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Henry Hoover purchased Lot 18, Concession 1, Rainham Township, Haldimand County in 1807. The lot contained 240 acres. Henry Hoover paid 25 pounds to Jacob Stoner for this land, the amount would suggest these men had a close relationship, most probably Jacob is his father in law. Jacob Stoner returned to New York State.
Will of Henry Hoover
Lot 18, Concession 1, Rainham Township.
Written May 23, 1811, Registered July 8, 1811
In the Name of God Amen
I Henry Hoover of Rainham township in the county of Norfolk District of London Province of Upper Canada Yeoman being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but considering the uncertainty of this Life think fit to make this my last Will andament in the following manner namely I recommend my soul to the hands of God and my Body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Manner and as touching such wourldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First I give bequeath to Margaret My dearly beloved Wife a good milch cow and her keeping like wise the flour of twelve bushels of good wheat yearly like wise one hundred pounds of good beef each year and all necessary cloathing and a comfortable dwelling house and house hold furniture and fire wood to keep one fire cut at the door pit for the fire and twenty pounds of sugar and two pounds of tea and two bushels of salt all the above articles I give to be paid yearly so long as she remains my widow. Second I give to my beloved son David Hoover one hundred acres of land being the North end of lot No. eighteen in the first concession which hundred acres is to include the fifty acres which he has paid for this I give to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever which land is valued at fifty pound New York C. Also I give to my beloved son John Hoover whom With his brother David Hoover I like wise constitute make and ordain the sole executors of this my last will and testament and I give to my son John Hoover all and singular my land Messuages and tenements to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever which lands are valued at three hundred pounds new york currency. Also I ordain that my son John Hoover shall pay his brother David Hoover the sum of ten pounds N.Y.C. in one year after my decease and then he shall pay to my son Henry the sum of sixty pounds N.Y.C. in two yearly payments the first to be paid in two years after my decease and the other thirty pounds to be paid one year after. Also he shall pay to my beloved daughter Anne the sum of sixty pounds N.Y.C. in two yearly payments the first thirty pounds to be paid four years after my decease and the other thirty one year afterwards. Also my son John shall pay to my daughter Elizabeth the sum of sixty pounds N.Y.C. the same to be paid in two yearly payments of thirty pounds each the first to be in six years after my decease and the other in one year more. Also I give and bequeath to my son John all my farming utensils and one yoke of oxen and one yoke of seers (steers?) and two cows and four sheep and one bed and bedding. Also I give to my daughter Anne two cows and four sheep and one good feather bed. And if anything be left it may be equally divided among my children. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke disannul all and every other former testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests and executors by me in any ways before made named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and eleven and the fifty first of his Majesty's reign.
sgd/Henry Hoover
Signed sealed and declared
by the said Henry Hoover as his
last will and testament in presence of
sgd/Jacob Feit
sgd/John Miller
sgd/Henry Miller
You shall swear that the Instrument hereunto annexed and mentioned in the above Deposition is to the best of your knowledge and belief the true last Will and Testament of Henry Hoover deceased - that you will pay all the Debts and Legacies of the deceased, as far as the goods shall extend and the Law shall bind you and that you will exhibit a true full and perfect Inventory of all and every the Goods, rights and Credits of the deceased together with a just and true account into the Registry of the Surrogate Court of the District of London when you shall be lawfully called thereunto (So Help you God).
Sgd/John Hoover
Executor.
Sworn before me this
Eighth day of July 1811
Thomas Welch J.P.
Upper Canada
District of London
In the Surrogate Court Personally appeared before me Philip Sovereign Esquire Surrogate of the District of London aforesaid, John Miller of the Township of Rainham in the District aforesaid Yeoman who being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God maketh Oath and saith that he was personally present when the within named Testator Henry Hoover Signed, Sealed and Executed the aforegoing Instrument as his the said Henry Hoovers last will and testament and further deposeth and Saith that Jacob Feit of Rainham, aforesaid Yeoman and Henry Miller of Rainham aforesaid Yeoman were also present when the said last Will and Testament was Signed Sealed and executed by the said Testator Henry Hoover aforesaid. And that the said Jacob Feit and Henry Miller and the deponent did then and there Subscribe their Names as Witnesses to the said last Will and Testament in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other and more this Deponent saith not.
Sgd/John Miller
Sworn before me this
Eighth day of July 1811
Philip Sovereign Surrogate
This is NOT the Henry Hoover married to Margaret Kern, it appears he lived and died in Pennsylvania.
You may get an idea of who he was if you go to database :1826710 titled Hoover,
Contact: Union County Public Library. They have
Henry Huber
Birth: 1751
Death: April 9, 1809
Married: Margaret Kern who died November 27, 1813
Children: Christian, Jacob born October 28, 1787, Philip born July 20, 1782, Elis and Mary
This is also NOT the Henry Hoover son of Jacob Huber and Barbara Shank, as that Henry was still alive in 1821 and signed a receipt for inheritance. This Henry died in 1811 as his will should prove.
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Rainham Builders
1751 - 1809 (58 years)