WILL
OF ISAAC CASE
b.
February
8, 1786, in Massachusetts
d. May 23, 1864, at the
Village of Borodino, Town of Spafford, Onondaga County, NY
At a Surrogate Court held in
and for the County of Onondaga, at the Surrogate office in the City of
Syracuse, the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
Present Oscar S. Sprague,
Surrogate.
In
the matter of proving the
Last
Will and Testament
of
Isaac Case, deceased
Onondaga
County fr:
Be
it remembered, that heretofore, upon the petition of Isaac Olmsted the Executor
named in the last Will and Testament of Isaac Case late of the town of Spafford
in said County, deceased, for that purpose to the Surrogate of said County a
citation was duly issued in this manner, and Alexander M. Churchill, having
been appointed special guardian of George W. Case and Seymour Case, minor heirs
and next of kin of said deceased, which citation with the proofs of service was
thereafter duly returned to said Surrogate, and which said petition and citation with the proofs of service thereof and said appointment, are now
on file in the Office of said Surrogate, and therefore the last Will and
Testament of the said Isaac Case deceased, with the proofs thereof, were
produced and are as follows:
In
the name of God Amen, I Isaac Case of the Town of Spafford in the Country of
Onondaga and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make declare
and publish this my last Will and Testament. _____
First, I give and bequeath to my wife Nancy the sum of
one dollar, which is in lieu of her dower.
Second, I give and bequeath to my five children now
living, viz: Eunice Olmsted, Betsy Howe, Sydia Pickett, Aaron G. Case and
Arvilla M. Nickols, all the residue of my personal property, to be divided
equally among them after paying from the same all my debts made by reason of
sickness and expenses of my burial.
Third, I do nominate and appoint Isaac Olmsted to be the
executor of this my last Will and Testament, _____ in testimony
whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and decree this to be my
last Will and Testament, in presence of the witnesses named below, this eighth
day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
(Signed)
Isaac Case L.S.
Signed, sealed declared and published by the said
Isaac Case as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who
at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
(Signed) H. Linus Darling, Residing at Spafford in
Onondaga County
(Signed) Edwin Eddy,
Residing at Spafford in Onondaga County