WILL: Melinda Dominick; Little Falls, Herkimer co., New York
surname: Dominick, Perry

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Herkimer County NY Will Book Vol. P. page 281

Melinda Dominick

County of Herkimer Surrogate s Court -- In the matter of proving the last Will
and Testament of Melinda Dominic deceased Herkimer County ss: Charlotte Holmes
now of the city of Rochester formerly of Palmyra New York being first duly
sworn in open Court on her oath does depose and say that she and Charlotte A.
Holmes are subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Melinda
Dominick late of the town of Little Falls in the said county of Herkimer
deceased.  And this deponent further says that the said deceased did in the
presence of this deponent & Charlotte A. Holmes subscribe her name at the end
of the instrument which is now shown to this deponent and which purports to be
the last Will and Testament of the said deceased and which bears date on the
19th day of September AD 1864; that the said deceased did at the time of
subscribing her name to said instrument as aforesaid declare the same to be
her last will and testament; that this deponent and the said Charlotte A.
Holmes did thereupon subscribe their own names at the end of said instrument
as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof at the request of the said
deceased and in her presence and in the presence of each other.  That the said
deceased at the time of subscribing her name to said instrument as aforesaid
was upwards of twenty-one years of age that she appeared to be of sound mind
and was not under restraint to the knowledge or belief of this deponent. 

Charlotte Holmes

Sworn examined and subscribed this 25th day of May 1872 before me Amos W.
Prescott Surrogate

County of Herkimer Surrogate s Court -- In the matter of proving the last Will
and Testament of Melinda Dominic deceased Herkimer County ss: Charlotte A. 
Lewis formerly Charlotte A. Holmes now of the City of Rochester in the county
of Monroe being first duly sworn in open Court on her oath does depose and say
that deponent and Charlotte Holmes are subscribing witnesses to the last Will
and Testament of Melinda Dominic late of the town of Little Falls in the said
county of Herkimer deceased.  And this deponent further says that the said
deceased did in the presence of this deponent and Charlotte Holmes subscribe
her name at the end of the instrument which is now shown to this deponent and
which purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased and
which bears date on the 19th day of September AD 1864; that the said deceased
did at the time of subscribing her name to said instrument as aforesaid
declare the same to be her last Will and Testament; that this deponent and the
said Charlotte Holmes did thereupon subscribe their own names at the end of
said instrument as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof at the request
of the said deceased and in her presence and in the presence of each other. 
That the said deceased at the time of subscribing her name to said instrument
as aforesaid was upwards of twenty-one years of age that she appeared to be of
sound mind and was not under restraint to the knowledge or belief of this
deponent. 

Charlotte A. Lewis

Sworn examined and subscribed this 29th day of May 1872 before me Amos W.
Prescott Surrogate

Will

In the name of God, Amen.  I, Melinda Dominick of the town of Little Falls in
the County of Herkimer and State of New York of the age of (64) sixty Four
years, and being of sound mind and memory do make publish and declare this my
last will and testament in manner following that is to say:

I give and bequeath to my Daughter Katharine Mary Dominick the sum of (1000)
one thousand dollars

To my Daughter Amanda Perry the wife of Whitby Hunting the sum of (500) Five
Hundred Dollars

To my son Edward Dominick the sum of (500) Five Hundred Dollars

To my son George Dominick the sum of (1000) one thousand dollars

I give and bequeath to my son John Herkimer Dominick the sum of (1000) one
thousand dollars.  And I farther direct the above sum of one thousand dollars
placed by the Executor of this my last will and Testament upon Interest upon
Bond and Mortgage for the term of (5) Five years after my death at the
expiration of which or such time should said John Herkimer Dominick not be
found he now at the Execution of this being absent and his residence not known
or known to be dead and the said (1000) one thousand dollars not having been
claimed by him the said (1000) one thousand with the interest for the Five
years accruing on the same shall be equally divided between my Children
Weidman Edward Katharine and Amanda.

I also give and bequeath to my Daughter Katharine all my household Furniture.
To my Daughter Amanda all my wearing apparel and lastly I give and bequeath
the rest residue and remainder after purchasing and Erecting tomb stones at my
grave and the payment of the or for the same from said remainder shall be
divided equally between my Children Weidman Dominick Edward Dominick Katharine
Mary Dominick and Amanda Perry Dominick the wife of Whitby Hunting.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth (19) day of
September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.

Melinda Dominic

Sept. 19th 1864

The above instrument consisting of three pages was at the date signed sealed
published and declared by the said Melinda Dominick as and for her last will
and testament in presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in
the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

Charlotte A. Holmes Palmyra Wayne County
Charlotte Holmes Palmyra Wayne County

State of New York Herkimer County Surrogates Office SS:

Be it remembered that on the 29th day of June AD 1872 the last will and
testament of Melinda Dominick late of the town of Little Falls in said county
of Herkimer deceased bearing date the 19thday of September AD 1864 (being the
annexed written instrument) was duly proved before Amos H. Prescott Surrogate
of said County of Herkimer according to law as and for the last will and
testament of the real and personal estate of said deceased; which said last
will and testament and the proofs and examinations taken thereon are recorded
in this office in Book P of Wills on page 281 and following.

In testimony whereof I Amos H. Prescott Surrogate of said County have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office at the Surrogates Office in the village of
Herkimer this 29th day of June AD 1872.

I Amos H. Prescott Surrogate of Herkimer County do hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true copy and record of the last will and testament of
Melinda Dominick late of the town of Little Falls deceased propounded for
probate and duly proved before me and also of the proofs and examinations
taken before me in relation thereto.

Dated Herkimer June 29th 1872
Amos H. Prescott
Surrogate