WILL: William Whiting;  Castile, Wyoming co., NY 
surname: Whiting, Scribner, Johnson, Logan, Griffith

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Wyoming co NY Will Book Vol. 9 page 325
Written: October 9 1871
Recorded: January 11 1876

SURROGATE'S COURT   Wyoming County

Last Will and Testament of 
William Whiting deceased

Be it Remembered, That heretofore, to wit: on the 11th day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, Stephen C. True,
sole Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of William Whiting, late of
the town of Castile in the County of Wyoming and State of New York, deceased, 
apopeared in open court, before the Surrogate of the County of Wyoming and
State of New York, 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 said Surrogate did ascertain, by satisfactory evidence, who
were the heirs at law and next of kin of the said testator, and their
respective residences.  And said Surrogate did thereupon issue a Citation, in
due form of law, directed to the heirs at law and next of kin of William
Whiting, said testator, by their respective names, stating their respective
places of residence requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his
office in the village of Warsaw, in said County, on the 6th day of March, A.D.
1876, to attend the Probate of said Will.

And afterwards, to wit: on the 6th day of March, A.D. 18876, satisfactory 
evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the due 
service of saaid Citation in the mode prescribed by law, and in that day, no
one appearing to oppose the Probate of such Will such proceedings were
thereupon had in said Court afterwards that the Surrogate took the proofs of
said Will hereinafter set forth, upon this 6th day of March A.D. 1876, and he
thereupon adjudged the said Will to be a valid Will of Real and Personal
Estate, and the proofs to be sufficient, which said Last Will and Testament
and proofs are as follows, that is to say:

WILL.
In the name of God. Amen.  I William Whiting of Castile in the county of
Wyoming and State of New York, of the age of eighty-three years and upwards
and being of sound mnd and memory do make publish and declare this my last
will and testament in manner following that is to say

First.  I give devise and bequeath to my son Philander Whiting and my Grand 
daughter Eliza Jane Scribner, daughter of Jay Scribner of Castile N.Y. all my 
real estate situate in Castile aforesaid and bounded and described as follows.
To wit; 

All that certain tract in parcel of land situate in the town of Castile in 
the County of Wyoming and State of New York and being a part of Lot No.26 of 
Elisha Johnsons subdivision of the Cottringer Tract in said town and known as
the Severance Lot and premises consisting of fifty acres more or less. Being
the same premises on which the said William Whiting now resides and bounded
south by the noth line of said Lot, on the South by the north line of lands
owned by Ira True, on the west by lands owned and occupied by Rufus Peet and
on the east by lands owned and occupied by Willis C. Felch in the propotion of
three fifths to the said Philander Whiting and two fifths to the said Eliza
Jane Scribner.  I also give and bequeath to the said Philander Whiting and
Eliza Jane Scribner all my household furniture and household goods of every
name nature and kind whatsoever usually kept or used on said premises also my
teams, working tools agricultural implements, and personal property usually
kept or used on said premises of every name mature and kind whatsoever, except
money and moneyed obligations to be divided equally between them share and
share alike, the same to be held and enjoyed by the said Philander Whiting and
Eliza Jane Scribner jointly as common property, neither to have the privilege
of disposing of any part of said property either real or personal without the
consent in writing of the other.

Second.  All the rest residue and remainder of my estate of which I shall die 
seized remaining after the payment of my just debts, funeral expenses and the 
costs and charges of executing this my last will and testament I give, devise
and bequeathe to my children heiirs of my body named as follows Price Whiting,
Lezana Scribner, Bethana Logan, Ruana Griffith, Calistana Griffith, Chauncey
Whiting, Alexander Whiting and Philander Whiting to be divided equally amoung
them share and share alike.

And Lastly.  I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Stephen C. True of
Castile N.Y. to be the executor of this my last will and testament hereby
revoking all former wills by me made.

     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9" day of 
October in the year of our Lord 1871                                           
       Wm Whiting   L.S.
In prence of   )
H. W. Smith    )
A. S. Johnson  )


Additional Comments:
William Whiting, Jr., was born 17 Sep 1788, Hartford, Connecticut, and died 
before January 1876, Castile, Wyoming, New York.