WILL: Mathew McCaib; Wayne; Steuben co., NY submitted by Barb Walker (barbww @ yahoo.com) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** Steuben County Will Book, Recorded in Book 3, page 157, Surrogate's Office, Bath, Steuben County, NY. I Mathew McCaib of the town of Wayne & State of New State of New York [sic] do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner following viz I give & bequeath to my dear wife the whole of my property both real & personal estate during her natural life & after her death to Moriaity and Alexander McCaib two of my sons. But out of the said property I give & bequeath to my son States the sum of one hundred dollars Lydia five dollars, to my daughter Mariah five dollars, to my daughter Sally five dollars to my daughter Eliza five dollars & to my daughter Tamar five dollars to be paid by my executors out of my property above named. I give & bequeath to my dear wife Tamar the balance of my property to be disposed of as aforesaid also appoint ___ ___ sole executrix of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the 29th day of January 1839 his Mathew X McCaib Ss mark Witness of Larrow Signed sealed published & declared by the said testator Mathew McCaib as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator Jacob Larrow of Urbana Moses Crookston of Wayne Morris Crookston of Wayne State of New York } Steuben County } Surrogate Court } __ I Robert Campbell Jr. Surrogate of said county do hereby certify that in pursuance of the statutes of this state upon proof & examinations in the county aforesaid on the 9th September 1839 by the oaths of Jacob Larrow Moses Crookston & Morris Crookston the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will, that the said will was duly executed that the testator at the time of executing said will was in all respects competent to devise real estate & not under restraint & I the Surrogate aforesaid do further certify that said will is recorded in my office in Book of Wills testaments & codicils proved before me at page 157 & the proof thereof in Book of minutes orders & decrees at Page 423 In witness whereof I the said Surrogate have hereunto affixed my hand & seal of office this 9th day of September 1839. R Campbell Jr Surrogate Recorded 9 September 1839 R Campbell Jr Surrogate