WILL: Paul  Perkins;  Binghamton, Broome co., NY 
surname: Perkins

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Broome co NY Will Book Vol. #1 page 334
Written: May 31, 1866
Recorded: February 15, 1867

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF PAUL PERKINS	

Be it remembered that, heretofore, to wit, on the 15th day of February, 1867, 
Persis Perkins and Henry C. Perkins , the Executrix and Executor named in the 
last will and testament of Paul Perkins late of Binghamton, Broome Co. N. Y. , 
deceased, appeared in open Court before the Surrogate of the County of Broome 
and with application to have the said last will and testament which relates to 
both real and formal estate, proved and on such application the Surrogate did 
ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the heirs and next of kin of the 
said testator and their respective residence; and said Surrogate did thereupon 
issue a citation in due form of law directed to the said heirs and next of kin 
by their respective names, stating their respective place of residence, 
requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his office in Binghamton, N.Y. 
on  the 23rd day of February satisfactory evidence by affidavit was produced and 
presented to said Surrogate  of the service of the said citation in the mode 
prescribed by law; and one of the heirs and next of kin of the said testator 
appearing to be a minor and having no general guardian residing in the  State of 
New York, a special guardian was appointed in due form of law to take care of 
her interests in the matter of proving said will; and no one appearing to oppose 
the probate of said will, such proceedings were thereupon had afterwards that 
upon this 23rd day of February, 1867 the Surrogate took the proof of said will 
hereinafter set forth; and he adjudged the said will to be a valid will of real 
and personal estate, and the proofs thereof to be sufficient; which said last 
will and testament and proofs are  as follows, that is to say:

                                                 WILL  
      I, Paul Perkins of the village of Binghamton in the State of New York, 
Carpenter and Builder, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make 
and publish this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say:

      First: I give and bequeath unto my wife, Persis Perkins the homestead 
situated on Rutherford Street in the Village of Binghamton, it being the house 
with lot now occupied by me, together with the household furniture of every 
name and nature.

Second:  I give and bequeath to my wife, Persis Perkins, and my children, 
Henry C. Perkins, Charles A. Perkins and Helen E. Perkins, the vacant lot 
adjoining the Homestead on the North, and all my personal property of every name 
and value of which I  may die seized, and not otherwise appropriated after 
paying all debts due and owing at my decease in equal share to each. 

     Third:  Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife, Persis Perkins, 
and my son, Henry C. Perkins, Executors of this my last will and testament, and 
I do hereby revoke all other wills by me heretofore made.  In witness, I, the 
said Paul Perkins, have to this my last will and testament contaminative in this 
paper, at my hand at the bottom of this paper, the said will executed from 
motives of prudence this thirty first day of May A.D. 1866.

                                                          Paul Perkins

Signed, published and dictated by the said Paul Perkins as and for his last will 
and testament in the presence of us, who have at his request hereunto subscribed 
our names as witnesses  thereto in the presence of the said testator and of each 
other this thirty first day of May A.D. 1866.
    Wm B. Booth
    Wm. H. Pratt                  Witnesses
    Jno. J. Jefferson.   

     Broome County Surrogate Court
In the matter of proving the
Last will and testament of
Paul Perkins, deceased.
     Broome County,ss.
William B. Booth, being first duty sworn, deposes and says that he resides in 
Binghamton in the County of Broome, that he saw Paul Perkins, deceased, 
subscribe the instrument now shown to deponent with which purports to be the 
last will and testament of said deceased , bearing date the 31st day of May, 
1866, that he heard the said deased declare the same to be his last will and 
testament, and that deponent did subscribe his name as witness thereto, at the 
request and in the presence of the said deceased, and that at the time thereof, 
the said deceased, and that a the time thereof, the said  deceased was of sound 
mind and memory, of full age and not under  restraint.
      
Subscribed and sworn this 23rd
Day of February  1867 before me                                 Wm. B. Booth
H.S.. Griswald, County Judge

Broom County, ss
     Recorded the preceding last will and testament of Paul Perkins, deceased, 
as a will of real and personal estate together with the proofs taken in the 
Court of the Surrogate of the County of Broom, relating  to the said last will 
and testament, which record is hereby signed and certified by me pursuant to the 
provisions of the Revised Statutes this 23rd day of February 1867.
                                                H.S. Griswald
                                                    County Judge