1802 - 1884

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• Birth	20 Apr 1802	Sharon, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	20 Dec 1802
  DEAT	age 82y, 2m, 29d
  DEAT	19 Jul 1844
  Died	19 Jul 1884	Janesville, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Buried	Zion Rural/Janesville Cemetery, Seward Center, Ny
  Person ID	I85406	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 May 2005 00:00:00
  Family 1	Jane MCDONALD, b. 1801
  Married	20 Mar 1870	Schoharie Co., Ny
  Family ID	F37347	Group Sheet
  Married	29 Oct 1844	Schoharie Co., Ny
  Children	1. Emma Augusta SEXTON, b. 8 May 1863
  Family ID	F37355	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Sophrona S. SOUTHWORTH, b. 12 Oct 1803, Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York
  Married	16 Mar 1823	Prob. Sharon, Schoharie Co., Ny
  Children	1. Weltha SEXTON, b. 1 Dec 1823   2. Anna SEXTON, b. 29 Aug 1825   3. Austin SEXTON, b. 23 Nov 1826   4. Caroline SEXTON, b. 4 Oct 1828   5. Chester SEXTON, b. 12 Oct 1830   6. Mary Ann SEXTON, b. 27 Jun 1834   7. Lucy Jane SEXTON, b. 24 Aug 1836   8. Weltha Maria SEXTON, b. 8 Oct 1838   9. Austin Hiram SEXTON, b. 15 Sep 1841
  Family ID	F37200	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet - 1) Info on Hiram & 3 marriages frome-correspondence with Bob, from Rochester, at Seabees40@aol.com 2) PROBATERECORDS: A. Schoharie County Surrogate's Court; In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of Hiram Sexton late of Seward Schoharie County, deceased. Petition to Prove Will Filed August 4th 1884; Stephen L. Mayham, Surrogate. Citations deliverable Sept. 20th at Cobleskill. The petition of Alfred W. Rowley(Executor named in will of Hiram Sexton) of the town of Seward in the countyof Schoharie Respectfully Showeth: That lately, on or about the 19th day ofJuly one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four Hiram Sexton died at the town of Seward in the county of Schoharie, being at the time of his death an inhabitant of said County; that the said deceased left a certain instrument in writing purporting to be his last Will and Testament, bearing date the 25th day of April A. D. 1877, and relates to both real and personal estate: Your Petitioner verily believes said instrument to be the last Will and Testament ofthe said Hiram Sextion deceased, and that the said petitionner is one of the Executors therein named. The said deceased left him surviving the followingpersons whose names and places of residence are stated, except where the same have not been ascertained upon diligent inquiry, and being unknown, are notstated, to wit: Caroline Thompson residing in Seward, Scho. Co., NY ChesterSexton, Seward, Schoharie County, NY Mary Ann Wieting, Cobleskill, Scho. Co.,NY Welthy Calkins, Cobleskill, Scho. Co., NY Austin H. Sexton, Seward, Scho.Co., NY Catharine L. Winsor, Portlandville, Otsego Co., NY Sophrona Brown, Seward, Scho. Co., NY Emma A. Rowley, Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., NY The deceased left no widow and the foregoing are those who comprise all the heirs atlaw and next of kin to the said testator. Your Petitioner prays that said instrument may be proved and recorded as a Will relating to both real and personal estate, and that the usual Citations issue to the aforesaid persons to show cause, &c., and that a subpoena issue to Isaac M. Griggs and John Petrie who are subscribing witnesses to the same, living in the State of New York. Dated this 4th day of August A.D. 1884 LS Alfred W. Rowley [Notarized] B.WILL OF HIRAM SEXTON: In the Name of God Amen. I, Hiram Sexton of the Town of Seward in the County of Schoharie and State of New York of the age of Seventy Seven years and being of sound mind and memory do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say - FirstI give and bequeath to my son Chester Sexton all of that lot of land on which he now lives and is bounded on the south by the highway on the west by therail road north by the land of David L. France and easterly by the west creekall lying between the Rail Road and west creek containing twenty acres of land more or less. Second I give and bequeath to my daughters Sophrona and EmmaSexton, equally share and share alike the house and lot on which I now live to be enlarged as follows, viz; takes its beginning twenty five feet from the east corner of the door yard fence on the north side of the highway thencenortherly to an apple tree standing at a board fene, said tree now being grafted thence westerly along said board fence to the west creek thence southerlyalong the east side of said creek to the bridge thence easterly along the north side of the highway to the fence of beginning which is twenty five feet from the east corner of the door yard fence containing two acres of land moreor less. Third I give and bequeath to my son Austin H. Sexton all of the farm on which he now lives and occupies containing about one hundred and forty acres of land more or less (Excepting always the house and lots given to my two daughters Sophrona and Emma Sexton before menti