Appendix - 1810-1819
Memorabilia Related Research Material
Contents
1812-07-11 William Babcock, Son of Capt & Lucretia Babcock, Dies & is Buried at the Farm
1814-09-15 Richard W. Bishop - First Burial in Red Rock Cemetery
1819-11-26 Lucretia Davis Babcock, Wife of Capt Babcock, Dies & is Buried at the Farm
1814-09-15 Richard W. Bishop - First Burial in Red Rock Cemetery
Richard W. Bishop died September 15, 1814 and is buried at the SE corner of what is now plot e053, near the center of the "old cemetery" (now the East Section). I believe he is the first person to be buried in what became the Red Rock Rural Cemetery. - jhc
Killed in Battle at Plattsburgh, Age 33 yrs.
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See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15067503/richard-w-bishop
1817-02-11 John Clark - Last Will & Testament
Signed, Sealed, and Published 11 Feb 1817:
The Last Will and Testament of John Clerk of the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia deceased.
In the Name of God Amen, I John Clerk of the Town of Chatham County of Columbia and State of New York being well as to bodily health and of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the Same, [viewing?] the uncertainty of human life the certainty of Death and the uncertainty when - do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in the manner & form following, that is to say, Firstly I give and bequeath my Soul to God that gave it, with hope of a certain resurrection to everlasting life. Also my worldly property I give and bequeath it in the following manner - Firstly I give and bequeath unto my Son William Clerk three dollars - 2ly I give and bequeath unto my son Andrew Clerk three dollars - 3ly I give and bequeath unto my son Henry Clerk three dollars - 4th Whereas I have given & executed a deed of Fifty Acres of land to my Son Peter Clerk which I consider his proportion of my real Estate, or what I think proper that he shall have of my real Estate - 5ly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah [Seventy?] two dollars - 6ly I give and bequeath unto my grandson Rensselaer Clerk All the land that I own and am possessed of lying on the northerly side of the Turnpike Road and on the Southerly Side of the road or highway leading by Henry Clark's adjoining the land which I gave a deed of to my Son Peter Clerk and to his Heirs. 7th I give & bequeath unto my grandsons Rensselaer Clerk & Major Clerk (The Sons of my Son Peter Clerk) all the residue of real Estate to them their Heirs and assigns for ever in joint partnership. 8th I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter [Hansey?] Jane Clark my looking glass - 9ly I give and bequeath unto my said grand son Rensselaer Clerk all my personal Estate of whatsoever name or nature to him his Heirs and assigns for ever - That I own and am possessed of at the time of my decease Excepting one powder horn and Pistil[sic], which Said powder horn and Pistil[sic] I give and bequeath unto my said grand son Major Clerk
N.B. The words "Son" and "lea[v?]ing" interlined before signed...
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And I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Clerk Executor of my last Will and Testament and to see that the Same is carried into effect as expressed, and it is my Will and pleasure and hereby order That my said sonPeter pay all my just Debts and Legacies herein given and bequeathed and my funeral charges, and to provide that I have decent and Christian burial, and that he my said Executor provide during my natural life Comfortable and decent Support in Sickness and in health during my natural life. In testimony where of I have hereunto Set my hand & seal this Eleventh day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the said John Clerk to be his last Will and Testament in Presents of us who have Subscribed our names as witnesses in the Presents of the Testator.
Hosea Birge Mathew Beale Elisha Hollister Gershon Palmer
his John X Clerk {LS} mark
— revised 2024-07-24 jhc