Individual Details

Marriage

The bible record for the family is in the pensionfile of son-in-law Joseph Boughton – seven children – downloaded and in theBallard documentation folder.

Probate

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626327_00238?usePUB=true&pId=2549804Probate – there is a will that is almost unreadable– but two sons and four daughters in the will as well as wife Abigailhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626327_00238?usePUB=true&pId=2549804 heirs signinghttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626327_00245?usePUB=true&pId=2549804 In his will written 2 March 1802, Benjamin Bearssmade bequests to his wife Abigail, his two sons Benjamin and Newcomb and hisfour daughters Eunice wife of David Seger, Zerviah wife of Joseph Boughton, Sarahwife of David Keeler, and Cloe wife of Comfort Ruggles. Abigail died the weekfollowing Benjamin. The distribution from the dower of the estate was made on15 April 1802 to the heirs of the estate: son Benjamin Bearss, daughter UniceSeger, daughter Zerviah Bouton, daughter Sarah Keeler, daughter Chloe Ruggles, andNewcomb Bearss eldest son. Real estate was valued at $3,817.12 which included adwelling house, a cider mill house, and multiple parcels of land totaling 179acres.[1][1] ConnecticutProbate, Hartford, Danbury Probate District, Town of New Fairfield, Estate ofBenjamin Bearss, 1802, No. 509