Notes for: Peter Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (Dec. 24, 2021)
From Baptismal Register, Readington (formerly North Branch) Dutch Reformed Church, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
25 March 1781: Peter, son of Cornelius Bodine and Maregreta.
From The Ovid Bee (Ovid, N.Y.) of 12 July 1843
Died on July 10th in this village Peter Bodine aged about 60 years.
From Seneca County, NY, Wills B: 277-278.
The will of Peter Bodine, of Ovid, Seneca County, NY, of 20 April 1840, names his wife Elizabeth, who is to receive one third of the profits of the farm on which I now live and as much of the household furniture as she wants for housekeeping so long as she remains my widdow; to my three daughters now living, viz. Sarah, Harriet and Hanah, each four hundred dollars and to the heirs of my two daughters, viz. Margaret four hundred dollars and Mary an four hundred dollars to be paid one year after my decease; to my son Isaac Bodine the farm on which I now live containing one hundred acres of land with the proviso that he supports my son Cornelius so long as he liveth; the remainding part of my property to be sold and equally divided among my seven heirs. Executors are my son Isaac Bodine and my brother George Bodine. Proved 26 Aug 1843.
From The Ovid Bee (Ovid, N.Y.) of 27 April 1859
Died on the 16th of April at her residence in this town of which she had been an inhabitant 57 years Elizabeth Bodine widow of the late Peter Bodine in the 79th year of her age.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1850 Ovid, Seneca County: Isaac Bodine 38 NY farmer, Elizabeth 70 NJ, Cornelius 30 NY, Caroline Patterson 38 NY, Mary A. Auten 9 NY.
From History of the Branch of the Bodine Family Founded by Cornelius Bodine, by E. P. Bodine, 1897, p. 15-16 the following children are named: Elizabeth Bodine Lanning, Mary Ann Bodine Bird, Sally Bodine Wyckoff, Isaac Bodine, Cornelius Bodine, Harriet Bodine Brokaw and Hannah Bodine Auten. No spouses are named, but children are named for all the daughters.