Saratoga County ,Stillwater NyArchives Wills.....Huestis, Catherine July 8, 1884
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Source: Saratoga County, New York, Will Book Volume 30, Page 22 (sampubco Copy)
Written: July 8, 1884
Recorded: February 17, 1887

The last Will and Testament of Catherine Huestis late of the town of Stillwater, 
deceased, relating to both real and personal estate, recorded on the 17th day of 
February, 1887.
At the Surrogates Court held in and for the county of Saratoga, at the 
Surrogates office, in the Village of Saratoga Springs, on the 17th day of 
February, 1887.
Present, Elias H. Peters, Surrogate;
Be it remembered, that at the Surrogates Court, held in and for the County of 
Saratoga, at the Village of Saratoga Springs, on the 17th day of February, 1887, 
Daniel Huestis of the town of Stillwater in the county of Saratoga, aforesaid, 
the person named as executor in a certain instrument in writing, purporting to 
be the last Will and Testament of Catherine Huestis; and Phebe Bishop of the 
same place, appeared and presented said Will and made application to have the 
same admitted to probate forthwith; and at the same time made satisfactory 
proof, that the said Catherine Huestis died on or about the 30th day of January, 
1887, being at the time an inhabitant of said County of Saratoga, and that she 
left her surviving, your petitioners, who are the only heirs-at-law of the 
deceased, and thereupon no one opposing, the said Will was shown to the 
attesting witnesses thereto, and the proof was taken as follows;
Saratoga County, SS.
George W. Neilson and Lusina Neilson of the Town of Stillwater in the County of 
Saratoga, being first duly sworn in open court, on their oaths, do depose and 
say, that they are subscribing witnesses to the last Will and Testament of 
Catherine Huestis, late of the town of Stillwater, in the County of Saratoga, 
aforesaid, deceased.  And these deponents further say, that the said deceased 
did, in the presence of these deponents, subscribe her name at the end of the 
instrument which is now shown to these deponents, and which purports to be the 
last Will and Testament of the said deceased, and which bears date on the 8th 
day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty four, that the 
said deceased did, at the time of subscribing her name to said instrument as 
aforesaid, declare the same to be her last Will and Testament; that these 
deponents did thereupon subscribe their own names at the end of said instrument 
as attesting witnesses to the execution thereof, at the request of the said 
deceased, and in her presence, and in the presence of each other.  That the said 
deceased, at the time of subscribing her name to said instrument as aforesaid, 
was upwards of twenty-one years of age; that she appeared to be of sound mind 
and memory and was not under restraint, to the knowledge or belief of these 
deponents.
Subscribed and sworn this}			George W. Neilson
17th day of February, 1887, before me}		Lusina Neilson
						E. H. Peters, Surrogate
And it appearing from the proof so taken that the said instrument was duly 
executed and that the said testatatrix [testatrix] was at the time of executing 
the same in all respects competent to devise real estate and was not under 
restraint, and our said Surrogate having inquired into the facts, and 
circumstances, and being satisfied of the genuineness and validity of said 
instrument, and no objection being made thereto, it is ordered, adjudged and 
decreed, that the said instrument be and is admitted to probate as and for the 
last Will and Testament, of the said Catherine Huestis, deceased, valid to pass 
both real and personal estate; and it is further ordered, that said Will be 
recorded with the proof thereof, which proof is herein before recorded, and said 
Will is in the words and figures following, to wit:-
I Catherine Huestis of the town of Stillwater, County of Saratoga, and State of 
New York, being of a sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare, this 
to be my last Will and Testament, in the manner following:
First, my Executor hereinafter named shall after my decease pay all my funeral 
expenses, also all my just debts.
Second: I give unto my daughter Phebe Bishop, all my household furniture, of 
every name and nature, including silver ware; also one hundred dollars.
Third: I give unto my son Daniel Huestis, and my daughter Phebe Bishop, the 
remainder of my personal property, that I may have or left after my decease to 
be divided equally between them.
Fourth: I hereby nominate and appoint my son Daniel Huestis to be the Executor 
of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me 
made.  
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and seal this 8th day of 
July 1884.
in presence of -				Catherine Huestis L.S.
The above instrument was subscribed by the said Catherine Huestis, in our 
presence, and acknowledged by her to each of us, and she at the same time 
declared the above instrument, so subscribed, to be her last Will and Testament, 
and us at her request, have signed our names as witnesses hereto, and written 
opposite our names our respective places of residence.
Geo. W. Neilson, residing in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
Lusina Neilson, residing in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
Saratoga County, S.S. - I Elias H. Peters, Surrogate of the County of Saratoga, 
do certify the foregoing to be a true record of the last Will and Testament of 
Catherine Huestis, late of the town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, 
deceased, relating to real and personal estate, together with the proof thereof: 
recorded on the 17th day of February 1887.
					E. H. Peters
					Surrogate


Additional Comments:
Surname is sometimes spelled as "Heustis" on census forms but is "Huestis" 
throughout this will record.

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