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View Tree for Guian McConnellGuian McConnell (b. Bef. 1755, d. 1807)

Guian McConnell5733, 5734 was born Bef. 1755 in Scotland5735, 5736, and died 1807 in Fayette, Seneca Co., New York5737, 5738, 5739. He married Martha Kelsey on Abt. 17725740, daughter of John Kelsey and Margaret Wilson.

 Includes NotesNotes for Guian McConnell:
[wisniewski.FTW]

1790 U.S. federal census Northumberland Co PA ancestry images on-line image 14 of 51
Gauin Connel 2 males over 16, 4 males under 16, 5 females


[Broderbund Family Archive #238 Ed. 1, Genealogical Records: New York,Date of Import: Jun 7 , 1999, Internal Ref. #1.238.1.18337.5]

Individual: Guian McConnell
Event: Lived
Date: 1800
Location: Washington
County: Dutchess
Province: New York

Source Title: Reel 28, 1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm SeriesM32
Source Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC.
Source More Information: See Family History Library, in Salt Lake City,Utah.
Page 542

Guien McConnels Will 1807The people of the State of New York by the grace of God freeand i ndependent.To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern sendgreeting:Know ye t hat at the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca on thetwentieth day of August in the year o f our Lord one thousandeighty hundred and seven before Jared Sandford EsquireSurrogate of o ur said County the last Will and testament ofGuien McConnel deceased (a copy whereof is here to annexed) wasproved and is now approved and allowed of by us: And the saiddeceased havin g whilst he lived and at the time of his deathgoods chattels or Credits within this State b y means whereofthe proving and registering the said will and the grantingAdministration o f all and singular the said goods chattels andcredits and also the auditing allowing and fin al dischargingthe account thereof doth belong unto us: The administration ofall and singula r the goods chattels and credits of the saiddeceased and any way concerning his will is gran ted unto MarthaMcConnel and John McConnel Executors in the said will namedthey being firs t duly sworn well and faithfully to administerthe same and to make and exhibit a true and pe rfect inventoryof all and singular the said goods chattels and credits andalso to rende r a just and true account thereof when thereuntorequired.In testimony whereof, we have cau sed the seal of office of oursaid Surrogate to be hereunto affixed: Witness Jared SandfordE squire Surrogate of the said County at Ovid aforesaid, thetwentieth day of August in the yea r of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and seven and of our independence the thirtysecond. Jared Sandford SurrogateIn the name of God Amen I Guien McConnel of the town ofWashingto n County of Seneca and State of New York being weakand not in perfect health, though of perf ect sound mind andmemory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortalityof my bod y and knowing that it is appointed for all men once todie do make and ordain this my last wi ll and testament that isto say principally and first of all I give and my recommend mysou l into the hand of Almighty God that gave it, and my body Irequest to be committed to the ea rth to be buried in a decentChristian like manner nothing doubting but at the generalresurr ection I shall receive the same again by the Almightypower of God. And as touching such worl dly estate wherewith ithas pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and demiseand d ispose of the same in the following manner and form.First, I give and bequeath to Martha McC onnel my dearly belovedwife the one third part of all my personal and real estate andas tou ching my household furniture by her to be possessed andenjoyed or disposed of as she may thi nk proper but it is to beunderstood that she is to enjoy the one third of the personaland r eal estate no longer than she remains my widow and at herdeath to dispose of as she may thin k proper, hereby appointingher as my sole and lawful Executrix and as for all theremainde r of my real and personal estate I give and bequeathunto my three sons namely John Alexande r and James McConnel tobe equally divided among the sons before mentioned. Firstly, itis m y will that they pay unto my well beloved daughter MargaretHoward the sum of five Dollars se condly to my well beloveddaughter Jane Bush the sum of five Dollars Thirdly to my wellbelov ed daughter Martha Sheep the sum of five Dollars andfourthly, to my well beloved son Willia m McConnel it is my willthat they pay unto him the thirty Dollars. And fifthly to mywell be loved daughter Rebekah one hundred Dollars to be paid inMoney or property at the discretio n of my Executors. It ishowever to be understood that the several legacies are not tobe pai d untill the land whereon I now live is paid for or soldat the discretion of my Executors. I t is also my will that myExecutors pay unto my grandson Josiah Armstrong the sum of onehund red Dollars with the lawful interest of the same providedthat he lives with my Executrix til l he is twenty one years ofage, but if he does not live with my Executrix till he istwent y one then he is to receive the principal only but if heshould die before that he should arr ive to the age aforesaid itis my will that the aforesaid legacy be paid unto my grandsonGui en McConnel Howard when he shall arrive to the age of twentyone. And I do hereby constitut e and appoint my well belovedwife Martha McConnel and John McConnel as the sole and lawfulE xecutrix and Executor of this my last will and testamentratifying and confirming this and n o other to be my last willand testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my handan d seal this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred and five.S igned Seal published and declared Guien McConnel (LS)by the said Guien McConnel as hislas t will and testament in the presenceof us who in his presence and in thepresence of each ot her have hereuntosubscribed our namesWm. LeonardAlexander S. SheepWilliam McConnelSenec a CountySurrogates OfficeBe it remembered that William McConnel personally appearedbefor e me Jared Sandford Surrogate of said County thistwentieth day of August one thousand eigh t hundred and sevenwho being duly sworn did depose and say that he saw GuienMcConnel the te stator in the preceding will named sign and sealthe same and heard him pronounce end declar e the above writingto be his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof the sai d testator was of sound and disposing mind and memoryas far as he knew and as he verily beli eved and that Wm.Leonard and Alexander S. Sheep the other subscribing witnesseswere presen t at the same time and signed their names aswitnesses to the said will with this deponent i n the presenceof the said testator.Jared SandfordSeneca County Surrogates OfficeBe it r emembered that Martha McConnel and John McConnelExecutors in the preceding will named person ally appearedbefore me Jared Sandford Surrogate of said County thistwentieth day of Augus t in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and seven who being duly sworn deposed a nd saidthat the preceding instrument contained the last will andtestament of Guien McConne l the testator therein named as faras they knew and as they verily believed and that they wo uldwell and truly administer the Same by paying first the debts ofthe said deceased and the n the legacies therein specified asfar as the goods chattels and credits of the said decease d canthere to extend and the law require and that they would make orcause to be made a tru e and perfect inventory of all the allthe (sic) goods chattels and credits which were of th e saidtestator so far as they have or shall come to the possession orknowledge of the sai d deponents and the same so made exhibit orcause to be exhibited into the office of the Surr ogate of saidcounty within the space of six calendar months and render ajust and true accou nt of Administration when thereuntorequired.Jared SandfordTranscribed by Kathy McConnel l DeFoster on 20 Mar 1996 fromMicrofilm No. 0843628 (LDS) of Book A of the County of Seneca( New York) Surrogate's Records of Wills and Letters ofAdministration from 1804 to 1813. Thi s transcription is anaccurate interpretation of the original record, includingspelling an d punctuation.The will was written 8 May 1805 by Guien McConnel; after hisdeath in 1807, i t was copied into the surrogate's book by thesurrogate, so it contains none of the origina l signatures.[Wisniewski 2.FTW]

1790 U.S. federal census Northumberland Co PA ancestry images on-line image 14 of 51
Gauin Connel 2 males over 16, 4 males under 16, 5 females


[Broderbund Family Archive #238 Ed. 1, Genealogical Records: New York,Date of Import: Jun 7 , 1999, Internal Ref. #1.238.1.18337.5]

Individual: Guian McConnell
Event: Lived
Date: 1800
Location: Washington
County: Dutchess
Province: New York

Source Title: Reel 28, 1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm SeriesM32
Source Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC.
Source More Information: See Family History Library, in Salt Lake City,Utah.
Page 542

Guien McConnels Will 1807The people of the State of New York by the grace of God freeand i ndependent.To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern sendgreeting:Know ye t hat at the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca on thetwentieth day of August in the year o f our Lord one thousandeighty hundred and seven before Jared Sandford EsquireSurrogate of o ur said County the last Will and testament ofGuien McConnel deceased (a copy whereof is here to annexed) wasproved and is now approved and allowed of by us: And the saiddeceased havin g whilst he lived and at the time of his deathgoods chattels or Credits within this State b y means whereofthe proving and registering the said will and the grantingAdministration o f all and singular the said goods chattels andcredits and also the auditing allowing and fin al dischargingthe account thereof doth belong unto us: The administration ofall and singula r the goods chattels and credits of the saiddeceased and any way concerning his will is gran ted unto MarthaMcConnel and John McConnel Executors in the said will namedthey being firs t duly sworn well and faithfully to administerthe same and to make and exhibit a true and pe rfect inventoryof all and singular the said goods chattels and credits andalso to rende r a just and true account thereof when thereuntorequired.In testimony whereof, we have cau sed the seal of office of oursaid Surrogate to be hereunto affixed: Witness Jared SandfordE squire Surrogate of the said County at Ovid aforesaid, thetwentieth day of August in the yea r of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and seven and of our independence the thirtysecond. Jared Sandford SurrogateIn the name of God Amen I Guien McConnel of the town ofWashingto n County of Seneca and State of New York being weakand not in perfect health, though of perf ect sound mind andmemory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortalityof my bod y and knowing that it is appointed for all men once todie do make and ordain this my last wi ll and testament that isto say principally and first of all I give and my recommend mysou l into the hand of Almighty God that gave it, and my body Irequest to be committed to the ea rth to be buried in a decentChristian like manner nothing doubting but at the generalresurr ection I shall receive the same again by the Almightypower of God. And as touching such worl dly estate wherewith ithas pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and demiseand d ispose of the same in the following manner and form.First, I give and bequeath to Martha McC onnel my dearly belovedwife the one third part of all my personal and real estate andas tou ching my household furniture by her to be possessed andenjoyed or disposed of as she may thi nk proper but it is to beunderstood that she is to enjoy the one third of the personaland r eal estate no longer than she remains my widow and at herdeath to dispose of as she may thin k proper, hereby appointingher as my sole and lawful Executrix and as for all theremainde r of my real and personal estate I give and bequeathunto my three sons namely John Alexande r and James McConnel tobe equally divided among the sons before mentioned. Firstly, itis m y will that they pay unto my well beloved daughter MargaretHoward the sum of five Dollars se condly to my well beloveddaughter Jane Bush the sum of five Dollars Thirdly to my wellbelov ed daughter Martha Sheep the sum of five Dollars andfourthly, to my well beloved son Willia m McConnel it is my willthat they pay unto him the thirty Dollars. And fifthly to mywell be loved daughter Rebekah one hundred Dollars to be paid inMoney or property at the discretio n of my Executors. It ishowever to be understood that the several legacies are not tobe pai d untill the land whereon I now live is paid for or soldat the discretion of my Executors. I t is also my will that myExecutors pay unto my grandson Josiah Armstrong the sum of onehund red Dollars with the lawful interest of the same providedthat he lives with my Executrix til l he is twenty one years ofage, but if he does not live with my Executrix till he istwent y one then he is to receive the principal only but if heshould die before that he should arr ive to the age aforesaid itis my will that the aforesaid legacy be paid unto my grandsonGui en McConnel Howard when he shall arrive to the age of twentyone. And I do hereby constitut e and appoint my well belovedwife Martha McConnel and John McConnel as the sole and lawfulE xecutrix and Executor of this my last will and testamentratifying and confirming this and n o other to be my last willand testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my handan d seal this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred and five.S igned Seal published and declared Guien McConnel (LS)by the said Guien McConnel as hislas t will and testament in the presenceof us who in his presence and in thepresence of each ot her have hereuntosubscribed our namesWm. LeonardAlexander S. SheepWilliam McConnelSenec a CountySurrogates OfficeBe it remembered that William McConnel personally appearedbefor e me Jared Sandford Surrogate of said County thistwentieth day of August one thousand eigh t hundred and sevenwho being duly sworn did depose and say that he saw GuienMcConnel the te stator in the preceding will named sign and sealthe same and heard him pronounce end declar e the above writingto be his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof the sai d testator was of sound and disposing mind and memoryas far as he knew and as he verily beli eved and that Wm.Leonard and Alexander S. Sheep the other subscribing witnesseswere presen t at the same time and signed their names aswitnesses to the said will with this deponent i n the presenceof the said testator.Jared SandfordSeneca County Surrogates OfficeBe it r emembered that Martha McConnel and John McConnelExecutors in the preceding will named person ally appearedbefore me Jared Sandford Surrogate of said County thistwentieth day of Augus t in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and seven who being duly sworn deposed a nd saidthat the preceding instrument contained the last will andtestament of Guien McConne l the testator therein named as faras they knew and as they verily believed and that they wo uldwell and truly administer the Same by paying first the debts ofthe said deceased and the n the legacies therein specified asfar as the goods chattels and credits of the said decease d canthere to extend and the law require and that they would make orcause to be made a tru e and perfect inventory of all the allthe (sic) goods chattels and credits which were of th e saidtestator so far as they have or shall come to the possession orknowledge of the sai d deponents and the same so made exhibit orcause to be exhibited into the office of the Surr ogate of saidcounty within the space of six calendar months and render ajust and true accou nt of Administration when thereuntorequired.Jared SandfordTranscribed by Kathy McConnel l DeFoster on 20 Mar 1996 fromMicrofilm No. 0843628 (LDS) of Book A of the County of Seneca( New York) Surrogate's Records of Wills and Letters ofAdministration from 1804 to 1813. Thi s transcription is anaccurate interpretation of the original record, includingspelling an d punctuation.The will was written 8 May 1805 by Guien McConnel; after hisdeath in 1807, i t was copied into the surrogate's book by thesurrogate, so it contains none of the origina l signatures.

More About Guian McConnell:
Immigration: 1776, Scotland to Pennsylvania.5740, 5741
Residence 1: Bef. 1800, Early settler prior to the erection of Fayette.5742, 5743
Residence 2: 1800, Washington, Dutchess, New York.5744, 5745, 5746

More About Guian McConnell and Martha Kelsey:
Marriage: Abt. 17725747

Children of Guian McConnell and Martha Kelsey are:
  1. +John McConnell, b. 1785, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania5747, 5748, d. June 1859, Cascade Twp., Kent Co., Michigan5749, 5750.
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