William Nathan Terry

William Nathan Terry

Male 1760 - 1840  (79 years)


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  • Name William Nathan Terry 
    Birth 03 Nov 1760  Mattituck, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1840  Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Jan 1840  Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684224348  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Parshall Terry, I,   b. 08 Aug 1734, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1811, East Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Deborah Clark,   b. 22 Jun 1736, Mattituck, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1778, Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F2104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eleanor 'Nellie' Lewis,   b. Oct 1776, Mattituck, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1849, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 07 Apr 1793  Ontario, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Lebeus Garner,   b. Abt. 1775, Mattituck, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt. 1797  Mattituck, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 3 Anna Griffin Or Griffing,   b. 1777, Southhold, Suffolk, Long Island, N.Y. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt. 1798  Riverhead, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Died while swimming
      Died while swimming

      WILL OF NATHANIEL TERRY 1767-1819 In th
      WILL OF NATHANIEL TERRY 1767-1819 In the name of God Amen. I Nathaniel Terry of the town of Palmyra and County of Ontario and State of New York, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner an form following.-- 1st I give and bequeath unto Anne Terry my lawful wife, one third of all my real and personal estate.-- 2nd I give unto Constant Terry my Second Son Thirty Acres of land taken from the west side of the lot I now live on. 3rd I give to Patience Sherman my oldest Daughter a Bible. 4th I give to Bridget Terry my Second Daughter one Cow and Bible.-- 5th I give to Deborah Terry, Sally Terry, Helinda Terry and Jane Terry my four youngest daughters to each a Cow, and Feather Bed and a Bible.-- 6th I give to Ebenezer Terry my oldest son the residue of my real estate and also the remainder of my Personal property after settling the debts and the above named portions.-- I do hereby constitute and appoint Anne Terry my lawful Wife and Joshua Terry my brother my executrix and executor of my last will and testament.-- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentyeighth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen.-- Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Nathaniel Terry to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator. his mark Nathaniel X Terry Witnesses: James Reeves Asher Doolittle Uriah S. McClare [Note: This is taken from a xerox of original submitted by Mrs. James H. Stratton, 3913 Watson Pl. NW, Washington DC 20076. She indicates that Nathaniel Terry 1767-1819 m. Anna Armstrong and they are the parents of Constant Terry, 1806-1872, who m. Maria Hannah Selby, 1819-1906.] source: Terry Family Historian newsletter.

      !SECOND MARRIAGE TO ANNIE ARMSTRONG
      !SECOND MARRIAGE TO ANNIE ARMSTRONG

      *Sources - MI Military Records 1775-1836 and the History of Oakland County

      *Collaborating trees on Ancestry.com (Bechtel) (Allen Heath Gibbs Montague Terry)

      ***(Copied from Bechtel Tree)

      From History of Oakland County (Michigan)
      Nov 10, 1828 , …
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