Will of John Hillsinger



Be it Remembered, That heretofore, to wit:  on the 29th day of September in
the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight Harmon D. 
Hillsinger, the Executor named in the Last will and Testament of John
Hilsinger late of the town of Laurens 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 20th day of October
A.D., 1898, to attend the probate of said Will.

And afterwards, to wit: on the 20th day of October A.D., 1898, 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 no one appearing to oppose the Probate of
such Will and there being no contest, and an order having been duly made and
entered appointing A. R. Gibbs, Esq. of Oneonta, NY Special Guardian of Grace
Hilsinger and Erastus Hilsinger, infants, and duly appeared for them.  Such
proceedings were thereupon had in said Court afterwards, that the said
Surrogate took the proofs of said Will hereinafter set forth , upon this 20th
day of October A.D., 1898, 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, John Hillsinger of the town of Laurens, County of Otsego and State of New 
York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain publish and declare this 
to be my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to
say:

First, after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath 
unto my wife Eliza Ann Hillsinger, if she survives me, the entire use of my 
estate both real and personal as long as she shall live the same to be taken
and accepted by her in lieu of dower, and at her death, if she survive me, or
at my death if she be then dead, I give, devise & bequeath unto my
granddaughter Grace Hillsinger the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to her or
her heirs forever.

Second, after the above legacy is paid and at the death of my aforesaid wife 
Eliza Ann Hillsinger if she survives me, then I give, devise & bequeath all
the rest, residue and remainder of my estate both real & personal, of every
name, nature or kind soever unto my son Harmon D. Hillsinger and my daughter
Carrie Lint equal shares to each, that is to say share and share alike unto
each of them or their heirs forever.

Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my aforesaid son Harmon D. Hillsinger 
to be sole 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 
eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seven.

(Signed) John Hillsinger, L.S.


We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do certify that John Hillsinger 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, this 
eleventh day of Nov. 1897, the day of the date of the said will and write 
apposite our names our respective places of residence.

(Signed)  Jas. B. Galer, residing at West Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y.
(Signed)  Claude Galer, residing at West Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y.


Surrogate's Court==County of Otsego.
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of
John Hillsinger, Deceased.

Otsego County, SS:
Claude Galer, 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
John Hillsinger, the said testator, late of the town of Laurens County of
Otsego, deceased, and had known him for more than ten 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 11th day of November 1897, was made by the decedent at the town of
Oneonta, in the County of Otsego in the presence of myself and James B. Galer,
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.  The
said decedent, at the time of so executing said instrument, was a Citizen of
the United States, upwards of the age of twenty-one years, and of sound mind,
memory and understanding, and not under any restraint.

(Signed)  Claude Galer

Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me this
20th day of October A.D., 1898
(Signed)  Lynn J. Arnold, Surrogate.


Surrogate's Court==County of Otsego.
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of
John Hillsinger, Deceased.

Otsego County, SS:
James B.Galer, 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
John Hillsinger, the said testator, late of the town of Laurens County of
Otsego, deceased, and had known him for more than 25 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 11th day of November 1897, was made by the decedent at the town of
Oneonta, in the County of Otsego in the presence of myself and Claude Galer,
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.  The
said decedent, at the time of so executing said instrument, was a Citizen of
the United States, upwards of the age of twenty-one years, and of sound mind,
memory and understanding, and not under any restraint.

(Signed)  Jas. B. Galer

Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me this
20th day of October A.D., 1898
(Signed)  Lynn J. Arnold, Surrogate.


Otsego County, SS:

It appearing upon the proofs duly taken in respect to the Last Will and 
Testament of John Hillsinger, late of the town of Laurens in the County of 
Otsego, and State of New York, deceased, that the Will was duly executed and 
that the said John Hillsinger 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 20th day of October A.D., 1898

(Signed) Lynn J. Arnold  Surrogate


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