Daniel Poore (1689 - 1772)

Born 9 Feb 1689 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 8 Aug 1772 at age 83 in Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Daniel was a member of Capt. John Barker’s company in the North Essex Regiment in 1710 as well as a member of Capt. Kimball’s company in 1725 and then quartermaster in 1738.^[1]

"I Daniel Poor of Andover…Do make this my Will…

Item I give to Dorothy my Wife one third part of all my Estate both Real & Personal for her use & Improvement During her Natural Life

Item I Give to my five Daughters [ ] Mehetabel wife of Col. Joseph Frye, Dorothy Wife of Isaac Robinson, Abigail Wife of Isaac Carlton, Priscilla Wife of Benjamin Gage & Sarah Wife of Timothy Stevens all my Houshold goods to be Equally Divided among them at my Wife’s Decease

Item I give to my grandson Namely Daniel Poor & Jonathan Poor Sons of my Son Jonathan Deceased to Each of them thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence to be paid to them by my Executor at the end of two years after my decease

Item I give to my granddaughters Namely Hannah Poor & Betty Poor Daughters of my said Son Jonathan Decd to Each of them Six shillings to be paid to them by my Executor at my Decease

Item I give to my son Peter Poor, all my Estate both Real & Personal, in Andover aforesd, or Else where, all that I shall Died Seiz’d of, that I have not other wise Disposed of by this my Will of what name or Nature soever, wheresoever the same may be found he paying all my just Debts & funeral Charges & the Bequests mentioned in this my Will

Lastly I do hereby Constitute & appoint my son Peter afore Named the only & sole Executor of this my Will… the Ninth Day of March… one Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Nine…
Daniel Poor
In Presence of…
Naamah Bridges
Isaac bridges
Moody Bridges"^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers 1702-1722 in Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England 1620-1775- database at NEHGS
2. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 22327

• Andover, Bradford & Fryeburg V.R.
• Abbott, Charlotte Helen. "Early Records of the Poor Family of Andover". Abbott Genealogies collection, Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Massachusetts., typescript.
• Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples, History of the Kimball Family in America, from 1634 to 1897 (Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1897), p. 58.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Poore-132 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.