Amos H. Adams Testator
State
of New York ,
Genesee
County Surrogate ’s Court,
To
the Surrogate’s Court of the County
of Genesee :
The petition of Charles R. Gould of the town of Batavia in
the said County Genesee respectfully represents: That Amos H. Adams late of the town
of Batavia in the said County, departed this life in Batavia, N.Y. on the 22nd
day of August, 1907, at the age of 84 years, having previously, as the
petitioner is informed and believed duly made, executed and published his LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT bearing date the 29th day of June 1901, which is
now produced : That the petitioner Charles R. Gould is named in said Will as
executor.
That the said deceased was at the time of making and
publishing said LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of sufficient age to enable him to make
such will and at his decease, an inhabitant of the County of Genesee .
That said LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT relates to real and personal
estate, and the deceased died possessed of real and personal estate in the said
County of Genesee .
The petitioner further shows that according to the best of
his knowledge and judgment, the estate and effects for and in respect to which
probate is herein applied for, will not exceed the value of ninety eight
hundred Dollars. And the personal property of testator will not exceed the
value of fifty eight hundred Dollars.
The petitioner further shows that the names of the heirs and
next of kin of the said deceased, and their respective places of residence so
far as your petitioner upon diligent inquiry he has been able to ascertain the
same, are as follows, viz :
Name.
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Relationship.
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Age, if under 21.
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Residence.
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Emily A. Radican
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Sister
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Horace J. Adams
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½ Brother
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George Adams
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½ Brother
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J. Q. Adams
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½ Brother
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Mary Blair
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½ Sister
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Ada DeWolf Sherwin daughter of a deceased
Sister Betsey Adams DeWolf
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Charles DeWolf son of said deceased Sister Batavia, NY
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Frank DeWolf son of said deceased Sister Stafford, NY
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Oliver J. Hopkins son of a deceased sister
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Nancy Adams Hopkins
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Kent, Kent Co.,
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Harriet M. J. Bann, daughter of said deceased
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Sister Fanny
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Your petitioner therefore prays that said will may be
proved, and that a citation be issued out of and under the seal of this Court,
to be directed to the proper persons, pursuant to The Statute in such case made and provided, requiring them
and each of them, at such time and Place as shall be in the said citation
mentioned, to appear and attend the probate of the said Last Will and
Testament, and that such further or other proceedings in the premises shall be
duly had as may be requisite to be the proving and recording of the said Last
Will and Testament and the granting probate and Letters Testamentary thereof.
And your petitioner will ever pray.
Dated this 3rd day of September in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven
Charles
R. Gould
The probate Proof of Service was filed at the Genesee County Surrogates Office on September 13, 1909, was obtained by my 5th cousin Claire who lives near Niagara Falls, NY. There were 8 legal documents in the packet, no copy of the original will found. Photo of cemetery stone also taken by cousin Claire.
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Amos was my first cousin 4x removed.
Additional names mentioned in the documents: Ella Sherwin, Mrs. Albert Francher and Fanchier, Lorena Cooper, Arden Smith, Nellie and Marie Fox, Lulu Fox, Hobert B. Cone, Franklin I. Judd, First Baptist Church of Batavia, N.Y., Elmwood Cemetery Association, and the Baptist Educational Society of the State of New York.
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Amos was my first cousin 4x removed.
Additional names mentioned in the documents: Ella Sherwin, Mrs. Albert Francher and Fanchier, Lorena Cooper, Arden Smith, Nellie and Marie Fox, Lulu Fox, Hobert B. Cone, Franklin I. Judd, First Baptist Church of Batavia, N.Y., Elmwood Cemetery Association, and the Baptist Educational Society of the State of New York.