The Surrogate's Court

New York, 1895

The will of Richard Dudgeon, of Oyster Bay, was filed on Monday for probate in the surrogate's office. The testator bequeaths Eriphemia Stansbury of Danville, Ill., $2,000; his brother William, $2,000; Wemys Dudgeon, $2,000; his sister, Margaret Dudgeon, $5,000 (upon her death to be divided equally among his children). To his friend, John F. Dettman, he gives $5,000, and the rest of his property he divides equally between his sons, Richard, Frank and William, and his daughter Jessie F. Van Name.

Surrogate Weller yesterday denied the motion to have an accounting in the estate of Eliza Gray, on the ground that the executor could not now account, the estate of the testator's husband having not yet been settled, and it would not be safe for him to make an accounting and pay over any money until he knew the liabilities of the husband's estate.

Testimony was taken in the contested will case of Mary Ann Pettit, of Westbury.

To-day's calendar — Will case of Elbert Hegeman; real estate proceedings of Alexander H. Collison; accounting estate of Alexander H. Collison.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 8.