Wife of Elisha Howe First Generation 1. Ann (twin) HOLLISTER was born on 1 MAR 1745 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Second Generation 2. Gideon HOLLISTER was born on 23 SEP 1699 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. He signed a will on 31 JAN 1781 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D. Published by Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. p. 61. Will of Gideon Hollister - East Windsor Probate Records, Vol. I. p. 111. In the name of God, amen. I, Gideon Hollister of Glastonbury in the County of Hartford, being of sound mind and memory, do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament. In the first place I commit my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried, and touching my worldly estate my mind and will is that my just debts and funeral charges be paid out of my movable estate by my executors hereafter mentioned. Item - I give to my beloved wife Rachel, one third part of my movable estate after my debts are paid, to be her own forever, and also the use and improvement of one third of my real estate and what is mentioned in a lease from my sons Gideon and Israel to me and my wife during her natural life. Item. - I give to my son Gideon Hollister, my large meal chest, after my wife's decease, and also about two acres and a rod of land a little southwesterly from my dwelling house, beginning at a (illegible) stone about sixteen rods from my house, then to run southwesterly about forty rods to a heap of stones by a fence and west of a path, then to run southward about six rods to rods to a heap of stones by Gideon's fence and bounding southward and eastward on Gideon's own land, and also about sixty rods of land at the westerly end of Gideon's twenty rod lot, being about one half of my lot laid out for a highway against his twenty rod lot to run from Gideon's northwest corner to the old corner of he twenty-five acre piece - all to his heirs and assigns forever. Item. - I give to my son Nathaniel Hollister about three acres and a half of land in the twenty-five acre lot bounding southeasterly and southwesterly on said Nathaniel's land, and easterly on Elizu Hollister's land and northerly on land of Gideon Hollister, Jr., and one piece of land in my home lot to begin at the southwesterly end, and is there fourteen rods and ten links wide, and holds the width northwesterly to a stone near a whit birch at the bottom of the hill, northwesterly side of the brook and then running southwesterly to William Well's south east corner on Nathaniel's own land, to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Item. - I give to my son Israel Hollister twenty rods wide of land lying on the easterly side of the lot where he now dwells, the length of my old lot butts northerly on a highway, southerly on his own land, southwesterly on lands of William Wells, and westerly on said Israel's own land, to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Item. - I give to my daughter, Mary Strickland, five shillings worth of my moveable estate, she having had her part before. Item. - I give to my daughter, Rachel Holden, five shillings worth of my moveable estate, she having had her part before. Item. - I give to my daughter, Jemima Brainard, five shillings worth of my moveable estate, she having had her part before. Item. - I give to my daughter, Anne Howe, five shillings worth of my moveable estate, she having had her part before. Item. - I give to my daughter, Elizabeth Howe, five shillings worth of my moveable estate, she having had her part before. And I do appoint my son Israel Hollister to by my executor to this my last Will and Testament, and I do publish and pronounce this to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty-first day of January, 1781. Signed, sealed, and pronounced in presence of Aaron Hubbard, Jonah Fox, James McLean. Gideon Hollister (seal) He died on 15 FEB 1785 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Inventory of estate was completed on 1 APR 1785 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D. Published by Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. p. 63. Inventory, 1 April, 1785, Elisha Hollister and Elizur Hollister, appraisers, 29 pound, 11 shillings & 9 pence. The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D. Published by Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. p. 61. Settled in Eastbury Parish of Glastonbury; he was a lieutenant of militia in 1736; was a deacon of the church in Eastbury; died Feb. 15, 1785, and is buried in the old Eastbury graveyard. The house in which he died was built by his father, and was still standing in 1882. Gideon HOLLISTER and Rachel TALCOTT were married in 1723 in , , Connecticut. 3. Rachel TALCOTT was born on 6 OCT 1706 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 13 JUN 1790 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Gideon HOLLISTER and Rachel TALCOTT had the following children: i. Gideon HOLLISTER was born on 1 MAR 1728 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. ii. Mary HOLLISTER was born in 1730 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. iii. Nathaniel HOLLISTER was born in 1731 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. iv. Jemima HOLLISTER was born in 1734 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. v. Rachel HOLLISTER was born in 1738 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. vi. Israel HOLLISTER was born about 1741 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 28 FEB 1818. vii. Elizabeth HOLLISTER was born in 1743 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. viii. Hannah HOLLISTER was born on 1 MAR 1745 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 30 MAR 1840. 1 ix. Ann (twin) HOLLISTER.