WILL: Jonathan Dean; Westmoreland, Oneida co., NY
surname: Dean, Webster, Peck, Brooks, Clark, Maddock

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Oneida co NY Will Book vol. 3 page 59

Will of Jonathan Dean, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York

I Jonathan Dean of Westmoreland in the County of Oneida & State of New York,
do hereby make, ordain, publish, & declare my last Will & testament in manner
following that is to say:

I order & direct my Executor hereinafter named to pay my debts & funeral
charges out of the first monies belonging to my estate, which he shall receive
after my decease.  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Eunice, should she
survive me, my cow, sleigh, wagons & harness, watch, axes, & shovel to be at
her sole disposal; also the use of all my household furniture of every
description, so long as she shall live; also an annuity of fifty Dollars per
annum to be paid her by my said Executor from time to time as she may need the
same for her comfort & support, the said annuity to be continued should she
live so long, until all the monies, belonging to my estate, shall be
exhausted.  And it is further my will & direction that in case of extreme
sickness or any unforseen accident happening to her after my decease, my said
Executor shall apply to her use whatever sum, exceeding the said annuity her
situation may require.  My household furniture, after my said wife decease, or
should she die before me, then immediately upon my own decease, I give and
bequeath to my Grandaughter Mariette Webster, the daughter of my daughter
Rhoda, to be at her sole disposal.  My two mares, my saddle, & ___ I give &
bequeath, to my nephew John Dean, son of my Brother James, deceased, to be at
his sole disposal.

All monies and other property belonging to my estate at the decease of my said
wife, should she survive me, or at my own decease, should she die before me,
not herein above disposed of, I order direct & will, that my said Executor
distribute in equal shares between Ira Peck, Daniel Peck, Mary Brooks, Rona
Clark, Rhoda Webster, Charlotte Maddock, & Mariette Webster, to be at their
sole disposal.  I nominate & appoint my nephew James Dean, son of my said
Brother, James, deceased, Executor of this my said last will & testament,
hereby cancelling revoking & annulling all and all manner of other & former
Wills, & testaments whatsoever by me at any time heretofore made or executed.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & seal, this twenty fourth day
of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty five
                                   Jonathan Dean

Signed sealed published & declared by the         }
testator, as & for his last will & testament in   }
the presence of us who in his presence at his     }
request, & in the presence of each other have     }
hereunto set our names as Witnesses.         }    Mary Ann Dean,
     N.B. The words "all monies" being            Julia Ann Kellogg,       
    
obliterated before signing.                       Alexander Dean.

Be it Remembered that on the sixth day of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty five before Joshua Hathaway Esquire
Surrogate in & for the County of Oneida personally appeared Alexander Dean one
of the subscribing Witnesses to the will, of which the foregoing is a copy on
Record, and being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that the said Jonathan Dean the
Testator named in said Will, executed the same, and heard him declare that it
was his last Will and Testament, and that he appeared to be of sound &
disposing mind and memory at the time thereof, and that this deponent signed
his name thereto in the presence of this Testator, and in the presence of the
other witnesses who signed the same in the presence of the testator, and of
this deponent.
                                             Joshua Hathaway

    } The People of the State of New York by the Grace of
Ss. } God free and independent: To all to whom these presents
    } shall come, or may concern, send Greeting.
Know Ye That at Utica in the County of Oneida before Joshua Hathaway Esq.
Surrogate of our said County, the last Will and testament of Jonathan Dean,
deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed,) was proved, and is now approved
and allowed of, by us, and the said deceased having whilst he lived, and at
the time of his death, goods chattels or credits within this State, by means
whereof, the proving and registering the said Will, and the granting
administration of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits, and
also the auditing allowing and final discharging, the account thereof doth
belong unto us; the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels,
and credits, of said deceased, and any way concerning his Will, is granted
unto James Dean Esq. Executor in the said Will named, he being first duly
sworn well and faithfully to administer the same, and exhibit a true and
perfect inventory, of all and singular, the said goods, chattels, and credits,
and also to render a just and true account thereof, when thereunto required. 
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our Surrogate to be
hereunto affixed.  Witness Joshua Hathaway Esquire Surrogate of the said
county at Utica the sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty five, and of our Independence, the Fiftieth.
                                   Joshua Hathaway