WILL: Martha Jordan; Honeoye Falls, Monroe co., NY
surname: Jordan,

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MARTHA JORDAN WILL

Transcribed from Sampubco copy
NY, Monroe Co., Vol 34, pg 289

Record of Will

In the Name of God, Amen.

I Martha Jordan, of the Village of Honeoye Falls in the County of Monroe
and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the
uncertainty of this grail 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 to my husband Henry Jordan, all that tract or parcel of land, situate
in the Village of Honeoye Falls in the town of Mendon County of Monroe and
State of New York. Bounded and described as follows on the easterly by the
highway leading from said village to Lima, northerly by lands now owned and
occupied by William B. Baker, westerly and southerly by lands now owned and
occupied by Elias L. Yorks and William R. Yorks. It being the same premises
conveyed to me by Mary A. Tefft, and Leon D. Tefft her husband by deed bearing
date the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
and seventy three, and recorded in the Clerks Office of the County of Monroe
on the 22nd day of April 1873 at 10 o'clock A.M. to which reference is hereby
had for a further description of the said premises.

And lastly I give and bequeath to my said husband, Henry Jordan, all my
personal property of every name and kind whatsoever to have and to hold the
same, together with the premises herein described, his heirs and assigns
forever.

Likewise, I make constitute and appoint my said husband Henry Jordan, to
be executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former
Wills by me made.

In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my seal and subscribed my name
thereto, the 23rd day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.

Martha Jordan {L.S.}

The above written instrument was subscribed by the said Martha Jordan, in our
presence, and acknowledged by her to each of us, and she did at the same time
declare the above instrument so subscribed to be her last Will and Testament,
and we at her request have signed our names as witnesses hereto in her
presence and in the presence of each other and written opposite our names our
respective place of residence.
     William G. Starr, Honeoye Falls NY
     William Burberry, Honeoye Falls NY


SURROGATE'S COURT

In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Martha Jordan,
Deceased.

Monroe County, ss.
William G. Starr and William Burberry being first duly sworn in open Court,
each for himself doth depose and say, that he is a subscribing witness to the
last Will and Testament of Martha Jordan late of the Village of Honeoye Falls,
in the County of Monroe and State of New York, deceased, And these deponents
do further say, that the said Martha Jordan deceased, did, in the presence of
each of these deponents, subscribe her name at the end of the instrument 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
23rd day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty. That the said
deceased died on or about the 23rd day of May, 1881, at Honeoye Falls
aforesaid as deponents are informed and believe. That the said deceased did,
at the time of subscribing her name to the said instrument as aforesaid,
declare the same to be her 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 execution thereof, each at the request of the
said deceased, and in her presence, and the presence of each other. That the
said deceased, at the time of so subscribing her name to said instrument as
aforesaid, and publishing said instrument as aforesaid, was of full age; that
she appeared to be, and deponents believe she was of sound mind, memory and
understanding, and not under any restraint, and as deponents verily 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 said
deceased.
     Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3rd day of March, 1884}
W. G. Starr
Wm. Burberry
J. A. Adlington, Surrogate of Monroe County


Monroe County, ss.

     It appearing upon the proofs duly taken in respect to the Last Will and
Testament of Martha Jordan late of the Village of Honeoye Falls in the County
of Monroe and State of New York, deceased, that the said Will was duly
executed, and that the said Martha Jordan at the time she executed the same,
was in all respects competent to devise real estate, and not under restraint,
the said last Will and Testament and the proofs and examinations are hereby
recorded, signed and certified by me, pursuant to the provisions of the
Revised Statutes this 3rd day of March, A.D. 1884.
     RECORDED AND EXAMINED March 3rd 1884}
     E. McP. Niven, Clerk Surrogate's Court