WILLS: Wheeler, John Punderson; Hudson, Columbia co., NY
surname: Wheeler, Punderson, Mellen, Freeborne, Beale, Pearson, Farrell,
Rose, Stevens, Dagget, Brownell, Miller

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Columbia County Ny Will Book Volume X, Pp. 150-153
Written: June 20, 1901
Recorded: July 30, 1901

Record of the Last Will and Testament of JOHN PUNDERSON WHEELER, late of the City
of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., deceased as a will valid to pass real and
personal property together with the proofs relating thereto taken in the
Surrogate’s Court of the County of Columbia, N.Y., and the Decree admitting said
will to Probate.

RECORDED JULY 30TH, 1901

	I, JOHN PUNDERSON WHEELER, of the City of Hudson, in the County of Columbia, and
State of New York do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and
Testament, that is to say:-
        FIRST:- After the payment of all my just and lawful debts, I give and
bequeath unto James P. Mellen, of Geneva, N.Y., One Thousand Dollars: To Charles
Rose Mellen, of Geneva, N.Y., Five Hundred Dollars: To the Reverend Arthur H.
Mellen, Two Thousand Dollars: To John W. Mellen, of Geneva, N.Y., Three Thousand
Dollars; To Russell Punderson, James H. Punderson, and Whitney Punderson, sons of
the late James M. Punderson, each Five Hundred Dollars: To Frank T. Punderson,
Three Thousand Dollars: To Louisa M. Punderson, daughter of the said James M.
Punderson, Two Thousand Dollars; To Sarah M. Freeborne of the City of Florence,
Italy, Two Thousand Dollars: To M. Eloise Beale, daughter [page 151] of the late
Charles L. Beale, Two Thousand Dollars: To Alice Wheeler Pearson, of the City of
Hudson, N.Y., One Hundred and Five Dollars: To Daniel Farrell of said City of
Hudson, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars; To Elizabeth Rose, Alice F. Rose, Mary C.
Rose and Hugh Duncan Rose, children of Charles J. Rose, each Four Thousand Dollars.
	SECOND:- I give and bequeath unto the Hudson City Hospital, Two Thousand Dollars,
in the name or memory of George Freeborne Wheeler, and direct that the said sum
shall be invested and kept invested and the income therefrom be used toward the
paymento of the annual current expenses of the said hospital.
	THIRD:- I given and bequeath unto the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of All
Saint’s [sic] Church in the City of Hudson, N.Y., Two Thousand Dollars, in trust,
to be held by them in the name or memory of Mrs. Alice Freeborne Wheeler, and
direct that the said principal sum shall be invested and kept invested and the
income therefrom to be used toward the payment of the annual current expenses of
the church.
	FOURTH:- I give and bequeath unto the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of the Holy
Advent Parish of Clinton, Connecticut, Two Thousand Dollars in the name or memory
of Mrs. Mary Imogene Stevens, in trust, and direct that the said principal sum
shall be invested and kept invested, and the income therefrom to be used toward
the payment of the annual current expenses of the said Church.
	FIFTH:- I give and bequeath unto the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church
in the City of Hudson, N.Y., Two Thousand Dollars, in trust, to be held by them in
the name or memory of George Freeborne Wheeler, and direct that the said principal
sum shall be invested and kept invested, and first out of the income therefrom the
annual rent of my pew in said church shall be paid; the balance of said income,
after the payment of the said annual pew rent, to be used toward the payment of
the current expenses of the said church.
	It is my wish and I further direct that the children of John M. Pearson of said
City of Hudson, shall have the right and may occupy said pew at their pleasure.
	SIXTH:- I give and bequeath unto the City of Hudson, N.Y., the sum of Four
Hundred Dollars and direct that the same shall be invested and kept invested, and
the annual income therefrom used in the care and preservation of my burial lot,
and also the lots belonging to the Freeborne Estate and Captain J.C. Dagget,
situate in the same Hudson Cemetery, in said City.
	SEVENTH:- I give, bequeath and devise all the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate of every name, nature and kind, whatsoever and wheresoever situated, unto
my two nephews, Hugh Lawson Rose and Charles J. Rose.
	EIGHTH:. I hereby nominate and appoint my said two nephews, Hugh Lawson Rose and
Charles J. Rose, to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, provided they
are both residing and are in the United States at the time of my death. In the
event that either should be absent, I then nominate and appoint the one of the
said nephews who shall be residing in the United States, hereby revoking all
former Wills by me made.
	I give and grant unto my said executors, or the survivor of them, or the one who
may qualify full power and authority to sell and convey, if they shall deem it in
the interests of my estate, any and all real estate of which I may die seized and
possessed.
	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the
20th day of [page 152]June, in the year one thousand and nine hundred and one.
John P. Wheeler. (L.S)

IN PRESENCE OF
H. C. Miller
Wm. M. Brownell

	The above instrument consisting of four sheets was at the date thereof subscribed
by John Punderson Wheeler, in the presence of us and each of us, he at the time of
making such subscription, acknowledged that he made the same, and declared the
said instrument so subscribed by him to be his Last Will and Testament, whereupon
we, then and there, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of
each other, subscribed our names as winesses thereto.
H. C. Miller, Residing at Hudson, N.Y.
Wm. M. Brownell, Residing at Greenport, N.Y.

SURROGATE’S COURT, COLUMBIA COUNTY, SS:
	W. M. Brownell of the Town of Greenport 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 John Punderson
Wheeler, deceased, and bearing date on the 20th day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and one; that the deponent and H.C. Miller the
other subscribing witness, signed their names as witnesses to said instrument at
the request and in the presence of the said John Punderson Wheeler and in the
presence of each other; that the deponent saw the said John Punderson Wheeler
execute the said instrument and heard him declare the same to be his Last Will and
Testament, at which time the said John Punderson Wheeler was of sound mind and
memory, of full age, and not under any restraint according to deponent’s best
knowledge and belief; that the said John Punderson Wheeler is now dead, was a
citizen of the United States and was at the time of his death and inhabitant of
the City of Hudson, in the County of Columbia, and State of New York.

Wm. M. Brownell

Subscribed and sworn before me
this 30th. day of July, 1901.
John V. Whitebeck
Surrogate

SURROGATE’S COURT, COLUMBIA COUNTY, SS:
	H. C. Miller of the City of Hudson 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 John Punderson Wheeler,
deceased, and bearing date on the 20th day of June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and one; that the deponent and Wm. M. Brownell the other
subscribing witness, signed their names as witnesses to said instrument at the
request and in the presence of the said John Punderson Wheeler and in the presence
of each other; that the deponent saw the said John Punderson Wheeler execute the
said instrument and heard him declare the same to be his [page 153] Last Will and
Testament, at which time the said John Punderson Wheeler was of sound mind and
memory, of full age, and not under any restraint according to deponent’s best
knowledge and belief; that the said John Punderson Wheeler is now dead, was a
citizen of the United States and was at the time of his death and inhabitant of
the City of Hudson, in the County of Columbia, and State of New York.

H. C. Miller

Subscribed and sworn before me
this 30th. day of July, 1901.
John V. Whitebeck
Surrogate

At a Surrogate’s Court held in and for the County of
Columbia at the Surrogate’s Office in the City of Hudson,
on the 30th. day of July, 1901.

PRESENT: THE SURROGATE

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In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament
--of--
JOHN PUNDERSON WHEELER, Deceased
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	On the application of Hugh Lawson Rose, sole executor and on filing waivers of
service of citation herein of Charles J. Rose, and he with the said Hugh Lawson
Rose being the only heirs at law and next of kin of said deceased - there being no
widow and all being of full age, and after hearing the proofs and it appearing
that said will was duly executed; that the testator was at the time of making said
will in all respects competent to make said will, and was not under any restraint,
	It is ordered and decreed, That said will, bearing date June 20th. 1901, be, and
the same hereby is admitted to Probate as a will, valid to pass real and personal
property, and that the same, with the proofs relating thereto, be recorded
accordingly; the probate of said will not having been contested.
	Ordered Further, That Letters Testamentary thereof issue to said Hugh Lawson
Rose, he having taken and filed the oath prescribed by law.
John V. Whitbeck,
Surrogate

COLUMBIA COUNTY SS:	Recorded the preceding Last Will and Testament of JOHN
PUNDERSON WHEELER, late of the City of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., deceased as
a will valid to pass real and personal property with the proofs relating thereto
taken in the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Columbia, N.Y., and the Decree
admitting said will to Probate, which record is hereby signed and certified by me
pursuant to the provisions of the Statutes of the State of New York, this 30th.
day of July, 1901.
[signed] John V. Whitbeck
SURROGATE