WILL: Catherine Antes;  Clay, Onondaga co., NY 
surname: Antes, Sommers

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Onondaga co NY Will Book Vol. M page 489
Written: September 18 1852
Recorded: December 1 1864

Onondaga County

AT a Surrogate's Court, held in and for the county of Onondaga, at the 
Surrogate's Office in the city of Syracuse, on the 1st day of December in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four. 
Present Orcus L. Sprague Surrogate
In the matter of proving the} 
Last Will and Testament     }
Of                }
Catherine Antes deceased   } Onondaga County Js.
Be it remembered that heretofore upon the petition of Francis Antes one of the 
Executors named in the Last Will and Testament of Catherine Antes late of the 
town of Clay in said county, deceased, for that purpose to the Surrogate of
said County a citation was duly issued which citation with the proofs of
service thereof, was thereafter 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 Catherine Antes deceased, with the proofs thereof, were produced and are
as follows to wit:--

The Last Will and Testament of Catherine Antes being mindful of my mortality
and being of sound mind and memory, (blessed be almighty God for the same) do
this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty two make and publish this my last will and testament, in
manner and form following 

First, I resign my soul unto the hands of almighty God, hoping and believing
in a remission of my sins, by the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ; my
body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
executors hereinafter named, and my worldly estate I give and devise as
follows: 

First, I give and bequeath to my beloved brother Francis Antes one good 
bedstead, bed and bedding, throughout   and all the rest and residue of my 
personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature kind and quality 
soever the same may be. (after the payment of my debts, legacies, personal 
expenses, tombstone and the ample compensation of my executors for the
execution of this my will.) I do give and bequeath to my beloved sister
Dorothy Ann her heirs and assigns forever. Finally I do hereby constitute and
appoint my brother Francis Antes and William Ottman of Clay and Evert Antes of
Cicero, executors of this my last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
       her
Catherine + Antes L.S.
         Mark

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testor as and for her last 
will and testament, in our presence, who at her request, in her presence and
in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Sarah M. Antes
Francis Antes
Wm. Ottman

Surrogates Court -- County of Onondaga 
In the matter of proving the} 
Last Will and Testament     }
Of                }
Catherine Antes deceased   } Onondaga County Js.

Francis Antes of the Town of Clay in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn
and examined doth depose and say that he, this deponent, was well acquainted
with Catherine Antes, late of the Town of Clay in the County of Onondaga
deceased. 

That this deponent was present as a witness and did see the said Catherine
Antes subscribe at the end thereof, the instrument now produced and shown to
the deponent, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of the said
deceased, bearing date the eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. That the said Testatrix, at the same
time, declared the instrument so substantiated by her to be her Last Will and 
Testament. That therefore this deponent and Sarah M. Antes and William Ottman
in the presence of each other, subscribed 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 eye, of sound mind and memory, not under restraint
& was in all respects competent to make a Last Will and Testament. Sarah M.
Antes is ..(unreadable)
Subscribed and sworn this 1st      }         
day of December 1864 before me}              Francis Antes
Oscar S. Sprague Surrogate.

State of New York} Js:
Onondaga County}    Surrogate Court
In the matter of proving the} 
Last Will and Testament     }
Of                }
Katherine Antes deceased   } Onondaga County Js. 
Peter V. Antes of Clay in the County of Onondaga, being duly sworn says that
he is the husband of Sarah M. Antes late of Clay deceased. That he has often
seen her write and is well acquainted with her writing. That the signiture to
the attestation clause to the instrument was produced and shown to him,
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Catherine Antes, late of Clay
deceased and bearing date the eighteenth day of September 1852, is the
signiture of the said Sarah M. Antes written by herself. That he was
acquainted with William Ottman, and has seen his writing. That he should call
the body of said instrument his handwriting, and the signiture to the
attestation clause also his.
Sworn and subscribed before me}
this 1st day of December 1864.   }                Peter V. Antes
Oscar S. Sprague Surrogate.

Surrogates Court -- County of Onondaga 
In the matter of proving the} 
Last Will and Testament     }
Of                }
Catherine Antes deceased   } Onondaga County Js.
Henry Sommer (or Somner?) of Clay in the County of Onondaga, being duly sworn 
and examined deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with William Ottman, 
who is a clergyman and has often seen him write, and knows well his
handwriting. That the body of the instrument now produced and shown to him,
bearing date the eighteenth day of September 1852, purporting to be the Last
Will and Testament of Catherine Antes, late of Clay in the County of Onondaga
deceased, is in his handwriting. That the name of Catherine Antes is also in
his handwriting, except the mark. That the signiture to the attestation clause
purporting to be the name and signiture of the said William Ottman, is his
name written by himself in his own handwriting. That the last deponent heard
of him he was at some place in the north east part of this State, located as a
preacher.
Sworn and subscribed before me }
this 1st day of December 1864. }        Henry Sommer
Oscar S. Sprague Surrogate.

Onondaga County }
Surrogate's Office} Js.
Recorded the preceding Last Will and Testament of Catherine Antes deceased, as
a will of real and personal estate together with the proofs taken in the court
of the surrogate of the County of Onondaga, relating to the said Last Will and 
Testament, which record is hereby signed and certified by me, pursuant to the 
revised statues, this 1st day of December 1864 one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty four.         D. C. Greenfield 
Surrogate

Additional Comments:
She and her brothers are children of Johannes, son of Fraz Antes or Antis and 
Margaret Magdalene Sommers, all originally of Schoharie County.