Lyne Starling, Will and ProbateAbstracts of Porter County Wills and Probates . . . .
Lyne Starling
Will Book A, Pages 63-107
Lyne Starling, of County of Franklin, State of Ohio
Dated: 31st day of March 1837 (1847)
Wife: none mentioned
Heirs:
1. Children of my late niece, Susan Ramey
Edmund Starling, son of my brother,
Thomas Starling
John Holloway, William Holloway,
Rebecca Stites, Sarah Taylor, Lucy Ann
Atkinson, children of my sister Ann
Holloway
-- All in the Territory of Iowa, and
in the State of Missouri, and in the
State of Illinois
2. Being a part of those above named -- Edmund Starling, son
of Thomas
Starling; John Holloway, Rebecca
Stites, and Lucy Atkins
3. Nephew, William Holloway
4. Four oldest children of my niece, Sarah Taylor, by William
Marshall
5. Oldest son of my niece, Susan Ramey, late of Henry County,
Virginia,
and to all the other children of my
said niece Susan Ramey
6. To Maria Campbell and Lucy Davison, daughters of my
brother,
William Starling
7. Nephew, William Sullivant, of Franklin County, Ohio
8. Said William S. Sullivant - lands lying in Marion County
and Crawford
County in the State of Ohio - to hold
as trustee for benefit of four
younger children of said William S.
Sullivant
9. Also to said younger children of my said nephew, William
S. Sullivant
10. To Jane Neil, oldest daughter of the said William S.
Sullivant
11. To my nephew, Michael L. Sullivant - all lands lying in
the Counties of
Madison and Pickaway. The
said Michael Sullivant to hold in trust for
use and benefit of the
children of said Michael Sullivant
12. To each of the children now living of said Michael L.
Sullivant
13. To said nephew of Michael L. Sullivant
14. To each of the daughters of my nephew Joseph Sullivant --
eldest
daughter, next oldest,
third oldest, fourth oldest
15. To the three sons of my nephew Joseph Sullivant, land
lying in the
County of Franklin, State
of Ohio, commonly called Carlisle tract
16. To Lucas Sullivant, oldest son of my nephew, Joseph
Sullivant, and
the other two sons of
said Joseph Sullivant
17. To William Davison and Edmund Davison, sons of my sister,
Jane
Davison, all lands lying
in the State of Indiana
18. To James Smith, oldest son of John A. Smith of Highland
County,
Ohio -- all my farm
situated and lying in the County of Harden,
State of Ohio, commonly
called Wild Cat Lodge
19. To Sterling Price, oldest son of John W. Price of
Highland County,
Ohio
20. To William Starling, oldest son of Lyne Starling, Jr., of
the City
of New York, and to
Sullivan Starling, youngest son of said Lyne
Starling, Jr., and to
Edmund Starling, grandson of my brother
Edmund and to the oldest
son of my late niece, Susan Ramey,
and William Marshall, son
of my niece, Sarah Taylor -- lands lying
in said County of Harden,
State of Ohio; to said James Smith and
Starling Price and to
William Starling, Sullivant Starling, Edmund
Starling, grandsons of my
brother, Edmund
21. To my niece, Jane Smith, wife of John A. Smith of
Highland County
Ohio
22. To daughter of my said niece, Jane Smith
23. To my niece Ann Price, wife of John W. Price, of Highland
County, Ohio
24. To each of the daughters now living of said niece, Ann
Price
25. To each of the daughters now living of Lyne Starling,
Jr., of the
City of New York
26. To William Starling, John Madison Starling and Edmund
Starling,
sons of my late brother,
William Starling -- all my lands . . . lying
and situate in Counties
of Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, Ottawa,
Lucas, and Defiance in
the State of Ohio, also all my land situate
in the State of Michigan
27. To William Starling and Charles Starling, sons of my
brother
Edmund Starling -- lands
in Franklin County, Ohio
28. To Madison Starling, as trustee, for support of family of
Samuel
Starling, brother of said
Madison Starling
29. To my niece Lucy Bell
30. To Starling Loving and William Loving, children of my
niece,
Susannah Loving
31. To Mary Carter, oldest daughter of G. Frank Carter of
Franklin
County, Ohio
32. To Judge Bell, my brother-in-law, of Highland County,
Ohio, as
Trustee for my nephew,
William McDowell, said money to be
received from John A.
Smith of Highland County, Ohio, from Monday
held by said Smith solely
and exclusively as Trustee to apply the
income from the sum to
the benefit and support of my said nephew,
William McDowell
33. To my brother Thomas Starling (incomplete copy)
34. To Sally Starling and Susan Starling, daughters of my
brother,
Edmund Starling, all bank
stock in the Bank of Kentucky
35. To Lyne Starling, son of my brother, Edmund Starling
36. To Edmund Starling, grandson of my brother, Edmund
Starling;
to William Starling, son
of Lyne Starling, Jr., of the City of New
York; to Stanley
Sullivant, so of Joseph Sullivant; to Sullivant
Starling, son of Lyne
Starling, Jr., of New York City; to John
Madison Starling, my
nephew of Franklin County, Ohio; to James
Smith, son of John A.
Smith of Highland County, Ohio; to Starling
Price, son of John W.
Price of said Highland County
37. Explaining and providing for lands and holdings in
Madison County,
Ohio, to be used for and
by Trustees
38. Provides for succession of trusteeship should any die
before ten
years after his own
demise
39. No bond required of any trustees
40. Provides for payments by trustees to any guardian
41. Omitted in Porter County
42. Provides for fulfillment of obligations of Michael L.
Sullivant
William S. Sullivant and
Joseph Sullivant and Lucas Sullivant
43. (to the executors)
44. All lands in the County of Franklin including all my real
estate
in the City of Columbus
and all my lands in the County of
Licking, Ohio . . .
devise to my executor in fee simple
45. (instructions to executor)
46. All my legacies to females payable ten years after my
death
47. (provision for closing my estate ten years after my
death)
48. (for settlement of a claim against Lyne Starling, Jr., of
the City
of New York)
49. (for the appointment of William Sullivant as . . . .)
50. (to the executor)
51. (direct my executor to appoint and send to Indiana such
agent
as he may think proper to
receive my Indiana scrip deposited
in bank of Ft. Wayne,
Indiana, and authorize and direct said
agent to proceed to
Indianapolis and to sell -- so much of
said scrip . . . .
52. I do hereby constitute and appoint John W. Andrews of the
County of Franklin and
State of Ohio the Executor of this my
last will and . . . . and
in the case of the death of the said John
W. Andrews within the
said sixteen years after my death, or
his inability from any
cause within that time to discharge the
duties of executor, I do
hereby nominate and appoint as such
substitute Joseph R. Swan
. . . in testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal this 31st day of March, A. D.,
1837 (1847)
Executors: John W. Andrews
Witnesses: E. W. Gwynne; F. Stewart; Wray Thomas
Codicil 1: dated August 7, 1847
1. (regarding postponement of any payment of over $500 one
year
longer)
2. Change in relation to legacies:
(1) to the second daughter of Michael
L. Sullivant
(2) to the third daughter of Michael
L. Sullivant
(3) to the eldest daughter of Michael
L. Sullivant
(4) Payment to Mary Carter, daughter
of Dr. Frank Carter
(5) To the eldest daughter of my
nephew, William Starling,
son of my brother, Thomas Starling, of Henry County,
Virginia
(6) To the children of Lyne Starling,
Jr., and of Joseph Sullivant;
and to the children of my niece, Susan Ramey (except Peter
R. Ramey, her oldest son) and to said eldest daughter of
my nephew, William Starling, son of my brother, Thomas
Starling
(7) (directions to executor)
(8) To eldest daughter of my nephew,
William Sullivant, by his
present wife
(9) Legacy of next young child of the
said William Sullivant, being
his second child by his present wife
(10) Legacy of next youngest child of
said William Sullivant, being
his third child by his present wife
(11) Cancel and revoke the legacy of
two thousand dollars given
to Jane Neil . . . .
(12) Request my nephew, John
Holloway, to take entire control
of all lands lying in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois
(13) To Edward Starling, grandson of
my brother, Edmund
Starling; and to William Starling and Sullivant Starling, sons
of my nephew, Lyne Starling, Jr.
To Starling Sullivant, son of Joseph Sullivant
To my nephew, John Madison Starling
To James Smith, son of John A. Smith
To Starling Price, son of John W. Price
To John Marshall and William Marshall, sons of my niece,
Sarah Taylor
To my nephew, William Davison and Edmund Davison
To my nephews, William Starling and Charles Starling, sons
sons of my brother, Edmund Starling
To Peter r. Ramey, son of my niece, Susan Ramey
(14) Regarding holdings of rail road
stock
(15) Regarding holdings of other
stock
(16) Regarding payments to legacies
(17) Regarding legacies
(18) To my nephew, Lyne Starling, son
of my brother, Thomas
Starling
(19) . . . .
Witnesses: E. W. Gwynne; F. Stewart
Codicil 2: dated 27th day of December, A. D., 1847
(1) Regarding legacies of children of
Susan Ramey
(2) Regarding legacy of one child of
Susan Ramey
(3) Regarding legacy of a younger
child of Susan Ramey
(4) Regarding legacies of other
younger children of Susan Ramey
(5) Additional gifts to Lyne
Starling, son of my brother, Edmund
Starling
(6) Regarding legacy to to oldest
daughter of my nephew, William
Starling, son of my brother, Edmund Starling
(7) To Starling Sullivant, son of
Joseph Sullivant
(8) To three sons of my nephew,
Joseph Sullivant
(9) To Ladies Benevolent Society of
City of Columbus
(10) To Starling Sullivant, son of
Joseph Sullivant
To Joseph Sullivant, son of Michael Sullivant
(11) Lands in Union, Logan, and
Hardin Counties to William
Starling, son of Lyne Starling of the City of New York,
revoked. I do devise said lands:
(1) To said William Starling, youngest son of Lyne
Starling of New York
(2) To said Sullivant Starling, youngest son of Lyne
Starling of New York
(3) To Edmund Starling, grandson of my brother, Edmund
Starling
(4) To the eldest son of my niece, Susan Ramey
(5) To William Marshall, son of Sarah Taylor
(6) To Lyne Starling, son of my brother, Edmund Starling
(7) To Lucas Sullivant,, son of Joseph Sullivant and to the
youngest son of John A. Smith, of Highland County,
Ohio
(12) (regarding executor)
(13) To youngest son of John A. Smith of Highland County,
Ohio
Witnesses: E. W. Gwynne; Wray Thomas; F. Stewart
Codicil 3: dated 3rd day of June, A. D., 1848
(1)
(2) Land in Madison County, recently
conveyed to me by Mary
E. Warburton . . . by deed dated May 22,, A. D. 1848
(3) (regarding Indiana scrip . . . as
Executor shall think best . . .)
(4) To Sally Starling and Susan
Starling, daughters of my brother,
Edmund Starling
(5) Family burial place of my late
brother-in-law, Lucas Sullivant,
in Franklinton . . . .
Witnesses: Wray Thomas; Francis Carter
Codicil 4: dated September 3, 1848
(1) The legacies named in the 47th
item of said Will, bequeathing
to William Davison and Edmund Davison . . . .
(2) That taken from the legacies of
William and Edmund Davison . . .
to the son of Doctor Hughes, the said son being a grandchild of
my sister, Jane Davison, and named after his grandfather,
Elias Davison . . . .
(3) To James Smith and Starling Price
. . . .
(4) To William Starling and Charles
Starling, sons of my brother,
Edmund Starling . . . in Counties of Logan and Hardin in the
State of Ohio
Witnesses: Francis Carter; J. R. Swan
Codicil 5: dated ?
(1) To eldest son of my late niece,
Susan Ramey
(2) Regarding guardian for minor
children of my said niece,
Susan Ramey . . . .
Witnesses: Wray Thomas; F. Stewart
Probate: In Franklin County Common Pleas, October Term, 1848
November 24, 1848 . . . State of Ohio, Franklin County
Filed in Porter County
Originally abstracted by Pearl Stoner Johnston, 1961
Prepared for web by Steven R. Shook, November 2008