| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Samuel Mather Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Mather, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1825-1840 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Mather, Jr. (b. 1745) was a descendant of Cotton and Increase Mather. He owned land in York and Lafayette townships, Medina County, and in Sheffield, Ashtabula County. His heirs included his sons, Thomas, Samuel and James Mather, and his daughters, Anna Lord, Mehitable and Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman and Lydia Hubbard. The collection consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs." | | | | Call #: | MS 3262 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mather, Samuel, b. 1745. | Mather family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wadsworth, Elijah | | | | Dates: | 1742-1868 | | | | Abstract: | Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canfield, Ohio, in 1802. He was sheriff of Trumbull County and Major-General of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His son, Frederick Wadsworth, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut. the collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, autograph envelopes with biographical data on prominent Western Reserve residents, land lists, surveys, indentures, accounts, receipts, summonses, depositions, and Ohio Militia election returns, military receipts, provision returns, and morning papers, belonging to Elijah, Frederick, and Wedworth Wadsworth. Included are a number of letters from Samuel Huntington, 1765-1817. | | | | Call #: | MS 2729 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family. | Connecticut Land Company. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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