["Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-42449-24426-30?cc=2102083&wc=9BXJ-DP8:1055512501,1073167801 : accessed 31 December 2014), Worcester > Case no 15386-15470, Darling, Alpheus-Darling, Simeon, 1731-1881 > image 179 of 1094; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston.]
But that's not all we can learn from his will. He was a partner in a "Saw Mill" and left his interest in it to his three sons, Daniel, Samuel*, and Peter.
["Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-42449-24426-30?cc=2102083&wc=9BXJ-DP8:1055512501,1073167801 : accessed 31 December 2014), Worcester > Case no 15386-15470, Darling, Alpheus-Darling, Simeon, 1731-1881 > image 180 of 1094; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston.]
Of course Daniel was also a farmer, raising "Indian corn and English grain" and a "Stock of cattel.' He left land to his four** sons and four daughters after making provision in his will for his "dearly beloved wife Lydia Darling."
["Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-42449-24344-27?cc=2102083&wc=9BXJ-DP8:1055512501,1073167801 : accessed 31 December 2014), Worcester > Case no 15386-15470, Darling, Alpheus-Darling, Simeon, 1731-1881 > image 188 of 1094; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston.]
Daniel Darling died on February 26th and his will was presented in court for probate on March 24, 1745/46. He was buried in Old Cemetery in Millville (formerly part of Mendon) in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
[A map of Mendon, Worcester County, Mass. 1831
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu;
Digital Id g3764m ct004101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764m.ct004101]
*I am descended from Samuel Darling, whose son David (a veteran of the Revolutionary War) was the husband of Mercy Phillips.
**His fourth son, William Darling, received land but not part of the saw mill.
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