captain; Asa Goodale, lieutenant." Asa Goodell is buried just east of West Fort Ann, off Highway 149 and Cartier Rd in the Haskins Cemetery. Asa's headstone was reported in the cemetery lists of Fort Ann as being buried below the surface. There are 109 graves, which have been excavated by Diane Purner, and her sisters [in 2003-2004] These good ladies cut down all of the saplings which were growing throughout the burying ground, and mowed all the various grasses and shrubs by hand. Asa's wife's name was Martha Liscom, but the woman with whom he is buried was called 'Patty' ____. [As I understand it, this nickname 'Patty' was often used for women named 'Martha.'] In the same graveyard, there is a grave for a Rachel Liscom, born 1760, died 1837, "A Maiden". Asa and Martha had no children of their own. They adopted Martha's niece, only known as 'Polly' Liscom. 'Polly ' married Alexander Baker, and they had 7 children known to me. The woman buried next to Alexander Baker in the Haskin Cemetery in Fort Ann is called Ruth A Baker. Either the nickname 'Polly' was given to this woman, or Ruth is a second wife of Alexander. The descendants of Alexander and 'Polly' [Liscom] Baker have posted no death date for her. [My thanks to Laura Buckmaster of laurabuckmaster@sbcglobal.net for the dates of most of the Baker descendants, posted on Rootsweb World Connect.] Asa's will names his heirs, Asa Goodell Baker [son of Alexander and 'Polly'] and his wife, Mabel (Young) Baker, and their sons William and Alexander Baker." Asa Goodell's Will "I, Asa Goodell of Fort Ann, County of Washington, state of New York, do make and publish my last will and testament in ?manner following:" "Item. I give and bequeath unto my wife 'Patty' Goodell all my lands and estate, real and personal of what name or nature ___ wheresoever the same may lie or be at my decease, with the exception of the lands and premises herein after mentioned and with the condition on her part to pay certain legacies to be paid by her as hereinafter mentioned; that is to say: She is to pay unto Mabel Baker, widow of Asa Baker, the sum of five hundred dollars payable in good obligations within a reasonable time after my decease; and my said wife to pay to Nathan Curtis whose family lived with us, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars within two years from my decease; and my said wife to pay to William Y. Baker and Alexander Baker, sons of said Asa and Mabel Baker in young? _____ or money sufficient to enable them to get a colt and yoke of oxen and my said wife is to give up to Richard Newton a note he gave to me some years ago of two hundred and twenty dollars upon the express condition that the said Nathan Curtis and Richard Newton are severally to execute and deliver over to my said wife full and final releases and discharges of any and all claims and demands against me and my estate which they or either of them have or might in anywise have. And my said wife is also to pay all my debts and funeral expenses. Item. I give unto said William Y. Baker and Alexander Baker and to their heirs the Benjamin Burgess place said to be about fifty-one acres on part of Lot No. 10 of the Attleberry patent in said town of Fort Ann, and I also give unto them, the said William Y. Baker and Alexander Baker, my leasehold estate of _____ forty-seven acres and half, of lands described in a lease from George Wray to me of Subdivision No. one, part of Lot No. 11 of said Attleberry Patent except about twelve acres leased off by me to Steven Grout, together with the east half of Subdivision No. two, part of said Lot. No. 11 of said Attleberry Patent, making in all to said boys about one hundred and ten acres or thereabouts allowing however unto their mother the use of the same lands until they shall both arrive to the age of twenty-one years, in case she continues the widow of said Asa Baker. The subsequent rents and taxes thereon is to be borne and paid from time to time by the occupants." "And I further give unto said William Y. Baker and Alexander Baker and there being twenty-seven acres of land lying in the northeast corner of Lot No. 5 of said Attleberry Patent, beginning at the north east corner of said Lot No. 5, thence running west at the north line of said lot to the northeast corner of Allen Chase's land, part of said lot, thence south on said Chase's east line to said Chase's southeast corner, thence east parallel with the north line of said lot to the place of beginning containing as is said twenty-seven acres. And in case of the death of either said boys prior to the age of twenty one, the aforesaid share a half of said several pieces of land is to go to his mother, and if both boys die previous to twenty-one years of age without _______ ____ twenty-one years without heirs living then, and in that case the whole of said lands intended for them is to go to their two sisters, Permelia Baker, and Emeroy Baker and their heirs. Item: It is my will and decree that if my said wife shall neglect or omit to make a disposition by will or otherwise before or at her decease of the lands and premises and property herein before given to and intended for her as before mentioned, that then and in that case the one third thereof so left indisposed of by my wife is to go to said Mabel Baker and the other two thirds thereof to go to her four children equally between them and their heirs. Item. It is further my will that if any of the before named legatees to this will shall express a dissatisfaction in reference to the provisions herein made for them, that then and in such case or cases so many as shall display? dissatisfaction or express such dissatisfaction are not in any wise to share in any part of my estate, but his ___ on their share and shares, right and rights is to go to the rest of said legatees. Lastly, I do hereby appoint my said wife executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal, this 20th of May, AD 1845. Asa Goodell, L. S File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/franklin/bios/goodell112gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 33.5 Kb