Found 3 collections related to Wills

Samuel Adams Wells (1787-1840) was a merchant and insurance-company executive who wrote a manuscript biography of his grandfather, the Revolutionary-Era politician Samuel Adams (1722-1803). The collection contains Samuel Adams Wells' autograph draft letter dated Boston, 1826 January 9, to the Honorable Jos. [Joseph] Allen, an American politician and nephew of Samuel Adams, at Worcester, Massachusetts (4 pages); also, Wells' undated copy of the 1694 will of Joseph Adams Sr. of Braintree (4 pages), initialled and endorsed by Wells. Wells transcribed the will from a copy once kept by John Adams, bearing his comment praising Samuel Adams. Wells' letter to Allen asks questions regarding Samuel Adams' ancestry and his participation in political events less

The Van Schaick family descended from trader, processor, and landholder Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick. Van Schaick came to New Netherland and settled in Albany and Beverwyck, New York, during the 1630s. The Van Schaick family indentures, bonds, and other material, date from 1771 to the 1990s and were collected and compiled by Cynthia Sherar, a descendant of Gosen Van Schaick. The genealogical collection records the various economic transactions between Sherar's ancestors, local families, and business entities. less