Chana Guile (1785 - 1855)

Born 1785 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Died Jun 1855 at about age 70 in Oxford, Chenango, New York, United States

Biography

Chana was born about 1785 and is the daughter of John Guile and Mercy King. She died in 1855.

Notes

Note: @NI3503@: Note: In 1818, her mother was appointed her Guardian.

Chana Guile received Lot #2 of Scituate, containing about 10 acres of land from her father's estate by intestate division by lot.

^[1]: "Whereas Mercy Guile possesses(?) Guardian to the person and estate of Chana Guile presents a petition to this Court praying for to make sale of the Real Estate of the said Chana. Whereupon it is voted to recommend the same to the Hon. Governor possibly to grant the prayer thereof. By order, J. Westcott, Clerk pro tem." ^[2] "Two deeds were presented to this court by Ephraim Westcott for Mercy Guile, Guardian to Chana Guile, one to Owen Battey and one to Isaac Merritnsoln(?) & son of the real estate of the said Chana - which is hereby approved of by this Court." (apparent date November 1, 1818.)

Oxford, Chenango, New York census records appear to show Chana living with her mother - with William in 1810, with Mercy in 1820 and 1830, with her brother-in-law, Samuel Westcott in 1840 and 1850. She is named on Mercy's purchase of land in Oxford in 1818.

In mother's probate, 1852, living in Oxford, Chenango, New York.

^[3] Between William G. Sands and the Estate of Chana Guile of the first part and William H. Westcott...by order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 23 July 1855, that Chana Guile has no personal estate and debts amounting to $990 and that the sale of real estate was necessary to pay debts...entered into an agreement with William H. Westcott that for $500 would sell all said lot #17 that was sold to Mercy Gile 12 October 1818."

Town of Oxford Historian, letter of 22 Mar 1991, "Apparently Chana (China) died soon after the 1855 census was taken because the court order for the sale of her property was dated 23 July 1855. No record of her burial place. I can only guess she was buried in the same cemetery with her mother as they died only three years apart. Perhaps the stone disappeared in the years since or perhaps nephew William Westcott never had a stone made for her. It is interesting that Chana is called China in all the deeds."

Sources

1. ↑ From Volume 4 Scituate Probate Records, 1799-1819, p. 480
2. ↑ dated January 17, 1818. p. 508
3. ↑ Liber 99 p. 140. 10 August 1855.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile was created through the import of JohnAncestors.ged on October 7, 2010.