NINTH GENERATION

135. Amos Landers was born on 5 Jun 1699 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. ^{(276)(277) (118)} He signed a will on 26 Apr 1764. ⁽²⁷⁸⁾ He died before 12 Jun 1781 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. ^(21)(15) Amos3 Landers (Richard2, Thomas1), born 5 Jun 1699, died, probably in Falmouth, shortly before 12 June 1781, at age 82.

He married 3 April 1719 Experience4 Robinson (by William Bassett, Justice of the Peace, called "both of Falmouth", Falmouth Town Records, 1:152), daughter of Isaac3 and Hannah2 (Harper) Robinson of Falmouth. She was born in Falmouth 14 Jan. 1696/7 (ibid., p.166), and died after 4 Oct 1765. Her grandfather John2 Robinson (Isaac1) was a grandson of the Rev. John Robinson, the pastor of the Pilgrim flock in Holland.

Both Amos and Experience (Robinson) Landers were active members of the Friends Meeting; their names appear on the marriage certificates of many of their relatives and other members of the Society. Amos Landers was among those who signed a report of dissent, 1 Sept. 1731, against the payment of a tax for the employment of the Rev. Samuel Palmer as minister of the Congregational Church at Falmouth.

The will of Stephen2 Harper of Falmouth, dated 13 Feb. 1740, names his kinswomen (i.e., the daughters of his sister Hannah2 (Harper) Robinson), "Experience Launders", Mary Robinson, and Abigail Robinson (Barnstable County Probates, 5:539). The will of Isaac3 Robinson, dated 17 Sept. 1748, gives "To my daughter Experience Landers" (ibid., 5:539).

Amos Landers was chosen Constable of Falmouth 10 March 1746/7; he served also in various other posts. Experience signed, as a witness, the marriage certificate of her son John to Elizabeth Davis, 4 Oct. 1765.

The will of "Amos Landers of Falmouth...yeoman", dated 26 April 1764, proved 12 June 1781, reads, in part, as follows:

Impr. I give to my son Reuben six shillings, he being otherwise provided for already. Item. To my son Amos one quarter of all my Real Estate. To my son Freeman 6 shillings, he being otherwise provided for already. To my son Prince and to my son John, three quarters part of all my Real Estate, to be equally divided between them. To my daughter Jane, 6 shillings, she being otherwise provided for already. To my daughter Abigail, the bed on which she lodges and the bedding thereto, and half my indoor moveables. To my daughter Hannah, four sheep, having already given her some portion of my Estate. To my grand son Joseph Bowerman, 6 shillings. To my grand daughter Lois, ye daughter of my daughter Sarah, the bed on which I lodge and bedding, and the one half of my household stuff or indoor moveables, excepting the bed and bedding which I give to Abigail, and a low, or smaller bed, and bedding which I give to my son Amos. My will is that my three sons, Amos, Prince, and John, to whom I have given my Real Estate shall provide for my daughter Abigail's support what shall be needful and she not able to supply for herself, in proportion to their interest in my Real Estate, all charges to be paid by the three sd sons, to whom I give all my livestock and the outdoor moveables....and further that my will be rightly understood, I deed that house in which my sons Reuben and John dwell belong to them and is not to be reckoned a part of my Estate. And my dwelling house, I give the one half of it to my sons Amos and Prince and the other half to my daughter Abigail and to my grand daughter's heirs. Signed, Amos Landers.
Witnessed: Samuel Palmer, John Landers, Savory Landers.

He made his sons Freeman and John co-executors. The will was proved 12 June 1781, when John Landers, one of the executors, and Savory Landers, the only surviving witness, deposed that he with Samuel Palmer and John Landers witnessed the will, and that both Palmer and John Landers were then deceased (Barnstable County Probates, 21:104-5).

The inventory, dated 15 Nov. 1781, taken by Richard Lake, Savory Landers, Joseph Crowell, shows Real Estate at £1000.13s.4d.: personal estate at £86.4s.8d. - total £1,152.17s.4d. (ibid., p.156).

Because of the lack of original records due to the destruction of the Barnstable County Court House in 1827, and the imperfect condition of the other records, the following accounting of Amos Landers’ estate will be of interest also to many people who may be doing research on other Falmouth families of the period.

The account of payments made by John Landers, Executor...of the Estate of Amos Landers – 13 May 1783:

To John Tobey’s note £ 7. 8s.0d. To Silvanus Hatch 1. 0s.6d.
To Elisha & Lemuel Pope 5. 5s.0d. To Reuben Gifford 4s.8d.
To James Bourne 29. 9s.0d. To David Crowell 8.19s.0d.
To Amos Landers, To Silas Hatch 12s.0d.
my brother 47.13s.0d. To Dr. Bradford 11.18s.1d.
To Jonathan Lawrence 102.19s.0d. To Joseph Bowerman 26. 9s.3d.
To Zebulon Wing 9. 9s.0d. To Hannah Sherman 1. 9s.0d.
To Silvanus Swift 17. 9s.0d. To Benjamin Gifford 129.18s.0d.
To Stephen Crowell 10. 0s.0d. To Silas Swift 12s.0d.
To Lois Hiller* 10. 0s.0d. To Richard Lake 14s.9d.
To Thomas Swift, Esqr. 10.10s.0d. To John Landers 14. 0s.0d.
To Theodore Morse 10.16s.0d.
To cash paid To Legacie to Joseph Bowerman 6s.0d.
Benjamin Bumpas £ 1.15s.0d. To bed, &c., given Lois Hiller 10.15s.0d.
To Judah Bowerman 1. 9s.0d. To moveables given d° 4.15s.0d.
To Savery Landers 6.12s.0d. To bed &c., given
To Freeman Landers 6s.0d. Amos Landers 5. 0s.0d.
To Josiah Cotton, for To wearing appl divided among
Seth Parker ye heirs 11. 7s.0d.
To Joseph Parker 24. 6s.0d. To legacie given
To Isaiah Marston 3. 0s.0d. Reuben Landers 6s.0d.
To my due on sd Estate 3. 0s.0d. To time & trouble collecting
To a legacie paid Jane Landers 6s.0d. his debts 12s.0d.
To bed & bedding given Abigail To attending Court of Common
Landers 9. 0s.0d. Pleas to get license 12s.0d.
To moveable estate given d° 9. 0s.0d. To cash per judge 1. 9s.6d.
To 4 sheep given
Hannah. Sherman 1. 9s.0d.

To attending probate court to prove will 12s.0d. (ibid., p.277).

John Landers of Falmouth petitioned the Court in December 1781, "for permission to sell and pass deeds" for £434 worth "of Real Estate of Amos Landers, deceased" (ibid., 21:275).

* Although we have made a rather exhaustive search of the records of Hiller-Hilyer family of Sandwich and Rochester, we can not place this Lois Hiller, the only child of Sarah Landers (q.v.).

[Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas1 Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:211-212]

Also have birth as 5 Jun 1699 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [Plymouth & Cape Cod MA Genealogy http://www.gendex.com/users/hhadaway/hadaway/hadawaypage.htm]

He was married to Experience Robinson (daughter of Isaac Robinson and Hannah Harper) on 3 Apr 1719 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA.^{(279) (21)(15)} Experience Robinson was born on 14 Jan 1696/97 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA.^{(280) (21)(15)} She died after 4 Oct 1765.^{(21) (15)} Amos Landers and Experience Robinson had the following children:

+471 i. Reuben Landers.
472 ii. Jane Landers was born about 1721 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. ^(21)(15) She died after 11 Mar 1783.^{(21) (15)} Jane4, b. ca. 1721; living at the date of her brother’s accounting, 11 Mar 1783. The will states that provision had already been made for her. [Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas1 Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:213]
+473 iii. Rose Landers.
+474 iv. Sarah Landers.
475 v. Amos Landers Jr. was born about 1728 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. ^(21)(15) He died before 8 Aug 1789 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA.^{(21) (15)} He was buried in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. Amos4, b. ca. 1728; d. Falmouth, probably shortly before 8 Aug. 1789, evidently s.p. His father gave him one fourth of the real estate by will. The Falmouth town records show that he performed various minor public duties; he signed several Friends’ marriage certificates, but we have found no evidence that he married, or how his land was distributed at his death. A court order, dated 15 Aug 1789, is directed "To Reuben Landers of Falmouth and to the heirs and near relations of Amos Landers, late of sd Falmouth, deceased, intestate, you are hereby asked to appear... pursuant to the within letter I have served the same by reading it to Reuben Landers, Prince Landers and John Landers... per me, Juda Eldredge". This was apparently the response to a letter dated 9 July 1789, "This is to inform the Honr Judge of probate that the subscribers hereof are not willing to administer upon the estate of Amos Landers, late of Falmouth. We think Judah Eldredge to be a very suitable man to undertake it". This was signed by Reuben, Prince and John Landers (Barnstable County Probates, 23:61). [Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas1 Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:213]
476 vi. Abigail Landers was born about 1730 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. ^(21)(15) She died after 13 May 1783.^{(21) (15)} Abigail, b. ca. 1730; d. after 13 May 1783, unmar., s.p. & intestate. She witnessed her sisters' marriages, and was given special bequests in her father's will. [Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:213]
+477 vii. Freeman Landers.
+478 viii. Prince Landers.
+479 ix. Hannah Landers.
+480 x. John Landers.