WILL: Martin P. Tanner;  Kingsbury, Washington co., NY 
surname: Tanner, Roselli, Denton, Moss, Crawford, Sherrill, Smalley

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Washington co NY Will Book Vol. 3a page 586
Written: September 28, 1896
Recorded: September 16, 1901

THE WILL OF MARTIN P. TANNER:

I Martin P. Tanner of the Town of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York,
being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this life,
do therefore hereby make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be my last Will
and Testament, viz.:

1.

I give and bequeath the sum of Twenty-five Dollars to my grand daughter Lina 
Hesketh, and the sum of Twenty-five Dollars to each of my four daughters,
Leona Roselli, Jessie Denton, Carrie Moss and Marion Crawford, and I bind and
change with this fragment of said sum of One Hundred and twenty-five Dollars,
the real estate hereinafter devised ro my son Fred H. Tanner.

2.

I give and divise unto my son Gred H. Tanner all the tract or parcel of land
on which I reside and on which my dwelling house and buildings stand, and
containing about Fifty acres of land in said Town of Kingsbury, to be his and
his heirs and assigns forever, subject however to the payment of One Hundred
and Twenty Five Dollars hereintofore referred to.

3.

I give and bequeath unto my son Fred H. Tanner all my farming stock and tools
and household furniture, including all my horses and cattle.

4.

I give and devise unto my son William G. Tanner all that tract or parcel of
land known as the "Plain Lot" and containing about thirty eight acres of land
in said Town of Kingsbury.

5.

I make, constitut and appoint my son William G. Tanner to the 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
this Twenty Eighth day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety
six. M.P. Tanner (L.S.)

Signed in the presence of:

George Sherrill
Alphonso D. Smalley

The foregoing instrument, consisting of a little more than one page of paper,
was on this day of the day thereof, subscribed by Martin P. Tanner in the
presence of us and each of us, and at the time of subscribing the same said
Martin P. Tanner declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his
Last Will and Testament. Whereupon we then and their, at his request and in
his presence and in the presence of each other, subscribed our names as
witnesses thereof at the end of the Will.

George Sherrill residing at Sandy Hill, N.Y.
Alphonso D. Small residing at " " "

In Surrogates Court
County of Washington
In the matteer of Probate
of the Last Will and Testament
of Martin P. Tanner deceased.

State of New York
Washington County

George Sherrill and Alphonso D. Smalley whose names are signed to the said 
will as witnesses, being each severally and duly sworn and examined as witness
in the above signed entitled matter says, and each for himself says.

I was acquainted with the above named Martin P. Tanner in his lifetime and was 
present and saw him enter his name at the end of the instrument now ______ to
me and offered for Probate as his Last Will and Testament bearing date the
28th day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety six. At this time
of subscribing his name as aforesaid, the said decedent published and declared
the said instrument to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of
myself and of the other subscribing witness above named.

I then subscribed my name as a witness to the said instrument, at the request
of the said decedent and in his presence.

The said decedent at said time was over the age of twenty one years, and in my 
opinion was of sound mind and memory and not under restraint.

     George Sherrill
     Alphonso D. Smalley


Grenville M. Ingalsln, Surrogate.
Subscribed and sworn to me on this 16th day of September 1901.

Surrogates's _______
Washington County

I Grenville M. Ingalsln, Surrogate of said county, do certify that the for____
is a correct record of this Last Will and Testament of Martin P. Tanner late
of the town of Kingsbury in the said county deceased and also of the testimony
taken by me on the probate thereof as a will of real and personal estste which
siad Last Will and Testament was admitted to probate and recorded this 16th
day of September 1901.

Grenville M. Ingalsln, Surrogate


Additional Comments:
ABRAHAM DICKERSON was born July 11, 1795 in Orange County, New York. He
married (1) Lucretia Bull (2) (3)Caroline Matilda (Burnam?) Tanner, in Orange
County, New York. Caroline was the widow of Benjamin Tanner. Abraham Dickerson
died on January 5, 1880 in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI.; and is buried
in Martinville Cemetary. 

Caroline Matilda (Burnam?) Tanner was born March 2, 1807 in Kingsbury, New
York. She was christened Caroline died December 31, 1879 in Sumpter, Wayne
County, Michigan. I do not know much more about her family, at present.
Abraham and Caroline only had one child, William Seward Dickerson, but both
had children from their other marriages.