Will of Joseph Granger, blacksmith, who died in 1847

I just found the hand written will of Joseph Granger, blacksmith. This is not the  birthday of my 5th great grandfather born Dec. 7,1765 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.  I'm updating a post from 2013 in his honor.

Just added this will on Ancestry to my family tree.  Joseph Granger leaves the following items to his descendants:

1st -3 dollars to daughter Fannie Coolidge

2nd - daughter Sarah Granger, 1/2 of dwelling house - the western half, with land and furniture. (He doesn't give any information about the eastern half of the house.)

3rd - son Joseph Granger, 3 dollars

4th - daughter Mary S. Chase, 3 dollars

5th - children of son Farnam, 3 dollars each

6th - son George T Granger, 3 dollars

7th - after all debts paid, remainder of estate divided equally among son George T. Granger, daughter Mary Chase and son Daniel Granger

Signed 19 May 1842

He didn't die until 1847.  And his son Daniel Granger was the executor of his will.  George T. Granger had also been appointed to do so, but doesn't appear in the probate documents of 1847, though he was still living in Newburyport MA at the time.

I'll add the previous post about Joseph Granger to this one, so these records are kept together. 

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Joseph Granger is my grandmother's (Ada Swasey Rogers) grandmother's father.

He was a little boy during the American Revolution.  He had 6 siblings.

His parents were Jacob (1735-1795) and Sarah Farnam Granger (1730-1806) whose grave markers still may be found in Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, MA.   Sarah Farnam Granger had descended from her great grandfather Hopestill Tyler (1646-1734). 

A brief post was on my blog Here for Jacob Granger's birthday in August.  Jacob had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war.





Back to Joseph.  He married at age 28 in 1794, in Newburyport, Essex, MA..  The writing of the record is almost illegible, so it's either Jan 20, or 29, or June 20.  His wife was Sarah Tyler Granger (1768 – 1831) She is of the family of Job Tyler's descendents as described in North America, Family Histories 1500-2000, p82. I gave some of Job Tyler's history HERE.

Joseph and Sarah Tyler Granger had seven children, and George Tyler Granger (1806-?) was to become my great times 4 grandfather, (see post here.)

Upper left notation is "Children of Joseph and Sarah Grainger" which indicates his son and my ancestor, George Tyler, was born in 1806 rather than,1804, the date which all the other records on Ancestry show.  Oh my.  This is how records are messed up.

Joseph lived to be 81, which is outstanding in and of itself.  He died Mar 21, 1847.  He had outlived his wife, and at least 2 of his children.  

The 1840 Newburyport, MA census has a household under the name of Joseph Grainger, where he would be the male age 75, living with one female age 30-40.   His youngest daughter, Mary S. Granger Chase would have been 41, but since she apparently had 8 children, and she moved to Maine at some point, I doubt that she was living with him.  It could have been an employed housekeeper.

One of the two written death records about him states he was a blacksmith, and had palsy at the time of death as a widower.  It also lists Daniel and Sarah Granger as survivors. Daniel was his youngest son.  

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His daughter Sarah never married, and died around age 50 (from cancer) in May, 1846. So she didn't benefit from the 1842 will, and apparently his death in March of 1847 was probated back to that will.