Beth,

Indeed, those posts are nearly a decade old! :-)

The New Brunswick Genealogical Society's "First Families" files have the following for Arthur Branscombe, which may be old or nre information to you.

From NBGS First Families papers:

BRANSCOMBE: Arthur Branscombe b. c1751 Devonshire, England, d. 15
Jan 1825: came to the USA about 1770: m. Rachel Lafurgie b. c1751, died 15
Dec 1841: he came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: settled at The Range on Grand
Lake in Waterborough Parish, Queens County:
Children:
1) Nathaniel Branscombe b. c1776 in NY, d. Sep 1865, m. (1st) before 1800
Sarah Miller born in NB, d. before 1830, d/o John Miller and Hannah Allen
of Cumberland Bay, Queens County: they had seven children: he married (2nd)
c1830 Elizabeth Corey Secord b. - , died 8 Mar 1837 d/o Thomas Corey and
Catherine Vail: family settled in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County,
ON: had eight children in NB:
2) Arthur Branscombe b. c1781 in NY, died 28 Mar 1864, m. Martha Miller
born 1785, d. 16 Jul 1860, d/o John Miller and Hannah Allen: settled at The
Range and had nine children:
3) Henry Branscombe born c1783 in NY, bp. 5 Mar 1783, died before 1851,
married Lydia Miller b. c1788, d. before 1881, d/o John Miller and Hannah
Allen: family moved to Hallowell, ON: had nine children:
4) George Branscombe b. c1785, d. at age five:
5) John Branscombe b. c1790, d. before 1861, married 10 Jan 1807 in Queens
County, Mary Wiggins b. 25 May 1787 at Waterborough, NB, d. before 1851,
d/o Jacob Wiggins and Elizabeth Slocum: had eight children:
6) James Branscombe born 1793, bp. 17 Feb 1794 at Grand Lake, died 1812:
7) William Branscombe bp. 17 Feb 1794, d. after 1825, married 4 Feb 1812
Hannah Wiggins d/o Jacob Wiggins and Elizabeth Slocum: two children.

Sources: MC80/364 E. Stone Wiggins History of Queens County, pages 14-
15: see MC80/1285 Loyalist lineages of Canada 1783-1983, pages 780-781:
see also MC80/1372 Sylvia A. Timmons The descendants of Arthur and
Rachel (Lafurgie) Branscombe: the widow Hannah (Wiggins) Branscombe
married (2nd) James Ralston of Waterborough, NB: see also MC80/1397
Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 12-13, 49-50, 237-238:
see also MC80/1790 Ken Kanner’s Early families revisited, page 38: see also
MC80/2656 Ford Alward’s A commitment, a life well lived, and a pink
peony: in loving memory of George Wilberforce Keith …and Mary Elizabeth
Branscombe….: see also MC80/2768 Louise D. Shermerhorn’s Arthur
Branscombe and Rachel Lafurgie: their story and their descendants, 372
pages: widow Hannah (Wiggins) Branscombe m. (2nd) 23 Jul 1829 James
Ralston b. 1794 in County Fermanagh, Ireland.


As for the will, I would try and contact the Queens County Museum or Historical Society, as they MAY have it on microfilm or an abstract of it in print.

Jared