FLEET, ABRAHAM SR. WILL - lists his children
Hello.
I found this today:
"Old Wills found in Schuyler Co., NY courthouse":
FLEET, ABRAHAM Sr., aged 76 - will dated 14 Aug 1852 - probated date 23 Dec 1852 - Tyrone - wife Elizabeth, 5 children:Ann WOOD, Elsa SWITZER, Marie WOLVERTON, Nelly Jane FLEET, ABRAM FLEET, JR. , John is also mentioned. - executor son Henry S, friend Edwin D Tompkins & Darius Sunderlin - witnessed by Isaac Hill & Nicholas Jessop, both of Tyrone.
"Schyler Co., NY Gazetteer, 1872":
A large number of Irish emigrants settled upon the O'Connor Tract, but after a few years all left but Gen. Kernan.ABRAHAM FLEET, SR., from New Jersey and Capt. John Seabring were among the first settlers near Tyrone Village in 1800; Benjamin Sackett, Thaddeus Gersham, Abraham Bennett and Jonathan Townsend settled about 1801.SIMON FLEET was the first child born in town.
Good luck in your search,
Billie