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IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN
I James
Draper of the Town of Floyd, County of Oneida and State of New York
of the age of sixty six years and being of sound mind and memory do make,
publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner forecoming
that is to say. First, I give bequeath and desire to my son Asa C.
Draper about sixty acres of land situated in the town of Floyd and
being a part of the premises now occupied by myself off the East side of
my farm and the same bought of Daniel Draper and a full description of
which will be found in deed of conveyance from said Draper, to have
and to hold the same to him and his heirs forever. Second, I give
and bequeath to my wife Betsey Draper after my just debts and funeral expenses
are paid, all my personal property including farming utensils and implements,
farm stock of every kind, also the balance of my real estate, it being
about sixty five acres of land off the West side of the farm now owned
by me and joining the piece of land before de-scribed to have and to hold
the said personal property and real estate for her own use and benefit
during the term of her natural life, the same to be accepted by her in
lieu of dower. After the decease of my wife as aforesaid, I give
and bequeath to my son Asa C. Draper the personal property and real
estate aforesaid left for her use during the term of her natural life,
to be used and enjoyed by him during the term of his natural life, and
after the decease of the said Asa C. Draper then the last above named
real estate to go in -to his heirs forever. Third. I give and bequeath
to my daughter Sarah M. Roberts, wife of Robert Roberts the sum of one
thousand Dollars to be paid her by my son Asa C. Draper, the same being
a part con-sideration for the bequests before mentioned to the said Asa
C. Draper, the same to be paid in six equal annual payments after my decease
with interest annually. But should the said Sarah M. Roberts die and leave
no heirs by direct issue, then the said bequest shall be void and the whole
or any part thereof that may be left at the time of her decease shall be
paid to the said Asa C. Draper, his heirs or assigns. Fourth, I hereby
nominate and appoint my wife Betsey Draper and my son Asa C. Draper to
be the executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all
former wills by me made. Given under my hand and seal this 10 day of May,
1873.
Dawna
Holst
The last will and testament of Virgil
Draper of town and village of Rome in the County of Oneida and state
of New York
I Virgil Draper being of sound & disposing?
mind and memory do make and declare this my last will and testament in
manner and form following that is to say. First, I direct that all
my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses be paid. Second,
I give to my wife Eliza if she shall survive me the use and enjoyment during
her natural life of all the property of which I may die possessed
real or personal. Third, subject in favor ? of my said wife, I give and
to my daughter Frances, the wife of Joseph A. Dudley ? of the city
of New York that certain store and lot in the village of Rome known
as numbered? and now occupied by Griffith W. Jones, valued at forty-five
hundred dollars and also those two? cottage houses built by me on Domminick
Street in said Village and the lots therewith belonging, valued by me at
twenty-two hundred dollars for the property?, this will being together
of the assumed total? of thousand seven hundred dollars. Fourth, subject
as aforesaid I give & devise to my daughter Mary the wife of Henry
? White of Rome aforesaid the homestead in the village of Rome where I
now reside together with all furniture therein and the house and lot in
the rear of the said homestead and property on Spring Street. I also give
& devise to my said daughter, Mary the house and lot on Dominick Street
in said village known as the Pinckney house and lot the whole of which
is at bequest to my said daughter Mary, being valued of this will at 4?
thousand six hundred dollars. Fifth, subject as aforesaid, I give &
devise my daughter Julia that certain store and lot on Domminick Sixth,
subject as aforesaid I give all the rest of the property of which I may
die seized or possessed in equal shares to my said daughters, Frances1
Mary1 and Julia but my said daughters Mary and Julia shall be first paid
out of the general fund such sums as will equalize the devises & bequests
hereinbefore contained to them respectively with the devise? to their sister
Frances, that is one hundred dollars to Mary and six? hundred dollars to
Julia, the residue after which payment to be equally divided between my
said three daughters. Seventh, it is my will that if either of my said
daughters shall die before this will has fully taken effect leaving a child
or children surviving her, that then such child or children shall take
that interest and title under this will which the parent if living would
have taken. Finally, I appoint my son-in-law Joseph A. Dudley of the city
of New York sole executor of this my will, with the power to sell
and convey any real estate of which I may die seized, always however, subject
to the provisions hereinbefore contained respecting the same. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ?? day of January
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. Witnessed
- M. L. Bowland of Rome B. J. Beach of Rome
Dawna
Holst
I Betsey
Draper of the town of Floyd, Oneida County, and being of sound mind
and memory do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will
and testament that is to say. First, after all my lawful debts are paid
and discharged, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sophia Booth, wife of
James Booth the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid within one year from
the time of my decease. Also one half of my wearing apparell left at the
time of my decease. Also three silver Tea Spoons, one flowered coverlet,
and one old feather bed. Second, I give and bequeath to my daughter
Sarah Roberts wife of Robert Roberts the sum of five Dollars. Also one
half of my wearing apparell. Also three silver Tea Spoons. Third,
I give and bequeath to my son Asa C. Draper two feather beds, three Kersey
shirts and all other personal property of which I may die possessed after
the above be-quests are paid except as hereinafter expressed.
Fourth, I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Anna E. Roberts one Silver
Tea Spoon and to my grandson, ?hilander Draper one short Kersey Shirt
and whatever of bedding is left after the amount bequeathed as aforesaid
to be equally divided between my two daughters aforesaid, Sophia Booth
and Sarah Roberts share and share alike.
Likewise I make, constitute and appoint my
son Asa C. Draper to be sole executor of this my last will and testament
hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have
____________ subscribed my name and affixed my seal this fifteenth day
of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Seventy Five. (15 January, 1875)
Dawna
Holst
Oneida Co., NY Wills Vol. 10 page 106
William Dunbar of Lee
Probated 2 September, 1851
I William Dunbar of Lee, Oneida County, New
York do hereby make publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament.
I bequeath to my wife absolutely the Household
Furniture and provisions together with two cows and five sheep.
All the rest and remainder of my Real and
personal Estate I give bequeath and devise to my wife and children to de????
to them according to the provisions of the Laws of New York (ie my wife
to have her dower right and the remainder to be divided equally among my
children.
I nominate constitute and appoint Wm. N Stuben
of Rome, NY sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament with full
power to dispose and sell both my personal and Real Estate and with power
to invest my wife’s third so long as she may live or to pay her a sum in
???? upon the principles of law applicable to annuities as she may elect
in satisfaction of her claim of Dower. I also nominate him Guardian for
my son Doras until he arrives at the age of twenty-one.
In witness where of I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 27th day of March 1851.
William Dunbar SS
Witnesses
T. Jones Jr of Rome, Oneida County, NY
Richard Wood of Lee, Oneida County, NY
William Wood of Lysander, Onondaga County,
NY
The foregoing written instrument on the day
of the date thereof was subscribed by William Dunbar the Testator therein
named in the presence of the undersigned the same William Dunbar at the
time he so subscribed the said instrument declared the same to be his last
Will and Testament and requested us to sign our names as such witnesses
in his presence and in the presence of each other.
T. Jones Jr of Rome, NY
Richard Wood, Lee, NY
William Wood, Lysander NY
State of New York
SS
Oneida County
I, Othinel S. Williams, Surrogate of the
county aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing to be the Record of the
Last Will and Testament of William Dunbar deceased and of the proofs and
examinations taken thereon.
Othinel S Williams
Surrogate
At a Surrogate Court held at the Surrogate’s
Office in Rome in the County of Oneida on the second day of September A.D.
1851 before O.S. Williams Esq. Surrogate of the said county for the purpose
of proving and recording the last Will and Testament of William Dunbar
late of the town of Lee 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 T. Jones Jr. for William N. Stuben in said
will named Executor.
Thomas Jones Jr. being duly sworn and examined
in open court, testified that he was well acquainted with William Dunbar,
deceased and had been for the last 10 years immediately preceding his death:
that he died in the month of May last past at Lee in the county of Oneida,
which was his last place of residence at the time of his death; that he
saw the said testator 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 Testator, and at his request, and in the
presence of Richard Wood and William Wood who also at the same time signed
the same as subscribing witnesses in the presence of the Testator and at
his request and in the presence of this deponent and in the presence of
each other that the said Testator at the time he 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
his last will and testament and this deponent further says that the said
Testator at the time he signed, published and declared the same as aforesaid
was of sound and disposing mind and memory, of full age and not under restraint
and capable of devising real and personal estate.
T Jones Jr
Richard Wood being duly sworn and examined
in open court, testified that he was well acquainted with William Dunbar,
deceased and had been for the last three months immediately preceding his
death: that he died in the month of May last past at Lee in the county
of Oneida, which was his last place of residence at the time of his death;
that he heard the said testator acknowledge that he signed 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 Testator,
and at his request, and in the presence of T Jones Jr and William Wood
who also at the same time signed the same as subscribing witness in the
presence of the Testator and at his request and in the presence of this
deponent and in the presence of each other that the said Testator at the
time he so signed the said will then and there in the presence of this
deponent and in the presence of the other subscribing witnesses published
and declared the same as and for his last will and testament and this deponent
further says that the said Testator at the time he so signed, published
and declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and disposing mind and
memory, of full age and not under restraint and capable of devising real
and personal estate.
Richard Wood
The forgoing proof and examinations taken
before me, the Surrogate aforesaid, at the time and place first above mentioned
and the depositions of the respective witnesses were by them respectively
subscribed after having been carefully read over to them, and I, the said
surrogate, being satisfied, upon the said proofs taken that the said will
is genuine and valid, and was duly executed, that the said Testator at
the time of executing the same, was in all respects competent to devise
real and personal 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.
Witness, Othniel S Williams, Surrogate aforesaid
the day and year first aforesaid.
Othniel S Williams
Surrogate
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Surnames: DODGE, MANCHESTER, JEWETT, HURD,
BLACKSTONE, PEARCE
Oneida County, NY, New Hartford 9-40
DODGE, Laban
At a Surrogates Court held at the Surrogate
Office in Rome in the County of Oneida on the first day of January A.D.
1849 before Othniel S. Williams Esq. Surrogate of the said County for the
purpose of proving and recording the Last Will and Testament of Laban Dodge
late of the Town of New Hartford 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 Proof of Wills, Executors and Administrators and Guardians and Wards
and Surrogates Courts’ passed May 16 1837, on the application of Russell
Blackstone in said Will named Executor.
Jeremiah Manchester being duly sworn in open
court testified that he was well acquainted with Laban Dodge deceased and
had been for the last twenty years immediately preceding his death; that
he died in the month of October last past as deponent believes, at New
Hartford, in the County of Oneida which was his last place of residence
at the time of his death; that he saw the said Testator 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) then this deponent signed the
same at the same time as a subscribing witness, in the presence of the
Testator and at his request and in the presence of David L. Jewett who
also at the same time signed the same as a subscribing witness in the presence
of the Testator and at his request and in the presence of this deponent;
that the said Testator at the time he so signed the same 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 his Last Will and Testament
and this deponent further says that the said Testator at the time he so
signed, published and declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and disposing
mind and memory of full age and not under restraint and capable of devising
real and personal Estate.
Jeremiah Manchester
David L. Jewett being duly sworn and examined
in the open court testified that he was well acquainted with Laban Dodge
deceased and had been for the last sixteen years immediately preceding
his death; that he died in the month of October last past of New Hartford
in the County of Oneida which was the last place of his residence at the
time of his death; that he saw the said Testator 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 Testator and at his request
and in the presence of Jeremiah Manchester who also at the same time signed
the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testator at his
request in the presence of this deponent; that the said Testator at the
time he so signed the same, then and there in the presence of this deponent
and in the presence of the other prescribing witness published and declared
the same as and for his Last Will and Testament and this deponent
further says that the said Testator at the time he so signed, published
and declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and disposing mind
and memory of full age and not under restraint and capable of devising
real and personal Estate.
David L. Jewett
The foregoing proofs and examinations and
the depositions of the respective place first mentioned and the depositions
of the respective witnesses were by them respectively subscribed after
having been carefully read over to them and I the said Surrogate, being
satisfied upon the said proof taken that the said Will is genuine and valid
and was duly executed; that the said Testator at the time of executing
the same was in all respects competent to devise real and personal 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 Examination to be recorded.
Witness Othniel S. Williams Surrogate aforesaid,
the day and year first aforesaid.
In grateful acknowledgement of the goodness
of my divine benefactors and in humble reliance upon this guidance and
protection, I Laban Dodge of New Hartford in the County of Oneida and State
of New York, do make and ordain publish and declare this my Last Will and
Testament hereby revoking all others heretofore by me made.
To my son Frederick Dodge and to his wife
Ann I give and bequeath the use and benefit of that part of the Hemmingway
Farm so called which lies on the south side of the road running through
the same, and now in possession of the said Frederick during their joint
natural lives and during the life of the survivors and after the decease
of the survivors I give and bequeath the same to their joint lawful heirs
for ever.
To my son Warren Dodge, his heirs and assigns
forever, I give and bequeath the lot of land I bought of Samuel Fillorton
the Executor of the Estate of Nathaniel Montague deceased and called the
“Montague Lot” including a triangular piece of ground adjoining the same
on the South Easterly corner and described as follows. Beginning
in the centre of the road at the South East corner of said “Montague Lot”
and runs thence Easterly along the centre of the road one chain and seven
links to a point opposite to a square cedar path in a new board fence on
the Northerly side of the road (marked) thence Northerly on said fence
five chains and sixty seven links to a maple tree, marked, thence Southerly
on the line of the Easterly line of the “Montague Lot” passing through
to the Dwelling House, to the place of beginning, Excepting and reserving
therefrom so much of the Burying Grounds that is now fenced out as lies
within said Montague Lot and is hereinafter more particularly mentioned
and he and his heirs and assigns are to have the free and uninterrupted
possession of the same immediately after my decease.
To my wife Mary Dodge I give and bequeath
the sole use and benefit of all my Real Estate of which I may die possessed
(not otherwise herein disposed of) during her natural life, in such way
that the proceeds or profits of the same may be at her disposal in any
way she may think proper and after her decease my will is that said Real
Estate shall be sold by my Executors and after paying all her debts and
funeral charges (together with a pair of white marble tombstones to be
erected at her grave within three months of her decease) the proceeds of
such Real Estate shall be added to the money or securities hereinafter
mentioned to be disposed of as the residue of my Estate.
After the payment of all my debts and funeral
charges together with the expense of a pair of white marble tombstones
to be erected at my grave within three months of my decease, I direct that
all Mortgages, Notes or money I may have on hand shall be kept as interest
by my Executors and the income of the same to be paid to my said wife during
her natural life. I also give and bequeath to her the use and benefit
of all my other personal property of which I may die possessed and after
her decease all the household furniture together with her wearing apparel
and Side Saddle of which she may die possessed shall be equally divided
among Amy Pearce the wife of William Pearce, the three daughters of Eunice
Hurd the deceased wife of Jairus Hurd, and Sarah Blackstone the wife of
Russell Blackstone.
And I hereby appoint Jairus Hurd as Guardian
or attorney for his three daughters to attend with the division of said
furniture and direct that there shall be no inventory or appraisal taken
of the same, but the three parties shall all attend and divide the same
among themselves without any interference of my Executors, and I direct
that in the case of my daughter Eunice’s daughters that their share shall
be equally divided among them and be delivered to them as they shall respectively
arrive at the age of twentyone years or shall become married.
My own wearing apparel I direct shall be
equally divided between my sons Frederick Dodge and Warren Dodge.
With the exception of the furniture and apparel
above mentioned I direct my Executors after the decease of my widow to
dispose of all the personal property she may die possessed of in such a
way as they as they may think proper and the avails after deducting expenses
to be applied to the residue of my Estate and after her decease and the
sale of any Real Estate which I direct shall be done by my Executors as
soon after her decease as may be without damage to those concerned.
All the proceeds of such Real and Personal Estate together with the monies
or securities in the hands of my Executors (forming the residue) shall
be equally divided among my children Amy Pearce the wife of William Pearce,
William Pitt Dodge, Frederick Dodge, Sarah Blackstone the wife of Russell
Blackstone, Warren Dodge, Philomela Almira Dodge, the daughters of my deceased
son Eben Dodge and to the several children of Eunice Hurd the deceased
wife of Jairus Hurd.
In the event of the decease of any of the
Legatees above mentioned (excepting William P. Dodge and Philomena A. Dodge)
before the distribution of the residue of my Estate by my Executors I direct
that the share of the one or more so dying shall be paid to his or her
lawful heirs respectively.
In the event of the death of William P. Dodge
before such distribution I direct that his share of such residue shall
be paid to the children of himself and his wife Marcia Dodge.
The share of Philomela A. Dodge in such residue
I direct shall be placed at interest on landed security by my Executors
and the income thereof shall be paid by them to her mother or Guardian
for the time being to be applied towards her support and education and
in case she dies before she arrives at the age of twentyone years leaving
us lawful heir of her body I direct that her said share shall be divided
among the legatees above mentioned in the same proportion as it would have
been had she not received any part of said residue, and if she arrive at
the age of twentyone years her share shall be paid to her at that time
without reserve, and in case of her death before she arrive at the age
of twentyone years leaving lawful heir or heirs of her body I direct such
shall be paid to such heir or heirs.
In the event of the sale of my Real Estate
by my Executors I direct that the piece of ground now fenced in as a burying
ground shall be reserved for a place of burying the dead for any heirs
forever with free access to the same for my heirs at any time for the purpose
of interring the dead by such way as will do the least damage to crops
of grain or grass that may be growing on the Land now owned or hereby devised
by me through which it may be necessary to pass for such purpose,
and I direct that in the sale of my Real Estate the purchasers of Land
adjoining such burying ground shall be required to keep and maintain the
fence around the same at all times in good order and repair.
Lastly I constitute and appoint Russell Blackstone
and Dan C. Mills both of the Town of New Hartford the Executors of this
my Will and Testament and desire of them that they will settle and adjust
my affairs according to the spirit and intention of this my Will as speedily
as the interest of those concerned will justify.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Forty Two, the seal having been affixed before signing
my name.
Laban Dodge L. S.
Signed, sealed, published and declared in
presence of the subscribers who in the presence of the testator and in
the presence of each other and at the testators request, subscribed our
names as witnesses
Jeremiah Manchester of the Town of New Hartford
David L. Jewett of the Town of New Hartford
State of New York Oneida County. I
Othniel S. Williams Surrogate of the said County do hereby certify the
foregoing to be the Record of the Last Will and Testament of Laban Dodge
and of the Proofs and Examinations taken thereon.
Othniel S. Williams
Surrogate
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Surnames: DODGE, BARNS
Oneida County, NY, New Hartford 10-119
DODGE,
Frederick
At a Surrogates Court held at the Surrogates
Office in Clinton in the County of Oneida on the 11th day of November A.D.
1850 before Othniel S. Williams Esq. Surrogate of the said County for the
purpose of proving and recording the last Will and Testament of Frederick
Dodge late of the Town of New Hartford 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 Proof of Wills, Executors and Administrators and
Guardians and Wards and Surrogates Courts’ passed May 16 1837 and other
acts concerning the same on the application of Jeremiah Manchester in said
will named Executor.
Jeremiah Manchester being duly sworn and
examined in open court testified that he was well acquainted with Frederick
Dodge deceased and had been for the last 30 years immediately preceding
his death that he died in the month of August last past at New Hartford,
in the County of Oneida which was his last place of residence at the time
of his death that he saw the said Testator 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 Testator and at his request
and in the presence of Charles E. Palmer who also at the same time signed
the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testator and at
his request and in the presence of this deponent that the said Testator
at the time he 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 his last will and testament and this deponent
further says that the said Testator at the time he 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 capable of devising
real and personal estate.
J Manchester
Charles E. Palmer being duly sworn and examined
in open court testified that he was well acquainted with Frederick Dodge
deceased and had been for the last 6 years immediately preceding his death
that he died in the month of August last past at New Hartford in the County
of Oneida which was his last place of residence at the time of his death
that he saw the said Testator 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 Testator and at his request and in the presence
of Jeremiah Manchester who also at the same time signed the same as subscribing
witness in the presence of the Testator at his request and in the presence
of this deponent that the said Testator at the time he so signed the said
will then and there in the presence of this deponent and in the presence
of the other substantiating witness published and declared the same as
and for his Last Will and Testament and this deponent further says that
the said Testator at the time he so signed published and declared the same
as aforesaid was of sound and disposing mind and memory of full age and
not under restraint and capable of devising real and personal estate.
Charles E. Palmer
The foregoing proofs and examinations taken
before me the Surrogate aforesaid at the time and place first above mentioned
and the depositions of the respective witnesses were by them respectively
subscribed after having been read carefully over to them and I the said
Surrogate so being satisfied upon the said proof taken that the said will
is genuine and valid and was duly executed that the said Testator at the
time of executing the same was in all respects competent to devise real
and personal 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 examination to be recorded.
Witness Othniel S. Williams Surrogate aforesaid
the day and year first aforesaid.
I Frederick Dodge of New Hartford in the
county of Oneida and State of New York do make and ordain publish and declare
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
Item I direct that my Executor hereinafter
named shall sell to the best advantage in his power the House + Lot which
I bought of William Mathews lying on the north side of the Seneca Turnpike
(now Plank Road) and after paying the incumbrance (sic) on the place which
is now due to appropriate the balance to the payment of my just debts and
funeral charges.
Item To my wife Sarah Ann Dodge I give
and devise the sole and uninterrupted use and benefit of the House and
lot where I now reside to have and to hold the same to her only use and
benefit for as long as she shall remain my widow and after her decease
or ceasing to be my widow I give and devise the said house and lot to my
sons James Dodge and Le Grande Dodge to be equally divided between them
in any matter that they agree upon.
Item I also give and devise to my said
wife the use of all my furniture in my house on the same terms on which
she is to hold and use the House and lot and after that time I give and
devise the said furniture to my two daughters Juliett Barns and Sarah Dodge
excepting only mo Book Case or Secretary which I give and devise to my
son Le Grande Dodge.
Item After the payment of all just
charges and demands against my Estate should there be any surplus of funds
from the sale of the Mathews place or other sources I note and direct that
the same shall be applied to the repair and improvement of the House and
lot where I now reside.
Lastly I hereby constitute and appoint
my friend Jeremiah Manchester Executor of this my will with full power
to do and perform whatsoever may be herein enjoined upon him and whatsoever
may to that office belong.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand this twenty first day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty the seal having been previously affixed.
Frederick Dodge L. S.
Signed sealed published and declared by the
said Frederick Dodge as his last will and testament in the presence of
the subscribers who in the presence of each other and in the presence of
the testator and at his request subscribed our names as witnesses
Jeremiah Manchester of the Town of New Hartford
Charles E. Palmer of the Town of New Hartford
State of New York Oneida County. I
Othniel S. Williams Surrogate of the county aforesaid do hereby certify
the foregoing to be the Record of the last will and Testament of Frederick
Dodge deceased and of the proofs and examinations taken thereon.
Othniel S. Williams
Surrogate