WILL: Ezra S. Loomis; Champlain, Clinton Co., NY

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October 1997.

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transcribed from the original Surrogate Court document, preserving all
punctuation, spelling, & syntax by Janette Wilson Ramos, 8/23/97

Ezra S. Loomis Deceased
Be it remembered that such proceedings have heretofore been had on the matter
of proving the last will and testament of Ezra S. Loomis late of Champlain in
the county of Clinton deceased in the Surrogate's Court of the said county of
Clinton before the Surrogate of said county on the return of a citation in
that matter duly served and returnable & set unto on the 28th day of April
1873, that the said Surrogate hearing obtained ________ of said matter
disposed on that day to take the proofs & examination of the attesting
witnesses to the said will on oath in open court & this affidavit __________
in the same day adjudge that the said Ezra S. Loomis was on the day he
executed the said will competent to devise real Estate & was not under any
restraint & that the said proofs _______________ were sufficient and the said
will _________ will of both real & personal Estate, the said will and the said
proofs are herein ________ hereby ______________ as follows - that is to say:

Will
In the name of God Amen:  I Ezra S. Loomis of the Town of Champlain, County of
Clinton and State of New York being of sound mind and memory, and considering
the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain,
publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, that is to say:
First   After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath
unto my beloved wife Harriet A. Loomis all my property, both real and personal
of which I may be possessed at the time of my decease, to have and to hold the
same to her and to hold the same to her and to her heirs forever.

Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my said wife Harriet A. Loomis to be
executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills
by me made.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the
nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.

Ezra S. Loomis, Ss. (signed)

The above written instrument was subscribed by the said Ezra S. Loomis in our
presence and acknowledged by him to each of us : and he at the same time
declared the above instrument so subscribed to be his last will and testament:
and we at his request have signed our names as witnesses hereto in his
presence and in the presence of each other, and written opposite our names our
respective places of residence.

H. E. Hitchcock     Champlain, NY (signed)
Angeline M. Hitchcock, Champlain, NY  (signed)

(page 2)

Surrogates Court, Clinton County, New York
In the matter of proving           }    Examination of Witnesses
the last will and testament      }      taken in open Court before
        of             }            G. M. Beckwith, Surrogate
Ezra S. Loomis, deceased     }      of Clinton County, NY

State of New York,  }
Clinton County        }  p:   Horatio E. Hitchcock & Angeline M. Hitchcock of
Champlain in the County of Clinton, NY, being each first duly sworn and
examined in open Court, on their oaths, do depose and say that they were
personally acquainted with Ezra S. Loomis, late of Champlain in the County of
Clinton & State of New York, deceased; that they are the subscribing witnesses
to the last will and testament of Ezra S. Loomis, late of Champlain in said
county of Clinton deceased, and these deponents further way that the said
deceased did in the presence of these deponents subscribe his name at the end
of the instrument, which is now here shown to these deponents and offered for
probate and purporting to be his last will and testament and bearing date on
the 19th day of September 1892; that the said at the time of so subscribing
his name to the said instrument did declare the same to be his last will and
testament; that these deponents did thereon subscribed their names at the end
of the said instrument as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof at the
request of the said deceased in his presence and in presence of each other;
that the said deceased at the time of so subscribing his name thereto was a
citizen of the United States upwards of twenty-one years of age and that he
appeared to be of sound mind, memory and understanding and was not under any
restraint to the knowledge or belief of these deponents.

Taken, subscribed and sworn to this 28     }    Horatio E. Hitchcock
day of April, 1873 before me in open court  }   Angeline M. Hitchcock
    G. M. Beckwith, Surrogate           }

In appearing from the proofs heretofore taken is certified to be the last will
and testament of Ezra S. Loomis late of Champlain in the county of Clinton,
deceased, that the said will was duly executed & that the said Ezra S. Loomis
deceased was at the time he executed the same competent to devise real estate
& not under any restraint, that said will is a valid will of both real &
personal Estate, the said will & the proofs & examinations of the attesting
witnesses thereto are herein & hereby seconded, signed, & certified pursuant
to the Revised Statutes of this State this 28th day of April in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & seventy three.

G. M. Beckwith (signed)
Surrogate