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April 15, 1819 Will John ShawEntry/Object ID
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John ShawScope and Content
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The People of the State of New York by the
Grace of God Free and independent: To all to
whom these presents shall come or may
concern - - - - Send Greeting
Know ye that at Goshen in the County of Orange on the sixteenth
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen before Edward Ely Esq. Surrogate of our said County
the Last Will and Testament of John Shaw deceased (a copy whereof
is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved, and allowed
by us: And the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the
time of his death goods chattels or credits, within this State by
means whereof the proving and registering the said will, and the
granting administration of all and singular the said goods chattels
and credits, And also the auditing allowing and final discharging
the account thereof doth belong unto us: The administration of all
and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased and any way
concerning his will is granted unto, Daniel Willson, Benjamin Woodward
and Elisha Reeve Junior, three of the Executors in the said will named
they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same
and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and
singular the said goods chattels and credits, And also to render a just
and true account thereof when thereunto required -
In Testimony whereof We Have caused the seal of office
of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness Edward Ely Esqr
Surrogate of the said County at Goshen the seventeenth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
and of our Independence the forty third -
Edward Ely Surrogate
survivors or survivor of them to bind them out to some mechanical trade or
profession they to have their choice of trades or professions - In selecting masters for my said sons I do hereby strictly enjoin it on my executors to be particular in binding them to a person of good morral character and industrious in his business. I give and bequeath unto my son William my yearling colt to be kept on, on the farm until it is three years old when it is to be sold by my Executors and the money to be put out at interest for his use and benefit, and paid over to him when he arrives to
the age of Twenty one years. The residue of my personal estate of all descriptions whatsoever not otherwise appropriated, I hereby order and direct to be sold by my Executors including my clock
Bureau, Sea Table, one pair brass andirons, shovel and tongs, And out of the monies arising therefrom to pay all my just debts with all convenient speed -
The residue of my farm whereon I now live I hereby order and direct my Executors to rent out to some suitable person or persons until my youngest son Robert Oliver Shaw shall arrive to the age of seventeen years, the rent to be paid annually, ~
The person or persons renting the farm must bring on the said farm annually three hundred good black Ash or chesnut rails and lay the same in fence, - And no Timber or wood to be cut on the premises except, what my said wife may want for firewood, and I strictly enjoin it on my executors to pay particular attention to the improvement of my farm and be careful of the Timber - The money received for rent I order, to be put at interest unless it should be wanted to pay my debts, or for the support of my infant children, if it should be necessary and the provisions
before made should be found insufficient ~
And when my youngest son Robert Oliver Shaw shall arrive at the age of
seventeen years and as soon thereafter as practicable, I hereby will order and direct that all my real estate be sold (wherever the same may be situated) by my Executors the survivors or survivor of them, and to give such time or times, of payment as
shall be sure and as they shall think best for the interest of my children, The
money to be kept at interest for the use of my children as is herein after
mentioned, my farm at Thompson Town in the County of Sulivan I leave to the discretion of my executors to sell rent or dispose of as they shall think best at any time for the benefit of my family -
And as it is my intention to make all my children equal in property - or
nearly so. I will and bequeath unto my five children, To wit- Sarah Wilson
Beyea, Maria Shaw, William Shaw 3d. Alexander Wilson Shaw, & Robert Oliver
Shaw all the residue of my estate to be paid to them in manner following
(To wit-) To my daughter Sarah Wilson Beyea fifty dollars worth in truck
in such articles as shall be necessary for keeping house to be paid as soon as practicable after my decease, if not before paid,- To my daughter Maria Shaw fifty dollars in like articles as soon as practicable after her marriage if she should marry to be in part of their proportions- And when my real estate is sold, I will and bequeath unto my said five children to be equally divided among them the proceeds thereof together with the other property if any to be then paid to such of my children as shall be Twenty one years of age, reserving and retaining one half for the purpose herein after mentioned, And the proportion of those that are under Twenty one years of age, I will order and direct that it be put out at legal interest the payment secured by a Mortgage on unencumbered real estate of three times the value of the sum loaned exclusive of perishable improvements, And on their severally arriving to the age of Twenty one years one half of their proportions to be paid them-
And as it is my desire that my said wife Susanna shall have ample
support the above mentioned one half of my children's proportions which
is reserved making in the whole one half of my property is to be retained
for that purpose ~ And I hereby order and direct my executors to keep
the said one half at interest as aforesaid and out of that interest my
said wife is to have good and ample support so long as she remains my
widow, but if my said wife should marry or die. then the one half
which was reserved shall be paid over to such of my children as shall
then be Twenty one years of age or to their children if they should die before
and leave any children -
The grain that I have on hand at the time of my decease as likewise
grain on the ground, I order to be retained for the use of my wife and
family including what may be sowed this present season, as also such casks
vinegar and dairy furniture as shall be necessary for my wife and family
also one half of the fruit that grows on the farm to be appropriated to the
use of my said wife and family - And should either of my daughters die before they receive their full proport
ion and leave no issue then and in such case I will and bequeath the ~
proportion they would be entitled to, to my remaining children to be equally
divided between them, And should any of my sons die without children before they receive their proportion, then I will and bequeath their proportion to my remaining sons - The children of my deceased sons or daughters to
have their parents proportion - It is my will and I hereby order and direct
my executors, that all monies they receive whether principle or interest which
is not to be immediately applied and belonging to my estate to be loaned out
on interest to such person as shall be considered solvent and all sums of
one hundred dollars and upwards the security before mentioned to be taken -
And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Susanna Shaw executrix - and my brothers in law Daniel Wilson & Benjamin Woodward, and my worthy friend Elisha Reeve Junior my Executors to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ~ ~
Signed sealed published and declared by the above
named John Shaw to be his last will and testament
in the presence of us who in his presence and in the
presence of each other at his request have subscribed
the same as Witnesses. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
John Shaw L.S.
Wm W Conkling
Saml. M. C. Shaw
Gabriel Conkling -
Orange County ss: Be it remembered that on the sixteenth day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen personally appeared before me Edward Ely Surrogate of the County of Orange, Gabriel Conkling and being duly sworn he did declare and say that he did see John Shaw deceased sign and seal the paper writing then shown unto him purporting to be the last will and testament of the said deceased of which the preceeding is a copy ~
and heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last will and
Testament, that at the time thereof he the said deceased was of sound and
disposing mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and belief, And
that he together with, William W Conkling, and Samuel M.C. Shaw subscribed
their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the Testator, and in the presence of each other -
The preceeding is a true copy of the Original Will of John Shaw deceased
of the certificate of the proof thereof, and the Letters Testamentary -
thereon -
By Edward Ely Surrogate
$8.85
Probate of the will of
John Shaw deceased
& Letters Testamentary
Recorded.
