"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729-1732. Page 311.
Cornwall, Isaac, Middletown. Died 25 August, 1733. Invt. £83-10-00. Taken 28 September, 1733. Will dated 25 August, 1733.
The last (nuncupative) will of Isaac Cornwall, late of Middletown, decd.:
I give to Fletcher Ranny and Joseph Ranny a yoke of steers comeing 4 years old, and my brindle cow. And I give to Elisha Wilcoks a yoke of steers comeing three years old, and my red pide cow. I would not have you take it to pay any debts that I owe to their father, for I don't mean so, nor I would not have you take it so, but I give it them freely and voluntarily.
Middletown, November ye 5th, 1733.
Mary Ranny, Esther Ranny and Abigail Wilcoks personally appeared before me, Jabez Hamlin, Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, and upon oath declared that they were with Isaac Cornwall the day before his death, and that the sd. Cornwall the day before his death pronounced what is within written and desired them to be witnesses thereof. And further, that the sd. Esther wrote what is on the other side presently after, and that at that time he was, to the best of their judgement, mente sana [Latin-sound mind], and died the night after.
MARY X RANNY, ABIGAIL X WILCOCKS, ESTHER RANNY.
Jurant Coram. Jabez Hamlin, Just. Peace. The adverse party being cited, but not present
Court Record, Page 96—29 June, 1733: Jacob Cornwall, Adms., a brother of the deceased, gave bond with Richard Seymour of Hartford for £200.
Page 98—2 October, 1733: The nuncupative will exhibited by Joseph Ranney. Deferred.
Page 100—6 November, 1733: Jacob Cornwall appeals to the Superior Court from the judgement of this Court in approveing sd. will."