WILL: Henry I. Putman; Mohawk, Montgomery co., New York
surname: Putman, James, Vedder

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Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Gayle Hendren
Mohawk, Montgomery County, NY
Will Book Volume 18, page 21

Be it Remembered, that heretofore, to wit, on the 28th day of November 1885,
Peter Putman, the Executer named in the last will and testament of Henry I.
Putman, late of the town of Mohawk in the county of Montgomery, deceased,
appeared in open court before Zerah S. Westbrook Surrogate of said county, and
made application to have the said last will and testament & codicil thereto
which related to both real and personal property, proved; and on such
application the said Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were
the widow heirs at law and next of kin of said testator and their respective
residences; and the said Surrogate did thereupon issue a citation, in due form
of law, directed to the said widow heirs at law and next of kin by their
respective names, stating their respective places of residence, requiring them
to appear before said Surrogate at his office in the city of Amsterdam on the
19th day of December 1885, to attend the probate of said will. 

And afterwards, to wit, on the said 19th day of December, 1885, satisfactory
evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to the said Surrogate of the
due service of said citation in the mode prescribed by law, and on that day
the said matter was duly adjourned to this the 9th day of January 1886 and on
this day no one appearing to oppose the probate of said will, such proceedings
were thereupon had afterwards that the said Surrogate took the proof of said
will & codicil hereinafter set forth upon this 9th day of January in the year
one thousand eight hundred and eighty six; and he adjudged the said will to be
a will valid to pass real and personal property, and the proofs thereof to be
sufficient, which said last will and testament and the proofs thereof are as
follows, that is to say:

The Will of Henry I. Putman
I  Henry I. Putman in the town of Mohawk County of Montgomery State of New
York, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this
my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit:

Item= I direct my Executors of this, my will to pay all my debts and funeral
charges.

Item = I give and bequeath unto my wife Magdalana, the use, rents an profits
of all my real estate and the use of all my personal estate to have and enjoy
the same for and during the term of her natural life.

Item= Upon the death of my said wife, I give devise and bequeath all my real
and personal estate unto my son Peter Putman to have and to hold the same
forever, subject to the payment of the legacies hereinafter given and subject
to the charges thereon.

Item= I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Ann James the sum of two
hundred dollars to be paid to her by my son Peter in one year after the
decease of my said wife and I make the payment of the same a lien and charge
upon the lands herein given and devised unto my said son Peter.

Item= I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza, five hundred dollars to be
paid her by my son Peter in five years after the death of my said wife and I
make the payment of the same a lien and charge upon the real estate herein
given and devised unto my said son Peter.

Item= I give and bequeath unto my daughter Catharine, one thousand one hundred
dollars to be paid to her by my son Peter within two years after the decease
of my said wife and I make the payment of the same a lien and charge on the
real estate herein given and devised unto my said son Peter.

Item= I give and bequeath unto my grandson Weston Putman, son of my daughter
Eliza, two hundred dollars ($200) to be paid to him upon his arriving at the
age of twenty one years, by my son Peter and I make the payment of the same a
lien and charge upon the real estate herein given and bequeathed to my son
Peter.

Item= I further will and direct that my said son Peter shall furnish at his
house suitable rooms and accommodations an board for my daughter Catharine so
long as she shall remain unmarried, but the same shall be so furnished upon
the condition that she shall not make any charge for her services which she
may render to my said son Peter, and or about housekeeping in his family. 

Item= Upon the death of my said wife, I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Catharine and my son Peter, all my household furniture, beds and bedding to be
divided between them equally, share and share alike and the bequest of my
personal property to my son Peter as subject to this item of my will.

Item= I further will and direct that in the event that my said son Peter shall
refuse to accept the devise and bequest of my real estate and personal estate
upon the conditions and subject to the legacies hereinbefore specified, I give
and devise the same upon the death of my said wife unto any Executors in trust
and authorize and empower them to sell and dispose of the same and out of the
proceeds thereof to pay and discharge in full the legacies hereinbefore given
and pay the surplus if any remaining after performing in full the provisions
of this will and payment of the above legacies to my son Peter.

Item= In the event that my wife shall die during my lifetime, the legacies
herein given and bequeathed are to be payable within the same time after my
death as hereinbefore directed after the death of my said wife.

Item= In the event that I shall make any advances to either or any of my said
children which shall be receipted by them as such advances.  I direct that the
amounts so advanced without interest, be applied to the payment of the
legacies herein given to him or her receiving such advances.

Item= I hereby release each of my children from any claims I may have against
them by advances or otherwise to the date hereof.  I have heretofore otherwise
provided for my sons Abram Putman and Brower Putman and daughter Martha Vedder
and have heretofore given to each of them respectively the share or amount of
my real and person estate to which I think they are entitled.

Item= I hereby nominate and appoint my son Peter Putman and my daughter
Catharine Executor and Executrix of this, my last will and testament, hereby
revoking any and all former will or wills by me made.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this ninth day of
May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
 
In presence of                               H.J.Putman   L.S.
James B. Bailey, Tribes Hill, NY
John G. Heath, residing at Amsterdam, Mont. Co., NY.

The above instrument was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published and
declared by Henry I. Putman the testator named therein as and 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 to the execution thereof.

                                   James B. Bailey
                                   John G. Heath

Whereas I, Henry I. Putman did heretofore make my last will and testament
bearing date the ninth day of May, 1881, now I make this, a codicil to said
will.

Whereas I did in said will, give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Ann
James two hundred dollars, now I revoke said bequest for the reason that I
have paid her that sum.

Whereas I did in said will, give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza, five
hundred dollars, now I revoke said bequest for the reason that I have
purchased in the Village of Johnstown a house and lot have improved and
repaired said premises on which said Eliza now wither her husband resides for
her and I intend to convey said premises to her in fee in lieu of said
bequest.

Whereas I did in said will give and bequeath to my daughter Catharine, eleven
hundred dollars, now I give and bequeath to my said daughter the sum of four
hundred dollars in addition to said sum of $1100, so that she shall receive in
all, fifteen hundred dollars, the same to be paid to her from the same source
at the same time and to be a lien as is provided in my said will and
applicable to said bequest of eleven hundred dollars. 

Whereas I did in my said will give and bequeath to my grandson Weston Putman,
son of my daughter Eliza, two hundred dollars, now I give and bequeath to my
said grandson, one hundred dollars in addition to said sum of two hundred
dollars so that he shall receive in all, five hundred dollars, such sum to be
paid to him by my son Peter at the time and said bequest to be a lien as
provided in my said will and applicable to said bequest of two hundred
dollars.   (The will does state five hundred dollars, not three hundred)

And I also give and bequeath to my said grandson Weston Putman, one good
bedstead, good feather bed and pillows and bedding so that he shall have a
good substantial and complete winter (?) bed and the same to be had by him
when he shall reach the age of twenty one years.  Such bed and bedding to come
out of and to be taken from the bequest in my said will made to my said
daughter Catharine and to my son Peter of my household furniture and from the
use of the same also bequeathed to my said wife Magdalena.

In witness whereof, I now hereunto subscribe my name, this 14th day of
January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty five.
                                   H.J. Putman
Witnesses
W.L. VanDeubergh
Wm. J. Taylor

The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof subscribed by the above named
Henry I. Putman in our presence and he declared the same to be a codicil to
his last will and testament and requested us to sign the same as witnesses
which we do in his presence.
                    W.L. VanDeubergh, residing in Amsterdam, NY
                    Wm. J. Taylor           "          "Amsterdam, NY

State of New York
County of Montgomery ss.           Surrogates Court 

In the matter of proving the will of Henry I. Putman, deceased.

     James B. Bailey of the town of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery and
Walter L. Van Deubergh of the city of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery,
being duly sworn and examined in open court before Jerah S. Westbrook,
Surrogate of said county, do depose and say and each for himself deposeth and
saith the said James B. Bailey that he was acquainted with Henry I. Putman in
his lifetime and was present and saw the said Henry I. Putman subscribe his
name at the end of the instrument in writing now produced and shown bearing
date the 9th day of May, 1881.  That the said Henry I. Putman at the time he
so subscribed it, declared the said instrument to be his last will and
testament and requested this deponent and John G. Heath to subscribe their
names as witnesses to the execution thereof.  Thereupon this deponent and John
G. Heath subscribed their names as witnesses at the end of the said instrument
in the presence of the said Henry I. Putman and of each other.  That the said
Henry I. Putman at the time he so executed the said instrument was a citizen
of the United States an inhabitant of the County of Montgomery, of full age,
of sound and disposing mind and memory and in all respects competent to devise
real estate and not under any restraint or in any respects  competent to make
a valid will and that said will has not in any respect been altered or changed
since the execution thereof.  And the said Walter L. VanDeubergh for himself
says that he was well acquainted with Henry I. Putman and John G. Heath and
with their manner and styles of handwriting have frequently seen each of them
write and that the name of " H. J. Putman" subscribed as testator and " John
G. Heath" as attesting witness to said will are the true and genuine
handwriting and signatures of the said Henry I. Putman and John G. Heath
respectively as deponent verily believes and that said John G. Heath is not
now within the State Of New York, but as deponent is uninformed and (?) and
believes is now a resident of Chicago, Ill.
Taken, subscribed and sworn this 9th               
Day of January, 1886, before me.        W.L. VanDeubergh
                                   James B. Bailey
Z.S. Westbrook, Surrogate


State of New York                                 Surrogate's Court
County of Montgomery

IN THE MATTER OF PROVING THE 
CODICIL TO THE WILL
      OF

Henry I. Putman, deceased

Walter L. VanDeubergh, and William J. Taylor, both of the city of Amsterdam in
the county of Montgomery being duly sworn and examined in open court before
Zerah S. Westbrook, Surrogate of said county, do depose and say, and each for
himself deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Henry I. Putman in his
life time, and was present and saw the said Henry I. Putman subscribe his name
at the end of the instrument in writing now produced and shown, bearing date
the 14th day of January, 1885; that the said Henry I. Putman at the time he so
subscribed it, declared the said instrument to be a codicil to his last will
and testament, and requested these deponents to subscribe their names as
witnesses to the execution thereof.  Thereupon these deponents subscribed
their names as witnesses at the end of said instrument in the presence of
Henry I. Putman and of each other.  That the said Henry I. Putman at the time
he so executed the said instrument, was a citizen of the United States, and
inhabitant of the county of Montgomery, of full age, of sound and disposing
mind and memory, and in all respects competent to devise real estate, and not
under any restraint or in any respects incompetent to devise real estate, and
was in all respects competent to make a valid will.

The said W.L. WanDeubergh for himself further says that he drew said codicil
for the testator at his request according to his directions and just as he
desired it and that the same has not in any respect been altered or changed
since the execution thereof.

Taken, subscribed and sworn this 9th day          W.L. VanDeubergh
Of January, 1886, before me,                 Wm. J. Taylor

Z.S. Westbrook, Surrogate

I Zerah S. Westbrook, Surrogate of the county of Montgomery, do hereby certify
that the foregoing are true copies of the will & codicil thereto annexed and
probate and proof thereof Henry I. Putman deceased.
Registered the 9th day of January 1886.
                              Z.S. Westbrook, Surrogate