Westchester County ,Greenburgh, Westchester County NyArchives Wills.....Dyckman , Sarah Ann Tompkins December 18, 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marita Gladson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00008.html#0001856 June 24, 2009, 5:22 pm Source: Fhl Film # 596947 Page 81-87 Written: December 18, 1878 Recorded: February 12, 1879 Will of Sarah A. Dyckman Wills Westchester County New York FHL Film # 596947 page 81-87 Westchester County Surrogate Court In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Sarah A. Dychman, Deceased Be it Remembered that heretofore Court on the sixteenth day of December in the year one thousand and eight hundred and seventy eight, 16 Dec 1878 Isaac Buckhout and Francis Secor Executors named in the last will and testament of Sarah Dychman late of the town of Greenburgh County of Westchester deceased appeared in open Court before the Surrogate of the County of Westchester and made application to have the said last Will and Testament which relates to both Real and Personal Estate proved and on such application the Surrogate having ascertained by satisfactory evidence who were the heirs at law and next of kin after said Testatrix and their respective residences did issue a citation in due form of law declared to the said heirs at law and next of kin by their respective names stating their respective places of residence requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his office in the town of White Plains in said County of Westchester on the thirty first day of January one thousand and eight hundred and seventy nine 31 Jan 1879 to attend the probate of said Will and afterwards Court on the said thirty first day of January satisfactory evidence by affidavit have been produced and presented to said Surrogate after service of said citation in the record prescribed by law and all the parties named therein and the said Surrogate having ascertained that some of the Heirs and next of kin were minor having no General Guardian within this State and that said citation had been duly served on said minors and also upon person or person having control of such as were under Fourteen Years of age as prescribed by law and having filed the written consent of William M. Skinnier did by a order duly entered or that purpose appoint him the Special Guardian for said minors to take care of their interest in the process and on that day the said Executors and the said Special Guardian having attended in person said matter was heard and adjourned to this day and no one appearing to oppose the probate of said Will such proceedings were there upon had afterwards that the surrogate took the proof of said Will hereinafter set forth upon this twelfth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine 12 February 1878 and be adjudged the said will to be a valid Will of Real and Personal Estate and the proof thereof to be sufficient which said last Will and Testament and performances follows that is to say The Last Will and Testament of Sarah Ann Dychman I Sarah Ann Dychman of the Village of Tarrytown County of Westchester and State of New York being of sound and disposing mind and unclear conscious of the uncertainty of human life and of the certainty of death and being desirous of disposing of my worldly estate do make publik and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows First I hereby revoke all other and former wills by me at any time made. Second I direct my executors herein after appointed to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses and to provide for me a suitable gravestone similar to that furnished for the grave of my late husband. Third I give and bequeath to my sister Jane M. Conklin the sum of Four thousand dollars ($4000). Fourth I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah A Waterbury widow of Stephen Waterbury the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) Fifth I give and bequeath to Sarah M Tompkins widow of my brother George C Tompkins dec’d the sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200). Sixth I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah A Lovatt wife of Edward Lovatt the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000). Seventh I give and bequeath to my nephew Minthorne D Tompkins son of George C Tompkins dec’d the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000). Eighth I give and bequeath to my nephew Elijah M Tompkins son of said George C Tompkins the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000). Ninth I give and bequeath to my niece Anne M. Thomson wife of William M Thomson of the City of New York the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000). Tenth I give and bequeath to my niece Ethelinda Yatman wife of John V. Yatman of New York City the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000.00). Eleventh I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah B. Prieto widow of Pedro Prieto the sum of one Thousand Dollars ($1000.00). Twelfth I give and bequeath to Mary Mellow wife of Theodore Mellow the some of Five hundred Dollars ($500). Thirteenth I give and bequeath to James Crosby the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Fourteenth I give and bequeath to Sarah Dyckman Crosby the sum of Six hundred Dollars ($600.00). Fifteenth I give and bequeath to Samuel Cole the sum of one thousand Dollars ($1000.00) Sixteenth I give and bequeath to James Cole the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) Seventeenth I give and bequeath to Sarah J. Swartwout wife of Thomas G. Swartwout the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) Eighteenth I give and bequeath to Hannah Park wife of Thomas Park the sum of Five hundred Dollars. ($500.00) Nineteenth I give and bequeath to Mary C. Buckhout wife of Isaac Buckhout the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) Twentieth I give and bequeath to Joseph W. Tompkins the sum of Eight hundred Dollars ($800.00) Twenty first I give and bequeath to Serring F Tompkins the sum of Eight hundred Dollars ($800.00) Twenty second I give and bequeath to wife of Rev. Joseph P Furman and daughter of Serring F Tompkins the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) Twenty third I give and bequeath to Sarah Crandall widow of Thomas Crandall the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) Twenty fourth I give and bequeath to to Rev Edward Conover the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) Twenty fifth I give and bequeath to Catherine Tompkins widow of my brother Augustus D Tompkins the sum of T hundred Dollars ($200.00) Twenty sixth I give and bequeath to to Sarah Weed the wife of David Weed and daughter of Augustus D Tompkins the sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200.00) Twenty seventh I give and bequeath to Absalom Jones the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. ($500) Twenty eighth I give and bequeath to Ada Jones daughter of Absalom Jones the sum of Two hundred dollars ($200.00) Twenty ninth I give and bequeath to Betsey Ann Miller the sum of Two Hundred dollars ($200.00) Thirtieth I give and bequeath to Maria Jane Capron the sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200.00) Thirty first I give and bequeath to Sarah Bills the sum of Two hundred Dollars ($200.00) Thirty second I give and bequeath to Ceilia Bills the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) Thirty third I give and bequeath to James Sutton son of William Sutton who has lived in our family the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) Thirty fourth All the rest residue and remainder of my estate and property I direct my Executors to divide into six equal parts or shares I give and bequeath the first of such equal part or share to the children of my sister Mary Conover share and share alike, Rev. Edward Conover the second of such shares or parts I give and bequeath to the children of my sister Nancy Cole to be divided between them equally. the third of such share or part I give and bequeath to to the children of my brother Alexander C Tompkins share and share alike. the fourth of such shares or parts I give and bequeath to the children of my brother Stephen B. Tompkins to be divided between them equally the fifth of such shares or part I give and bequeath to the children of my brother Gabriel Tompkins to divided between them equally. the sixth of such shares or parts I give and bequeath to the children of my brother Augustus D Tompkins to be divided between them equally share and share alike Thirty fifth It is my will that if any of the legalee above mentioned should die before me their children if any shall take the bequest of which their deceased parent would be entitled and in default of children the bequest which should have gone to such deceased legalee shall lapse and go to make up the residue Thirty sixth Any person entitled to any legacy or devise hereinbefore mentioned who shall attempt to defeat the due proof and probate of this instrument as my last Will and Testament shall forfeit all right and title to such legacy and the same shall fall into such agreement the residue. Thirty seventh I direct my executors to sell within two year after my decease at public or private sale all my real estate and convert the same to money. Thirty eighth If my said Executor find that the whole of my estate shall be insufficient to pay all the forgoing specific legacies then I direct that such legacies be reduced by such as the account of my said estate shall warrant or justify. Thirty ninth I nominate and appoint as and for the executor of this my Will my friends Isaac Buckhout of the Village of Tarrytown New York State and Francis Secor of the Town of Scarsdale and state aforesaid. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 28 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight Witnesses The word my brother in ____ ____ stricken out before executing L T Gale of Tarrytown Ny Harvey Heusted The foregoing instrument consisting of six pages was on the date thereof signed sealed and published an declared by the said Sarah Ann Dyckman 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 have subscribed out names hereto as witness L T Gale Residing at Tarrytown Ny Residing at Harvey Heusted of Tarrytown New York Westchester County Surrogate Court In the matter of proving the Last Will and Testament of Sarah A. Dyckman deceased State of New York County of Westchester S. Lucas T. Gale of the Town of Greenburgh in said County being duly sworn and examined before the Surrogate of said county doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Sarah A Dyckman late of the town of Greenburgh in said County deceased That he was present as a witness and did see the said Sarah A Dyckman deceased subscribe her name at the end of the instrument in writing now produced and shown ____ deposed be a ___ date the 28th day of August in the year o our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight purporting ___ the last Will and testament of the said Sarah A Dyckman at the time of making the said subscription declared the said instrument to be her last will and Testament and requested the deponent to sign his name as a witness thereto hereupon this deponent did accordingly sign his name as a witness at the end of the said instrument in the presence of the said Sarah A Dyckman deceased and in the presence of Harvey Heusted of the town of Greenburgh in said County th other subscribing witness to the said instrument this deponent further said that the said Sarah A Dyckman deceased at the time she so executed the said instrument was a citizen of the United States of full age and sound mind and memory in all respects competent to devise Real Estate and not under any restrain and that this deponent saw the said Harvey Heusted sign this said instrument at the which thereof as witness thereto in the presence of said Sarah A Dyckman deceased and at her request Sworn examined and subscribed before me this 12th day of Feb. 1879 Owen T Coffey Surrogate Additional Comments: Sarah Dychman is my GGG Aunt. I have been able to identify the relationship of many of the named individuals. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/westchester/wills/dyckman836gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 12.5 Kb