Chautauqua County ,Poland, Chautauqua, New York, USA NyArchives Court.....Reed, Thomas August 22, 1862
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm
************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Charlotte Kensil CharKensil@aol.com November 3, 2012, 8:51 pm

Source: Chautauqua County, New York, Administration Records, Volume 3, Page 420
Written: August 22, 1862
Recorded: August 22, 1862

Estate of Thomas Reed Deceased
At a Surrogate's Court, held at Mayville, in and for the county of Chautauqua, 
this 22nd day of August, 1862 before George A. Greene Surrogate of said county, 
On the day and at the place aforesaid, Eliza Reed of the town of Poland in said 
county, appeared, and presented a petition that letters of administration of the 
goods, chattels, and credits of Thomas Reed late of the town of Poland in said 
county, deceased, be granted to the said petitioner, and Charles C. Allen.
WHEREUPON, it was proved, to the satisfaction of the said Surrogate, that the said 
deceased, at the time of his death, was a resident of Poland in the County of 
Chautauqua.
That he died at the town of Poland in the county of Chautauqua on the 21st day of 
July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty two and that he 
left no last will and testament, according to the knowledge and belief of the said 
petitioner; and that the said petitioner has no doubt that the said deceased died 
intestate, and that the probable value of the personal estate of the said deceased 
is about five hundred dollars, and that the said petitioner is the widow of the 
said deceased, and that he left the following kindred entitled to his estate, to 
wit:  Eliza Reed, his widow, of Poland, of full age, James M. Reed aged 5 years, 
Arba D. Reed 8 years, Charles M. Reed 10 years, Wm. T. Reed 12 years, John Reed 14 
years, Thomas Reed 19 years, who all reside in said Town of Poland, Frank Reed & 
Edwin Reed who are over the age of 21 years of Ottawa, Illinois, Helen Morse, wife 
of Henry Morse of McKean Co. Pa., Harriet Stedman, wife of Nelson Stedman, of 
Poland aforesaid, all of whom are the children of the said deceased.
WHEREUPON, it is ordered that letters of administration of the goods, chattels, 
and credits of the said deceased, be granted to Eliza Reed and Charles C. Allen on 
their entering into a bond to the people of the State, with two sufficient 
sureties, to be approved by the said Surrogate, in the penal sum of one thousand 
dollars, conditioned for the faithful execution of the trust reposed in them as 
such administrators and obeying all orders of the Surrogate of said county, and 
taking and subscribing the oath of office prescribed by law.
WHEREUPON, on the 22nd day of August 1862 the said Eliza Reed & Charles C. Allen 
having produced the bond above required, duly executed and approved, and having 
each taken and subscribed the oath of office prescribed by law, which bond and 
oath are duly filed by the said Surrogate.  It is further ordered that letters of 
administration be granted to the said Eliza Reed & Charles C. Allen of the goods, 
chattels, and credits, of the said deceased.
It is further ordered, on the application of the said administrators that  Seth W. 
Chandler and Daniel Griswold two disinterested persons of the town of Poland in 
said county of Chautauqua be appointed appraisers of the personal estate of the 
said deceased.
S. S.  In Testimony Whereof, The said Surrogate hath hereunto set his hand and 
official seal, this 22nd day of August 1862.
G. A. Greene Surrogate


Additional Comments:
Alternate spelling of Reed = Read.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/chautauqua/court/reed871gwl.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/

File size: 3.9 Kb