PROBATE - Letter of Admin: Bethuel H. Town;  Arkwright, Chautauqua co., NY
surname: Town, Harrison

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Source: Liber 8 Of Proceedings Of Administration P. 456, Chautauqua County, Ny
Written: March 7 1895
Recorded: March 7 1895

Bethuel H. Town
DECEASED.

Dated March 7, 1895

At a Surrogate's Court, held at the VILLAGE OF MAYVILLE, in and for the COUNTY OF
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., this 7 day of March 1895, Before Hon. E. E. Woodbury SURROGATE
of said County.

On the day and at the place aforesaid, De Ette L. Harrison of the Village of
Sinclairville in said county appeared, and presented a petition that Letter of
Administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Bethuel H. Town, late of the
Town of Arkwright in said County, deceased, be granted to Asad B Town.

WHEREUPON, it was proved, to the satisfaction of the SURROGATE, that the said
deceased, at the time of his death, was a resident of the County of Chautauqua, on
the 25th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three 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 value of the personal
estate of the said deceased does not exceed Fourteen hundred Dollars, and that the
said petitioner is a daughter of the said deceased, and that he left the following
kindred entitled to his estate, to wit:

Asad B. Town (Son) Unionville Tuscola Co., Mich.
De Ette L. Town Daughter Sinclairville Chaut. Co., N. Y.

Both of full age

WHEREUPON, it is ordered that LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION of the goods, chattels and
credits of the said deceased be granted to Asad B. Town on his entering into a
bond to the people of the State of New York, with at least two sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the said SURROGATE in the penal sum of Twenty eight
hundred Dollars, conditioned for the faithful execution of the trust reposed in
______________ as such administrator and obeying all lawful decrees and orders of
the SURROGATES COURT of said county, and taking and subscribing the oath of office
prescribed by law.

WHEREUPON, on the 7 day of March 1895, the said Asad B Town having produced the
bond required, duly executed and approved, and having taken and subscribed the
oath of office prescribed by law, which bond and oath are duly filed by the
SURROGATE, It is further ordered that Letters of Administration be granted to the
said Asad B. Town of the goods, chattels and credits of the said Deceased.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, on application of the said administrator that ____ of _____
and _____________ of _________________ two disinterested persons of said county of
Chautauqua, be and are hereby appointed appraiser of the personal estate of the
said deceased.

L. S.

In Testimony Whereof, I, E. E. Woodbury, SURROGATE of said County of Chautauqua,
have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 7 day of March 1895,

E. E. Woodbury Surrogate

Recorded and Examined this 7 day of March 1895.

Additional Comments:
Asad Town is Arad Town.

Other proceedings related to the estate of Bethuel H. Town:

Liber 3 of Letters of Administration p. 191;
Quit Claim Deed recorded Jan. 7, 1895 in Liber 249 of Deeds at page 177;
Quit Claim Deed recorded Dec. 28 1897 in Liber 213 of Deeds at page 565; and
Warranty Deed recorded May 20, 1867 in Liber 116 of Deeds page 120.