WILL: Margaret Ann Harrower; DeWitt; Onondaga co., NY
surname: Harrower, 

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Onondaga co NY Will Book Vol. I page 61

At a Surrogates Court, held in and for the county of Onondaga, at the
Surrogate office in the City of Syracuse, on the 15th of January in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight

Present, Isaac T Minard, Surrogate

In the matter of proving
the last will and testment    
     of
Margaret Ann Harrower, deceased         

Onondaga, County, NY;p Be it Remembered, That heretofore upon the petition of
Euphemia Horrower, sole executrix, named in the last will and testament of
Margaret Ann Harrower, late of the town of DeWitt, in said county, deceased,
for that purpose to the Surrogate of said county, a citation was duly issured
in this matter, which citation with the proofs of service there of were there
after duly returned to said Surrogate, and which said petition and citation,
with the proofs of service thereof, are now on file in the office of said
Surrogate.
                                   And therefore the last will and
testament of the said Margaret Ann Harrower, deceased, were proved with the
people thereof and are the following viz,

     I Margaret Ann Harrower, of the town of DeWitt, in the county of
Onondaga do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner
and form following, that is to say

                    First I give and bequeath to my brother Peter W.
Harrower the claim which I have against him for $121.50 dollars and which is
secured by a mortgage to myself and my sister Euphemia, and I hereby authorize
and direct my executrix herein after named to satifiy and discharge said
mortgage so my interest therein extends.

                    Second:  I give, and device and bequeath all the rest
residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, to my sister
Euphemia Harrower, her heirs and assigns forever, subject however to the
payment of all my debts and funeral charges -

                    Third:  I hereby constitute and appoint my said sister
Euphemia sole executrix of this my last will and testament with full power and
authority to sell and convey my said real estate.

     And I hereby revoke all former wills by me made.

     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 18th day of
January A. D. 1847

                                        Margaret A. Harrower   L.S.

Signed sealed, published and declared by the said
testatrix on and for her last will and testment, in
the presence, who at her requst and in her presence 
and in the presence of each other , have subscribed 
our names hereto as attesting witnesses.
                         Alson Gates, DeWitt
                         Ebenezer J Ward, DeWitt

Onondaga Surrogate Court
In the matter of proving
the last will and testament
     of
Margaret Ann Harrower , deceased
                              Onondaga  county, NY; Alson Gates of the
town of DeWitt in the county of Onondaga, being duly sworn and examined, doth
depose and say, that he, this deponent, was with acquainted with Margaret Ann
Harrower, late of the town of DeWitt, in the county of Onondaga, deceased -
That this deponent was present as a witness and did see the said Margaret Ann
Harrower subscribe at the end thereof, the insturment now produced and shown
to this deponent perporting to be the last will and testament of the said
deceased, bearing date the 18th day of January A.D. 1847 - That the said
testatrix at the same time declares the insturment so subscribed by her to be
her last will and testament.  That therefore this deponent and Ebenezer J.
Ward subscribed their names at the end thereof as witnesses thereto, at the
request of the testatrix, in her presense, and that the said testatrix, at the
time of sound mind and memory, not under restraint, and was in all respects
competent to make a last will and testament. 
                                   Alson Gates
Sworn this 15th day of
January 1848, before me
          Isaac T. Manard, Surrogate

Onondaga Surrogate Court
In the matter of proving
the last will and testament
     of
Margaret Ann Harrower, deceased.
                    Onondaga County, N. Y; Ebenezer J Ward, of the town of 
Salina, in the county of Onondaga, being duly sworn deponent was well
acquainted with Margaret Ann Harrower, late of the town of DeWitt, in the
county of Onondaga, deceased.  That this deponent was present as a witness and
did see the said Margaret Ann Harrower subscribe at the end thereof the
instrurment now produced and shown to this deponent, purporting to be the last
will and testament of the said deceased, bearing the date  the 18th day of
January A.D. 1847 - That the said testatrix at the same time declared the
insterment so subscribed by  her to be her last will and testament.  That
thereupon this deponent and Alson Gates did subscribe their names at the end
thereof as witnesses thereto at the request of the testatrix in her presence;
and that the said testatrix at the time of executing and publishing the said
last will and testament was of full age and of sound mind and memory, not
under restraint, and was in all respects competent to make a last will and
testament

Sworn this 15th day of
January 1848, before me
          Isaac T Minard, Surrogate

Onondaga County
Surrogate Office NY; Recorded the preceding last will and testament of
Margaret Ann Harrower, deceased, as a will of real and personal estate,
together with the proofs thereof taken and had in the court of the Surrogate
of the county of Onondaga, which record is hereby signed and certified by me,
pursuant to the provisions of the Revised Statutes.  this 15th day of January
A.D. 1848