Do you think Susannah married a Brown? On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:01 AM, <vannorman-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Joseph Van Norman's will (1741-1824) (Arlene Reeves) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:05:03 -0400 > From: Arlene Reeves <arkretired@hotmail.com> > Subject: [VANNORMAN] Joseph Van Norman's will (1741-1824) > To: vannorman rootsweb <vannorman@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <SNT143-w2977EEE17D1384A59D2DBFCE7C0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > In reviewing the will of Joseph Van Norman I have "found" things I missed > in previous readings. The will is dated September 7, 1810 and was "proved" > April 13, 1824. Joseph names all of the children I am aware of- Ephraim, > Isaac, Daniel, John, Jessie, Aaron, Susannah, ... Benjamin, equal shares, > then Levi (as listed below) and Sarah Fleming "one good cow", and Anna (as > listed below). > > "I give and bequeath to my beloved son Levi three hundred dollars .... > except Levi only, he is to pay out of his share seventy dollars to Oliver > Brown" > > "I give and bequeath Sarah Owens, Luman Munson and Lacy Munson the share > that my beloved daughter Anna would have had, had she lived, to be equally > divided among them." > > "To my four grandchildren, to wit, Oliver Brown, Sarah Owens, Luman Munson > and Lacy Munson..." > > I believe Anna named in the will is Joseph & Elizabeth's daughter Eliza > Anna Van Norman (Elijah) Owens (Thaddeus) Munson. Records indicate she > died from 1811 to 1817, her headstone says "Anna Munson May 29, 1811 aged > 36 years". I recently found a reference to a newspaper listing "Munson, > Anna 34 died, Ontario County Repository, June 5 1810 Mrs. Thad's Munson" I > will attempt to find a copy of this listing to see if there is additional > information. I show Sarah, Luman & Lacy as her children. > > Has anyone heard of an Oliver Brown connected to this family? > Arlene Van Norman Reees > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VANNORMAN list administrator, send an email to > VANNORMAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VANNORMAN mailing list, send an email to > VANNORMAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VANNORMAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 110 > ***************************************** >