Dad’s side · Boles family

Jacob Buxton

Jacob’s 1836 will gives Nancy her place in the Buxton family in his own words. It names his wife Hannah and four children individually, including Nancy Boles. His signature also appears on the 1821 bond for Cornelius Boyles’s estate.

Will and named family

Dated May 18, 1836, the will names “my well beloved wife, Hannah Buxton” and children Jacob Buxton, Nancy Boles, Sarah Grimes, and Aaron Buxton. This is a list of people named in the will, not proof that there were no other children.

Documented

Nancy’s inheritance

Jacob left Nancy $500 and the 106-acre farm where she was already living, in addition to property previously given. The typed transcription is reproduced below; the original handwritten will should be compared when available.

Documented transcription

Death and burial

An 1894 published graveyard history says Jacob died May 25, 1836, aged 86, and was an early Washington County settler. A Pennsylvania veteran burial record places him at Cross Creek Old Cemetery and reports a death year of 1836. The service particulars require further research before any detailed military account is written.

Historical account and burial record

Will and burial material

Typed transcription of the May 18, 1836 will naming Hannah and Jacob, Nancy, Sarah, and Aaron; not an image of the original signed will. View original image ↗

Cornelius Boyles estate bond bearing Jacob Buxton’s name among the signers. View original image ↗

Pennsylvania veteran burial record locating Jacob at Cross Creek Old Cemetery; service details are under review. View original image ↗

Published graveyard-history excerpt, attributed to James Simpson’s 1894 volume; later reprint shown. View original image ↗