David  MOSHER

1749 MOSHER David, s. Benjamin and Abigail, May 31, 1749. Birth Dartmouth

Mosher, David 1 (male over 16) 3 (males under 16) 4 (females) 0 (other) 0 (slaves) Saratoga (town)

'David had died previously (about 1797), had left no will, and
his estate had not been probated while Mary was alive. She died 'about' May 31, 1813. Their son, Benjamin Mosher, of Saratoga, requested to be the administrator. He stated that all of his brothers and sisters were residing in the county (Saratoga), 'Elizabeth excepted,' that all agreed to
let him administer the estate, and that 'the husband after said Elizabeth' whom he had 'seen and consulted' also wanted him to administer the estate. Nowhere does it name her husband or where they are living. It does not name the siblings. A bond was issued and was signed by Benjamin Mosher of Saratoga, David Fish of Greenfield, and Commins Salisbury of Milton. The inventory of Mary's belongings
was done by Benjamin in the presence of George Mosher and
Richard Fish, who acted as appraisers, March 29, 1814.'

My note: David Fish and Cummings Salisbury live next to each other in Greenfield, Saratoga, NY in the 1820 US Census.

The index (image 1) lists five entries, all mortgages from William W. Welch, recorded consecutively in the Saratoga Mortgage Book covering 1815–1819:

Mortgagee Page
Cummins Salisbury 86
David Fish 87
George Mosher 88
Reuben Randall 89
Benjamin Mosher 97
What the abstracts (images 2 & 3) reveal

Each abstract is dated October 24, 1817, and follows an identical template: William W. Welch of Clinton, Dutchess County, NY, mortgages back an equal undivided one-sixth part of the same tract to each of these five men. The land is described consistently as:

Lot No. 3 of the smaller lots into which Lot No. 2 of the subdivision of Lot No. 11 of the ninth allotment of the patent of Kayaderosseras is subdivided — bounded by a stake in the road running from the narrows of Saratoga Lake to Giles Slocum's, along the south bounds of Lot No. 12, west approx 39 chains, then along the east bounds of the 50 acres sold by Seth C. Baldwin to Amos Stafford, approx 31 chains, to the six-mile