In the name of God, Amen I
STEPHEN WOOD being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of
this frail and transitory life do therefore make, ordain, publish, and declare
this to be may last Will and Testament; that is to say
First, after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath
to ISIAC W. WOOD my son, the Home Farm where I now reside I direct the said
ISIAC to pay the following requests, after the lapse of four years without intrest. Said ISIAC is to pay ELIZABATH ANN BECKWITH the
sum of Nine Hundred Dollars to JOHN W WOOD the sum of one thousand dollars to
SUSAN ELIZABATH CARPENTER the sum of Five Hundred Dollars & the said ISIAC
is to keep the said five Hundred Dollars until the said SUSAN ELIZABATH shall
be come of age Without intrest & if in the
meantime she should die the Five Hundred Dollars is to remain as ISIACs. ELIZABETH & JOHN M WOOD to CEPHUS CARPENTER the
sum of one hundred dollars To remain Without Intrest for four years, and any person who is disatisfied with thus my last Will & Testament. I
direct also she or they may be cut of from the provisions of this Will &
the property consisting their part shall be equally
divided among the others.
Likewise I made constitute and appoint ISIAC W. WOOD my Son to be executor of
this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the
sixth day of November in the year of our one Thousand eight hundred and Seventy
five my personal property is to be at the disposal of the executer. STEPHEN
WOOD.
The above written instrument was subscribed by the said STEPHEN WOOD in our
presence and acknowledged by us to each of us: and He at the some time declared
the above instrument so subscribed to be His last Will & Testament and we
at His request have signed our names as witnesses hereto and written opposite
our names, our respective places of residence.
EDWIN W. HALL of Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y.
GEORGE A. HALL of Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y.
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[Proof of Will]
EDWIN W. HALL of Whitehall in said county being duly sworn in open Court
deposes and says that he was acquainted with the above named STEPHEN WOOD in
his lifetime; and that this deponant and GEORGE A.
HALL whose name also appears as a subscribing witness to this instrument
hereinafter mentioned and each of them were present, and saw deceased subscribe
his name at the end of the instrument in writing now provided and exhibited to
this deponent purporting to be the last Will and testament of the saved
deceased, bearing date the sixth day of Nov A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy five That the said deceased at the time of subscribing his name as
aforesaid published and declared the said instrument to be his last Will and
Testament in the presence of this deponent and of the said GEORGE A. HALL and
of each of them; and this deponent and the said GEORGE A. HALL at the request
of the said deceased and in his presence, and in the presence of each other
subscribed their names respectively thereto as witnesses to the execution
thereof, and this deponent further says that the said GEORGE A. HALL is not now
a resident of this state but resides in the state of New Jersey.
That at the time of the execution thereof the said deceased was a citizen of
the United States above the age of twenty one years, of sound disposing mind
and memory, and not under restraint to the best of the knowledge information
and belief of this deponent.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of Aug. AD 1879, EDWARD W. HALL
L. Fraser, Surrogate.
[Washington Co., NY Surrogate Records, BK P, p. 477, FHL film 513871]