George Hammond - Petition for Proof of Will, Angelica, Allegany County, New York ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ George Hammond - Petition for proof of will. From Records of the Surrogate Court, Allegany County, NY, Box 143 (unknown submitter) "To the Surrogate of the county of Allegany The Petition of William E. Hammond sole Executor of the last will & testament of George Hammond of the town of Caneadea in the County of Allegany, respectfully showeth: That George Hammond late of the town of Angelica in the said County of Allegany deceased, died in said town of Angelica on or about the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine being at the time an inhabitant of the County of Allegany that he died, leaving a last Will and Testament which is now produced in Surrogate's Court of the said County of Allegany before the said Surrogate, which bears date the 21st day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five and by which said last Will and Testament the said deceased nominated and appointed William E. Hammond our petitioner sole executor thereof; that the said deceased died possessed of both personal property & Real estate in the said County of Allegany and that the following named persons are all the heirs at law and next of kin of the said deceased and their respective ages and places of residence are as follows, viz: Nathan C. Hammond son of said deceased residing at Williston Potter Co. Pa - Dwight F. Hammond son of deceased, Eliza Hall daughter of deceased Mary Brown daughter of deceased & Henrietta Green grand daughter of deceased all residing at Angelica Allegany County New York - Harriet Lord daughter of deceased also residing at Angelica Allegany Co. NY. Wm. E. Hammond your petitioner son of deceased and residing at Caneadea Allegany Co. NY and Olive Farmer daughter of deceased residing at Elmira in the State of California - All of said heirs & next of kin are of full age. . . . Dated Dec. 15, 1879"