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Frederick Dodge
Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by William R. Kuehnling: kuehnling@adelphia.net Surnames: DODGE, BARNS Oneida County, NY, New Hartford 10-119 |
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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 my 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 |