Elizabeth Jane PottsAge: 701838–1908

Name: Elizabeth Jane Potts

Given names: Elizabeth Jane

Surname: Potts

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Birth

1838 (estimated) 36 37

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Australian History

1838

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.

Australian History

1839 (Age 12 months)

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

Australian History

1840 (Age 2)

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.

Australian History

1841 (Age 3)

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.

Australian History

1842 (Age 4)

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.

Australian History

1843 (Age 5)

Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).

Will

4 October 1843 (Age 5)

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

father - George Wilson Potts

Birth of a brother

28 January 1844 (Age 6)

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

younger brother - George Potts

Marriage of a half-brother

William Lewis Potts - View family
1844 (estimated) (Age 6)

half-brother - William Lewis Potts

half-brother's wife - Elizabeth Potts

Death of a brother

31 December 1844 (Age 6)

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

younger brother - George Potts

Death of a father

12 August 1845 (Age 7)

Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA

father - George Wilson Potts

Australian History

1845 (Age 7)

Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.

Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.

Census

1 June 1850 (Age 12)

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Shared note: 1850 USA Census transcript - Elizabeth Spickerman - Household

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Name	Age	Sex	Birthplace
Elizabeth Spickerman	50	F	USA, New York
Robert A Potts	19	M	USA, New York
Herman Thorne Potts	17	M	USA, New York
Jane Elizabeth Potts	14	F	USA, New York
Mary Speckerman	85	F	USA, New York

Australian History

1850 (Age 12)

Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony.

Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments

Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.

Australian History

1851 (Age 13)

Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales.

Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat.

Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine

Australian History

1853 (Age 15)

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

1854 (Age 16)

Note: The Eureka Stockade

Census

25 September 1855 (Age 17)

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Address:

Massachusetts State Census, 1855

Shared note: 1855 Massachusetts State Census transcript - Elizabeth Potts - Household

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M4DM-1CR/p_240581752 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace	Edu
Elizabeth Potts	55	F		USA, New York
Robert A Potts	25	M	Farmer	USA, New York
Herman T Potts	23	M	Farmer	USA, New York	Yes
Jane E Potts	20	F		USA, New York	Yes

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts Census

Marriage of a brother

Herman Thorne Potts - View family
8 November 1855 (Age 17)

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Herman Thorne Potts

sister-in-law - Nancy J. Bacon

Australian History

1855 (Age 17)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia.

Marriage of a brother

Robert Alvin Potts - View family
29 January 1856 (Age 18)

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Robert Alvin Potts

sister-in-law - Elizabeth Reynold

Marriage of a half-brother

John Henry Potts - View family
13 November 1856 (Age 18)

Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - John Henry Potts

half-brother's wife - Mary Ann Toomath

Australian History

1856 (Age 18)

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

1857 (Age 19)

Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.

Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.

Death of a sister

5 January 1858 (Age 20)

Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

elder sister - Maria Potts

Australian History

1858 (Age 20)

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.

Australian History

1859 (Age 21)

Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded

Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.

Australian History

1860 (Age 22)

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Marriage

George B Lee - View family
21 March 1861 (Age 23)

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Elizabeth Jane Potts marriage record to George Lee

Australian History

1861 (Age 23)

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra

Birth of a daughter
#1

1862 (Age 24)

daughter - Grace Lee

Australian History

1862 (Age 24)

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Birth of a son
#2

1863 (Age 25)

son - Robert Lee

Australian History

1863 (Age 25)

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History

1867 (Age 29)

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Australian History

1868 (Age 30)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

1869 (Age 31)

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Australian History

1872 (Age 34)

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

1873 (Age 35)

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

1875 (Age 37)

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.

Death of a mother

20 December 1876 (Age 38)

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

mother - Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman

Australian History

1878 (Age 40)

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1879 (Age 41)

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History

1880 (Age 42)

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.

Australian History

1882 (Age 44)

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1883 (Age 45)

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

Death of a brother

14 May 1886 (Age 48)

Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Robert Alvin Potts

Burial of a brother

16 May 1886 (estimated) (Age 48)

South Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Robert Alvin Potts

Australian History

1887 (Age 49)

Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.

Australian History

1889 (Age 51)

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.

Australian History

1890 (Age 52)

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Death of a half-brother

6 July 1891 (Age 53)

Frankston, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - John Henry Potts

Australian History

1891 (Age 53)

Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted.

Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status

Note: A severe depression hits Australia

Australian History

1892 (Age 54)

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

1893 (Age 55)

Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.

Australian History

1894 (Age 56)

Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.

Australian History

1895 (Age 57)

Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland

Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River

Australian History

1896 (Age 58)

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

1897 (Age 59)

Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.

Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.

Australian History

1898 (Age 60)

Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.

Australian History

1899 (Age 61)

Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.

Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.

Australian History

1900 (Age 62)

Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent

Australian History

1901 (Age 63)

Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne

Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy

Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time

Australian History

1902 (Age 64)

Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.

Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag.

Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered

Australian History

1903 (Age 65)

Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army

Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister

Australian History

1904 (Age 66)

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government

Death of a brother

11 July 1905 (Age 67)

Egremont Plain, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Herman Thorne Potts

Burial of a brother

13 July 1905 (Age 67)

South Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

elder brother - Herman Thorne Potts

Death of a half-brother

22 March 1906 (Age 68)

14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

half-brother - William Lewis Potts

Burial of a half-brother

24 March 1906 (Age 68)

New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

half-brother - William Lewis Potts

Australian History

1906 (Age 68)

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Death of a husband

before October 1908 (Age 70)

husband - George B Lee

Australian History

1908 (Age 70)

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead

Death

28 November 1908 (Age 70)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Cause of death: Cancer of the uterus

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Burial

30 November 1908 (2 days after death)

Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Cemetery: Ashly Falls Cemetery

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father	George Wilson Potts Birth 9 August 1801 21 21 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 12 August 1845 (Age 44) Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
-17 months mother	Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman Birth 9 March 1800 44 22 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 20 December 1876 (Age 76) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1827 — Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA
16 months #1 elder sister	Maria Potts Birth 13 May 1828 26 28 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 5 January 1858 (Age 29) Age: 30 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
18 months #2 elder brother	Robert Alvin Potts Birth 8 November 1829 28 29 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 14 May 1886 (Age 56) Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Loading...
3 years #3 elder brother	Herman Thorne Potts Birth 15 July 1832 30 32 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 11 July 1905 (Age 72) Egremont Plain, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Loading...
6 years #4 herself	Elizabeth Jane Potts Birth 1838 (estimated) 36 37 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 28 November 1908 (Age 70) Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Loading...
6 years #5 younger brother	George Potts Birth 28 January 1844 42 43 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 31 December 1844 (Age 11 months) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...

Father’s family with Maria Van Hoesen - View family

father	George Wilson Potts Birth 9 August 1801 21 21 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 12 August 1845 (Age 44) Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
-7 months step-mother	Maria Van Hoesen Birth 1801 23 23 Death 6 August 1824 (Age 23) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 11 February 1821 — Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA
7 months #1 half-brother	William Lewis Potts Birth 6 September 1821 20 20 Greenport, Columbia, New York, USA Death 22 March 1906 (Age 84) 14 Kelsey Street, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Loading...
3 years #2 half-brother	John Henry Potts Birth 6 August 1824 22 23 Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA Death 6 July 1891 (Age 66) Frankston, Victoria, Australia Loading...

Family with George B Lee - View family

husband	George B Lee Death before October 1908 Loading...
herself	Elizabeth Jane Potts Birth 1838 (estimated) 36 37 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 28 November 1908 (Age 70) Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 21 March 1861 — Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
9 months #1 daughter	Grace Lee Birth 1862 24 Death yes Loading...
1 year #2 son	Robert Lee Birth 1863 25 Death yes Loading...

Elizabeth Jane Potts has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (12)

Parents John Spickerman + Mary Felter

1 Edward Spickerman 1823–1874

2 George Spickerman 1824–1890

3 Riley Spickerman 1826–1847

4 Eli Spickerman 1828–1906

5 Jane Spickerman 1829–1915

Parents Garret Spickerman + Deborah Ann Wiltsie

1 John Spickerman 1836–?

2 Almeron Spickerman 1839–?

3 Romelia Spickerman 1841–?

4 Myron Spickerman 1844–?

5 Frederick A. Spickerman 1851–?

6 Florence Victoria, Australia Spickerman 1854–?

7 Chas. Edward Spickerman 1857–?

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Australian History

First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.

Australian History

Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

Australian History

Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.

Australian History

New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.

Australian History

Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.

Australian History

Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).

Australian History

The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.

Census

1850 USA Census transcript - Elizabeth Spickerman - Household

Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Name	Age	Sex	Birthplace
Elizabeth Spickerman	50	F	USA, New York
Robert A Potts	19	M	USA, New York
Herman Thorne Potts	17	M	USA, New York
Jane Elizabeth Potts	14	F	USA, New York
Mary Speckerman	85	F	USA, New York

Australian History

Western Australia becomes a penal colony.

Australian History

Victoria separates from New South Wales.

Australian History

Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

The Eureka Stockade

Census

1855 Massachusetts State Census transcript - Elizabeth Potts - Household

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M4DM-1CR/p_240581752 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace	Edu
Elizabeth Potts	55	F		USA, New York
Robert A Potts	25	M	Farmer	USA, New York
Herman T Potts	23	M	Farmer	USA, New York	Yes
Jane E Potts	20	F		USA, New York	Yes

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Australian History

Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.

Australian History

Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Australian History

SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Australian History

John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Australian History

The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Australian History

Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Australian History

Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Australian History

First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History

The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Australian History

First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Australian History

An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.

Australian History

The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Australian History

The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.

Australian History

South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.

Australian History

The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Australian History

The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.

Australian History

The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Australian History

The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Australian History

Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Australian History

(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Australian History

The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.

Australian History

The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Australian History

A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History

Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

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Will of George Wilson Potts

Record of last Will and Testament of GEORGE WILSON POTTS late of the Town of Livingston in County of Columbia deceased as a will of both Real and Personal property and of the proofs and examinations relevant thereto.

Recorded October 4 1843

In the Name of God amen I GEORGE WILSON POTTS OF THE TOWN OF LIVINGSTON in the County of Columbia being weak of body but sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding do hereby make this as my last will and testament thereby revoking all other or former wills by me hereto made.

In the first place I direct all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my personal estate by my Executrix herein after named

Secondly where as my two sons John and Lewis whom I had by my first wife will be provided for by their grandfather ELLJAH VAN HOESEN as he has informed me and whereas I have four children MARlA, ROBERT, HERMAN, George and ELIZABETH, by my last and present wife ELIZABETH now I do hereby give and divese my homestead farm which is held by virtue of several life leases together with the several wood lots attached to the same to my present wife and my four children last named, she to have the sole control and management of the same so long as she remains my widow and she to educate, support and maintain my said four last named children which I had by her and I do authorize my said wife as executrix of this my will should she deem it for the best advantage of herself and my surviving children, to sell and dispose of my said leasehold farm and premises, together with the wood lots or such parts as she may deem proper, and the money arising from such sale either again laid out in the purchase of real estate ,or to be reinvested in Bond and Mortgage upon good landed security.

Such real estate if purchased shall belong to my four children MARIA, ROBERT, HERMAN, and ELIZABETH, subject to the life estate of my wife to one third thereof, and the money if invested in bond and mortgage shall belong to my said four children last named one third of the interest yearly to be paid to my said wife during her widowhood.

And in regard to my personal property which I shall at my decease, I give and devise the same in like manner to my said four children last named above except what I shall specifically devise to my other children, subject however to be used and enjoyed by my wife during her widowhood so long as she continues to keep my said farm But if sale of said farm shall be made, then I direct that such portion of the teams and stock and farming utensils as they my wife and children residing with her may have shall be sold and the money to be in like manner invested in Bond and Mortgage unless said teams and stock and farming utensils may be needed by said wife and family and I do hereby authorize and empower my said wife as executrix of this my will to act as she shall deem for the best interest of my estate.

Now in regard to my son WILLLAM LEWIS as I am informed by his grandfather Mr VAN HOESEN he will not receive the same or an equal amount of his estate with my son JOHN

I therefore do hereby give and devise to my said son WILLIAM LEWIS POTTS my young sorrel mare called the russet mare which I value at one hundred and twenty five dollars. I also give him one milk cow one hog five sheep also one set of double harness, which I now have which I now direct my wife to furnish and deliver to my son WILLIAM LEWIS POTTS upon my decease, unless I shall furnish in my life time the property above mentioned or the value there of.

And in regard to my son JOHN as I deem the provision made for him by his grandfather VAN HOESEN to be ample and sufficient but to show my love and affection for my son JOHN I do hereby give him the sum of twenty five dollars to be paid him by my wife at my decease unless I pay the same to my son in my lifetime.

Now it is my wish that whenever a sale shall be made of my farm should the same be made by my executrix that the moneys arising from the said sale be divided among my wife and four children My wife to take the value of her life estate out first and the balance to be placed at interest for the benefit of my said children until they severally alive of full age when the same be paid to them But if an opportunity should occur to invest the same in real estate that would be more beneficial for my said children then my said executrix is authorized so to do as I have above stated.