WILL: Duncan Campbell;  Riga, Monroe co., NY 
surname: Campbell, Brew, Mc Pherson, Mc Master

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Monroe co NY Will Book Vol. 14 page 700
Written: November 20, 1868
Recorded: May 27, 1870

      Recorded and Examined May 27th, 1870
                            W.D. Stuart(signature) Surrogate
                      Record of Will

In the name of God Amen: I Duncan Campbell of the Town of Riga Monroe County
and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory and eighty two years of
age - blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last
will and testament.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Christy McPherson and to my daughter Ann 
McMaster five hundred dollars each.

I give and bequeath to my granddaughters Christy Ann and Jennett, daughters of
my son John deceased, two hundred dollars each.

I give and bequeath to my grandsons Archibald and Peter D. sons of Duncan A. 
Campbell one hundred dollars each, the above mentioned legacies to be paid
within six months after my decease out of my personal property to my executors 
hereinafter named.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Brew all my household furniture beds
and bedding and I also give devise and bequeath to my grandsons James, Duncan,
and John sons of my daughter Jane Brew all of my estate real from and after
the decease of their mother. Said real estate is situate in the Town of Riga
County of Monroe and State of New York being part of the Peter D. Campbell
farm.

And I will that the remainder of my personal property I give and bequeath to
my children and their heirs respectively to be divided in equal shares between
them and paid within six months after my decease. I do nominate and appoint my
friends Walter J. Gristin and Peter J. Campbell of the Town of LeRoy Genesee
County to be the executors of this my last will and testament. 

In testimony whereof, I hereinto set my hand and seal and publish and decree
this to be my last will and testament in presence of the witnesses named below
this twenty day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty eight.
                                   _________Duncan Campbell_____L.S.

Signed sealed declare and published by this said Duncan Campbell as and for
his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his
presence and of the presence of each other subscribed our names as witnesses
hereto.
     Donald McPherson residing at Bergen County of Genesee New York
     Daniel J. McPherson residing at Bergen County of Genesee State New York

U.S Int. Rev.
 $1.50 Stamp
Cancelled

State of New York
Monroe County    }S.S

Be it remembered, that on the day of the date hereof, the last will and
testament of Duncan Campbell late of the town of Riga in said county,
deceased, (being the foregoing written instrument), was duly proved before
W.D. Stuart Esq. Surrogate of the said county, 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 his office-

L.S.              In testimony whereof, the surrogate of the said county has 
                  hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal of office,
U.S. Int. Rev.                  this 27th day of April 1870.
5 cent Stamp                      ________W.D. Stuart_______
Cancelled                                   _____Surrogate

Surrogate's Court- - -Monroe County
In the matter of proving the last will and testament of
     _______Duncan Campbell________
                    ______Deceased_______

Monroe County, S.S.:
Donald McPherson and Daniel J. McPherson being first duly sworn in open court 
upon their several corporal oaths each for himself doeth depose and say that
he is a subscribing witness to the last and testament of Duncan Campbell late
of the town of Riga in the County of Monroe and State of New York deceased.
And these deponents do further say, that the said Duncan Campbell deceased,
did in the presence of each of these deponents, subscribe his name at the end
of the instruments in writing which is now here shown to these deponents and
which purports to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, and
which bears date on the 20th day of November one thousand eight hundred and
sixty eight, that the said deceased did, at the time of subscribing his name
to the said instrument as aforesaid declare the same to be his last will and
testament: and these deponents did thereupon subscribe their own respective
names at the end of said instrument, as attesting witnesses to the excution
thereof, each at the request of the said deceased, and in his presence and in
the presence of each other: That the said deceased at the time of so
subscribing his name to said instrument as aforesaid, and publishing said
instrument as aforesaid, was upwards of twenty-one years of age, and a citizen
of the United States: that he appeared to be, and deponents believe he was of
sound mind, memory and understanding, and not under any restraint, and as
deponents verify believe, in all respects competent to devise real estate:
that each of these deponents saw the other sign his name to the said
instrument in the presence of the said deceased. Said dec'd died at Riga 
on the 11th March 1870.
Sworn this 27th day
of May 1870}              Donald McPherson
___W.D. Stuart___         Dan. J. McPherson
    ____Surrogate of Monroe County_____

A true record of the last will and testament of Duncan Campbell late of the
Town of Riga in the County of Monroe and State of New York deceased, and the
proofs, proceedings, and examinations had, and taken on admitting said will to
be proved and recorded according to law as a will of real and personal
estate._______
                                         W.D. Stuart(signature)
                                                     Surrogate

Monroe County Surrogate's Court_____
In the matter of the last will and testament}
               of
______Duncan Campbell deceased_____

I, Peter Campbell of the Town of LeRoy in the County of Genesee and State of
New York, Executor, named in and appointed by the last will and testament of
Duncan Campbell late of the Town of Riga in the County of Monroe and aforesaid
do hereby renounce the said appointment, and all right and claim to letters
testamentary of the said last will and testament, or to act as an executor
thereof, and ask the Surrogate of Monroe County to accept and record this my
renunciation.
Dated this 27th day of May 1870.
A.D. Ward}       ______Peter Campbell
R.E. Schemerhorn}

Monroe County, SS:__________
On this 27th day of May A.D. 1870 before me personally came Peter Campbell to
me personally known to be the same person described in, and who executed the
above instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
              _______W.D. Stuart______
     Ex.                  _____Surrogate_______



__________Recorded and examined May 27th, 1870___________

                               W.D. Stuart(signature)
                                           Surrogate