"Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710. Invt. in Vol. VIII, Page 31.
Hollister, Lazarus, Wethersfield. Invt. £260-16-09. Taken 28 November, 1709 by James Steele and Thomas Chester.
Court Record, Page 135—15 November, 1709. This Court grant letters of Adms. on the estate of sd. Lazarus, decd., unto John Hollister, Jr., son of John Hollister of Glastonbury, and unto Jonathan Hollister of Wethersfield.
Page 82 (Vol. VIII) 2 June, 1712: John Hollister of Glastonbury and Jonathan Hollister of Wethersfield exhibit an account of their Adms. and move for a dist. The Court order the Clerk to issue notification to the relations to appear and be heard.
Page 85—7 July, 1712: Whereas, by the accompt of Adms. the
amount of Inventory is: £272-06s-09d
Paid in debts and charges, 69-00-07
There remains to be distributed, 203-06-06
To Mrs. Mary Welles of Strattford, a sister, 33-17-08 1-6
To the heirs of Mr. John Hollister, 33-17-08 1-6
To the heirs of Thomas Hollister, 33-17-08 1-6
To the heirs of Stephen Hollister, 33-17-08 1-6
To the heirs of Elizabeth Hollister (otherwise Wells), 33-17-08 1-6
To the heirs of Sarah Hollister, alias Baker, of Northampton, 33-17-08 1-6
And appoint Thomas Chester, Edward Bulkeley and James Patterson dist. This Court now grant John Hollister and Jonathan Hollister, Adms., a Quietus Est.
Page 89—1st September, 1712: John Hollister, joynt Adms. with Elizabeth Hollister, daughter of John Hollister, Sen., with will annexed, appealed from the decree of the Court of July last past, for a dist. of part of the estate of Lazarus Hollister. The reason assigned is that the sd. John Hollister's part of the sd. Lazarus Hollister's estate ought to be dist. to sd. Elizabeth, it being bequeathed to sd. Elizabeth by the sd. John Hollister in his last will and testament.
Page 94—3 November, 1712: This Court, for sundry reasons, do defer the consideration and determination hereupon until the 1st Monday of December next. And this Court order that no dist. be made of John Hollister's part until such determination be had.
Page 99—1st December, 1712: This Court do now resolve and order that the sd. John Hollister's part of sd. estate shall be dist. and set out to the sd. Elizabeth, anything in the sd. order of 7th July to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 123—21 March, 1712-13: This Court do now order that the land and real estate of which Lazarus Hollister died seized or that does in any way belong to his estate shall be dist. and divided to and among the surviving brothers and sisters and their legal representatives according to an order or decree of this Court held here on the 7th of July last past, any other act or decree of the Court of Probate holden since the sd. 7th July to the contrary notwithstanding, and appoint George Stilman, David Goodrich and James Patterson distributors. And John Hollister appealed to the Superior Court.
Page 204—8 June, 1714: John Hollister of Glastonbury appearing now before this Court and moving that whereas the dist., who were appointed to dist. the estate of Lazarus Hollister, as appeared by the decree of this Court of the 21st March, 1712-13, did not go through with that work in setting out to the heirs of Lt. Thomas Hollister their part of the sd. estate in particular among them as called collatterall heirs, viz., Joseph Hollister, Abijah Hollister and Mary Harris, children of the sd. Thomas Hollister, their respective shares in severalty, do now order that the sd. dist. shall again proceed and set out to the sd. Joseph, Abijah and Mary their respective shares in severalty according to sd. former decree."
