Union County NJ Archives Wills.....Kidd, Lewis M October 12, 1887
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Source: Photocopy Of Original
Written: October 12, 1887
Recorded: January 4, 1908

Will of Lewis M Kidd, deceased
In the name of God, Amen: I, Lewis M Kidd, of the city of Elizabeth, in the
county of Union and state of New Jersey, being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare this my last will and
testament, as follows:
First. I direct the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, as soon
as conveniently can be done after my decease.
Secondly. I give and bequeath to my wife all my household furniture, cooking
utensils, & crockery.
Thirdly. I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Emily, all my
remaining estate, both real and personal, in whatever it may consist, or
wherever situate, to have, hold, receive, use and enjoy the rents, issues, and
profits thereof during the term of her natural life, if she so long remains my
widow; and from and after her decease, or her again marrying, I give, devise and
bequeath my said estate unto such child or children as I shall leave or have
living at the time of my decease, and to their heirs and assigns forever, and
the representatives of any deceased child to have the share of his, her or their
parent.
Fourthly I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my friend, Harry D Wilson and
my cousin, John J Lowden, the executors of this my last will and testament, and
I hereby give to them and the survivor of them full power and authority to
grant, bargain, sell and convey any or all my real estate, at public or private
sale, at such time and upon such terms and in such manner as to them shall seem
meet.
Lastly. I give, devise and bequeath unto my mother, Fannie L. Kidd, all the
right, title and interest and share which I have in and to the burial lot of my
father John Kidd, deceased, situate in Evergreen Cemetery, near Elizabeth, New
Jersey, and I hereby enjoin my executors to see that, in the event of my
mother's death, her body shall be interred in said plot. I also order my
executors to cause my mother's epitaph ^to be put on the monument in said plot,
and to cause her body to be buried next to that of my sister Jennie, if the
space is not taken up, and if it is, then I order them to disinter the body of
my said sister, and bury her body & that of my mother in the same grave my said
sister's body now occupies. I hereby authorize my executors to pay out of my
estate such sum as may be necessary to carry into effect this section.
I hereby appoint my said wife, the guardian of the persons and estates of my
child or children which I may leave.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of
October, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven.
Lewis M. Kidd (seal)
Words "to be put" written between lines 19 & 20 2d page before execution.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Lewis M. Kidd to be his last
will and testament, in the presence of us, who were present at the same time,
and subscribed our names hereto as witnesses in the presence of the said
testator and of each other and at his request.
Words "to be put" written between lines 19 & 20 2d page, before execution.
Charles E. Wetton, Elizabeth, NJ
Tillie Lorentz, Elizabeth, NJ

Union County SS.
Tillie Leyerer one of the witnesses to the annexed writing, pruporting to be
being duly sworn, says that since the making of the annexed Will she married one
Rudolph Leyerer that she saw the said Testator sign and seal the said annexed
writing, and heard him publish, pronounce, and declare the same as and for his
last Will and Testament. That at the same time of the doing thereof, the said
testator was upwards of the age of twenty-one years, and of sound disposing
mind, memory, and understanding, so far as this deponent knows, and as she
verily believes; that Charles E. Wetton who is now deceased, the other
subscribing witness thereto was present at the same time with this deponent, and
that he and this deponent subscribed their names thereunto as witnesses in the
presence of the Testator and of each other, at the request of the said Testator.
Sworn before me this 14th day of November A.D. 1907 at Elizabeth> Tillie Leyerer
Geo. T. Parrot, Surrogate

Union County SS.
Ottilie Macdonald being duly sworn says, that the annexed writing contains the
true last will and Testament of Lewis M Kidd the Testator therein named,
deceased, as far as she knows and as she verily believes, that she will as the
administratratrix with said will annexed, well and truly perform the same, first
by paying the debts of said deceased, and then the legacies therein specified as
far as the Goods, Chattels and Credits of said deceased will thereunto extend,
and the law charges; that she will make and exhibit unto the Surrogate's Office
of the County of Union a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said
Goods, Chattels and Credits, as far as the same have or shall come to her
possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person or persons to
her use, to her knowledge and that she will well and truly administer all and
singular the goods, Chattels, rights and credits of the deceased that shall come
to her possession or knowledge or to the possession of any other person to her use.
And that she will well and truly account when thereunto lawfully required, and
that she said Testator died on the 17th day of June A.D. 1907.
Sworn before me this eighth day of November A.D. 1907, at Elizabeth > Ottilie
Macdonald.
Geo. T. Parrot, Surrogate.
Union County Surrogate's Office
In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of Lewis M. Kidd, deceased.
Order for Probate
Application having been made to me by Ottilie MacDonald for probate of the last
will of Lewis M Kidd deceased, and letters of administration with the will
annexed, and no caveat having been filed against admitting said will, and the
deposition of Tillie Leyerer (formerly Lorentz) one of the subscribing witnesses
to the same having been duly taken, and it appearing to me upon such proof that
the will produced was duly executed according to law, and that more than ten
days have elapsed since the death of the testator, it is, on this fourteenth day
of November, nineteen hundred and seven, ordered and adjudged that the said will
be and the same is hereby established as the last will and testament of said
deceased, and that the same shall be and is admitted to probate, and that
letters of Administration with said will annexed be issued to Ottilie MacDonald
on her first filing bond in this office in the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Geo. T Parrot, Surrogate

State of New Jersey
Union County Surrogate's Office
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Whereas Lewis M Kidd, residing at Jaral, Mexico, late of the County of Union, in
the State of New Jersey, departed this life, having made and executed a last
will and testament, which has been duly proved, according to law, before the
Surrogate of the County of Union; and, whereas, the executors named therein have
departed this life--
Therefore, I, George T. Parrot, Surrogate of the County of Union, do hereby
appoint Ottilie Macdonald Administratrix of all and singular the goods, chattels
and credits of said deceased, who is duly authorized to administer the same
agreeably to said will.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this fourth day of January in the year of
our Lord (seal) one thousand nine hundred and eight.
Geo. T. Parrot, Surrogate.

Additional Comments:
Lewis M Kidd, born about 1861, was the son of John Kidd (1813-1875) and his
second wife Fannie. In 1887 he became an engineer for the Central Mexican
Railroad and was killed in 1907.

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