Sussex-Statewide County DE Archives Wills.....Hearn, Burton R. April 14, 1871
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Source: Will Book "n", Folio 309, Dover, Del. Hall Of Records
Written: April 14, 1871
Recorded: March 24, 1874


   

           Burton R. Hearn's Last Will and Testament. 3/24/1874, Ref: Recorded 
in Will Book "N" folio 309, Dover, Del. Hall of Records. Recorded in Will Book 
N, folio 309

 I, Burton R. Hearn, of Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, in the state of 
Delaware, do make publish and ordain, my last Will and Testament, as follows 
to wit:
  
  First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Eleanor, all my property of 
every description, to be held by her during her natural life or widowhood, and 
at her death or marriage, whichever first occurs, then to be equally divided 
among all my children, "to wit", Sally Elizabeth, Martin W., William G., 
Marcellus, Martha, Elijah, Thomas, Rachael, Letitia, Josephine, Amanda, Mary 
Eleanor, and Otho B., shall and share alike to them and each of them, their 
heirs and assigns forever.
 
 Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Eleanor, and my son 
William G. Hearn, joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby 
revoking all former Wills, heretofore, by me  made.

 In witness, hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day 
of April A.D., 1871.
                                                                               
               his
                                                                              
Burton  R. +    Hearn     (seal)
                                                                               
              mark
      Signed, Sealed and Published in the presence of  James C. Law,  Isaac N. 
Henry.

  State of Delaware, Sussex County SS.
  
  Be it remembered, that on the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of Our 
Lord, one-thousand-eight hundred and seventy-four, before me, Loxley R. 
Jacobs, Register, for the probate of wills and granting letters of 
Administration, in and for the County, aforesaid, appeared James C, Law, one 
of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing  instrument of 
writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Burton R. Hearn, late 
of the county, aforesaid, deceased, and being solemnly sworn on the Holy 
Evangels, of Almighty God, ___deposed, saith, that he saw the said Burton R. 
Hearn, the testator, sign the said instrument of writing, and heard him 
publish and declare the same as and for his last will and testament . That at 
the doing thereof, he was of a sound and disposing mind and memory, and upward 
of twenty-one years of age, that this deponent attested and subscribed his 
name as a witness to the said instrument of writing at the instance, and in 
the presence of the said Burton R. Hearn, the testator.
                                                                               
           James C. Law
  Subscribed and sworn before L.R.Jacobs, Reg’r.


 State of Delaware, Sussex County, SS. Be it remembered, that on the twenty 
fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand-eight-hundred and 
seventy-four, before me Loxley R. Jacobs, Register for the probate of wills 
and granting letters of Administration, in and for the county, aforesaid, 
appeared Isaac N. Henry, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and 
foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament 
of Burton R. Hearn, late of county, aforesaid, deceased, and being solemnly 
sworn, on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, ___deposeth and saith, that he 
saw the said Burton R. Hearn, the testor, sign the said instrument of writing 
and heard him publish, declare the same as and for his last will and 
testament, that at the doing thereof, he was of a sound and disposing mind and 
memory, and upwards of twenty-one years of age, that this deponent attested 
and subscribed his name as a witness to the said instrument of writing, at the 
instance  and in the presence of the said Burton R. Hearn, the testor.

   Subscribed and sworn before  L.R.Jacobs, Reg'r.            Isaac N. Henry.


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