WILL: Mary Voorhees; Glen, Montgomery co., NY
surname: Voorhes, Baird, Wyckoff, Titus

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Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by  Gayle Hendren
Glen, Montgomery County, NY
Will Book Volume 9, page 253

Last Will & Testament of Mary Voorhees.

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit, on this 20th day of October 1854,
Henry V. Voorhees & Horatio Voorhees, the only next of kin of Mary Voorhees,
late of the town of Glen in the County of Montgomery, deceased, appeared in
open Court before the County Judge of Montgomery County as surrogate and made
application to have the last will & testament of the said Mary Voorhees
deceased, which relates exclusively to personal estate, proved; and on such
application the said County Judge did ascertain that the said applicants were
the only next of kin of said deceased & afterwards to wit, on said 20th day of
October 1854, no one appearing to oppose the probate of such will, such
proceedings were thereupon had that the said County Judge took the proofs of
said will hereinafter set forth & he adjudged the said will to be a valid will
of personal estate, the proof thereof to be sufficient, which said last will &
testament & proof are as follows, that is to say.

     I Mary Voorhees, widow of the late James Voorhees deceased, of the town
of Glen in the County of Montgomery, N.Y. do hereby make & declare this to be
my last Will & Testament as follows;

     First   I give & bequeath to my son, Henry V. Voorhees, one small Silver
tea fork, eighteen silver tea spoons & two sets brown bed curtains.

     Second   I give & bequeath to Peter, son of my said son Henry, one
feather bed, marked (P.V), and to John Henry, son of my said son Henry V.
Voorhees, I give & bequeath on clock, all my maps and one half of my books in
the bookcase.

     Third   I give & bequeath to Sarah Baird, daughter of the late Henry V.
Wyckoff, on tall cherry cupboard.

     Fourth   I give & bequeath to Mary Helen Voorhees, daughter of my son
Horatio N. Voorhees, my gold neck chain, and to Anna Mariah, daughter of my
said son Henry V. Voorhees, one feather bed, marked (A.V).

     Fifth   I give & bequeath to Sarah Titus, a colored woman, on feather
bed marked (S.T.)

     Sixth   I give & bequeath to my son Horatio N. Voorhees, my secretary &
book case, one half of my books, one large silver tea pot, 1 silver soup ladle
& all the rest & remainder of my personal property, of every kind, other than
that which is here in before otherwise bequeathed, except all my wearing
apparel which I give & bequeath equally to the said Anna Mariah, said Mary
Helen & to Mary Ellen, daughter of John L. Wyckoff.

     Lastly   I hereby constitute and appoint Henry V. Voorhees & my said son
Horatio, to be the executors of this, my last will and testament.  In witness
where of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twelfth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred & fifty one.            
                                        Mary Voorhees    L.S.

Signed, sealed, published, & declared by Mary Voorhees, the testatrix as for
her last will & testament, to us & in our presence & hearing we at her
request, in her presence & in presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed
our names as witnesses thereof.

     Mathew Putman, Fulton Ville, Montgomery County, N.Y.
     G. F. Vanveckten, Fulton Ville                    N.Y.



Surrogate Court, County of Montgomery.  In the matter of proving the last will
of Mary Voorhees, deceased.  County of Montgomery.  Mathew Putman of the town
of Glen, in the county of Montgomery, being first duly sworn before S. Belding
Jr., County Judge of the county of Montgomery, as Surrogate, doth depose and
say that he was well acquainted with the above named Mary Voorhees, that he
was present as a witness and did see her subscribe her name at the end of the
instrument now produced and shown to this deponent, bearing date, the 12th day
of July, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, purporting to be the last will
and testament of said Mary Voorhees.  That the said deceased, at the time of
making said subscription, declared the said instrument to be her last will and
testament and requested this deponent to sign his name as a witness thereto:
Thereupon this deponent his name as a witness at the end of the said
instrument: This deponent further says that said Mary Voorhees, at the time
she executed said instrument was a citizen of the United States, of full age,
of sound mind and memory and not under restraint, and that this deponent saw
Giles F. VanVeckten, the other witness to said will, subscribe his name there
to as witness to the execution thereof in the presence of and at the request
of said testatrix.                              M. Putman

Subscribed & sworn to before me the 20th day of October, 1854.   S. Belding
Jr., County Judge.
 
Surrogate Court, County of Montgomery.  In the matter of proving the last will
of Mary Voorhees, deceased.  County of Montgomery.  G.F. VanVeckten of the
town of Glen in the county of Montgomery, being first duly sworn before S.
Belding Jr., County Judge of the county of Montgomery, as surrogate, doth
depose and say that he was well acquainted with the above named Mary Voorhees,
that he was present as a witness and did see her subscribe her name at the end
of the instrument now produced and shown to this deponent bearing date the
12th day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, purporting to be the
last will and testament of said Mary Voorhees. That the said deceased, at the
time of making said subscription, declared the said instrument to be her last
will and testament, and requested this deponent to sign his name as a witness
thereto: Thereupon this deponent signed his name as a witness at the end of
the said instrument:  This deponent further says that said Mary Voorhees, at
the time she executed said instrument was a citizen of the United States, of
full age, of sound mind and memory, and not under restraint and that this
deponent saw Matthew Putman, the other witness to said will, subscribe his
name thereto as a witness to the execution thereof, in the presence of and at
the request of said testatrix.                      G.F. VanVeckten
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the 20th day of October, 1854.              
                    S. Belding Jr, County Judge 

I, Samuel Belding Jr., County Judge of the county of Montgomery, as Surrogate,
certify that the forgoing are true copies of the will probated proofs thereof
Mary Voorhees, dec'd. Registered October 20th, 1854.     S. Belding, Jr.,
County Judge.