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New
York Wills
James S. Boyd will and
probate (1841), Orange County Will Book L: 115-119, Orange County
Surrogate’s Court, Goshen, New York.
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Orange Surrogate Court.
In the matter of proving the Last Will and Testament of
James S Boyd deceased as a Will of Real & personal Estate
At a Surrogate’s Court held at the Orange Hotel in Newburgh in and for
the County of Orange on the Eleventh day of November in the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty__ Present George M Grier Surrogate On
reading & filing the Petition and application of James Waugh & Robert
Blake Executors named in the Last Will and Testament of the said James S
Boyd late of the Town of New Windsor in the County of Orange deceased.
for the proof of said Will as a Will of Real and personal Estate (by
which petition it appears that Elizabeth Finly & James Finly are
infants, and the
next of kin of said deceased upon reading & filing the consent of
William Wright of the Town of Newburgh in said County It is Ordered that
the said William Wright be and he is hereby appointed the Special
Guardian for the said Infants for the sole purpose of appearing for and
taking care of the Interests of said Infants in the proceedings to be
had in proving the said last Will and Testaments of said deceased, both
as a Will of Real and personal Estate. And it is Ordered that the
follow-
ing Citation issue Viz:
The People of the State of New York:_To Martha Howman
of the town of New Windsor County of Orange and State of New York Samuel
Finley of the Town County & State aforesaid, Jane Wear William Wright of
the Town of Newburgh County & State aforesaid the said William Wright
Special Guardian of Elizabeth Finley & James Finley Infants_John
Alexander & Hannah his wife of the Town of Montgomery County & State
aforesaid Robert W Boyd John Boyd of the town of Hamptonburgh County &
State aforesaid Elliott Thompson Mary his Wife of the County of Ulster
in the State aforesaid Town unknown Nathaniel Boyd of the City of New
York Charles Boyd of the State of Illinois County & Town unknown_the
next of kin of James S Boyd late of the town of New Windsor in the
County of Orange deceased. Greeting: You are hereby cited to be and
appear before the Surrogate of the County of Orange at the Orange Hotel
in Newburgh in said County on the thirteenth day of January next at ten
O’lock in the forenoon
of that day, to attend the probate of a certain instrument in writing,
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said deceased, bearing
date the third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three on the application of James Waugh &
Robert Blake claiming to be the Executors thereof_Which said Will
relates to both real & personal Estate_
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the seal of Office of our said
Surrogate of the County of Orange to be hereunto affixed. Witness,
George McGrier, Surrogate of the said County, at Goshen, in said County,
the twelfth day of November in the year one thousand Eight hundred and
forty_
Geo M Grier Surrogate Orange Surrogate Court_At a Surrogates Court held
at the Orange Hotel in Newburgh in & for the County of Orange on the
thirteenth day of January in year One thousand eight hundred and forty
one Present George M Grier Surrogate
On the day & at the place last aforesaid James Waugh & Robert Blake
Executors named in the Last Will & Testament of James S Boyd late of the
town on New Windsor in Orange County deceased. Appeared and prayed that
the said Will be admitted to probate and Exhibited the following proof
Orange County ss: James Waugh of said County being duly sworn says that
he served Copies of the within Citation upon the within named Samuel
Finley Elizabeth Finley John Boyd Robert W Boyd Martha Homan Jane Wear
John Alexander Hannah Alexander Elliott Thompson & Mary Thompson at
least fifteen days previous to the 13th day of January 1841 [signed]
James Waugh
Sworn this 13th day of January 1841
Before me Geo M Grier Surrogate
Orange County ss: Robert Blake of said County being duly sworn says that
he served Copies of the within Citation upon Nathaniel Boyd at least
fifteen days previous to the thirteenth day of January 1841 by leaving
him a copy & at the same time showing him the within Original with the
seal [signed] Robert Blake
Sworn this 13th day of January 1841
Before me Geo M Grier Surrogate
State of New York City & County of Albany ss. EM Graves, of the City of
Albany, being duly sworn, says that he is foreman in the Office of the
Albany Evening Journal, the paper published
by the Printer to the State, and that the notice, of which the annexed
is a printed Copy, has been regularly published in said Albany Evening
Journal Once in each week for six weeks successively commencing on the
twentieth day of November last past.
[signed] Edward M Graves
Sworn before me, this 25th day of Dec. 1840
Andrew White, Commissioner of Deeds
Orange Surrogate Court:_In the Matter of proving the Last Will &
Testament of James S. Boyd deceased, State of New York,
Orange County, - ss. James Belknap, David W Bate, James Waugh, of the
Town of Newburgh in said County, being by the Surrogate of the County of
Orange duly sworn & Examined depose and say & each for himself says that
he was well acquainted with James S. Boyd late of the Town of New
Windsor in said County, deceased And the deponent James Belknap further
says that he was present as a Witness, and did see the said James S Boyd
deceased subscribe at the end thereof the instrument now produced and
shown to the deponent purport ing to be the Last Will and Testament of
the said James S. Boyd deceased bearing date the third day of December
in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three: That such
subscription was made by the said Testator in the presence of this
deponent and Edmund Sanxay since deceased subscribing witnesses to said
Will: That the said testator at the same time declared the instrument so
subscribed by him to be his last Will and Testament, whereupon this
deponent & Edmund Sanxay signed their names at the end of the Will, at
the request of the said testator; And that the said Testator at the time
of executing & publishing the said Last Will & Testament, was of full
age sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint. And the deponent
David W Bate for himself further says that he drew-up said Will at the
request of the said Testator and under his special direction &
instruction and this deponent
further says that after said Will was executed as aforesaid he enclosed
the said Will in an Envelope sealed up and inscribed there on “Last Will
of James S. Boyd” And the deponent James Waugh for himself further says
that he received said Will of the said Testator for safe keeping & kept
the same in his possession until he handed the same to the Surrogate of
the County of Orange & made application for the proof thereof. And the
deponents James Belknap and James Waugh further say that the Will now
produced & shown to them respectively is the same in all respects as
When executed as aforesaid_
[signed] Jas Belknap
[signed] D. W. Bate
[signed] James Waugh
Sworn & Examined this 13th day of January 1841
Before me Geo M Grier Surrogate _
I James S Boyd of the town of New Windsor being of sound and disposing
mind, do this third day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty three make this my last Will and testament
disposing of all my real & personal Estate as follows _
1st I give, bequeath and devise to my beloved Wife Sarah the use and
enjoyment during her natural life, of all my property of every nature,
kind and description whereof I shall die possessed after the
payment of my just debts and funeral expenses.
2nd After the death of my said Wife, or at my decease in case my wife
shall died before me; I give, devise, and bequeath all my property of
every nature and kind to my daughters Martha Homan, Widow, Jane Wear
wife of John Wear, Mary Thompson wife of Elliott Thompson & Hannah
Alexander wife of John Alexander, absolutely and forever equally to be
divided between them share and share alike, and in case either of them
should then be dead I direct that her share shall belong to her children
equally, if more than one, to be divided between them, and if either of
my said daughters shall then be dead without issue, then her share shall
go to such of my said daughters as shall be then living, and to the
children of such, if any as shall then be dead leaving children, and in
such case the children to take as their mother would had she been
living. 3rd I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and appoint my
good friends James Waugh and Robert Blake
Executors of this my Last Will and I do hereby authorize and empower my
said Executors or the survivor of them, at any time during the life of
my wife if they or the survivor of them shall think it best so to do to
sell all my Real estate absolutely, and if such sale shall be made, out
of the proceeds thereof to pay such debts as I may justly owe at the
time of my death, and remaining then unpaid, and the remainder to vest
or loan out in some safe manner, and to apply the income thereof to my
said wife’s support, and at her death to pay and distribute said
remainder to and among my said
daughters, according to the provisions of this my will above made in
manner aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand
and seal the day and year above written_
[signed] James S Boyd [seal]
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
presence of us who at his request, in his presence
& in the presence of each other subscribe our names
as Witnesses there to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Edmund Sanxay of NewBurgh Orange County
Jn Belknap of Newburgh Orange County
Whereupon I the Surrogate aforesaid upon the proof aforesaid satisfied
of the genuineness & validity of the said Will do therefore order that
the same be admitted to probate and that Letters Testamentary thereon be
granted to James Waugh & Robert
Blake Executors In the said Will named they first taking the oath or
affirmation required of them by Law _ _ _ [signed] Geo M Grier Surrogate
Orange County
Surrogate Office ss.
I hereby certify the preceding to be a true record of the Last Will &
Testament of James S Boyd deceased & all the proceedings had in relation
to the proof thereof, as a Will of Real & personal Estate _ Geo. M Grier
Surrogate
Will: Robert Boyd
New Windsor, Ulster County, New York
02 May 1781, Robert Boyd, yeoman, Precinct of New Windsor, Ulster County, New York, to my wife Jennet, the use of my household and kitchen furniture of every kind during her widowhood, with the use of all my estate during the time aforesaid; and at her death, the part that remains shall be divided as follows: to my son Robert, five shillings; to my granddaughter, Jennet Harris, eldest daughter of my son-in-law, George Harris,
50; Also all my household and kitchen furniture after my death and death of my wife; all the rest of estate that remains after my decease and that of my wife to be divided among my grandchildren, as follows: John Boyd, Samuel Boyd, Jennet Boyd, Agnes and Robert Boyd, children of my son Robert, together with Elizabeth, Agnes, Jane, Elinor, and Susana, children of my son-in-law, George Harris; Mabel, Jennet, and David, children of my son-in-law, Robert Andrews; to be equally divided among them, and when they shall each arrive at legal age. In case my granddaughter, Jennet Harris, die before my wife, her legacy to be divided among the children of my sons-in-law, George Harris and Robert Andrews, or the survivor of them, share and share alike. I appoint William Scott (cooper), of New Windsor, and Thomas Moffat, Esq., of Orange County, executors. Witnesses, John Herron, James Boyd, Hugh Turner, yeoman. Proved, 18 April 1786.
Samuel Boyd
Abstracts of Wills Vol V
1754-1760
From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1896 volume
features abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York,
from 1754-1760.
Page 219.--In the name of God,
Amen. I, Samuel Boyd, of New York, taylor,
being of sound mind. "I leave to my brother, Robert Boyd, a
lot of land in Ulster County, being 151 acres, commonly called by the
name of Boyd's Hall. My sister, Janet Boyd, is to have a living
on the place during her widowhood, till the youngest child be of
age." I leave to my brother, Nathaniel Boyd, a lot of land
in Orange County, being 56 acres, commonly called by the name of Boyd's
Grove, And my sister, Margaret Boyd, is to have a living on it
during her widowhood, or till the youngest child is of age, I also leave
him 85. I leave to my brother, James Boyd, a lot of land, 100
acres, in Ulster County, commonly called Boyd's Folly, and my sister, Mary
Boyd, is to have a living on it during her widowhood, or till the
youngest child is of age. I leave to my sister, Mary Waugh, 100
acres of land in Ulster County, called by the name of Boyd's Promise,
and I also further order that if her male heirs should wear out, then
that 100 acres shall return to my brother, Nathaniel Boyd. I
leave to my brother David and his children in Ireland 100, and 20 now in
the hands of Mr. Jesse Craig. I leave to my honored father [not
named] 3 pounds Stirling yearly during his life. I leave to my cousin, Robert
Boyd, blacksmith, 5, and to every brother's son that is named after
me 10. "All the rest to my brothers and sisters and their
children." I make Abraham Van Gelder, cordwainer,
Robert Boyd, blacksmith, James Boyd, farmer, and Nathaniel Boyd, farmer, executors. Dated February 7, 1757.
Witnesses, Abraham Van Gelder, Edward Snape, Andrew
Sloane. Proved, April 7,1757.
Boyd /
Conte
Page 164.--In the name of God,
Amen. I, WILLIAM LE CONTE, of New Rochelle, being advanced in years, yet of sound mind. My executors are to pay all
just debts and funeral charges. I leave to my daughter Anne 50. I leave to my
2 grand sons, William and Richard Bayley, 20 and all my clothing, and my
gun, sword, and watch, and I also leave 20 to their mother, Susanah
Bayley, my daughter. My executors are to sell all real estate. Of the money, 1/3 is
to be put at interest for my daughter Susanah, wife of William Bayley, and
the principal is to be paid to her after his decease, and the rest to my 2
daughters, Mary Anne, wife of John BOYD and Anne Le Conte.
I make my daughter Anne and my friend, Samuel Gillett, executors. Dated October 9, 1758.
Witnesses, Joseph Antoine, Elie Guion, Esaie Guion. Proved, December 13,
1758.
Bibliographic
Information: Abstracts of Wills Vol V 1754-1760, The New York
Historical Society, 1896.
Nathaniel Boyd letter of administration (1807), Orange County Letters of
Administration Book C: 213, Orange County Surrogate’s Court, Goshen, New
York.
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The People of the STATE of
NEW-YORK,
by the Grace of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT,
TO John Boyd a son, and John Morrison a friend of Nathaniel Boyd late of
the Town of New Windsor in the
County of Orange deceased.
Send Greeting:
WHEREAS the said Nathaniel Boyd –
as is alledged, lately died intestate, having whilst living, and at the
time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, or Credits, within this State, by
means whereof, the ordering and grating Administration of all and
singular the said goods Chattels and Credits ; and also the auditing,
allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth appertain unto
us ; and we being desirous that the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the
said deceased, may be well and faithfully administered, applied, and
disposed of, do grant unto you, the said John Boyd and John Morrison
Administrators of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits which
were of the said Nathaniel Boyd IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the
Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS,
James Everett Esquire, Surrogate of said County, at Goshen the twenty
eighth Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and seven.
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