WILL: Frederick Dodge;  New Hartford, Oneida co., NY 
surname: Dodge, Barns

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Oneida co NY Will Book Vol. 10 page 119
Written: July 21 1850
Probated: 11 Nov 1850


At a Surrogates Court held at the Surrogates Office in Clinton in the County
of Oneida on the 11th day of November A.D. 1850 before Othniel S. Williams
Esq. Surrogate of the said County for the purpose of proving and recording the
last Will and Testament of Frederick Dodge late of the Town of New Hartford in
the County of Oneida deceased in pursuance of Chapter Sixth, Title First,
Article First, Part Second of the Revised Statutes of the State of New York
and of an Act entitled 'An Act concerning the Proof of Wills, Executors and
Administrators and Guardians and Wards and Surrogates Courts' passed May 16
1837 and other acts concerning the same on the application of Jeremiah
Manchester in said will named Executor.

Jeremiah Manchester being duly sworn and examined in open court testified that
he was well acquainted with Frederick Dodge deceased and had been for the last
30 years immediately preceding his death that he died in the month of August
last past at New Hartford, in the County of Oneida which was his last place of 
residence at the time of his death that he saw the said Testator sign the
paper here offered to be proved recorded and admitted to probate as the last
will and testament of the said deceased on the day the same bears date (the
seal having been previously affixed) that this deponent signed the same at the
same time as a subscribing witness, in the presence of the Testator and at his
request and in the presence of Charles E. Palmer who also at the same time
signed the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testator and at
his request and in the presence of this deponent that the said Testator at the
time he so signed the said will then and there in the presence of this
deponent and in the presence of the other subscribing witness published and
declared the same as and for his last will and testament and this deponent
further says that the said Testator at the time he so signed published and
declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and disposing mind and memory and
of full age and not under restraint and capable of devising real and personal
estate. 
J Manchester

Charles E. Palmer being duly sworn and examined in open court testified that
he was well acquainted with Frederick Dodge deceased and had been for the last
6 years immediately preceding his death that he died in the month of August
last past at New Hartford in the County of Oneida which was his last place of 
residence at the time of his death that he saw the said Testator sign the
paper here offered to be proved, recorded and admitted to probate as the last
will and testament of the said deceased on the day the same bears date (the
seal having been previously affixed) that this deponent signed the same at the
same time as a subscribing witness in the presence of the Testator and at his
request and in the presence of Jeremiah Manchester who also at the same time
signed the same as subscribing witness in the presence of the Testator at his
request and in the presence of this deponent that the said Testator at the
time he so signed the said will then and there in the presence of this
deponent and in the presence of the other substantiating witness published and
declared the same as and for his Last Will and Testament and this deponent
further says that the said Testator at the time he so signed published and
declared the same as aforesaid was of sound and disposing mind and memory of
full age and not under restraint and capable of devising real and personal
estate.  
Charles E. Palmer

The foregoing proofs and examinations taken before me the Surrogate aforesaid
at the time and place first above mentioned and the depositions of the
respective witnesses were by them respectively subscribed after having been
read carefully over to them and I the said Surrogate so being satisfied upon
the said proof taken that the said will is genuine and valid and was duly
executed that the said Testator at the time of executing the same was in all
respects competent to devise real and personal estate and not under restraint
do therefore allow the said will to be admitted to probate as a will of real
and personal estate and the said will proofs and examination to be recorded.
Witness Othniel S. Williams Surrogate aforesaid the day and year first
aforesaid.


I Frederick Dodge of New Hartford in the county of Oneida and State of New
York do make and ordain publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following

Item  I direct that my Executor hereinafter named shall sell to the best 
advantage in his power the House + Lot which I bought of William Mathews lying
on the north side of the Seneca Turnpike (now Plank Road) and after paying the 
incumbrance (sic) on the place which is now due to appropriate the balance to
the payment of my just debts and funeral charges.

Item  To my wife Sarah Ann Dodge I give and devise the sole and uninterrupted
use and benefit of the House and lot where I now reside to have and to hold
the same to her only use and benefit for as long as she shall remain my widow
and after her decease or ceasing to be my widow I give and devise the said
house and lot to my sons James Dodge and Le Grande Dodge to be equally divided
between them in any matter that they agree upon.

Item  I also give and devise to my said wife the use of all my furniture in my 
house on the same terms on which she is to hold and use the House and lot and 
after that time I give and devise the said furniture to my two daughters
Juliett Barns and Sarah Dodge excepting only mo Book Case or Secretary which I
give and devise to my son Le Grande Dodge.

Item  After the payment of all just charges and demands against my Estate
should there be any surplus of funds from the sale of the Mathews place or
other sources I note and direct that the same shall be applied to the repair
and improvement of the House and lot where I now reside.

Lastly  I hereby constitute and appoint my friend Jeremiah Manchester Executor
of this my will with full power to do and perform whatsoever may be herein
enjoined upon him and whatsoever may to that office belong.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of July
in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty the seal having been previously
affixed.
Frederick Dodge L. S.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Frederick Dodge as his last
will and testament in the presence of the subscribers who in the presence of
each other and in the presence of the testator and at his request subscribed
our names as witnesses
Jeremiah Manchester of the Town of New Hartford
Charles E. Palmer of the Town of New Hartford

State of New York Oneida County.  I Othniel S. Williams Surrogate of the
county aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing to be the Record of the last
will and Testament of Frederick Dodge deceased and of the proofs and
examinations taken 
thereon.
Othniel S. Williams
Surrogate