From the Genealogy of the Waldo Family:
In the early records of Windham he is called "Ziporan." Mr. Waldo probably removed to Sharon in 1771, for, December 17, 1771, he purchased of Gideon Hollister of Sharon, for £181, the farm or "Home Lott," on which be afterwards lived, and which he conveyed, May 3, 1797, to his son Bradford, "for Love & Personal affection which I have and do bear to my Son Bradford Waldo." Feb. 10, 1800, Hannah Waldo of Sharon quit claimed to Bradford Waldo, for 95, all her right "to the farm of Land whereon the said Bradford and myself now live . . . with a Dwelling House and other Buildings thereon, being the same Premises of which a lease for life was heretofore executed by said Bradford to me and my late Husband Cyprian Waldo deceased."
The will of Cyprian Waldo of Sharon was dated May 6, 1797, and probated Aug. 30, 1797; by it he provides:
"First all my Just Debts to be settled & paid then I will & bequeath to my Son Alfred Waldo the Sum of Five Shillings over & above what I have already done for him to be paid one year after my Decease to my Son Bradford Waldo I give Five Shillings to be paid in one Year after my Decease. I give to my Son David Ripley Waldo Five Shillings over & above what I have already done for him to be paid in one Year after my Decease. I give my Son Zacheus Waldo Five Shillings over & above what I have done for him in an other way to be paid when he shall arrive to the Age of Twenty one years. To my daughter Ora Waldo I give Five Shillings to be paid when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years. All the rest & residue of my Estate both Real & personal that I shall die possessed of I give to my affectionate Wife Hannah Waldo."
From the Genealogy of the Waldo Family:
In the early records of Windham he is called "Ziporan." Mr. Waldo probably removed to Sharon in 1771, for, December 17, 1771, he purchased of Gideon Hollister of Sharon, for £181, the farm or "Home Lott," on which be afterwards lived, and which he conveyed, May 3, 1797, to his son Bradford, "for Love & Personal affection which I have and do bear to my Son Bradford Waldo." Feb. 10, 1800, Hannah Waldo of Sharon quit claimed to Bradford Waldo, for 95, all her right "to the farm of Land whereon the said Bradford and myself now live . . . with a Dwelling House and other Buildings thereon, being the same Premises of which a lease for life was heretofore executed by said Bradford to me and my late Husband Cyprian Waldo deceased."
The will of Cyprian Waldo of Sharon was dated May 6, 1797, and probated Aug. 30, 1797; by it he provides:
"First all my Just Debts to be settled & paid then I will & bequeath to my Son Alfred Waldo the Sum of Five Shillings over & above what I have already done for him to be paid one year after my Decease to my Son Bradford Waldo I give Five Shillings to be paid in one Year after my Decease. I give to my Son David Ripley Waldo Five Shillings over & above what I have already done for him to be paid in one Year after my Decease. I give my Son Zacheus Waldo Five Shillings over & above what I have done for him in an other way to be paid when he shall arrive to the Age of Twenty one years. To my daughter Ora Waldo I give Five Shillings to be paid when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years. All the rest & residue of my Estate both Real & personal that I shall die possessed of I give to my affectionate Wife Hannah Waldo."
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