WILL: Peter Hendrickson; Colesville; Broome co., NY
surname: Hendrickson, Harp, Little, Judd, Cresson, Barnes

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Broome County, New York
HENDRICKSON, Peter  -  Colesville

Broome County Will book Volume D page 212

Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by George R. Ott

In the matter of proving the
last will & testament of Peter
Hendrickson deceased ----------
                                                   At a Surrogates Court held
in the village of Binghamton in the County of Broome on the 12th day of
September A.D. 1836 before Joseph K Rugg Surrogate of the said County.  On the
day and at the place aforesaid James A Barnes a Claimant of Real Estate 
under the last Will and Testament of Peter Hendrickson late of the town of
Colesville in the County of Broome and State of New York deceased appeared
before the said Surrogate and exhibited the said Will and declared his
intention to have same proved and recorded as a Will of personal and real
property, pursuant to Chapter 1 Article 1 of Part 2 of the Revised Statutes of
this State and made satisfactory proof of the death of the said Peter
Hendrickson the Testator and his residence in the said County at the time of
his death. Wherefore a citation was duly issued pursuant to the order of the
said Surrogate to the heirs and next of Kin to the said deceased to appear and
attend Probate of the said Will before the said Surrogate on the 7th day of
November A.D.1836 at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon of that day.  At which time
and place the hearing of the said proofs was by order of the said Surrogate
adjourned to the 12th day of November in the year last aforesaid on the day
and place last aforesaid the said James A. Barnes Claimant under the said Will
appeared before the said Surrogate.  Wherefore, I the said Surrogate aforesaid
proceeded to hear the proofs offered by the said James A. Barnes & thereupon
satisfactory proof was produced before the said Surrogate of lawful  service
and publication of notice to the heirs of said deceased and of lawful service
of the citation issued in this case.  Whereupon the only surviving witness to
the said Will was by the said Surrogate duly sworn to prove the execution of
the said Will and testified as follows:


Broome County ss.
Ezra Gurnsey being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with Peter
Hendrickson deceased during his lifetime, that the instrument exhibited to him
purporting to be the last Will & Testament of the said Peter Hendrickson
deceased, was duly executed in presence of this deponent, that the deponent
signed his name to said Will as a witness at the request of the said testator
& in his presence, that the other subscribing witnesses to said Will, signed
their names thereto in this deponents presence and in the presence of the
testator and of each other at the request of the said testator, that at the
time aforesaid the said testator declared the said instrument to be his last
Will & Testament and was of sound mind & vision and competent to make a Will
of Real Estate in the judgment of this deponent.  That the said Will was
executed at the date thereof as this deponent believes That the other two
subscribing witnesses to the said Will are now dead; that he is acquainted
with the hand writing of Abyah Barnes deceased, one of the witnesses to said
Will & that the signature to said Will as a witness is in his hand writing.
                                                                               
   (signed) Ezra Gurnsey

Also the testimony of Jesse Doolittle who being by the said Surrogate duly
sworn testified as follows:  Jesse Doolittle being duly sworn says that he
knew Peter Hendrickson deceased deposited the the instrument now exhibited to
him in his hands as his last Will & Testament , that he kept the same until
after the death of the testator therein named, that he knew Aaron Ketchum one
of the subscribing witnesses to said Will and saw him sign said Will as a
witness.  That the said testator at the time of execucting said Will was
competent to divide Real Estate & of sound mind and memory in the judgment of
this deponent .
Signed Jesse Doolittle


Also: Ezra Seymour being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with Peter
Hendrickson deceased, that he visited him from the fall of 1809 until the
summer following as a physician, that during the month of May 1810 the said
deceased was of sound mind and memory and competent to make a Will of Real
Estate during the said month of May in the judgment of this deponent.          
                              (signed) Ezra Seymour

James Stringham being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with Peter
Hendrickson deceased and lived near him, that he saw him frequently during the
month of May A.D. 1810 and previous to that time and set up with him when he
was ill, that the said deceased was of sound mind and memory at the times
aforesaid and competent to make a will of Real Estate in the judgment of this
deponent, that this deponent never saw him deranged nor heard of his being so
until very lately, that if he had been so this deponent would have been very
likely to have known of it from being so near and seeing the said deceased so
frequently.
Signed  James Stringham

The foregoing proofs and examinations were taken before the Surrogate
aforesaid on the 12th day of November A.D. 1836 at my office in the town of
Chinaugo in the County of Broome and the Deposition of Ezra Gurnsey the only
subscribing witness to the said Will now surviving was by him subscribed after
having been first carefully read over to him and also the testimony of Jesse
Doolittle & Ezra Seymour & James Stringham other witnesses who were called in
the matter aforesaid was by them respectively subscribed after havingbeen
first carefully read over to them.

And I the said surrogate being satisfied upon the said proof before me taken
as aforesaid, that lawful service of notice of proving said Will has been
served on the heirs of the said Peter Hendrickson the testator deceased, that
the said Will was duly executed and that the said testator at the time
executing the same was in all aspects competent to devise Real Estate and not
under restraint do and therefore allow the said Will prods and examinations to
be recorded.
                                        (signed)  J K Rugg  Surrogate


WILL
In the name of God, Amen, I Peter Hendrickson of the town of Windsor in the
County of Broome & State of New York, Yeoman, being sick and very weak in
body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, calling to mind
the mortality of my body with knowing that it is appointed for all men once to
die.  I do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to say. 
Principally and first of all I give and reccommend my soul to the hands of
Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in
decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting at
the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Tower of
God.  And as touching the such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
bless me in this life; I give, divide and dispose of the same in the following
manner and form. -- First, I give to my well beloved wife Juday Hendrickson
the one equal undivided third part of all my Lands & Tenements during her
lifetime together with my cows and sheep with all my goods and chattels and
debts.

Secondly - I give to my well beloved son Benjamin Hendrickson two equal
undivided third parts of all my lands and tenements and the whole of my said
lands and tenements at the decease of my wife Juday Hendrickson; and to his
heirs to his and their own proper use benefit & behalf forever.  

Thirdly - I give to my well beloved son John Hendrickson one Dollar lawful
money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate.  

Fourthly I give to my well beloved son Henry Hendrickson one Dollar lawful
money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate.  

Fifthly - I give to my well beloved daughter Lydia wife of John Little Jr. one
Dollar lawful money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate.  

Sixthly - I give to my well beloved daughter Juday wife of Alpheus Judd one
Dollar lawful money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate. 

Seventhly - I give to my well beloved daughter Hannah wife of Silas Cresson
one Dollar lawful money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate.  

Eighthly - I give to my well beloved daughter Sally Hendrickson twenty Dollars
lawful money of the state New York to be levied out of my Estate and paid to
her when she shall become eighteen years old.  

And I do likewise constitute Jesse Doolittle of the town aforesaid Executor
and Juday my wife Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, all and singular
my Lands, tenements messuages by them only to be executed.  And I do hereby
utterly revoke, disallow and disavow all and every other former Wills,
legacies, bequests & Executins by me in anywise before mentioned ordered and
bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will &
testament.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty second
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & ten.

Signed, sealed, published, pronoun- } Signed Peter Hendrickson  Seal
ced and declared by the said Peter    }
Hendrickson as his last Will & testament in the presence of us said in the
presence of each other, who in his presence have hereunto subscribed our
names.  The words "two equal" in the twenty fourth line of the first page
being first written on an erasure.
            } Aaron Ketchum
            }  Abijah Barnes
Witnesses     }  Ezra Gurnsey