Oneida Co., NY Wills Vol. 38 page 279
Eliza A.
Loomis
Probated 8 March, 1886
The Last Will and Testament of Eliza A. Loomis
of the Town of Florence, County of Oneida, and State of New York.
I, Eliza A. Loomis aware of the uncertainty
of life do make, ordain, publish and declare this my last will and testament
in manner and form following, that is to say.
After the payment of my funeral charges,
the expense of administering my estate, and my legal debts, I give, devise
and bequeath my property as follows.
First. I give and bequeath to my son Lorin
B. Loomis of Florence Oneida Co. N.Y. two notes, one given by Lorin B.
Loomis to Mary Loomis (and by her given to me) for $ ?.00 and interest,
dated January 8, 1878. The other for $200.00 and interest given by Lorin
B. Loomis above named to the executor of the estate of Lewis S. Loomis
deceased, both lawfully belonging to me.
Second. The balance of my estate, Real personal
and mixed to be equally divided share and share alike between my children
Ansel Loomis of Florence, Oneida Co. N.Y. and Saphronia A. Benway of Williamstown,
Oswego Co. N.Y. and Jonathan A. Loomis of Flint, Genesee Co. Michigan.
Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint
Samuel L. Smith of Camden, Oneida Co. N.Y. the executor of this my last
Will and Testament, thereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In Witness thereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal the eleventh day of June in the year of Our
Lord one thousand and eight hundred and eighty-five.
Eliza A. Loomis SS
The above written instrument was subscribed
by the said Eliza A. Loomis in our presence and acknowledged by her to
each of us, and she at the same time declared the above instrument, so
subscribed, to be her last Will and Testament, and we at her request, have
signed our names as witnesses hereto, in her presence, and in the presence
of each other, and written opposite our names, our respective places of
residence.
H.F. Winchester, West Camden, Oneida Co.
N.Y.
Samuel L. Smith, West Camden, Oneida Co.
N.Y.
State of New York
County of Oneida
I, W.B. Bliss, Surrogate of said County hereby
certify the forgoing to be the record of the Last Will and Testament of
Eliza A. Loomis, deceased, and the proofs and examinations taken thereon.
W.B. Bliss
Surrogate
Proof for Probate
At a Surrogate Court held at the Surrogate’s
Office in Rome in the County of Oneida on the 8 day of March A.D. 1886
before Wm. B. Bliss, Esq., Surrogate of the said county, for the purpose
of proving and recording the last Will and Testament of Eliza A. Loomis
late of the town of Florence in the county of Oneida, deceased, in pursuance
of chapter sixth, title first, article first, part second, of the Revised
Statutes of the State of New York and of an Act entitled “An Act concerning
the Proofs of Wills, Executors and Administrators, Guardians and Wards,
and Surrogate’s Courts,” passed May 16, 1837, and other Acts concerning
the same, on the application of Samuel L. Smith in said will named Executor.
H. F. Winchester being duly sworn and examined
in open court, testified that he was well acquainted with Eliza A. Loomis,
deceased, and had been for the last 30 years immediately preceding her
death: that she died in the month of February last past at Florence in
the county of Oneida, which was her last place of residence at the time
of her death; that he saw the said testatrix sign the paper here offered
to be proved, recorded, and admitted to probate as the last Will and Testament
of the said deceased, on the day the same bears date (the seal having been
previously affixed,) that this deponent signed the same, at the same time,
as a subscribing witness, in the presence of the Testatrix, and at her
request, and in the presence of Samuel L. Smith who also at the same time
signed the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testatrix
and at her request and in the presence of this deponent that the said Testatrix
at the time she so signed the said Will, then and there in the presence
of this deponent and in the presence of the other subscribing witness,
published and declared the same as and for her last will and testament
and this deponent further says that the said Testatrix at the time she
so signed, published and declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and
disposing mind and memory, and of full age, and not under restraint, and
competent to devise real estate.
H. F. Winchester.
Samuel L. Smith being duly sworn and examined
in open court, testified that he was well acquainted with Eliza A. Loomis,
deceased, and had been for the last 40 years immediately preceding her
death: that she died in the month of February last past at Florence in
the county of Oneida, which was her last place of residence at the time
of her death; that he saw the said testatrix sign the paper here offered
to be proved, recorded, and admitted to probate as the last Will and Testament
of the said deceased, on the day the same bears date (the seal having been
previously affixed,) that this deponent signed the same, at the same time,
as a subscribing witness, in the presence of the Testatrix, and at her
request, and in the presence of H. F. Winchester who also at the same time
signed the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testatrix
and at her request and in the presence of this deponent that the said Testatrix
at the time she so signed the said Will, then and there in the presence
of this deponent and in the presence of the other subscribing witness,
published and declared the same as and for her last will and testament
and this deponent further says that the said Testatrix at the time she
so signed, published and declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and
disposing mind and memory, and of full age, and not under restraint, and
competent to devise real estate.
Samuel L. Smith.
The forgoing proofs and examinations taken
before me, the Surrogate aforesaid, at the time and place above mentioned,
and the depositions of the respective witnesses having been by them respectively
subscribed, after having been carefully read over to them, I, the said
surrogate, being satisfied, upon the said proofs and examinations taken
that the said Will is genuine and valid, and was duly executed, and the
said Testatrix at the time of executing the same, was in all respects competent
to devise real estate, and not under restraint, do therefore allow the
said Will to be admitted to Probate, as a Will of real and personal estate,
and the said Will, proofs and examinations to be recorded, and I certify
that the Probate of said Will was not contested.
Witness, WM. B. Bliss, Surrogate as aforesaid
the 8th day of March, 1886.
WM. B. Bliss
SURROGATE
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Transcribed by Sharon Loomis 12 August, 2001