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JONATHAN AUBLE
Jonathan Auble was born to George and Rachel Auble in 1821 in the State of New Jersey.
Although his parents had married in Hunterdon County, NJ in May 1813 and moved to
Tompkins County about 1815 where their first child, Anthony, was born in 1816, they (or at
least Rachel) returned to New Jersey to have their next two children—Jonathan and Sophia.
According to cemetery and census records, since the early 1800s, the Auble family has been
present in the Towns of Ulysses, Enfield, and Hector.
Jonathan Auble never married and was a farmer all his life. At various times he was living with
his siblings (1850) or with his single sister Sophia (1870, 1880). Sophia died in 1881.
Jonathan died 24 April 1900. His death notice was published in the Trumansburg Free Press
and Sentinel 12 May 1900:
“Jonathan Auble, an aged resident of this place [Enfield], died at the home of his nephew Will
Jones, on Tuesday, April 24. The funeral services were held at the house on Thursday.
Interment in the cemetery here [Enfield Village Cemetery].”
Jonathan’s Will was made 26 February 1900 and witnessed by W. H. Jones and Geo. H. Nobles.
It named Jason G. Jones and William H. Jones, Jr. as Executors of his Estate. The Will was filed
with the Tompkins County Surrogate’s Court 25 June 1900. The Will’s provisions were:
1. All just debts and funeral expenses to be paid.
2. Purchase and erect six old-fashioned gravestones like Peter Wagner’s for his father
[George], mother [Rachel], sister [Sophia], two brothers [Anthony and Jacob] and
himself. Also, six marble posts and chain to mark out the family plot.
3. Four children of brother Elias: Luella [Auble] Drake, Ida June, Frankie [Auble]
Buckingham, and Libbie Auble: $100 each.
4. Andrew Auble, Joseph Auble, and Evaline Auble: $100 each.
5. Four children of sister Mary: Jane Eliza Darling, Annie Darling, Edson Darling, and
Edgar Darling: $100 each.
6. Nephew Jason G. Jones: $1500 and 10 acres near Jacksonville in the Town of
Ulysses.
7. Nephew William H. Jones, Jr. of Enfield: 19 acres in Enfield [boundaries itemized],
plus 10 acres in Enfield knows as the “Quail Place” [boundaries itemized].
8. Niece Sarah Elizabeth Bailey: 12 acres in Enfield known as the “Wortman Place”
[boundaries itemized]
9. Jason G. Jones and William H. Jones, Jr. to share equally all the rest, residue, and
remainder of his property.
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10. Half-brother Andrew Auble as trustee for my half-sister Evaline Auble, to receive and
receipt for her $100 legacy.
Not knowing what his “just debts and funeral expenses” were, and the cost of six engraved
gravestones, his monetary disbursements to his kin amounted to $2,600 (approx. $81,500 in
2020). If the total 41 acres of land were the bulk of his estate, he would have been considered
a small farmer*.
Jonathan’s father George Auble (1793-1870) had two wives and twelve children:
Rachel Cripps (1793-1849)
Anthony (1816-1861) NY/NY
Jonathan (1821-1900) NJ/NY
Sophia (1823-1881) NJ/NY
Mary (1826-1873) NY/MI +John Darling
Jacob (1828-1863) NY/CAN
Elias (1831-1900) NY/NY +Julia/+Phoebe/+Eunice
Sarah (1838-1918) NY/NY +Samuel Stone/+Jonathan Miller
Caroline (1840- ??) NY/?? +William H. Jones
Elizabeth “Betsy” Lunger (1817-1870) PA/NY
Andrew (1855-1905) NY/NY +Flora Robinson
Joseph (1856-1920) NY/NY
Evaline (1858- ??) NY/??
Wilhelmina (1860- ??) NY/??
*In 1870, the breakdown of 290 farmers and the amount of land they owned:
0-50 acres……. 33.4% 51-100 acres…… 45.2%
101-150 acres……14.8% 150+ acres…… 6.6%