WILL: Jonathan Reynolds; Chatham, Columbia Co.,, New York
surname: Reynolds

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Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Mary Zednick
Columbia County, New York Will Book Vol. L2, page 158

State of New York
Columbia County ss.  Be it remembered, that heretofore, to wit, on the eighth
day of April A.D. 1858, Nancy Reynolds the widow and executrix named in the
Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Reynolds late of the town of Chatham in
said County of Columbia, deceased, appeared in open Court before the Surrogate
of the County of Columbia, and made application to have the said last Will and
Testament which relates to real and personal estate proved, and on such
application, the Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the
heirs and next of kin of the said testator, and their respective residences,
and said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation, in due form of law,
directed to the said heirs and next of kin, by their respective names stating
their respective place of residence, requiring them to appear before said
Surrogate at his office in the City of Hudson in said County, on the twenty
seventh day of May then next to attend the probate of said Will; and
afterwards, to wit, on the said twenty seventh day of May, satisfactory
evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the
service of the said citation in the mode prescribed by law, and on that day,
no one appearing to oppose the probate of said Will, such proceedings were
thereupon had afterwards, that the Surrogate took the proof of said Will
hereinafter set forth, upon this twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight
hundred and fifty eight, and he adjudged the said Will to be a valid Will of
real and personal estate and the proofs thereof to be sufficient; Which said
last Will and Testament, and proofs are as follows, that is to say.

       I Jonathan Reynolds of the town of Chatham, County of Columbia and
State of New York, farmer of the age of fifty eight years, and being of sound
mind and memory, do make, publish and declare, this my last will & testament
in manner and form following, that is to say

     First - I give and bequeath to my wife Nancy all my property real &
personal to her in [unreadable] forever subject to the support of my son Henry
as hereinafter provided.

     Second - I give and bequeath to my son Henry Reynolds, his living and
support & direct that the same shall be a tax during his life on my real
estate.

     Lastly - I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Nancy Reynolds,
aforesaid and Elias Reynolds son of William L. Reynolds to be the executors of
this my last will and testament.

      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31st day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.
                                   Jonathan Reynolds

The above instrument in writing consisting of one sheet of paper was at the
date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Jonathan
Reynolds was & for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at
his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, have
subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
          Allen Reynolds  Chatham  Columbia Co N.Y
          Jonathan B. Rider  Chatham  Columbia Co N.Y.

Columbia Court ss
          Jonathan B. Rider of the town of Chatham in the said County, being
first duly sworn deposes and says that he is a subscribing witness to the
instrument now shown to him purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of
Jonathan Reynolds, deceased, and bearing date on the thirty first day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty seven,
that the deponent and Allen Reynolds the other subscribing witness signed
their names as witnesses to said instrument at the request and in the presence
of the said Jonathan Reynolds and in the presence of each other, that the
deponent saw the said Jonathan Reynolds execute the said instrument and heard
him declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament at which time the said
Jonathan Reynolds was of sound and disposing mind and memory, of full age, and
not under any restraint according to the deponent's best knowledge and belief. 
That the said Jonathan Reynolds is now dead and was at the time of his death
an inhabitant of the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia.  Deponent
further says that he wrote the said Instrument and that it is now in all
respects the same as when executed by the said Jonathan Reynolds.
Sworn before me this                         Jonathan B. Rider
27th day of May 1858.
R. B. Monell
     Surrogate

Columbia Court ss
          Allen Reynolds of the town of Chatham in the said County, being
first duly sworn deposes and says that he is a subscribing witness to the
Instrument now shown to him purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of
Jonathan Reynolds, deceased, and bearing date on the thirty first day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven,
that the deponent and Jonathan B. Rider the other subscribing witness signed
their names as witnesses to said Instrument at the request and in the presence
of the said Jonathan Reynolds and in the presence of each other, that the
deponent saw the said Jonathan Reynolds execute the said instrument and heard
him declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament at which time the said
Jonathan Reynolds was of sound and disposing mind and memory, of full age, and
not under any restraint according to the deponent's best knowledge and belief. 
That the said Jonathan Reynolds is now dead and was at the time of his death
an inhabitant of the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia.
Sworn before me this                         Allen Reynolds
27th day of May 1858.
R. B. Monell
     Surrogate

County of Columbia ss
           Recorded, the preceeding Last Will and Testament of Jonathan
Reynolds, deceased, as a Will of real and personal estate together with the
proofs taken in the Court of the Surrogate of the County of Columbia, relating
to the said Last Will and Testament which record is hereby signed and
certified by me, pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Statutes this
twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
                              R. B. Monell,
                                   Surrogate