Person:James Garrison (19)

Will

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Orange Surrogate Court

In the Matter of Proving the last Will and Testament of James Garrison deceased as a Will of real and personal state. At a Surrogate Court held at the Surrogate office in Goshen in and for the county of Orange on the Second day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty four

Present Charles Borland Surrogate

On reading and filing the petition and application of Morris B. | Pilgrim an Executor named in the last Will and Testament of the said | James Garrison late of the Town of Monroe in the county of Orange | deceased for the proof of said Will as a Will of real and personal | estate, It is [?] that the following Citation [?] Viz,

The People of the State of New York, To Abigail Letts [James' sister] of the | Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange, Rachel Hall [probably James' niece, daughter of his sister Mary], Elizabeth | wife of Elisha Utter [theory: James' niece, daughter of his brother Jonathan who married Christian] of the Town of [Hector?], county of Tompkins, James Garrison of the county of Seneca and Marvil Garrison [James' brother] and William Garrison [James' nephew, son of his brother William, d 1795] of Upper Canada, North America, the next of kin of James Garrison late of the Town of Monroe in the County of Orange, deceased ....

to attend the probate of a certain instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of said deceased bearing date the twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred and thirty four on the ap=plication of Morris B. Pilgrim...

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I James Garrison considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind & memory, (blessed be Almighty God for the same) do make this my last will and Testament in manner and form following Viz: I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Garrison the one third part of my real estate and lands that I may have at my decease and to her heirs and assigns forever- The remainder of all my real estate and lands I likewise give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Garrison during her natural life I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Garrison all my household furniture and likewise I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Garrison all my personal Estate except so much as ill be sufficient to pay my funeral charges, just debts, and pay for three setts of Tomb Stones viz, One set for myself, one set for the grave of Mahala Woodruff deceased, one set for Mary Woodruff. I give and bequeath unto the widow Abigail Letts the sum of Fifty Dollars to be paid to her at the expiration of one year. I give and bequeath unto Garrison Secor [James' wife's sister Elizabeth married Abraham Secor, Garrison could be a nephew] the sum of Found Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto William Belcher Four Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto Peter Pilgrim Two Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto Edwin R. Woodruff the sum of Two Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto Mary Elizabeth Woodruff the sum of One Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto Rachel Hall One Hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath unto Morris North [man of that name married Rachel Hall] the sum of one hundred dollars, which said Legacies are to be paid out of the remainder of my Real Estate after the decease of my wife Mary Garrison, the said remainder of my real estate and lands to be sold by my Executors after the decease of my wife as soon as ...

I hereby appoint Morris B. Pilgrim and Matthias C. Woodruff of the Town of Monroe ... Executors

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In presence of R[?] C. Pilgrim John L. Miller James Clark

Later will of Mary Garrison

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