WILL: Andrew Albro; Providence, Saratoga co., NY
surname: Albro, Frasier, Richardson, Frazier

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The Last Will and Testament of Andrew Albro dividends relating to both real
and personal estate together with the property thereof recorded July 27, 1846.

At a Surrogate Court held at the Village of Ballston Spa in the County of
Saratoga on the 27th day of July 1846.  Present Job W. Thompson, Surrogate.

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit at a Surrogate Court held at the
Village of Ballston Spa for this county and before the Surrogate aforesaid is
on the 8th day of July 1846 Nathaniel Albro of the town of Chester in the
County of Warren a ligature named in a certain instrument dated April 29, 1846
purporting to be the last will and testament of Andrew Albro deceased relating
to both real and personal apian I and official said instrument for probate and
made satisfactory proof by affidavit which is now on file in said Surrogate
office et al the said Andrew Albro died on the 11th day of May 1846 that at
the time of his death and for several years previous he was an inhabitant of
the town of Edinburgh in said county, that he left no widow, that he left
three sons, to wit, Seth Albro, who resides in said town of Edinburgh in said
county of Saratoga, Job Albro, who resides in the town of La Fayette Jackson
County Ohio, and Nathaniel Albro, the above named ligature who resides in the
town of Chester in the County of Warren and one daughter, to wit, Rebecca
Albro who resides in Edinburgh aforesaid  and the following named
grandchildren, to wit Harriet, wife of Charles Frasier, Julia Ann Richardson,
Lydia M. Richardson & Helen Richardson who reside at Otisco Onondaga County,
Andrew Richardson and James Richardson, who reside in Schroeppel Oswego
County, Thomas Richardson and William Richardson Jr., who reside in La Fayette
Onondaga County, Milo Richardson of the town of Onondaga in the County of
Onondaga and Henry Richardson who resides in the State of Rhode Island the
place cannot be ascertained, Deborah Ann Albro and Lieplia Albro whose
residences cannot by ascertained by any heirs next of kin that said aforesaid 
daughter and two of said grandchildren to wit Harriet wife of Charles Frazier
and said Deborah Ann Albro  are of full age and that all the rest of said
heirs  next of kin share no ?and there upon Callender Beecher Esq. of Ballston
Spa having considered thereupon to serve as special guardian to said minors to
take of their interests in the preceedings and thereupon a citation was duly
issued by said Surrogate directed to each heir's next of kin who are of full
age except said ligature and to the husbands of such offspring as are married
women and to said special guardian citing thereupon and each of them to appear
before said Surrogate at his office in the Village of Ballston Spa of the 27th
day of July there next at 10 o’clock am to attend the proof and probate of
said instrument, and it was then and there ordered by said court that a copy
of said citation be published in the State Papers once in each week for six
weeks preceeding previous to the return day include? and afterward, to wit at
a Surrogate Court held at this place for the County and before the Surrogate
aforesaid on the 27th day of July 1846 the return day of said citation the
said ligater again appraised and returned said citation and made satisfactory
property affidavit dates due and I loyal ? and publication of the same in the
manner prescribed by law and also proved by affidavit that the same had been
duly and legally served upon Andrew J. Richardson and Thomas Richardson two of
the persons therein named and stated to be minors which had been ascertained
to be of full age, and the said ligater made application to have said
testament proved and submitted to probate as the last will and testament of
the said deceased  relating to both real and personal estate, and Seth Albro
after seeing persons named in said citation also appeared in person and
consented in open Court that said instrument must be proved and admitted to
probate subservent to the application of said ligater, and no other apparent
heir and next of kin appears, and thereupon after filing said citation and
affidavit the said instrument having been produced and shown to those
attesting interviews thereto  the proof  thereof was taken in the words and
findings following to wit County of Saratoga Surrogate Court in the matter of
proving the last will and testament of Andrew Albro deceased.  

Saratoga County les; William Bogert of the town of Galway and John Chase of
the town of Providence in the County of Saratoga by first duly sworn in open
court, on their on their oaths, do depose and say that they are subscribing
witnesses to the last will and testament of Andrew Albro, late of the town of
Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga aforesaid deceased, and these deponents
further say that the said deceased did in the presence of these deponents,
subscribed his name at the end of the instrument which is now shown to these
deponents and which purport to be the last will and testament of the said
deceased and which bears date on the 29th day of April in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty six that the said deceased did at the time of
subscribing his name to said instrument as aforesaid  did claim the same to be
his last will and testament, that the deponents did thereupon subscribe their
own names at the end of said instrument as attesting witnesses to the
exication? though at the request of the said deceased and in his presence and
in the presence of each other and that the said deceased at the time of
subscribing his name to said instrument as aforesaid was upwards of twenty one
years of age; that he appeared to be of sound mind and memory and was not
under restraint to the knowledge or belief of this deponent, and said Bogert
further says that said instrument was delivered to him for safe keeping ? ?
after it was executed and has remained in his possession ever since time he
delivered it to the Surrogate of said County for probate.  Wm. Bogert, John
Chase, Subscribed and Sworn this 27th day of July 1846 before John W.
Thompson, Surrogate.

And thereupon it appearing upon the proof so taken that the said instrument
was duly executed and that the testator at the time of executing the same was
in all respects competent to divide real estate and not under restraint and
that the said Surrogate having inquired particularly into the facts and
circumstances and being satisfied of the quincentials and validations of said
will and no objection being made thereto it is hereby ordained adjusted and
decided that the same be admitted to probate as the last will and testament of
the said Andrew Albro, deceased, relating to both real and personal estate,
and it is further ordained adjusted and decided that the same be recorded
together with the proof thereof pursuant to the provisions of the revised
Testator and of the act concerning of proof of wills to follow May 16, 1837
which said proof is herein received and the said will is in the words and
findings following to wit - 

The Last Will and Testament of Andrew Albro Providence Saratoga Co. New York -
In the Name of God Almighty - 

I, Andrew Albro, being feeble in body but retaining my right reason,
remembering that we were taken from the dust and must all return to the dust
again, being blessed of God have obtained some property and having children to
heir the same - I make the following distribution viz.

     1st That after my death my body be deposited in the tomb in a plain
Christian like manner and that my soul return to God who gave it.

     2nd That my farm in the town of Edinburgh Saratoga County in the State of
New York containing one hundred acres more or less my deed obtained of Abraham
D. Groot thereby give and bequeath unto Seth Albro, my son, and Emery Hastings
their heirs and offspring forever to be divided as they shall agree and 

     3rd that my moveable property and the notes due me to be divided equally
between my son Nathaniel Scofield Albro and my daughter Rebecca Albro after my
debts shall first be paid there from.  Given under my hand and seal this
twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty six.  Andrew
Albro, signed in the presence of Wm. Bogert, John Clark”

I John W. Thompson Surrogate of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify the
previous to be a true record of the last will and testament of Andrew Albro
deceased and of the proof thereof taken before me on the 27 day of July 1846. 
John W. Thompson