Person:Jasper Writer (2)
Jasper Writer, Jr.
b.Cal 18 Apr 1792 New York, United States
d.28 Apr 1841 Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Sep 1772
  1. Margaret Writer1774 - 1815
  2. Aaron Writer1776 - 1855
  3. Elizabeth Writer1778 - 1865
  4. Anna Writer1781 - 1781
  5. Nancy Anna Writer1781 - 1848
  6. Eleanor Writer1784 - 1870
  7. Rebecca Writer1786 - 1838
  8. Nancy Writer1787 -
  9. John Falter Writer1789 -
  10. John T. Writer1792 -
  11. Jasper Writer, Jr.Cal 1792 - 1841
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Jasper Writer, Jr.Cal 1792 - 1841
  • W.  Rhoda Penney1798 - 1885
m. 1818
  1. William Writer
  2. Harriet WriterCal 1821 -
  3. Gabriel M. WriterCal 1828 - 1907
  4. James H. WriterCal 1838 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][5] Jasper Writer, Jr.
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 18 Apr 1791
Birth[5] Cal 18 Apr 1792 New York, United States(from age at death)
Marriage 1818 to Rhoda Penney
Death[2] 28 Apr 1841 Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Burial[5] Mount Hope Plains Cemetery, Otisville, Orange, New York, United States
Probate[1][2] 10 May 1841 Goshen, Orange, New York, United Statesadministration granted to wife and son
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Personal History

Jasper Writer, Jr.,[2][5] was born 18 April 1792.[5]

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Death and Probate

Jasper died intestate[1][2] on or about 28 April 1841, in Trenton, New Jersey, of pleurisy and a cold.[2] He was buried in Mount Hope Plains Cemetery, in Otisville.[5]

On 10 May 1841,[1][2] the Surrogate of Orange co. granted to Rhoda Writer, widow, and William Writer, son, administration of the estate of the late Jasper Writer Jr. of Mount Hope. Guardianships of the three youngest children were granted to Rhoda on 26 July 1841.[3][4] Jasper's estate consisted of a farm of about 220 acres in Mount Hope, a home and lot in Lumberland, Sullivan co., an undivided half of a lot of about 1600 acres in Lumberland, and another small lot in the same town. The annual rents and profits were valued $285, of which the children were entitled to one quarter of the residue after the widow's third was deducted.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 New York. Surrogate's Court (Orange County). Probate records, 1787–1916; Index to Surrogate's records, 1787–1941. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970)
    FHL 836280; Letters of Administration, vol. G (1837–1846), p. 142.

    Image in DGS 5515297, image 464 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L992-3JSJ : accessed 29 Jan. 2018).

    Jasper Writer Jr., late of the town of Mount Hope, co. of Orange, died intestate; admin. to widow Rhoda Writer and son William Writer, dated 10 May 1841, by George M. Grier, Surrogate.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 New York. Surrogate's Court (Orange County). Probate records, 1768–present. (Salt Lake City: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2011)
    canister 477 (Petitions for Administration, 1835–1843).

    Images in DGS 5187222, images 800–801 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BHP-K8X : accessed 30 Jan. 2018).

    Petition for administration of estate by widow Rhoda Writer and son William Writer, from the same, dated 10 May 1841, granted and filed 10 May 1841. Jasper Writer Jr. of Mount Hope, Orange co., died on or about 28 April 1841, of “pluracy & cold on his lungs”, at Trenton, N.J.; personal property not exceeding $2000; survived by his widow, and four children Harriet Writer, Gabriel M. Writer, James H. Writer, and William Writer, the first three under 21 years of age.

  3. ↑ New York. Surrogate's Court (Orange County). Probate records, 1787–1916; Index to Surrogate's records, 1787–1941. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970)
    FHL 836294; Letters of Guardianship, vol. D (1840–1846), pp. 77–79.

    Image in DGS 5515315, images 93–95 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L992-VS2B : accessed 30 Jan. 2018).

    Guardianships for Harriet Writer, Gabriel M. Writer, and James H. Writer, children of Jasper Writer Jr. of Mount Hope, Orange co., deceased, granted to mother Rhoda Writer, dated 26 July 1841, by George M. Grier, Surrogate.

  4. ↑ New York. Surrogate's Court (Orange County). Probate records, 1768–present. (Salt Lake City: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2011)
    canister 2593 (Petitions for Guardianship, 1832–1846).

    Images in DGS 102682931, images 785–790 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDQ-3B78 : accessed 30 Jan. 2018).

    [Images 785–787] Petition for guardianship of Harriet Writer by mother Rhoda Writer, from Harriet Writer, dated 26 July 1841, filed 26 July 1841.
    [Images 788–790] Petition for guardianship of Gabriel M. Writer and James H. Writer by mother Rhoda Writer of Mount Hope, from the same, dated 26 July 1841, filed 26 July 1841.

    The deceased's real estate “consists of a farm of about two hundred & twenty acres situate in the town aforesaid … bounded by the lands of Aaron Writer, Andrew Davis, Jasper A. Writer & Abraham Cuddeback …”; annual rents and profits valued $285.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 “Jasper Writer”, in Find A Grave
    memorial 146878335. Viewed digital image of grave marker, 1 Feb. 2018.

    Grave marker: “JASPER WRITER JR / DIED / April 28, 1841 / AGED / 49 Yrs. / & 10 Days” [difficult to read].

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