Will of Burton Woodbeck



Be it Remembered, that heretofore, to wit: on the 25th day of January in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine Elmer Chase, the 
Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Burton Woodbeck late of the 
town of Milford in the County of Otsego, deceased, appeared in open Court, 
before the Surrogate of the County of Otsego, and made application to have the 
said last Will and Testament which relates to both Real and Personal Estate, 
proved:  and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain by 
satisfactory evidence who were the heirs at law and next of kin of the said 
testator and their respective residences, and said Surrogate did thereupon
issue a Citation in due form of law, directed to the heirs at law and next of
kin by their respective names, stating their respective places of residence
requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at Supreme Court Chambers in
the Village of Oneonta in said County, on the 16th day of February A.D., 1899,
to attend the probate of said Will

And afterwards, to wit:  on the 16th day of February A.D., 1899, satisfactory 
evidence by affidavit was produced and presented to said Surrogate, of the due 
service of said Citation in the mode prescribed by law, and on that day the 
proponent appeared in person and by Hartford D. Nelson, Esq., his attorney and 
no one appearing to oppose the Probate of such Will and there being no contest 
such proceedings were thereupon had in said Court afterwards, that the said 
Surrogate took the proofs of said Will hereinafter set forth, upon this 16th  
day of February A.D., 1899, and he thereupon adjudged the said Will to be a 
valid Will of Real and Personal Estate, and the proofs thereof to be
sufficient, which said Last Will and Testament and proofs, are as follows,
that is to say:

Last Will and Testament

I, Burton Woodbeck, of the town of Oneonta, County of Otsego, and State of New 
York, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and 
Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:

First; I direct the payment of my just debts, if any.

Second; I give, devise and bequeath to my executor hereinafter named the Sum
of one hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of
my mother Elvira Woodbeck.

Third; I give, devise and bequeath all my other property whether real estate
or personal property to my sister Celia M. Chase.

Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint Elmer Chase to be my executor of
this, my last Will and Testament; hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal,
the 5th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.
(Signed) Burton Woodbeck L.S.

We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do certify that Burton Woodbeck the 
testator, subscribed his name to this instrument in our presence, and in the 
presence of each of us, and at the same time he declared in our presence and 
hearing that the same was his last will and testament, and requested us, and 
each of us, to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof,
and which we hereby do in the presence of the testator and of each other, the
day of the date of the said will, and have written opposite our names our
respective 
places of residence.
(Signed)  Seymour Scott, residing at Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y.
(Signed)  Hartford D. Nelson, residing at Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y.


Surrogate's Court==County of Otsego.
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Burton Woodbeck
Deceased.

Otsego County, SS:
Hartford D. Nelson, of the town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego, State of
New York, after being duly sworn as a witness in the above entitled matter on
behalf of the proponent to prove said Will, says:  I was well acquainted with
Burton Woodbeck, the said testator, late of the town of Milford County of
Otsego, deceased, and had known him for more than three years before his
death.  The subscription of the decedent's name at the end of the instrument
now shown to me, and offered for probate as his last Will and Testament, and
bearing date the 5th day of April 1898, was made by the decedent at the town
of Oneonta, in the County of Otsego in the presence of myself and Seymour
Scott, the other attesting witness.  At the time of making such subscription,
the said decedent declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his
last Will and Testament, and I thereupon signed my name as a witness at the
end of said instrument at the request of said decedent, and in his presence,
and of said other attesting witness.  I also saw the said other attesting
witness sign his name as a witness at the end of said instrument, and know
that he did so at the request of said decedent, and in his presence.  The said
decedent, at the time of so executing said instrument, was a Citizen of the
United Sates, upwards of the age of twenty-one years, and of sound mind,
memory and understanding, and not under any restraint.
   
(Signed)  Hartford D. Nelson

Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me, this
16th day of February A.D., 1899
(Signed)  Lynn J. Arnold, Surrogate.

Surrogate's Court==County of Otsego.
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Burton Woodbeck
Deceased.

Otsego County, SS:
Seymour Scott, of the town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego, State of New 
York, after being duly sworn as a witness in the above entitled matter on
behalf of the proponent to prove said Will, says:  I was well acquainted with
Burton Woodbeck, the said testator, late of the town of Milford County of
Otsego, deceased, and had known him for more than three years before his
death.  The subscription of the decedent's name at the end of the instrument
now shown to me, and offered for probate as his last Will and Testament, and
bearing date the 5th day of April 1898, was made by the decedent at the town
of Oneonta, in the County of Otsego in the presence of myself and Hartford D.
Nelson, the other attesting witness.  At the time of making such subscription,
the said decedent declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his
last Will and Testament, and I thereupon signed my name as a witness at the
end of said instrument at the request of said decedent, and in his presence,
and of said other attesting witness.  I also saw the said other attesting
witness sign his name as a witness at the end of said instrument, and know
that he did so at the request of said decedent, and in his presence.  The said
decedent, at the time of so executing said instrument, was a Citizen of the
United Sates, upwards of the age of twenty-one years, and of sound mind,
memory and understanding, and not under any restraint.
                                                      
(Signed)  Seymour Scott

Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me, this
16th day of February A.D., 1899
(Signed)  Lynn J. Arnold, Surrogate.

Otsego County, SS:

It appearing upon the proofs duly taken in respect to the Last Will and 
Testament of Burton Woodbeck, late of the town of Milford in the County of 
Otsego, and State of New York, deceased, that the said Will was duly executed 
and that the said Burton Woodbeck at the time he executed the same, was in all 
respects competent to devise real estate, and not under restraint, the said
last Will and Testament and the proofs and examinations are hereby recorded,
signed and certified by me, pursuant to the provisions of the Law, made and
provided this 16th day of February A. D., 1899.

(Signed)  Lynn J. Arnold, Surrogate.