WILL: Mary Connors;  Glens Falls, Warren co., NY 
surname: Connors, Lapoint

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Warren co NY Will Book Vol. G page 341
Written: May 11 1899
Recorded: June 19 1899

Record of the last will and testament of Mary Connors, together with the
proofs touching its genuineness and validity of the same.

The Last Will and Testament of Mary Connors

In the name of God amen.  I, Mary Connors of the Village of Glens Falls,
Warren County, NY being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare
this my last will and testament, in manner following:

First, I direct my Executor hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and
funeral expenses. 

Second, I give, devise, and bequeath unto nephew Charles Edward Lapoint (who
is commonly known and goes by the name of Charles Edward Connors) who has
lived in my family from infancy, all my real and personal property of every
name and nature and wherever situated, to be his forever.

Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my said nephew Charles Edward Lapoint,
commonly known as Charles Edward Connors, to be sole executor of this my last
will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of
May, 1899.
Mary Connors

The above instrument consisting of one page, was at the date thereof signed,
sealed, published and declared by the said Mary Connors, as and for her last
will and testament, in presence of us who at her request and in her presence,
and in the presence of each other, has subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto.
Wm. M. Cameron, residing At Glens Falls, Warren County, NY
H. Bertha Larkin, residing at Glens Falls, Warren County, NY

Surrogates Court
State of New York
County of Warren
In the matter of proving the last will and testament of Mary Connors,
deceased.

County of Warren, ss: William M. Cameron and H. Bertha Larkin of Glens Falls
in the County of Warren being first duly sworn in open court, doth depose and
say, and each for himself deposes and says that he or she is a subscribing
witness to the instrument now shown to them, purporting to be the last will
and testament of Mary Connors, late of the town of Queensbury in the County of
Warren, and bearing date the 11th day of May,  one thousand eight hundred and
ninety nine.  That the said Mary Connors did in the presence of these
deponents subscribe her name at the end of the said instrument and did
thereupon declare the said instrument so subscribed to be her last will and
testament, and this deponent did thereupon subscribe his or her name at the
end of the said will, as an attesting witness thereto, in the presence of and
at the request of the said testatrix.  That the said Mary Connors was at the
time aforesaid a citizen of the United States, above the age of twenty one
years, of sound mind and memory, and was not under any restraint to the
knowledge and information or belief of the deponent.  
Sworn and Subscribed this 19th day of June, 1899, before me,
A.J. Chr---t---, Surrogate

WM M. Cameron
H. Bertha Larkin

County of Warren, ss:  It appearing upon this proof duly taken in respect to
the last will and testament of Mary Connors late of the town of Queensbury,
Warren County deceased, that the said last was duly executed, that the said
Mary Connors was at the time of executing the same competent to devise real
and personal property and was not under any restraint.   That the said last
will and testament together with the proofs are hereby signed and certified to
by me according to the provisions of the Record Statutes, this 19th day of
June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine.  

A.J. Chr---t---, Surrogate

At a Surrogates Court held in and for the County of Warren at the Surrogates
office in Glens Falls on the 19th day of June, 1899
Present, A.J. Chr---t---, Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last will and testament of Mary Connors,
Deceased, The verified petition of Charles E. Lapoint named as executor in the
will of Mary Connors late of Queensbury, Warren County, deceased, having been
filed in this Court June 7, 1899, praying for the probate of said will, and a
citation having therefrom been issued, directed to all the heirs and next of
kin named in said petition, advisable this day, and the same having been
returned with due proof of service thereof upon James Connors, Thomas Connors,
Julia Moynihan the heirs and next of kin aforesaid, and the petitioners now
appearing , whereupon such proceedings were had, that the proofs were duly
taken, and the allegations of the parties appearing having been heard, and the
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 the competency of the testatrix, and the probate of said will
not having been contested.  It is therefore adjudicated that the instrument
offered for probate is the last will and testament of the said testatrix, and
as such is valid as a will of real and personal property, and the same is
hereby admitted to probate as a will of real and personal property and that
letters testamentary be issued thereon to the executor Chas. E. Lapoint he
having duly qualified as such.  
A.J. Chr---t---, Surrogate

Additional Comments:
I had a difficult time making out some of the words...thus, the name of the
Surrogate is incomplete.