Horatio Chickering

Horatio Chickering

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Horatio Chickering was the son of Jabez Chickering and Deborah Allyne Chickering. He was born about 1810 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

He was married to Lucy Lee Cushing on September 10, 1845 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts by Reverend Alexander H. Vinton. [1] Lucy was twenty-seven years old and was from Boston. Horatio was thirty-five years old. The couple made their home in Dedham.

In the 1850 U. S. Census (27 July 1850) [2] the family was in Dedham. Horatio was a flour merchant. Lucy was thirty-two years old. The household also included two of Horatio's sisters: Lucy W. Chickering age 44 and Hannah B. Chickering age thirty-three. There were three others who were likely household servants: Sarah Dowell from Ireland, Elizabeth Flynn who was fourteen and attending school, and Hiram Pettengill a twenty-eight year old farmer.

In the 1860 U.S. Census (11 September 1860) [3] they were listed as living in the "Village of Dedham." Horatio had real estate valued at $15,000 and a personal estate of $2,000. Lucy L. was listed as forty (she should probably have been forty-two), Lucy E. Chickering, Horatio's sister, was fifty and had a personal estate of $5,000 and Hannah Baldwin Chickering was forty. There were three servants: Macenea Knight was twenty-seven and a farmer, May Larking and Fanny July were both from Ireland and listed as servants.

In the 1870 U.S. Census (28 June 1870) [4] the family was still in Dedham. Horatio was sixty years old and shown as a retired merchant. He had real estate valued at $40,000 and personal estate of $150,000. Lucy Lee Chickering was fifty-two years old and keeping house. Horatio's sisters were still in the household. Lucy E. was sixty-four and Hannah was fifty-two. Another family member Deborah F. Adams, age 56, and her two grown children Charles (age 28) and Mary (age 21) also lived in the home. There were two servants; Mary Furlong and Ellen Crawley.

Horatio signed a will on July 16, 1872 in Dedham, Massachusetts.[5] He made Lucy the executrix, left her a home in Boston and anything from his personal items that she wished to keep. The remainder was to be maintained in a trust and the income from the trust was to be distributed among the unmarried sisters, and orphans in his family. (SEE BELOW) He added the following Item: Thirteenth, in all cases under this will when any female shall under any of the devises & bequests be entitled to or come with the possession of any property on estate, it's my will the same shall be to her sole and separate use free from the interference and control of any husband.

Horatio died on April 8, 1875 of "apoplexy" (stroke) in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [6] He was buried at Old Village Cemetery in Dedham. [7]

People Mentioned in Horatio's Will

Lucy Lee Cushing Chickering - Wife - Named executrix: Given occupation of the homestead estate for one year - Furniture and personal items - Home at 54 Chestnut Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Property to be placed in trust and the income used as support divided as follows: Interest income to be divided into two equal parts

One half to Lucy and asked her to make a will as soon as possible.

The other half to be divided as follows: 'Lucy E. Chickering, Deborah F. Adams ands Hannah B. Chickering - three/fifths of the income during their lives until the death of the last sister right to occupy the homestead estate for the remainder of their lives if they choose to do so. After the death of all three sisters this will go to Deborah's children, Charles L. Adams, J. F. Alleyne Adams, and Mary Lee Adams

Edward Sumney, Anna A. Manning, and Martha B. Sumney children of my deceased sister Anna Alleyne Sumney one-fifth share for the rest of their lives after the last is deceased that amount goes to their children to be divided equally.

Abley F. Chickering the widow of my deceased brother William Chickering and to her daughters Harriat R. Chickering and Lucy E. Chickering - one fifth share of income, until her son Edward Chickering reaches the age of 21. After Abley dies the income to be divide among the three mentioned children. Nothing to her older sons, William and Monroe Chickering

Additional: Maria Watson Cushing unmarried sister Eliza - $5,000
Church at Oakdale - $5,000 at Eliza's discretion

Sources

1. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Marriage: Boston, Suffolk Cunty, MA; Vol 1, p 202: Horatio Chickering & Lucy Lee Cushing
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : 12 April 2016, Horatio Chickering, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 333, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [3]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Dedham Village; Dwelling 3259; Family 3257; Lines 39-40, p.158 Lines 1-5; HORATIO CHICKERING FAMILY
4. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [4]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Page: 313A; Family History Library Film 552134: Dwelling 479, Family 554; Lines 18-26; HORATIO CHICKERING FAMILY
5. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [5]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Norfolk County, MA Probate Records: Vol 132-133, original number page 202-204; 1874-1875; pages 454-457: 16 July 1874; HORATIO CHICKERING WILL
6. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [6]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840-1911: Norfolk County, MA; Deaths 1875; page 244; line 31; HORATIO CHICKERING