Saratoga County ,Saratoga NyArchives Wills.....Strang, Ruth Elizabeth November 23, 1896
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Source: Saratoga County, New York, Will Book Volume 39, Page 424 (sampubco Copy)
Written: November 23, 1896
Recorded: April 2, 1903

The last Will and Testament of Ruth Elizabeth Strang late of the Town of Saratoga, 
in the County of Saratoga, deceased, relating to both real and personal estate, 
admitted to probate April 2, 1903.
At a Surrogate's Court held in and for the COUNTY OF SARATOGA, at the Surrogate's 
office, in the Village of Saratoga Springs on the 2nd day of Apr. 1903.
Present: - HON. CHARLES C. LESTER, Surrogate.
Be it Remembered, that at a Surrogate's Court held in and for the County of 
Saratoga, at the Village of Saratoga Springs, on the 19th day of March, 1903 
Charles H. Sarle of the Town of Saratoga in the County of Saratoga, person named 
as Executor in a certain instrument in writing purporting to be the LAST WILL AND 
TESTAMENT of Ruth Elizabeth Strang dated November 23, 1903, duly appeared and 
presented said Will for probate and at the same time made satisfactory proof that 
the said Ruth Elizabeth Strang died December 5, 1902 being at the time an 
inhabitant of said County of Saratoga, and that she left her surviving the 
following, only heirs at law and next of kin, viz: Albert Crowner
Thereupon, a Citation was issued citing them to appear before our said Surrogate, 
at his office in the Village of Saratoga Springs, in said County aforesaid, on the 
2nd day of April, 1903 to attend the proof and probate of said Will.  At which 
time and place the petitioner again appeared and returned said Citation with proof 
of the due and legal service of the same upon all to whom it was directed.  And it 
appearing to said Surrogate that [left blank]  infant and had no testamentary or 
general guardian, [left blank] was duly appointed Special Guardian for the sole 
purpose of taking care of [left blank] interest in the probate of said Will, and 
said Special Guardian accepted said appointment and appeared in person at said 
time and place.
And, thereupon, no one opposing, said Will was shown to the attesting witnesses 
thereto, and proof was taken as follows:  Saratoga County, ss: William S. 
Ostrander and Margaret McCarthy of the Town of Saratoga, in the County of Saratoga 
being duly sworn in open court, on their oaths, do depose and say, that they are 
subscribing witnesses to the Last Will and Testament of Ruth Elizabeth Strang, 
late of the Town of Saratoga, 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 23rd day of November in the year One 
Thousand eight Hundred and Ninety six.  That the said deceased did, at the time of 
subscribing her name to the said instrument as aforesaid, declare the same to be 
her Last Will and Testament.  That deponents did thereupon subscribe their own 
names at the end of said instrument as attesting witnesses to the execution 
thereof, at the request of 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 
knkowledge or belief of these deponents.
Subscribed and sworn this 2nd day}				William S. 
Ostrander
of April, 1903, before me.}					Margaret McCarthy
			George O. Tuck, Clerk Surrogate's Court.
And it appearing from the proof so taken that said instrument was duly executed 
and that the testatrix at the time of executing the same was 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 said instrument be and is hereby 
admitted to probate as and for the Last Will and Testament of the said 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 hereinbefore recorded, and 
said Will is as follows, to-wit:
In the Name of God, Amen, I, Ruth Elizabeth Strang of the town and County of 
Saratoga and State of New York being of sound mind and memory, and considering the 
uncertainty of this life, do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare, this to 
be my last Will and Testament That is to say, First, after all my lawful debts & 
funeral expenses are paid and discharged, I give devise and bequeath all my estate 
real and personal and wherever situate unto my friend Charles H. Sarle of 
Coleville, NY., as trustee, in trust for the following purposes: viz: to receive, 
invest and keep invested the principal, income rents, issues & profits thereof and 
to pay over the income thereof or so much as may be necessary for the comfortable 
maintenance of my son George Edwin Strang,  (in case he shall recover and be 
released from the asylum where he is now confined,) during the period of his 
natural life.
Second:  At and after the death of my son George Edwin Strang, I give devise and 
bequeath all the said real and personal estate which shall then remain undisposed 
of, to my said friend Charles H. Sarle his heirs and assigns forever.
Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my friend Charles H. Sarle aforesaid to 
be 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 affixed my seal, the 
twenty-third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and ninety-six.
Witnesses:							Ruth Strang, L.S.
Words "& funeral expenses" & "devise" 
interlined before execution
William S. Ostrander
Margaret McCarthy.
The above instrument consisting of one sheet was at the date thereof subscribed by 
Ruth Elizabeth Strang the Testatrix named in the foregoing Will, in the presence 
of us and each of us, and at the time of making such subscription the above 
instrument was declared by the said Testatrix to be her last Will and Testament, 
and each of us at the request of the said Testatrix and in her presence and in the 
presence of each other sign our names as witnesses thereto at the end of the Will.
William S. Ostrander	residing at Schuylerville, N. Y.
Margaret McCarthy	Residing at the town of Saratoga, N. Y.
			Charles C. Lester
			Surrogate
Saratoga County, ss:
I, George O. Tuck, Clerk of the Surrogate's court, of said County, do hereby 
certify the foregoing to be a correct record of the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of 
Ruth E. Strang aforesaid, deceased, relating to both real and personal estate, 
together with the proof thereof.
Recorded:  April 2, 1903					George O. Tuck
								Clerk Surrogate's 
Court


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