Saratoga County ,Stillwater NyArchives Wills.....Read [Reade, Reed], William March 6, 1834
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Source: Saratoga County Ny Will Book Vol 9 Page 223
Written: March 6, 1834
Recorded: January 15, 1835

Be it Remembered that at a Surrogates Court held at the Village of Ballston Spa 
in and for the county of Saratoga on the fifteenth day of January 1835 before 
John W. Thompson Surrogate of said county John Myers and Nathaniel Arnold 
executors named in the last will and testament of William Read late of the town 
of Stillwater in said county deceased appeared and offered the said will and a 
codicil thereto annexed for Probate and also made application to have the said 
will and codicil proved and recorded as a will of Real estate pursuant to 
Chapter sixth title first, article first, part second of the Revised Statutes of 
the State of New York and made satisfactory proof to said Surrogate that a 
citation to the widow and next of kin of the said deceased citing them to appear 
before the said Surrogate on the day and at the place above mentioned to attend 
the Probate of the said will had been duly served on Joanna Read, Edward Hunt 
the husband of Martha Hunt, Charles Neilson the husband of Elizabeth Neilson, 
Sarah Read, and John B. Read, and that the said Joanna is the widow of the said 
deceased and the said Martha, Elizabeth, Sarah, and John B. are all the next of 
kin of the said deceased who resides within the county of Saratoga, and also 
made satisfactory proof that a copy of said citation had been duly published 
once in each week for two weeks successively in the Ballston Spa Republican a 
public newspaper, agreeably to the order of said Surrogate, and also made 
satisfactory proof to said Surrogate of the due service of a Notice that they 
should apply to said Surrogate on the day and at the place above mentioned to 
have the said will proved and recorded as a will of Real Estate, on William 
Read, Edward Hunt the husband of Martha Hunt, Charles Neilson the husband of 
Elizabeth Neilson, Thomas Read, James Read, James Cadwell the husband of Eleanor 
Cadwell, Sarah Read and John B. Read, and that the said William, Martha, 
Elizabeth, Thomas, James, Eleanor, Sarah, and John B. are all the heirs at law 
of the said deceased and therefore the said executors presented to said court a 
certain instrument bearing date the first day of March 1834 purporting to be the 
last will and testament of the said deceased, and a codicil thereto bearing  
date the sixth day of March 1834 and the said John Myers being by said Surrogate 
duly sworn testified that he received said instrument from the said deceased in 
his lifetime for safe keeping and that the same had been kept in his possession 
from the time he so received it until he presented the same for probate and 
Tyler Dunham, Henry Ferris and James Foster being each duly sworn by said 
Surrogate did severally depose and say that they saw William Read deceased 
subscribe said instrument by making his marks at the End of the same, that the 
said deceased at the time of making said subscription declared said instrument 
to be his last will and testament, that said subscription was made in the 
presence of each of them the said Tyler, Henry, and James, that they the said 
Tyler, Henry, and James respectively subscribed their names as attesting 
witnesses at the End of said instrument at the request of the said deceased and 
in his presence and in the presence of each other, that the said deceased at the 
time of making said subscription was upwards of twenty one years of age, that he 
appeared to be of sound mind and memory, that he was not under restraint, and 
therefore James Deyoe and Jonathan Dunham being each duly sworn by said 
Surrogate together with the said Tyler Dunham did respectively depose and say 
that they saw the said deceased subscribe the said Codicil at the End of the 
same by making his mark, that at the time of making such subscription the said 
deceased declared his instrument to be a codicil to his last will and testament, 
that said Subscription was made in the presence of each of them the said Tyler, 
James and Jonathan, that they the said Tyler, James & Jonathan respectively 
subscribed their names as attesting witnesses to said codicil at the End of the 
same, at the request of the said deceased and in his presence, and in the 
presence of each other, and that said deceased at the time of making said 
subscription was upwards of twenty one years of age, that he appeared to be of 
sound mind and memory and under no restraint.  And the said Surrogate having 
enquired particularly into the facts and circumstances and being satisfied of 
the genuineship and validity of the said will and codicil hereby admits the same 
to Probate.  And it appearing upon the proof so taken that the said will and 
Codicil were duly executed, that the said testator at the time of executing the 
same was in all respects competent to devise real estate and not under 
restraint, the Surrogate aforesaid  hereby allows the same to be recorded as a 
will of real estate pursuant to the aforesaid Revised Statutes, which said will 
and codicil are in the words and figures following to wit.

“In the name of God Amen I William Read of the town of Stillwater and county of 
Saratoga and State of New York being sound in mind and judgment having given to 
my children ceartain land, some Moor and some life do make this my last will and 
testament and revoking all others, that is to say in manner following tis.  In 
addition to what provision is made for my beloved wife Joanna in our marriage 
articles, which I hereby ratify and confirm I give and bequeath to her one 
hundred and fifty Dollars without increase or discrimination provided she 
survives me, the money to be paid in one year after my decease in lieu of 
dower.  I give and bequeath to my son William Read five Dollars.  I give and 
bequeath to my son Thomas Read seventy five Dollars.  I give and bequeath to my 
two sons James and John B. Read one hundred and fifty Dollars each.  I give and 
bequeath my wearing apparel equally between my two sons Thomas and John B. 
Read.  I give and bequeath to my son John B. Read his heirs and assigned Eighty 
seven and three quarter acres of Land in the Holland Purchase secured to me for 
his benefit by an agreement entered into with my son William Read, and the said 
John B. Read his heirs and assigned shall have and execute all such power as I 
pocess [possess?] to obtain a deed of said William.  I give and bequeath to my 
daughter Martha wife of Edward Hunt two hundred and fifty Dollars.  I give and 
bequeath to my daughter Sarah thirty Dollars and liquide two beds and bedding 
and her household furniture that belongs to her and liquide her support for one 
year after my decease.  I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth two hundred 
and fifty Dollars.  As a token of respect I bequeath to John Vanvoort ten 
Dollars.  I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Methodist Meeting House at 
my decease fifty dollars to reduce the debt due on said house and if the debt be 
discharged my order is that the above sum go to support the Gospel.  I do hereby 
appoint my friends John Myers and Nathaniel Arnold Executor of this my last will 
and testament authorizing and Empowering them on the survivors of them in order 
to pay my debts, funeral expences, and legacies herein bequeath to sell and give 
good deeds of Conveyances to the purchasers of all my personal estate and farm 
in the town of Stillwater after my decease and out of the moneys to pay and 
satisfy my debt and funeral expences and legacies as soon as conveniently may 
be.  And my will in the remainder of any to be equally divided between Thomas, 
James, John B, Elizabeth Read and Martha Hunt, and in case of deficiency to be 
taken from each of the said before named persons Legacies.  Signed Sealed and 
published by the said testator in our presence who in his presence & in presence 
of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses this first day of March in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty four.  William [his X 
mark] Read S.S. In presence of us Witnesses Tyler Dunham Stillwater, Henry 
Ferris Stillwater James Foster Stillwater”-“ I William Read of the Town of 
Stillwater in the county of Saratoga and State of New York do this sixth day of 
March eight hundred thirty four make & publish this Codicil to my last will and 
testament in hereunder following tis to my daughter Eleanor which was omitted by 
mistake I give & bequeath the sum of five Dollars.  And lastly it is my desire 
that this my present Codicil be enexed [annexed?] to & made part of my last will 
and testament to all intents and purposes.  In Witnesses whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & Seal the day & year first above written.  Signed Sealed published 
I declare by the above named Wm Read as a codicil to be enexed [annexed?] to his 
last will & testament in the presence of us.”                 
William [his X mark] Read S.S.
“Tyler Dunham Stillwater James Deyoe Stillwater Jonathan Dunham Stillwater”

I John W. Thompson Surrogate of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that 
the forgoing is a true record of the last will and testament and Codicil thereto 
annexed, of William Read deceased, and of the proof and examinations in relation 
to the Execution of the same taken before me on the 15th day of January 
1835.           John W. Thompson


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