Name/Title
Surrogate's Court Last Will Elizabeth B Greene Dec 13, 1913Entry/Object ID
002112Tags
Elizabeth Greene, Phoebe BullScope and Content
Transcription and Summary of Orange County Surrogate's Court Petition
This document is a formal petition to the Surrogate's Court of Orange County, New York, regarding the estate and will of Phebe Bull. It provides a valuable snapshot of the family structure and financial status of the Bull family in Wallkill during the early 20th century.
Summary
The petition, dated 1914, was filed by Elizabeth B. Greene and Sarah B. Wilk, the named executors of the will of Phebe Bull. Phebe Bull, a resident of the Town of Wallkill, passed away on December 29, 1913. Her will was originally dated May 29, 1911.
The document estimates her personal property at no more than $5,000. Key genealogical information is included in the list of heirs and next of kin:
William Bull: Husband (Wallkill)
Ebenezer Bull: Son (Wallkill)
Harry Bull: Son (Hamptonburgh)
Barton W. Bull: Son (Wallkill)
William B. Cocks: Grandson (Cornwall)
Margaret C. Cocks: Granddaughter (Wallkill)
The second page contains signatures from William Bull, Harry Bull, and Margaret C. Cocks, waiving the service of citation, which indicates their consent to the probate process moving forward without further formal notice to them.
To the Surrogate's Court of the County of Orange:
The Petition of Elizabeth B. Greene Sarah B. Wilk
of the Estate of Phebe Bull deceased in the County of Orange, respectfully showeth: That your Petitioner... Execut... named in the Last Will and Testament of Phebe Bull late of the Town of Wallkill
in the County of Orange, deceased. That the said deceased was, at or immediately previous to her death an inhabitant of the County of Orange, and departed this life in said county on the 29th day of
December 1913. That said Last Will and Testament of Phebe Bull
relates to both real and personal property, and bears date the 29th day of May, 1911.
That the Personal Property of said deceased does not exceed the sum of Five Thousand
dollars. And that the value of the Real Property whereof the said deceased died possessed, situated in the
State of New York, does not exceed the sum of ... dollars.
Your Petitioners further show... that the widow (husband), only heirs and next of kin of, and their
relationship to, said deceased, and their respective places of residence, so far as the same upon diligent inquiry
made can be ascertained, are:
William Bull, husband Wallkill
Ebenezer Bull, son "
Harry Bull, " Hamptonburgh
Barton W. Bull, " Wallkill
William B. Cocks, grand-son Cornwall
Margaret C. Cocks, grand-daughter, Wallkill
That the said deceased left no widow, husband, heirs or next of kin surviving h... except as above
stated; that the said heirs and next of kin are all of sound mind, and all of full age except the said...
who are minors under the age of fourteen years, residing with...
and who ha... no general guardian, and
the said ...
who are minors over the age of fourteen years. And that personal service of a Citation on the above named
non-residents cannot be made within this State.
Your Petitioners therefore pray... that the said Last Will and Testament...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- may be proved, and LETTERS TESTAMENTARY granted thereon
according to law.
Dated this ... day of ... 1914.
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COUNTY OF ORANGE, ss.:
... being duly
sworn, say... that... he... the Petitioner... named in the foregoing Petition;
that the matters set forth in the said Petition are true of ... own knowledge except as to the
matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters ... believe...
it to be true.
Sworn to before me this ... day of
... 1914. ...
*We, the undersigned, and named in the within Petition do hereby waive issuing and service of Citation in
the matter within mentioned, and do hereby consent that the matters prayed for in said Petition be granted
without further notice to us.
Dated ... 1914.
William Bull
Harry Bull
*Signature to be proven by acknowledgment. Code § 2528. Margaret C. Cocks
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Petition filed this ... day of ... 1914
Citation returnable the ... day of ... 1914
Surrogate's Court,
Orange County.
In the Matter of the Last Will and
Testament of
... Deceased.
PETITION
... Atty. for Petitioner,
...
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