New York, 1895
THE SURROGATE'S COURT.
Wills Proved and Accounts Progressed — To-Day's Calendar.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the wills of Mary McEvoy, Catharine Reimals, and Gustav A. F. W. Erhardt.
Accounting was had in the estate of Ann Stockholm, and decree filed.
In the matter of the accounting of the executor of Frederick P. J. Clark, which was set down for Friday, an adjournment was taken until today, the guardian for the infant having been injured on Friday by a trolley car.
Testimony was taken in the contested will case of Johann Anton Kutger, of College Point.
Testimony was taken in the contested will case of Mary Ann Pettit, of Westbury. Dr. Bogert, of Roslyn, testified that he attended the testatrix professionally. She was suffering from aphasia. The disease affected her speech so that she could not utter a sentence. So far as he could see, the disease did not affect her mind. At the request of her son William, he examined her to see if she was competent to make a will, and arrived at the conclusion that she was.
Margaret McGuire testified that in 1871 she went to nurse the testatrix and took care of her for 18 months, and during that time never heard her speak except to say "yes" or "no." She recognized her stepchildren when they came to see her, and appeared glad to see them.
Yesterday Surrogate Weller admitted to probate the wills of Barbara Rocklein, David M. Tier, Ann Eliza Rose, William H. Hoople and Eliza Killila.
Accounting was had and decree tiled in the estate of Mary A. Acker.
Testimony was taken in the contested will case of Mary A. Pettit. Louisa Pettit testified that the testatrix used to say that she would not leave her relatives anything. Thomas B. Seaman, who drew the will, said that the testatrix remarked that "the money came from the Pettits and it should go back to them."
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Theresa Terron, Peter Dries, Frost Coleman, Johanna A. Kutzer, and August Schaefer; accounting estates of John H. Austin, Frederick P. J. Clark, and Sarah Ann Johnson; matter of estates of Garret Nostrand and James C. Cloyd.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 8.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
William H. Hoople's Will.
New York, 1895
Yesterday Surrogate Weller admitted to probate the will of the late William H. Hoople, who lived on the Hempstead road at Queens.
The executor of the estate filed an inventory stating that he left real estate worth $115,000, and personal property worth $327,500, or $442,500 all told.
He left one child, Mary E. Brinekerhoff, who lives at Hastings on the Hudson, and she is given all of the personal property, worth $327,500.
Joseph Hoople, a brother, was bequeathed $20,000, but he is dead.
William Howard Hoople, of Brooklyn, a nephew, is given real estate worth $10,000.
William G. Hoople, a nephew, also of Brooklyn, is given $55,000 in real estate. The balance of the real estate is given to the daughter, Mrs. Brinckerhoff.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 8.
Yesterday Surrogate Weller admitted to probate the will of the late William H. Hoople, who lived on the Hempstead road at Queens.
The executor of the estate filed an inventory stating that he left real estate worth $115,000, and personal property worth $327,500, or $442,500 all told.
He left one child, Mary E. Brinekerhoff, who lives at Hastings on the Hudson, and she is given all of the personal property, worth $327,500.
Joseph Hoople, a brother, was bequeathed $20,000, but he is dead.
William Howard Hoople, of Brooklyn, a nephew, is given real estate worth $10,000.
William G. Hoople, a nephew, also of Brooklyn, is given $55,000 in real estate. The balance of the real estate is given to the daughter, Mrs. Brinckerhoff.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 8.
Monday, August 11, 2008
THE SURROGATE'S COURT.
New York, 1895
Wills Proved and Accounts Progressed — To-Day's Calendar.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the will of Hannah H. Simonson. Accountings were had and decrees filed in the estates of Maria McCormick, Sarah Jane Frederick, Phebe Ann Creed, and Thomas Pettit. Objections were filed to the probate of the will of Frances F. Coles, of Far Rockaway, by Thomas L. Coles, her husband. The estate is valued at $10,000. The contestant claims that fraud and undue influence was used and that the will was not properly drawn.
A contest was also made of the will of Teresa Delaney of Rockville Centre, who left $1,500 to her sister, Mary E. Downing, and $100 to Father Carroll, her priest, and the remainder of her estate, valued at $15,000 to her husband. The contestants offered in evidence a letter purporting to have been written by deceased to her brother the day before the will was made, in which she stated that her husband was trying to grab everything from her, and she did not mean he should have anything. The only person present to identify the letter was the brother, who, being an interested party, the evidence was ruled out and the letter was held for identification.
The will of Nancy M. Titus of Wheatley, town of Oyster Bay, who left an estate valued at $5,000 is contested by her children.
Surrogate Weller yesterday admitted to probate the wills of Maria Margaretta Keisel, Elizabeth A. Day, Winfield A. Roe, Elizabeth J. Jackson, Maria Thurston and Maria Hendrickson.
Accountings were had and decrees filed in the estates of Lucinda Fowler, James B. Smith and Charles A. Willis.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Michael Moran, Mary C. Norris, Phebe T. Smith, Sarah L. Hart, Frost Coleman, August Schaefer, Nancy M. Titus, Teresa J. Delaney, and Mary McEvoy; accounting estates of Joaquin J. Francke and Joseph Meade.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 14, 1895, p. 8.
Wills Proved and Accounts Progressed — To-Day's Calendar.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the will of Hannah H. Simonson. Accountings were had and decrees filed in the estates of Maria McCormick, Sarah Jane Frederick, Phebe Ann Creed, and Thomas Pettit. Objections were filed to the probate of the will of Frances F. Coles, of Far Rockaway, by Thomas L. Coles, her husband. The estate is valued at $10,000. The contestant claims that fraud and undue influence was used and that the will was not properly drawn.
A contest was also made of the will of Teresa Delaney of Rockville Centre, who left $1,500 to her sister, Mary E. Downing, and $100 to Father Carroll, her priest, and the remainder of her estate, valued at $15,000 to her husband. The contestants offered in evidence a letter purporting to have been written by deceased to her brother the day before the will was made, in which she stated that her husband was trying to grab everything from her, and she did not mean he should have anything. The only person present to identify the letter was the brother, who, being an interested party, the evidence was ruled out and the letter was held for identification.
The will of Nancy M. Titus of Wheatley, town of Oyster Bay, who left an estate valued at $5,000 is contested by her children.
Surrogate Weller yesterday admitted to probate the wills of Maria Margaretta Keisel, Elizabeth A. Day, Winfield A. Roe, Elizabeth J. Jackson, Maria Thurston and Maria Hendrickson.
Accountings were had and decrees filed in the estates of Lucinda Fowler, James B. Smith and Charles A. Willis.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Michael Moran, Mary C. Norris, Phebe T. Smith, Sarah L. Hart, Frost Coleman, August Schaefer, Nancy M. Titus, Teresa J. Delaney, and Mary McEvoy; accounting estates of Joaquin J. Francke and Joseph Meade.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 14, 1895, p. 8.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
THE SURROGATE'S COURT.
New York, 1895
Wills Proved and Accounts Progressed — To-Day's Calendar.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the wills of Mary Valentine and R. Mayor Fox.
In the accounting of Robert Seabury, executor of the estate of Maryette Matthews, of Hempstead, Judge Garretson acted as surrogate, Judge Weller having drafted the will. The testatrix left an estate valued at $20,000. She left no children. She left one-half of her estate to the heirs of her deceased husband, and one-half to her two sisters, Ann Pine and Eliza Jane Smart. She left nothing in her will to the heirs of her brother, Raynor Pine, deceased, or to the heirs of her sister, Harriet Smith. Ann Pine and Eliza Jane Smart died before the testatrix, and the legacy to them lapsed.
The Pine and Smith children then came in for a share. On the accounting, counsel for the Pine children claimed that the mother of the Smith children was illegitimate. Johnson & Lamb, counsel for the Smith children, claimed that it was a malicious attempt to brand the men, Ira, Hiram and Thomas Smith.
Judge Garretson said: "I am unwilling to find upon the testimony that Harriet Smith was illegitimate. It is probable that David Pine was not her father, but the presumption of illegitimacy is not satisfactorily overcome by the evidence of declarations made years after her death. Decree may be prepared allowing costs to executor, special guardian, and successful objectors, to be fixed upon settlement."
John Lyon appeared for the executor, Johnson & Lamb for the Smith heirs, Edward Cromwell special guardian, and George Wallace for the Smart heirs.
The proceedings were commenced in October, 1894.
Notice was filed of contest of the will of Terresa J. Delaney, of Rockville Centre, who left an estate valued at $7,000. The will is contested by Anestatia Downey, a sister of the testatrix, who is disinherited.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Ralph Reynolds, Victoria Clegg, Nancy Titus, Johan A. Kutzer and Valentine L. Combs; proceedings in the estate of Peter Felter; accounting estates of George Watts, Patrick Green, Thomas Pettit, Jacob Schafer, Judith Ludlum and Henry R. Dunham; administration case of Henry W. Brockmann.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 8.
Wills Proved and Accounts Progressed — To-Day's Calendar.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the wills of Mary Valentine and R. Mayor Fox.
In the accounting of Robert Seabury, executor of the estate of Maryette Matthews, of Hempstead, Judge Garretson acted as surrogate, Judge Weller having drafted the will. The testatrix left an estate valued at $20,000. She left no children. She left one-half of her estate to the heirs of her deceased husband, and one-half to her two sisters, Ann Pine and Eliza Jane Smart. She left nothing in her will to the heirs of her brother, Raynor Pine, deceased, or to the heirs of her sister, Harriet Smith. Ann Pine and Eliza Jane Smart died before the testatrix, and the legacy to them lapsed.
The Pine and Smith children then came in for a share. On the accounting, counsel for the Pine children claimed that the mother of the Smith children was illegitimate. Johnson & Lamb, counsel for the Smith children, claimed that it was a malicious attempt to brand the men, Ira, Hiram and Thomas Smith.
Judge Garretson said: "I am unwilling to find upon the testimony that Harriet Smith was illegitimate. It is probable that David Pine was not her father, but the presumption of illegitimacy is not satisfactorily overcome by the evidence of declarations made years after her death. Decree may be prepared allowing costs to executor, special guardian, and successful objectors, to be fixed upon settlement."
John Lyon appeared for the executor, Johnson & Lamb for the Smith heirs, Edward Cromwell special guardian, and George Wallace for the Smart heirs.
The proceedings were commenced in October, 1894.
Notice was filed of contest of the will of Terresa J. Delaney, of Rockville Centre, who left an estate valued at $7,000. The will is contested by Anestatia Downey, a sister of the testatrix, who is disinherited.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Ralph Reynolds, Victoria Clegg, Nancy Titus, Johan A. Kutzer and Valentine L. Combs; proceedings in the estate of Peter Felter; accounting estates of George Watts, Patrick Green, Thomas Pettit, Jacob Schafer, Judith Ludlum and Henry R. Dunham; administration case of Henry W. Brockmann.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 8.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Pettit Will Contested
New York, 1895
The Surrogate's Court
Surrogate Weller yesterday heard testimony in the will case of Mary Ann Pettit, of Westbury. The testator died in January, 1894, and bequeathed her property to her eldest sister. The will is contested on the ground of undue influence. Lucretia Pettit nursed the testatrix for two months. She never had any conversation with her as she was suffering from paralysis and could not talk.
The wills of the following persons were admitted to probate: Paschel C. Langevin, Ellen Gorman, John Hicks, Elizabeth Leitner, Julia Gerhardt and Rebecca Hickman.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of John Eden, Stephen W. Carman and Charles DeMott; accounting estate of Abraham C. Baylis.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 8.
The Surrogate's Court
Surrogate Weller yesterday heard testimony in the will case of Mary Ann Pettit, of Westbury. The testator died in January, 1894, and bequeathed her property to her eldest sister. The will is contested on the ground of undue influence. Lucretia Pettit nursed the testatrix for two months. She never had any conversation with her as she was suffering from paralysis and could not talk.
The wills of the following persons were admitted to probate: Paschel C. Langevin, Ellen Gorman, John Hicks, Elizabeth Leitner, Julia Gerhardt and Rebecca Hickman.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of John Eden, Stephen W. Carman and Charles DeMott; accounting estate of Abraham C. Baylis.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 8.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Surrogate's Court
New York, 1895
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the will of Walter Adams. Decree was filed in the accounting of the executors of Sophronia Marshall.
Surrogate Weller yesterday heard testimony in the contested will case of Elbert Ludlum. He admitted to probate the wills of George B. Roe, Lee Johnson, and John S. Smith. Decrees were filed in the administration case of Mary Kilduff, and the accounting of executors of William Doxsey.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Annie Napier, Francis May, Mary Bogart and Sarah A. Griffin; accounting of the estates of Robert H. Johnston, Jacob Scholberg and Mathew F. Robbins.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 8.
Surrogate Weller on Friday admitted to probate the will of Walter Adams. Decree was filed in the accounting of the executors of Sophronia Marshall.
Surrogate Weller yesterday heard testimony in the contested will case of Elbert Ludlum. He admitted to probate the wills of George B. Roe, Lee Johnson, and John S. Smith. Decrees were filed in the administration case of Mary Kilduff, and the accounting of executors of William Doxsey.
To-day's calendar — Will cases of Annie Napier, Francis May, Mary Bogart and Sarah A. Griffin; accounting of the estates of Robert H. Johnston, Jacob Scholberg and Mathew F. Robbins.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 8.
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