Will of Hendrick Vunck, Montgomery County New York

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Montgomery County NY, Vol. 6 page 372

Will of Hendrick Vunck
(b. Mar 6, 1757, d. Nov 28, 1840)

In the name of God Amen. I Hendrick Vunck of Charleston County of Montgomery &
State of New York being weak in body but of
sound mind, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of
soun[d] (sic) mind blessed be God for the same do make
and publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following
(that is to say I give and bequeath unto my sons
Hendrick, Barnes, Peter, William, Frances, Dollance and Samuel the sum of Two
hundred dollars to be paid in two installments
the first to be paid in one year after my deseased (sic) and the other to be
paid in one year after. I also bequeath to Rowland B.
and Mary Vunck one hundred dollars each to be paid when they become of age
with interest from my deseased (sic). I bequeath
to my daughters Phebe widow of John Cooper, Mary wife of John Jacobs, Rebecca
widow of Andrew bigams (sic) and Jane wife
of James Dingman to all and each of them one hundred dollars also to be paid
in two in two stallments (sic). Also I bequeath to
my daughter Sattys (sic) two daughters Malinda Ford and Phebe Jane wife of of
(sic) Ozias Kneeland the sum of Fifty dollars to
be paid out of my personal property. I also bequeath to my son Cornelius
Seventeen dollars and fifty cents to be paid to him
yearly during his natural life also one hundred dollars to be paid to him as
his necessities requires out of my personal property I
also bequeath to my son Joseph all my real estate to his heirs and assigns,
lands and tenements after paying all the above in
stallments (sic) each installment to comence (sic) one year after my deseaseed
(sic), the said Joseph Vunck is to after paying
out or caus (sic) to be secured al the above installments willed and all debts
and charges paid the remaining part of my personal
property not willed to be equally divided amongts (sic) my children. And
lastly it is my desire that this my last will and testament
to all intents and purposes I hearby (sic) evoking all former wills maid (sic)
by me. In witness thereof I have hearunto (sic) set my
hand and seal the 21st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & forty - Hendrick Vunck L.S. Signed
Sealed published and declared the above named Hendrick Vunck to be his last
will and testament in the presence of us who
have hearunto (sic) subscribed ur names as witnesses in the presence (sic) of
testator Abram Dingman of Charleston County of
Montgomery State of New York, Andres Dingman of Charleseton Montgomery County
State of New York, Wm. E. Willobee of
Charleston Montgomery County and State of New York. (The following was written
at the foot of the foregoing will below the
witnesses named) ("I furthermore appoint and declair (sic) Wm. Jameson Lyman
Davis and William E. Willobee to be the
executors to this my last will and testament")

State of New York Montgomery County SS Be it remembered that at a Surrogate
Court held for the County of Montgomery at the
Surrogates Office in the Village of Fonda before Richard H. Cushing Surrogate
of the said County on this twentieth day of
January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one the
last will and testament of Hendrick Vunck late of
the said County deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was admitted to
probate by the said Surrogate after a citation
to the heir's (sic) and next of kin to the said deceased issued served
returned and filed according to law satisfactory proof
having been first made of the circumstances of the delivery and possession of
the said will and also of the execution thereof by
the depositions of William E. Willobee, Andres Dingman & Abram Dingman
subscribing witnesses to the said will copies of which
depositions are also hereunto annexed, Whereupon I the said Surrogate upon the
proof aforesaid, being satisfied of the
genuineness and validity of the said will Order that the same be admitted to
probate and that letters testamentary thereon be
granted. In testimony whereof I the said Surrogate have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of my office done at the
Village of Fonda aforesaid the day and year first aforesaid, Richard H.
Cushing, Surrogate

Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS In the matter of the probate of the will
of Hendrick Vunck deceased, which will relates
to both real and personal estate William E. Willobee of the town of Charleston
in the County of Montgomery being first duly
sworn deposeth and saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased seal and
execute the instrument now shown unto him
this deponent which said instrument purports to be the last will and testament
of the said Hendrick Vunck deceased and bears
date the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty that he heart the said Hendrick
Vunck publish and declare the same as and for his last will and testament That
at the time thereof the said Hendrick Vunck was
of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding of full age and not under
any restraint to the best of his knowledge
and belief and that he did subscribed (sic) his name to said will a as witness
to the execution thereof in the presence of and at
the request of the said testator and that he at the same time saw Andres
Dingman and Abram Dingman the other witnesses to
said will subscribe their names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof
in presence of and at the request of the said
testator - that he had known the testator from his youth, that testator was
about eighty year of age as he was been informed -
witness drew the will offered for probate there was no other person in the
room at the time witness was drawing the will that the
testator remained in the same room until after the will was executed, that
after the will was drawn the other witnesses were called
in to witness the execution, while witness was drawing the will Rebecca Biggam
a daughter to the said deceased came into the
room and said "when you speak to William speak lower he is not deaf" the
testator was hard of hearing & spoke loud - that the
clause at the bottom of said will appointing executors was written before the
execution of said will and was published by said
testator as a part of the same as he the deponent believes. Wm. E. Willobee.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 11th day
of January 1841. Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate

Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS In the matter of the will of Hendrick
Vunck deceased which will relates to both real and
personal estate Abram Dingman of the town of Charelston in the County of
Montgomery being first duly sworn deposeth and
saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased seal and execute the
instrument now shown unto him this deponent, which
said instrument purports to be the last will and testament of the said
Hendrick Vunck deceased and bears date the twenty first
day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty that
be heard the said Hendrick Vunck publish and
declare the same as and for his last will and testament. That at the time
thereof the said Hendrick Vunck was of sound and
disposing mind memory and understanding of full age and nor under any
restraint to the best of his knowledge and belief and
that he did subscribe his name to said will as a witness in the execution
thereof in the presence of and at the request of the said
testator and that he at the same time saw William E. Willobee and Andres
Dingman the other witnesses to said will subscribe
their names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof in presence of and
at the request of the said testator - that he has
known the testator from his childhood & that at the time of the execution of
said will he saw nothing ion the part of the said
testator to excite a suspicion or induce a belief that he was not of sound
mine memory & understanding. Abram Dingman
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 11th day of January 1841. 
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate

Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS In the matter of the probate of the will
of Hendrick Vunck deceased which will relates
to both real and personal estate Andres Dingman of the town of Charleston in
the County of Montgomery being first duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased seal and
execute the instrument now shown unto him this
deponent which said instrument purports to be the last will and testament of
the said Hendrick Vunck deceased and bears date
the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty, that he heard the said Hendrick
Vunck publish and declare the same as and for his last will and testament That
at the time thereof the said Hendrick Vunck was
of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding of full age and not under
any restraint to the best of his knowledge
and belief and that he did subscribe his name to said will as a witness to the
execution thereof in the presence of and at the
request of the said testator and that he at the same time saw William E.
Willobee and Abram Dingman the other witnesses to
said will subscribe their names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof
in presence of and at the request of the said
testator. Andres Dingman. Subscribed and sworn to before me the 11th day of
January 1841.
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate

I Richard H. Cushney Surrogate of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify
that the foregoing are true copies of the will
probate and proofs thereof of Hendrick Vunck deceased. Registered the 20th day
of January 1841.
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate

Transcribed: July 7, 2002 from SAMPUBCO copy
Linda A. Roorda