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Last Will and Testament Augustus Jerome Town of Berlin |
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Last Will and Testament Augustus Jerome Town of Berlin |
The Last Will and Testament of Augustus Jerome of Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, deceased, with the probate thereof. Recorded September 15, 1817.
For the name of God Amen. I, AUGUSTUS JEROME of the town of Berlin, in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind and memory, blessed be the Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, (that is to say)
after paying all my just and lawful debts, I give & bequeath to my son, VISCOUNT ALONSON JEROME*, the sum of five dollars.
I also give and bequeath to my daughters, WATY JONES (wife to JAMES JONES), ELIZABETH JONES (wife to DANIEL JONES), HANNAH HULL (wife to JUSTUS P. HULL), CATY JEROME (single woman), and to my son HILTON R. JEROME and also to my daughter POLLY JEROME (single woman) and to my granddaughter, HANNAH FOSTER (single woman) all my goods, chattels, lands and tenements both real and personal, situate lying and being in the Town of Berlin, County of Rensselaer, State of New York, equally to be divided between them, to hold to them the said Waty Jones (wife to James Jones), Elizabeth Jones (wife to Daniel Jones), Hannah Hull (wife to Justus P. Hull), Caty Jerome, Hilton R. Jerome, Polly Jerome and Hannah Foster, their heirs and assigns forever
And I do hereby appoint SAMUEL VARY, Esq. of the Town of Berlin and DANIEL JONES, aforesaid of the Town of Hoosac Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In Witness whereof I hereto set by hand and seal the 7th Day of July, in the year of our Lord 1817.
Signed Sealed, Published and declared by the above named Augustus Jerome to be his Last Will and Testament in the presents [sic] of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presents of the Testator.
Signed Augustus Jerome, L. S.
Witnesses: Samuel Vary, Samuel Burdick & JW Thomas, State of New York Rensselaer County
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, Once Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen, personally appeared before me, William McManus, Esquire Surrogate of said County of Rensselaer, Samuel Vary, one of the subscribing witnesses to the will of Augustus Jerome late of the town of Berlin in said County, deceased, who being duly [sworn] declared that he did see Augustus Jerome Seal and execute the written instrument of which the annexed is a copy purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of the said Augustus Jerome, bearing date of the Seventh of July, in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Seventeen and [that the said Augustus Jerome did?] publish and declare the same as and for his last will and testament. That at the time given, the said Augustus Jerome was of sound mind to the best of [the knowledge?] and belief of the said Samuel Vary and that he the said Samuel Vary with Samuel Burdick & Jeffrey W. Thomas, the other witnesses to the said Will, hereby subscribed their hands and names to the said will as witnesses in the presence of the Testator and of each other.
Signed by William McManus, Esquire
NOTE FROM THE SUBMITTER: "Viscount is how it appeared to me. This may be incorrect. The first three letters are not readable; however, the count part is."
[Alternative search values: Viscount Jerome, Waty Jerome Jones, Waity Jerome Jones, Waity Jones, Elizabeth Jerome, Hannah Jerome, Justus Hull, Catharine Jerome, Catherine Jerome, Hilton Jerome, Mary Jerome.]
