Saratoga County ,Mechanicville NyArchives Wills.....Strang, Edward H. December 20, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Kensil CharKensil@aol.com February 9, 2012, 7:05 pm Source: Saratoga County, New York, Will Book Volume 46, Page 327 (sampubco Copy) Written: December 20, 1915 Recorded: September 17, 1917 AT A SURROGATE'S COURT, held in and for the County of Saratoga, at the Chambers of the Surrogate's Court, in the City of Saratoga Springs, on the 17th day of September, 1917. PRESENT, HON. WM. S. OSTRANDER, Surrogate. BE IT REMEMBERED, that at a Surrogate's Court held in and for the County of Saratoga on the 17th day of September, 1917, FRANCELIA STRANG and ARTHUR L. STRANG, of the city of Mechanicville, in the County of Saratoga, persons claiming to have an interest in the probate of a certain instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of EDWARD H. STRANG, bearing date December 20, 1915, duly appeared and presented to the Court a written petition, duly verified, describing the will setting forth the facts upon which the jurisdiction of the court to grant probate thereof depends, and praying that the will might be proved, and that the persons required by law might be cited to show cause why said will should not be admitted to probate. AND THEREUPON, a waiver of the issue and service of any citation herein and consenting that said will be admitted to probate was duly made and filed by Blanche Clute the only person required by law to be cited. AND THEREUPON, no one opposing, the Surrogate caused the witnesses to said will to be examined before him and the proofs to be reduced to writing, and said proofs are on file. And it now appearing from the proof so taken that said instrument was duly executed and that the testator at the time of executing the same, was in all respects competent to make a will and was not under restraint, and our said Surrogate having inquired particularly into all the facts and circumstances, and being satisfied of the genuineness of the will and the validity of its execution, and no objection being made thereto, IT IS ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED that said instrument be and it is hereby admitted to probate as and for the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, valid to pass both real and personal property and that Letters Testamentary be issued to the Executors named in said will upon their qualifying as provided by law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that said Will be recorded, which said Will is as follows, to wit: WILL I, EDWARD H. STRANG, of the City of Mechanicville, Saratoga County, New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say: FIRST. I give and devise to my wife, Francelia Strang, the vacant lot of land fifty feet by one hundred feet in size, situate on the west side of North Second Avenue, in said City, and adjoining the south side of her residence; and I give and bequeath to my said wife the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars in lieu of all her dower in all my real and personal estates. The foregoing devise and bequest to my said wife I give, devise and bequeath to her free and clear from the payment of any expenses of administration of my estate, and from all inheritance or taxable transfer tax. SECOND. I give and devise to my son, Arthur L. Strang, the vacant lot of land, fifty feet by one hundred feet in size, situate on the southerly side of Broadway, in said City, and between the residences of my said son and the residence of Frank G. Ferris, and also the vacant lot of land, fifty feet by one hundred feet in size, situate on the south-west corner of Broadway and North Sixth Avenue, in said City; and I give and bequeath to my said son my diamond scarf pin, and all my horses, wagons, blankets, robes, harnesses, sleighs and barn equipment. THIRD. I give and devise to my daughter, Blanche Clute, one vacant lot of land fifty feet by one hundred feet in size, situate at the south east corner of Broadway and North Sixth Avenue, in said City, and also two vacant lots of land situate in now, or formerly, the City of Brooklyn, New York, each twenty feet by one hundred feet in size, and known as lots number Fifteen and Sixteen in Block Forty seven of the lands of the Westminster Heights Company; and I give and bequeath to my said daughter my new hall clock. FOURTH. I give and bequeath to Lizzie Fairbanks, of Ashulett, N. H. the sum of five hundred dollars. FIFTH. I give and bequeath to my said son and daughter, and to the survivor of them, the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, IN TRUST, for the following uses and purposes; to invest and re-invest from time to time, said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and to apply the net income, interest and profits received from such investment and investments to and for the proper, care maintenance and education of the children of my said son and daughter until the said children shall respectively become twenty one years of age, and after theu [they] shall respectigely [respectively] become twenty one years of age, to annually pay to each child or children the income, interest and profits of said trust fund until such child or children shall respectively become of the age of twenty five years, and as they respectively become of the age of twenty five years to pay to such child or children, each, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, together with all accumulations of income, interest and profits that shall not then have been paid to them; and in the event of the death of either of said children before the age of twenty-five years, then I order and direct my said trustees, and the survivor of them, and their successors, to pay over and deliver to the next of kin of the child or children so dying, the said sum of five thousand dollars, with all accumulations of income, interest and profits thereon. The foregoing trust fund is created for the benefit of Laura Strang and Harold Strang, my grand son and grand daughter, the children of my son, Arthur L. Strang, and for Dow Clute, my grand son, the son of my daughter Blanche Clute. It is my will that said trustees herein named shall not be required to give any bond or security for the proper performance of their duties, or to account for the moneys received by them as such trustees. I direct that the said trust fund of fifteen thousand dollars shall be paid to my said trustees free and clear from all inheritance or transfer tax, expenses of administration, all my debts and all the legacies bequeathed in this will. SIXTH. I give and bequeath to the Mechanicville Cemetery Association the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the perpetual and suitable care and maintenance of my burial lot and the iron urn on the same, in the cemetery of said Association, and on the further condition that said Association, by its proper officers and employees, shall keep said lot in proper and suitable condition at all times, and said urn during the spring, summer, and fall seasons properly supplied and filled with plants in each and every year, and properly painted, and in case said urn shall become broken or destroyed or stolen, shall replace the same with a new urn of like kind and size at the expense of said Association; and in the event that said Association shall fail or neglect for one year to faithfully observe, keep and perform each and every of said foregoing conditions, then at the expiration of such one year this legacy shall lapse and become void, and thereupon said legacy shall fall into and become a part of my residuary estate. SEVENTH. I give and bequeath to the MANUFACTURERS NATIONAL BANK OF MECHANICVILLE, NEW YORK, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, IN TRUST, for the following uses and purposes: to safely invest said sum, and at all times to keep the same safely invested, and to annually pay the income and interest of said investments, after deducting and retaining therefrom, one half of one percent of the sum invested for its services in the premises, to the Treasurer of the religious society at Ketchums Corners, in the town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, known as the Methodist Episcopal Church; provided, that if religious services shall not be regularly held in the church of said society at Ketchums Corners aforesaid for the period of two years, then at the expiration of such two years this legacy shall lapse and become void, and thereupon said legacy shall fall into and become a part of my residuary estate; and also I give and bequeath to said National Bank the sum of Five Hundred Dollars in Trust, for the following uses and purposes; to safely invest said sum and at all times to keep the same safely invested, and to annually pay the income and interest of said investments, after deducting and retaining therefrom one half of one percent of the sum invested for its services in the premises, to the Treasurer of the Stillwater Union Cemetery Association, in the town of Stillwater, in said County of Saratoga, for the perpetual care and maintenance of the burial lot in the cemetery of said Association, at the town of Stillwater aforesaid, in which the bodies of Lewis Perkins and Sarah, his wife, to wit: the father and mother of my wife are buried, and also the burial lot in said cemetery in which the bodies of my father and mother, to wit: Ira Strang and Ann, his wife, are buried, provided, that if said Association shall fail or neglect to properly care for and maintain both of said burial lots for the period of one year, then at the expiration of such one year, this legacy shall lapse and become void, and thereupon said legacy shall fall into and become a part of my residuary estate; and also I give and bequeath to said NATIONAL BANK the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, IN TRUST, for the following uses and purposes; to safely invest said sum, and at all times to keep the same safely invested, and to annually pay the income and interest of said investments, after deducting and retaining therefrom one half of one percent of the sum invested for its services in the premises, to the Treasurer of the religious society near the so-called Center House in said town of Stillwater, known as the First Baptist Church in the town of Stillwater, for the perpetual care and maintenance of the Cemetery, or burial ground of said Church, or society, situate on and along the easterly side of the lot upon which the church building of said society is erected, said cemetery being the burial ground in which several of my ancestors are buried; provided, that if said society shall fail or neglect for the period of two years to properly care for and maintain said cemetery, or burial ground, or neglect or fail, for like period to keep the grass mowed and the trees trimmed and the tombstones and monuments properly erected, then at the expiration of such two years, this legacy shall lapse and become void, and thereupon said legacy shall fall into and become a part of my residuary estate. EIGHTH. I give and bequeath the sum of Fifty dollars to Charles Sebring, if he shall be in my employ at the time of my decease. NINTH. I give and bequeath the sum of Fifty Dollars to Lizzie Gilgallon, if she shall be in my employ at the time of my decease. TENTH. All the rest, residue and remainder of all my estate of every name, kind and description, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Francelia Strang and my son, Arthur L. Strang, and my daughter, Blanche Clute, share and share alike. ELEVENTH. I name, constitute and appoint my wife, Francelia Strang, Executrix, and my son, Arthur L. Strang, Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby evoking all former wills by me made. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my seal and subscribed my name, this twentieth day of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. Edward H. Strang, L. S. The above instrument was, at the date thereof, subscribed by EDWARD H. STRANG, the testator, therein named, in the presence of us and each of us, he at the time of making such subscription declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last Will and Testament. Whereupon we then and there, at his request, and in his presence and the presence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. Newton T. Bryan, residing at Mechanicville, N. Y. Wm. L Howland, residing at Mechanicville, N. Y. J. F. Terry, residing at Mechanicville, N. Y. SARATOGA COUNTY: SS Wm. S. Ostrander Surrogate I GEORGE O. TUCK, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court in and for said County, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct record of the last Will and testament of Edward H. Strang, aforesaid, deceased, relating to both real and personal estate; together with the proofs thereof. Recorded on the 17th day of September, 1917. George O. 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