Chenango County NyArchives Wills.....Collar, Frances E December 2, 1922
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Source: Chenango County Surrogate Court, Norwich, Chenango County, New York, Index To Wills And Proceedings 1798-1937, Page 69, File Number 8642
Written: December 2, 1922

Last Will and Testament

I, Frances E. Collar of the village of New Berlin, in the County of Chenango and
State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare
this my last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say…

First.-I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid.
Second-I give, bequeath and devise all my property, real and personal, of every
name and nature and wherever the same may be, to my husband, Leonard D. Collar,
absolutely and forever.
Lastly, I hereby appoint said Leonard D. Collar executor of this, my last Will and
Testament: hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name the 2nd. Day of December in
the year One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

Frances E Collar			

We, whose names are hereto subscribed, Do Certify that on the 2nd day of December,
1922, Frances E. Collar, the testatrix, subscribed her name to this instrument in
our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the same time, in our
presence and hearing, declared the same to be her last Will and Testament, and
requested us and each of us, to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the
execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of the testatrix and of each
other, on the said date, and write opposite our names our respective places of
residence.

Anna G Morse residing at New Berlin, NY
Arthur W Morse residing at New Berlin, NY

Petition for Probate of Will

Surrogate’s Court—County of Chenango:
In the Matter of the Petition of
      Leonard D. Collar
For Probate of the Last Will and Testament of 
      Frances E. Collar,
                        Deceased 
To the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Chenango:
The Petition of Leonard D. Collar of the village of New Berlin, County of Chenango
and State of New York, respectfully shows:

     That Frances E. Collar, late of the village of New Berlin, County of
Chenango, died on the 15th day of October, 1924, at the village of New Berlin in
the County of Chenango, and State of New York, leaving a Last Will and Testament
dated the 2nd day of December, 1922, which Will is signed at the end thereof, by
the said Testatrix and also by Anna G. Morse and Arthur W. Morse, as subscribing
witnesses thereto.

     That the said decedent was at the time of her death a resident of the village
of New Berlin, County of Chenango and State of New York.

     That your petitioner is the sole, Executor named in said Will.

     That the said Will relates to both real and personal property and the value
of the real property does not exceed the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred dollars,
and the value of the personal property does not exceed the sum of  Two Hundred
dollars as your petitioner is informed and believes.

     That said decedent left her, surviving said Leonard D. Collar her husband,
who resides at New Berlin in the State of New York.

     That your petitioner is informed and believes the following named persons are
the only heirs at law and next of kin of said decedent, and their degree of 
relationship to said decedent, and their respective places of residence and
postoffice addresses are as set opposite their names respectively, as follows:

Names               Relationship           residence and Postoffice Address
Metta B. Barnes	    a Niece	           residing at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Lois Gaskill        a Niece                residing at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Ray Lindsay         a Nephew, if living and if not living, his descendants, if
any, none of whose names, parts of names, places of residence or postoffice
addresses are known to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence and after
diligent inquiry for that purpose, be ascertained.  The said Ray Lindsay
disappeared several years ago and has not been heard from since.  He is alleged to
have committed several crimes shortly before he disappeared.  The source of your
petitioner’s information and grounds of his belief as the places of residence and
post office addresses of said Metta B. Barnes and Lois Gaskill are a letter from
said Metta B. Barnes written by her in response to an inquiry for such information
stating the facts as above alleged, which letter is dated  November 24, 1924. 
Your petitioner has inquired of Ella Lindsay of New Berlin, N. Y., the mother of
said Lindsay concerning the said Ray Lindsay and she infomed him that she did not
know whether or not he was living, that she had not heard from in several years
and if dead, whether or not he left any widow or descendants.  That he was never
married to her knowledge.

     That the following named persons are the only persons named in said Will as
legatees, devisees, or beneficiaries and are all the persons in being who take an
interest in the real or personal property of said decedent under said Will, as
your petitioner is informed and believes; and their relationship to said decedent
and their respective places of residence and postoffice addresses are as set
opposite their names respectively as follows:

      Names               Relationship          Residence and Postoffice Address
Said Leonard D. Collar    a legatee and devisee	residing at New Berlin, N. Y.

     That the Exectutors, Trustees and Testamentary Guardians named or described
in said Will, and their respective places of residence and postoffice addresses
are as follows:

Said Leonard D. Collar, Executor residing at New Berlin, N. Y.

     That as your petitioner is informed and believes, all of the foregoing named
persons are of full age and sound mind.

     That no persons other than those above mentioned are interested in this
application or proceeding.

     The said Metta B. Barnes and Lois Gaskill are the daughter of Elizabeth
Lindsay Pope, a deceased sister of the testatrix.

     The said Ray Lindsay was the son of Alvin Lindsay, a deceased brother of the
testatrix.

     The said persons of who inquiries were made concerning the said non-residents
and unknown persons were the persons most likely to know about the matters in
question and your petitioner believes the said statements made to him to be true.

     That no pervious petition or application for the probate of said Will, or for
the granting of letters testamentary or of administration of personal property of
said decedent has been filed with or presented to any Court, to the knowledge or
belief of your petitioner…..

     Wherefore your petitioner prays that the said last Will and Testament may be
proved, and letters testamentary granted thereon in accordance with law, and to
that the above named heirs at law and next of kin may be cited to show cause why
said last Will and Testament should not be admitted to probate.
	
And your petitioner further prays for an order directing service of citation
herein without the State of New York or by publication upon the person named
herein as non-residents, or who, or whose residence, are unknown, and upon the
persons named herein as residents who it is shown cannot be served within the
State of New York.

That your petitioner have such other or further order or decree as may be proper.

Dated November 29, 1924
                                                                                 
                Leonard D Collar   

County of Chenango, ss;

     Leonard D. Collar, being duly sworn, say he is the petitioner named in the
foregoing petition; that he has heard the same read, knows the contents thereof
and the same is true to his own knowledge except as to those matters therein
stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters he
believes it to be true.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this                    Leonard D. Collar
          29th day of November, 1924,
Arthur W Morse
Notary Public
Chenango Co. N. Y.

County of Chenango, ss;

I, Leonard D. Collar, Executor, name in the last Will and Testament of Frances E.
Collar, late of New Berlin, New York deceased, do solemnly swear that I am a
resident of, New Berlin, in the State of New York, and over twenty-one years of
age, and that I will well, faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the
offie of Executor of the said last Will and Testament, according to law.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this                        Leonard D. Collar
    29th day of November, 1924,
Arthur W Morse
Notary Public
Chenango Co. N. Y.


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