WILL: Jonas Titus; Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY

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Will of Jonas Titus

Jonas Titus of Stillwater in Saratoga  County having made his will by which he
appointed his wife Rhoda Titus his Executrix there to which said will having
been proved and the said Rhoda having taken the usual Oaths letters
Testamentary were this second day of November 1795 granted to her which said
will with the proof thereof and the letters Testamentary there are in the
words following  [  ] 

This fourth Day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety five Jonas
Titus of the Town of Stillwater and county of Saratoga and State of New York
being favored with a sound disposition of mind and Memory Do make and order
this my last will and Testament and as in such things and have been favored
with in this life give Devise and dispose of in the following manner and form
first my will is that all my just debts be paid out of my Estate by my
Executor hereinafter named  secondly I give and bequeath to my beloved wife
Rhoda Titus one third of my estate  I Likewise give her the household
furniture except one Bed and Bedding to Polly Titus  I likewise give to her
one horse and saddle and two cows as long as she remains my widow at her Death
or marriage the horse and cows to be given to my three sons equally divided
and the saddle to Polly  Also I give to my two sons John and Zadock Titus all
the remainder of my Estate to be equally divided excepting thirty and seven
pounds John has already received Therefore Zadock's Legacy is to exceed John's
to that amount  their Legacies to be paid to them at the time they are twenty
one years old  at the time that Polly is eighteen years old [they] are to 
give to her one cow and six sheep and my son Jonas Titus is to be brought up
out of the Estate and to have schooling to learn him to read write and
[cipher] so far as the rule of three by the time he is [fourteen]Years old and
if he has then a mind to learn a trade [      ]He [shall] have the privilege
and at the time he is twenty one years old John and Zadock  [are] to give him
twenty five pounds each  lastly I constitute order and ordain my wife Rhoda
Titus my lawful Executor to this my last will and Testament and I do hereby 
utterly disallow revoke and disapprove all and every other former Testament
will legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in anywise named ratifying this
and no other to be my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed Sealed 
Published and pronounced  and disclosed by the said Jonas Titus as his last
will and Testament in this the presence of us who in his presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names Jonas Titus (seal)
Zebulon Mott Thadeus Histead Daniel Cook

Saratoga County Be it remembered that on the Thirty first day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five personally
appeared before me Henry Walton  Surrogate of the said County Zebulon Mott one
of the subscribing witnesses to the above written will who affirmed (being one
of the description of persons called Quaker) that he [saw] said Jonas Titus
sign and seal The above instrument in writing purporting to be the last will
and Testament of Jonas Titus and that he heard him publish and Declare the
same as and for his last will and Testament and that at the time thereof the
said Jonas Titus was of sound Mind Memory and understanding to the best of 
his knowledge and belief and that his name subscribed to the said will is of
his own proper hand writing that he saw Thadeus Histead and Daniel Cook the
other witnesses thereto, subscribe their names as witness in the presence of
the Testator And be it further remembered that on this second Day of November
in the same year personally appeared before me Henry Walton as aforesaid
Thadeus Histed another witness for the said will who being duly sworn on his
oath declared that he saw Jonas Tutus sign and seal the said instrument in
writing and that he heard him the said Jonas Titus publish and declare the
same as and for his last will and Testament and that at the time thereof the 
said Jonas Titus was of sound Mind Memory and understanding to the best of his 
knowledge and belief and that his name subscribed to the said will is of his
own proper handwriting and that he saw Zebulon Mott and Daniel Cook the other
witness thereto subscribe their names as witness in the presence of the
Testator and be it further understood that on the said Thirty first Day of
October personally appeared before me the said Henry Walton surrogate as 
aforesaid Rhoda Titus Executrix named in the said will and was duly sworn to
the faithful performance and execution of the said Will
                Henry Walton
The people of the state of New York by the Grace of God free and Independent
To all whom these presents shall come or may concern, send greeting Know ye
That at the Town of Ballstown in the County of Saratoga on the thirty first
Day of October last and on the second day of November instant before Henry
Walton Esq Surrogate of our said County the last will and Testament of Jonas
Titus of the town of Stillwater deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed)
was proved and is now approved and allowed of by us and the said deceased
having wilst he lived and at the time of his death goods chattels or credits
within this state by means whereof the proving and registering the said will
and the granting Administration of all and singular the said goods chattels
and credits  and also the [               ]  and final discharging the [       
  ]wife in the administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will is granted unto
Rhoda Titus Executrix in the said will named she being first duly sworn well
and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and 
perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods chattels and credits and to
render a just and true account thereof when thereto required And Testimony
whereof  we have caused the seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be
hereunto affixed   Witness  Henry Walton Esquire surrogate of the said county
at Ballstown aforesaid the second day of November in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety five and of our Independence the Nineteenth

        Henry Walton

(Transcribed from microfilm by Karen Stark, March 2000. Spelling,
capitalization and punctuation is as in the original, as much as possible. [  
] indicates indecipherable or questionable words.)